Chatting on the internet

There used to be a lot of internet chat related information at this location. The old version is still online. With all honesty, that page is very last century, full of outdated links and cobwebs. But the chat log archive is still relevant today. Much thanks to ibiblio.org for providing archive space.

Chat logs from major events of the 1990s:

IRC logs from the Oklahoma City Bombing (April 1995)

Log 1: Wed 12:15pm CDT - Thu 12:15pm CDT
[ ASCII - 360k | GZIP'ed - 114k ]
Log 2: Thu 12:15pm CDT - Fri 12:15pm CDT
[ ASCII - 193k | GZIP'ed - 49k ]
Log 3: Fri 12:15pm CDT - Sunday 3:21pm CDT
[ ASCII - 109k | GZIP'ed - 30k ]

IRC logs from the 1994 California Earthquake

IRC log started Mon Jan 17 06:05 (587k)
IRC log started Mon Jan 17 08:51 (459k)

IRC logs from the Gulf War

Other Events:

We're planning some new things for this page, all related to the latest in chatting on the internet.

Until then, here are some recommened Chat Books and stuff:

[ama/viz] searches:
books: chat internet
electronics: chat internet

movies with internet chatting scenes:
American Pie (1999)
You've Got Mail (1999)
The Net (1995)
Hackers (1995)

more chat books:

The Book of IRC: The Ultimate Guide to Internet Relay Chat by Alex Charalabidis
Amazon 5 star review. 38 free sample pages available online now.

Mastering ICQ: The Official Guide by Peter Weverka
Amazon 5 star review. 50 free sample pages available online now.