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JoeYoung
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Recently, there seems to have been a renewed interest in the programming community for (primarily) Texas Instruments calculators. This is possibly due to the growing popularity of the nSpire, additionally aiding the popularity of the 83+/84+ series. However, the community is not an organized place, with no definite starting point or nexus among the various forums and chat rooms.
In light of this state of affairs, Nikky Southerland has decided to reintroduce #ti, a historically old channel that has existed in the late 90s and reaching it's prime in the early 00s, before eventually fading into obscurity, most members sticking to #tcpa. At the time, though, it was THE place to be for developers of all sorts to gather and discuss code, either ti-basic or assembly, in a friendly and supportive environment.
#Ti can be found on EFnet (irc.Prison.NET) alongside #tcpa, #cemetech, and #omnimaga. It is currently under Nikky's moderation with #tcpa's botnet aiding him. Because the channel is calculator-centered, off-topic conversation will be routed to #tcpa. When activity goes up, users will have an opportunity in the future to put up their candidacy for op positions. Up till now the community has been rather scattered, and it is hoped that the revived channel will bring the other channels, and the communities of Revsoft, MaxCoderz, and TiFreakware, together in pursuit of cooperation and friendship.
The contents of Nikky's original blog post can be found here. Please opt into the discussion as Nikky explains his reasoning and goals, as well as clarifying any details in the comments discussion. We all look forward to seeing UnitedTI forum members frequent #ti, and hopefully, some new aspiring programmers as well!
For those unaccustomed with IRC (internet relay chat), some recommended clients are mIRC, Chatzilla, or X-Chat Silverex.
We hope to see you there!
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Weregoose
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Wow, more people than I thought! I could hang out here a while.
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JoeYoung
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| yeah. the project was announced on tcpa and cemetech first, where the majority of people learned of it. later it will be up on ticalc, and we're currently branching out to other communities like omnimaga. we could end up seeing a few more people over the next few days, and it's good to get all the admins and notable users on one channel. |
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allynfolksjr
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| I'd actually like to do as little moderation as possible, and shift the responsibility over to community members. |
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Toksyuryel
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| Willing to join if I can do so on Freenode. |
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JoeYoung
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Toksyuryel wrote: Willing to join if I can do so on Freenode.
rather close-minded of you. however, as far as i know the only official #ti is on EFnet |
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netham45
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| There's a calc channel on Freenode, but it's deader than dead. It's in Gooses sig. |
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Madskillz
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| This sounds like a pretty good idea Nikky. I posted the message on RevSoft. We'll see who we can bring to the fold. |
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Toksyuryel
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metagross111 wrote: Toksyuryel wrote: Willing to join if I can do so on Freenode.
rather close-minded of you. however, as far as i know the only official #ti is on EFnet
I would have to accuse you of being the one who is closed minded, as there are plenty of highly functional bots that can link channels together across IRC networks. All it takes is someone to set up a channel and a bot. |
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JoeYoung
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Toksyuryel wrote: metagross111 wrote: Toksyuryel wrote: Willing to join if I can do so on Freenode.
rather close-minded of you. however, as far as i know the only official #ti is on EFnet
I would have to accuse you of being the one who is closed minded, as there are plenty of highly functional bots that can link channels together across IRC networks. All it takes is someone to set up a channel and a bot.
which is a lot more inconvenient to set up than you simply setting your client to automatically connect to EFnet. |
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Toksyuryel
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| EFnet doesn't have services. No way in hell am I connecting there. |
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JoeYoung
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Toksyuryel wrote: EFnet doesn't have services. No way in hell am I connecting there.
Meh, ok. We don't need you anyway. |
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netham45
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That's not really good in the idea of unity, Metagross...
But, Services really don't mean anything, it doesn't matter if they're there or not, it's all just IRC.
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JoeYoung
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netham45 wrote: That's not really good in the idea of unity, Metagross...
But, Services really don't mean anything, it doesn't matter if they're there or not, it's all just IRC.
you're probably right. but as I heard he really hasn't contributed anything in about 8 years, i don't think i'll be taking it back. he's probably upset that his nick won't fit. |
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netham45
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metagross111 wrote: netham45 wrote: That's not really good in the idea of unity, Metagross...
But, Services really don't mean anything, it doesn't matter if they're there or not, it's all just IRC.
you're probably right. but as I heard he really hasn't contributed anything in about 8 years, i don't think i'll be taking it back. he's probably upset that his nick won't fit.
You're still not helping, how 'bout you just shut up? |
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