Chatmag.com Site Guide

    Chatmag.com is the Internet Chat News and Help Directory. Within Chatmag.com you will find information on getting chat software, installing and running software, news on the different chat sites, such as Yahoo or Talk City, and tips and safety suggestions that will take you from a newbie to an experienced chatter.
 

    Chatmag.com also includes a comprehensive chat subject index, still under construction, that helps you locate a particular topic of interest. Browse the listings and find your chat subject, and go to that page. Click here for an example page. You will find the subject listed, and lists of chat channels on the two major irc chat servers, Dalnet and Undernet. If any other chat server has the topic, it will be listed below these two. In addition to irc chat, other major chat areas on the internet are covered.
 

    Using Chatmag.com

    Rather than a lot of graphics, and cgi search files, Chatmag.com keeps each page simple, and easily downloaded in any browser, and at any connection speed. Here are the load statistics for this page, and is the average for any Chatmag.com page.

Load Time by Modem Speed

         Modem Speed

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 14.4k          12.18 seconds

 28.8k            7.09 seconds

 56k               4.59 seconds

 ISDN (128k) 3.15 seconds

 T1 (1.44 MB) 2.10 seconds
 
 

Each page can be individually bookmarked, for future reference. There is no need to do a search like the search engines, everything is laid out for you to easily access.

    On each subject page, the available chat rooms covering the topic are listed. First, the two major IRC chat networks, Dalnet and Undernet. Then, below that is any other IRC network that has chat channels (or rooms) are listed. Finally, any Internet Chat area, such as Yahoo or Talk City is listed, showing the rooms on their sites that correspond to the topic for that Subject Page.

    The chat channels that have their own web site are underlined. Click on the channel name to go to their homepage, and learn a bit about the channel. And, any other underlined text is a link to a chat site. Here are two examples:

    Also on each page you will find an advertiser that has products or services that correspond to the Chat Subject for that page. You are encouraged to visit our advertisers, and let them know that you found them on Chatmag.com!

    Chatmag.com also operates chat channels on both Dalnet and Undernet, look in the channels list for #chatmag and drop in and say hi. And, if you have any questions, or need help, feel free to let us know.
 
 

    If you have any suggestions or comments, please email us at chatmag@hotmail.com

    Thanks for stopping by Chatmag.com, your Internet Chat News and Information Web Site, and, see you in chat!