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| quote = The '''irc''' program is sometimes called ircII (IRC client, second edition) |
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}}</ref>) is a ] ] ] and ] client written in ]. It is the oldest IRC client still maintained.<ref>{{cite book |
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}}</ref>) is a ] ] ] and ] client written in ]. Initially released in the late 1980s, it is the oldest IRC client still maintained.<ref>{{cite book |
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| chapter = Common IRC Clients by OS |
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| quote = The ircII client is possibly the oldest usable client available today. |
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}}</ref> Its initial release was in the late 1980s, soon after the creation of IRC. Several other UNIX IRC clients, including ], ], and ], were originally forks of ircII. The client for some is considered to have set the standard of quality for IRC clients, however other clients may have overtaken ircII in recent years in terms of popularity.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2008-03-01|url=http://www.internetnews.com/stats/article.php/3096631|title=Traffic Patterns of September 2003 |publisher=Internet News }}</ref> The application has been promoted as being "fast, stable, lightweight, portable, and easily backgrounded".<ref name="irchelp">{{cite web|accessdate=2008-02-29|url=http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/ircii/|title= IRC clients primarily for the Unix shell|publisher=IRC Help }}</ref> |
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}}</ref> Several other UNIX IRC clients, including ], ], and ], were originally forks of ircII. For some,{{who}} ircII set the standard of quality for IRC clients, however other clients may have overtaken ircII in recent years in terms of popularity.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2008-03-01|url=http://www.internetnews.com/stats/article.php/3096631|title=Traffic Patterns of September 2003 |publisher=Internet News }}</ref> The application has been promoted as being "fast, stable, lightweight, portable, and easily backgrounded".<ref name="irchelp">{{cite web|accessdate=2008-02-29|url=http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/ircii/|title= IRC clients primarily for the Unix shell|publisher=IRC Help }}</ref> |
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ircII has been written to run in a text-only environment. The application has no sounds, menus, pop-ups, or any other graphics-related features<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2008-03-01|url=http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/ircii/ircii.gif|title=ircII screenshot |publisher=IRC Help}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} that other IRC clients, such as ] typically have. |
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ircII runs in a text-only sell-based environment. The application has no sounds, menus, pop-ups, or any other ] features<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2008-03-01|url=http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/ircii/ircii.gif|title=ircII screenshot |publisher=IRC Help}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} that other IRC clients, such as ], typically have. |
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ircII was the first IRC client to implement the ] and ] protocols and was the first client to implement file transfer capabilities over IRC.<ref>{{cite book |
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ircII was the first IRC client to implement ] (CTCP) and the ] (DCC) protocol, and was the first client to implement file transfer capabilities over IRC.<ref>{{cite book |
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| quote = The authors of the ircII software package originally pioneered file transfers over IRC. |
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}}</ref> The CTCP protocol was implemented by Michael Sandrof in 1990 for version 2.1.<ref>See the 'NOTES' and 'source/ctcp.c' files included with </ref> The DCC protocol was implemented by Troy Rollo in 1991 for version 2.1.2<ref>See the 'UPDATES' and 'source/dcc.c' files included with </ref> and was never intended to be portable to other IRC clients.<ref>{{cite newsgroup |
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}}</ref> The CTCP protocol was implemented by Michael Sandrof in 1990 for version 2.1.<ref>See the 'NOTES' and 'source/ctcp.c' files included with </ref> The DCC protocol was implemented by Troy Rollo in 1991 for version 2.1.2<ref>See the 'UPDATES' and 'source/dcc.c' files included with </ref>, but was never intended to be portable to other IRC clients.<ref>{{cite newsgroup |
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ircII runs in a text-only sell-based environment. The application has no sounds, menus, pop-ups, or any other GUI features that other IRC clients, such as mIRC, typically have.
ircII connected to #7chan
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