Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/12

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Subject: Re: Another night on the IRC!
From: Tony Chang <stchang@ivnet.com.tw>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 00:35:24 +0800 (CST)

At 07:07 AM 3/12/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Dan Cardish wrote:
>> 
>> Last night Hal Robinson showed up to join me (actually, I showed up after
>> him!) in the #leica chat group on the undernet IRC network.  It would have
>> been nice if there were more of you there, but it was still interesting for
>> us to compare notes on our Leica equipment etc.  Think of the IRC as a
>> realtime mailing list.  Instead of posting a note that may take hours to
>> show up in everyone's mailbox, a post on the IRC shows up in seconds, almost
>> instantaneously.  Roger couldn't make it last night, but I will be there
>> again this evening at 8:00 p.m. EST.
>> 
>> Ideally, once the novelty wears off, we can try to set a time where if we
>> wanted to log in, we would have a good chance of finding someone else there
>> at that time.  Think of it as a supplemental LUG.   AND, if we had a web
>> site where we could display our Leica photos, we could use the IRC as a
>> medium for critique.
>> 
>> Incedently, I chose the undernet network only because that's the one I used
>> previously.  If it turns out to be too busy (and I did have problems the
>> last two nights) we can try another server network, such as one of the
>> Dalnet servers (any server ending in Dalnet or undernet, as the case may be,
>> is suitable).  For more info, email me.
>> 
>> Dan C.

Dan,

I tried to logon to my irc server but couldn't find #Leica group.  I guess
they were not linked.  Please tell me your server address so I can join with
you guys next time.  

PS I just bought an used M3 + 90f2.8 (Canada) and would love to share my
experience with you guys.


Regards,
Tony Chang
3B Co-Op Chemical Engineering
University of Waterloo
Ontario, Canada