[quote]Originally posted by louisemnnpls:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by johnfowles:
Quote:
"please try again this coming Friday at 9 pm EST at:-
http://www.glchat.notlong.com.
If you, or for that matter anybody else wishing to join in to no doubt discuss the latest news, do not have a non-java applet challenged old computeer you will have to get and install mIRC
John Fowles
John,
went to your site and first encountered a message that said "IRC is not a registered protocol."
Tried the next icon and It kept typing "Trying to resolve the IP address of - usdilexnet.net and then dilexnet.net6667. Then a separate window came up that said "Java Console". Is there anything that can be done to access the chat by Friday.
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All very strange Louise. I have just tried both methods as descibed on my page
http://www.glchat.notlong.com
I found that clicking the nice red button quickly got me into the correct chat room using mIRC
so please reboot if necesary and try again
I have no idea where the entirely spurious "not a registered protocol" message came from unless you have a virus with a
warped sense of humo(u)r
nor the strange address "resolving" message
Of course there is something that cvan be done/already done.Please realise anybody else who encounters the problem Louise had, that the current setup was carefully selected to continue what the chatroom founer Rik Stevens always intended,
This was a twofold approach
1.for the best possible and most fully featured and generally agreed most reliable method of using IRC (Internet Relay Chat) using a very simple to install and use programme known as mIRC (wher the "m" signifies the surname of the programmes compiler Khaled Mardam-Bey of London, England
I gave fully illustrated details for installing and fully configuring mIRC at:
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFO...tingupmIRC.htm
that is the page you will get if you press my green button
the beauty of the red button is that except for entering your nickname the first time you use it the red button link will like magic to fully
automatically open the mIRC progamme and configure it to connect you to the Lightfoot chat room channel
the mIRC installation file you would get as a download from
http://www.mirc.com is is an evecutable file currently
"The mIRC cabinet named mirc62.exe. This is a rather small file of 1121693 bytes"
mir62.exe signifies version 6.2 and is a quick download on even the slowest modem connection
very simply clicking on the downloaded file will very quickly install it, and the only possible problem from then on is the opening nag screen that appears with Khaled's picture suggesting that you might like to cough up a variable sum of money to continue using it,but if you decline and simply press continue you get the chance to enter your preferred nickname and a back
up name then to the best of my knowledge the programme will continue to function perfectly ad infinitem, albeit with the nag screen on every start up. but no problem as I do have a working free serial number and associated ID available if anybody wishes to have it
2.for those reluctant or prejudiced against mIRC a universal alternative using a Java Applet tht is actually stored and downloaded from my own website
to use method 2 pressing the blue button might get you in to chat unless your computer's setup is new and, in accordance with Microsoft's legal agreement with Sun Microsystems, its Internet Explorer does not have a Microsoft JVM (Java Virtual Machine)
My new desktop has Windows XP Media Center Edition with Service Pack 2 and its Interrnet Exploder is showing that it is version 6.0.2900.21280.xpsp.sp2... and will not open any Java applets but my old Windows 98SE computer with IE6.2600.000015 has no problem loading the applet and gaining entry to the room.
Finally I do appreciate being told of problems but am at a loss to explain what you saw and must conclude that going the mIRC route is the way for you
John Fowles
I should point out that the red button method is useless unless you do indeed have mIRC installed
on your computer