Global Taekwon-do Network.
The #Taekwondo channel on IRC-Undernet.
TKD article by GT-Network.
Author is Håvard Karlsen.
Why an IRC/Undernet Taekwon-do Channel ?
More and more people spend time on the Internet. Some say it's 30 million people, others say its over
100 million. Anyway, there are all sorts floating around in cyberspace doing their things. During
my time on the Net I have met allot of Taekwon-do folks out there, and I've been checking out web
sites and connected me to mailing lists. But what I've been missing is a place were TKD people
can meet and chat "Live". That's why I decided to apply for a channel on the IRC/Undernet. In order
to do so, I had to get support from at least 10 users. I posted a message on the
GTF Talk, and got very good response. The channel came on-line on the
10. of August 1996. It is open 24 hours a day.
What is IRC/Undernet ?
The IRC program were written in 1986 by a Finnish guy. It first connected Scandinavian universities
but expanded to become world-wide in the early 90's. It is a live chat client were you can "talk" in different channels. When you post a message in a channel, the line you wrote will appear in the window of all the other people that are in the same channel. On the IRC/Undernet you are known under a nickname (or alias).
IRC contains several networks. The first (and biggest) are EF net, but this
network is not good to use world-wide at the moment because of the netsplit (the network is parted
in two.... one European/African, and one American/Asian). This split came because of an
disagreement between IRC OP's (operators/managers of the network) in Europe and America.
The split has been there for 4 months now and seems to be permanent. Other networks are Laosnet,
Funet and Undernet. The Undernet is the youngest network, but are already one of the biggest.
There are ca 5000 channels to talk in and you can discuss fishing, find a friend, ask questions
about your PC, or just hang out in your favourite channel. You always find people to talk to on
the Undernet. That's why I choose Undernet as the Network to establish the IRC/Undernet #Taekwondo
channel.
How to connect to the IRC/Undernet.
There are several programs (known as clients) to choose from when you want to connect to IRC.
there are clients for almost every computer-platform. To search for a client, use the FTP-searcher
FTP-Search.
You must have a client to be able to use IRC/Undernet.
A client for the PC platform.
One of the best PC clients is the MIRC program. You can find it on
http://huizen.dds.nl/~mirc/index.htm or
http://www.geopages.com/Colosseum/1822/.
Download the program, and install it on your PC. Open the program and choose Setup on the file
menu. Fill in your real name, email address, and then choose your nick name and alternative
nickname. In the server window you have to choose your connect point. If you are in the US choose
us.undernet.org, or in Europe you can choose uk.undernet.org, se.undernet.org, no.undernet.org and
others. ( For a complete list of servers try http://www.undernet.org/ ). Click on the OK
button and choose connect from the file menu. You will now connect to Undernet. to join the
#Taekwondo channel write /join #Taekwondo . This should take you right to the teakwood channel.
If you want to see a complete list of channels try the /list command.
Is this channel for me ?
The #Taekwondo channel are for everybody who wants to talk about TKD.
Håvard Karlsen
Nickname: "Snipp".
Hammerfest Tae Kwon-Do klubb - Norway.
If you got questions just contact Håvard Karlsen at
havkarls@sn.no, or
helgek@barentsnett.no.
[GTN]
Web operator: Øyvind
Sæter Email: oes@pvv.ntnu.no
Last modified: 23 nov 1997