Thanks, Alex

>>Start at the top: Which is my IRC client? Do not attempt to install anything on my machine, please; just info.
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>MS Chat is an IRC client. So is mIRC. Those are the two most popular for the Windows OS.
>BitchX and IRC II (Epic) are the two most popular for Unix (Linux).
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>MS Chat is free with Windows. mIRC is commercial, unless you are using Sparrow, which is mIRC with some extra scripts, then it is free.
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