From 8e285f7ff4c456263338a241415f61d58e72ed01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "B. Watson" Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:08:34 -0500 Subject: remove more netcat cruft, add README.txt and numerics.h --- README.txt | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.txt (limited to 'README.txt') diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3e27daf --- /dev/null +++ b/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +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 :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. -- cgit v1.2.3