The MSXALL IRC Channel is now open

Cool! I will try IRC again!!!

Pretty nice!!!

Hello Mr. Bilderbeek. Let me get my head around it for a sec...

More than 7.000 MSX games on my list. Why create a new one?
More than 500 MSX homebrew hardware last time I count. Why create a new one?
More than 10 types of IDE interfaces. Why create a new one?
More than 10 types of Sound cards. Why create a new one?
More than 30 Facebook MSX groups. Why create a new one?
More than 10 WhatsApp MSX chats. Why create a new one?
More than 1,000 MSX Websites. Why create a new one?
Lots of Wiki, forums, chats, email lists, Twitter... And I am not aware of them all (but I'd love to be). Commonly people keep creating more of it because it helps when people can communicate, so information can be exchanged. We should be concerned when people stop creating those and the void takes place.

About the IRC, well... I put it live for no reason at all other than celebrating the MSX and to communicate with people who also love MSX! In fact, I used to have this channel on the '90 and I simply decide to revive it, if that makes any difference at all.

On one hand, I am glad some MSX friends are enjoying it and having fun, connecting on it from MSX, using it to invite for Twitch sessions (SD Snatcher ROX), discussing new ideas, talking about events... etc... On the other hand, I'd be delighted if you could also join us one day, just for no reason at all. I personally have great respect for your persona and for everything you ever have done (and do) for the MSX. Sorry if I offended you with the #msxall IRC channel. I am just trying to do my part, if I may. :/

I love you all just because you all love MSX! Should I not?

To be precise: recurring themes at #msx@rizon are:
- emulation
- VST's
- 'Allo 'Allo
- Fawlty Towers
- The Weird Wonderful World of EisBaer23 and anything he curses to kingdom-come

However, we do MSX as we please. It's just not an everyday topic. ^_^

Guys, it is simply another IRC channel. What I meant with my response is that it is not different than another pub down the street when so many other pubs already exist. It is simply another space. Maybe with a different vibe, a different purpose... or redundant, doesn't matter. The whole point is: we should celebrate and stimulate initiatives, even when we may not fully agree with it.

As I said, I have huge respect for Manuel Bilderbeek, and all of you, but I believe we need more instead of less. I am so happy I have things to post about MSX almost every day on Twitter, and many topics to explore as posts for the MSXALL List. It is a great problem to have. More we integrate and communicate, more we will have things to talk about and celebrate.

To your point, Wolf_, it is a new channel where, maybe, due to its nature, it will be inviting for some people who may not be technical enough to participate on the other channels, or even if they are, sometimes we simply want to talk about non-technical stuff. Regardless, if we manage to capture the attention of one new person, that is one great victory for us all and for the MSX, which Meits well pointed.

Besides, how hard is it to actually use your IRC client to connect to ALL MSX IRC channels at the same time? I just connected to at least seven channels in different networks and I am not overwhelmed. It is actually cool, and I hope I will be seeing a lot of talks soon... More material to publish on Twitter and on the Lists.

Here what I believe is missing: exposure. I just found all those channels because of Manuel's comments (thanks, Mr. Bilderbeek), which I will list here hoping others will also connect:

• us.undernet.org, channel #msx
• irc.rizon.net, channels #msx, #msxasm and #msxdev
• irc.freenode.net or chat.freenode.net, channel #openMSX
• irc.afternet.org, channels #msxall

I also found references to other IRC channels but most are not maintained or simply registered and abandoned.

Let's talk more MSX, enjoy more MSX and keep doing more stuff for the MSX.

Thanks, everyone!

Out of the IRC discussion for a sec (which has been nicely busy, BTW), and now getting into an art design question: who created the beautiful artwork added to this post?

I love it. I'd like to use it on the site and other places, maybe with minor adjustments. It would be fantastic if the author authorizes me to do so. Of course, credits for the original design will always point to the original author.

It would be great to get the original file, assuming I will be allowed to reuse it. If so, you may email it to me at msxall@gmail.com.

Once again, thank you a lot!!!

Many thanks for the compliment!

I would be happy if you would like to use the logo for your purposes.
You can find and download all my MRC cover images in high resolution on MSX.PICS.
Since I work with an old graphics system on PPC, my source data is not fully convertible, but I will gladly send you a .SVG file.

Fully agree. But I just wanted to say this: "Gather if you can, scatter if you must..." For our small community I think in general it's good if people join rather than split up... but of course everyone is free to do what he likes

It is just cool to test all those netwerk apps

I noticed in the screenshot of the email client that the word "untiteld" next to "New message", is misspelled and should be "untitled" ;-)

Why do you need an insecure email server? If you need, POP and/or IMAP, I can provide it, fully compliant. Let me know.

Not sure in which facts you base your statement but I can assure you without those records properly configured GMAIL (and more serious email providers) will reject or, at minimum, quarantine inbound messages. Beyond that, repetitive offenses are reported to ORDB lists and from that point on is downhill...

Gmail has pretty strict policies in some areas, but requiring SPF and DMARC for inbound emails is not one of them. Not having SPF and DMARC is not an "offense" in any way. Perhaps you should "try to be funny" less.

smiling moai, Chile, by Yuzo on Flickr

Great news! I'll try it soon

That explains a lot!