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+FujiNetChat - an IRC client for the Atari 8-bit with FujiNET.
+
+For now, this is very rudimentary. It can currently:
+
+- connect to an IRC server
+- complete the user/nick registrations process [*]
+- respond to server PINGs
+- join a channel (but only one!)
+- send/receive channel messages
+- receive private messages
+- if you use raw IRC protocol, you can send private messages:
+  /PRIVMSG <nick> :this is the message text.
+
+[*] almost: it doesn't recover gracefully from "nick already in use"
+    or "invalid nick", and if the server truncates the nick, it doesn't
+    notice.
+
+I have great plans for the future:
+
+- custom display. it will support multiple screens (like linux virtual
+  consoles), one per channel or query (PM conversation). of course due
+  to limited RAM, there won't be many windows supported. On a 48K
+  machine, probably 8 windows, each with a screens' worth of scrollback,
+  which means 16K of video memory...
+
+- an 'input box' at the bottom of the screen, so we don't have to keep
+  redrawing the user's input as data comes in. this will require a 
+  custom display list.
+
+- a status bar that appears in place of the input box, until the user
+  starts typing (and reappears when he hits Return). it will show the
+  current window's channel or nick, and activity status for the other
+  windows.