Celebrating Internet Relay Chat 💬
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255.3K views • Aug 30, 2025
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Our love letter to Internet Relay Chat.
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#internet #chat
00:00 — Source code
00:59 — Why IRC?
04:27 — Because It's Time Network
08:32 — Alku
11:40 — Trillian
16:00 — The splits
22:14 — The legacy of IRC
25:07 — Something special
References and sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQjGmdjmESDJP7dy6S5f2iXossxO1tfI-oHszpZrzfbnJvB3lPNscTtUVj43hf4HEzJVU6EbVlKwy8P/pub
Want more content like this? Support our mission! Send us a Super Thanks and check out our Patreon + Discord community: https://www.patreon.com/serialport
Got some retro gear you want to donate? Get in touch with us at serialport.org.
Our second channel: @TheParallelPort
#internet #chat
00:00 — Source code
00:59 — Why IRC?
04:27 — Because It's Time Network
08:32 — Alku
11:40 — Trillian
16:00 — The splits
22:14 — The legacy of IRC
25:07 — Something special
References and sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQjGmdjmESDJP7dy6S5f2iXossxO1tfI-oHszpZrzfbnJvB3lPNscTtUVj43hf4HEzJVU6EbVlKwy8P/pub
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