However, as one moves from straightforward mailing and chating levels to those requiring more bandwidth and system then multimedia capability is required. For voice and video the minimum system requirements are a sound card, microphone and speakers. Visit the Webmaster's Personal Respond-Online Message Panel for information on the different ways of contacting and communicating through ICQ with the Webmaster online. Additionally, if he is on line you can page or send him an email message.
Users join communication channels where they post and view short messages.
The messages are typed into a form on the user's computer and then submitted to the channel so they can be viewed by the other users. Users can join or create channels on any subject. You must have an IRC client and be connected to an active IRC server to use IRC.There are a number of IRC Clients that are readily available as shareware and provide functionality for satisfactory IRC conferencing. . IRC Clients are listed, with a concise review, on Stroud's Consummate Winsock Apps List. After you have installed a chat client you can configure it to connect to a particular chat server by specifying the server's domain name and port number.