Wednesday Fiero Chat Instructions
Thanks to Gene Vest <bchvbl@sprintmail.com>!


There seems to be some confusion when it comes to getting to the
Wednesday Fiero Chat.  I had difficulty as well, not being an IRC user,
until I figured it out last night.  I will attempt to give detailed
step-by-step directions to carry everyone through the entire process,
but I could omit something (I know...hard to believe  haha).  If anyone
has anything to ad, or knows an easier way, please chime in.  This way,
we will have a set of instructions to give anyone that attempts this for
the first time.  Since I did not have mIRC installed I will take you from
the beginning.  It works well, and is really simple to chat.

1.  Go to this web address "http://www.fierodrivers.com/chat/index.html".
Scroll down to just after the second paragraph and find the small button
(picture) in the middle of the page.  Click on this link to go to a 
download page.

2.  You are now on this page "http://www.mirc.co.uk/get.html".  Scroll
down to the second paragraph and click on the blue letters identifying
the type operating system you are using on your computer.  Make sure you
write down the file nane and what folder it goes into so you can find it
for installation later.

3.  Go to the folder where you downloaded the program and double click
on it to start the installation.  You need to stay connected to the
internet during this process.  Follow the default settings during the
installation and you will have no difficulties.  If it stays open for
you, omit step 4 below.  You will have to enter a nickname to sign on.

4.  Go to the mIRC folder, or wherever you installed the program.  Open
it up with the mIRC icon, the "pac man thing".  :-)

5.  After it opens, click on the file menu at the top, and go down and
click on "Setup".  Click on the "IRC Servers" tab and you will see a
selection box just below the "Add, Edit, Delete, and Sort" buttons. 
Click on the arrow to the right of this box.

6.  Scroll down until you come to the XWorld servers, click on any one
of them, and click on "Connect to IRC Server" button just below the box.

7.  A "Channel Folder" should open up.  If it does not, look across the
top of the screen and you will see an entire row of icons (small
pictures).  The fourth one over (at least on mine) has a picture of a
folder with a #+ on it.  You can also see the purpose of each by resting
your pointer on an icon and getting a description.  Click to open the
channel folder.

8.  Type in "#fiero" without the quotation marks, then click on the
button to the right that says "Join".  You will enter the chat.

9.  Locate your cursor in the bottom space by clicking there with you
mouse, type away, and hit "Enter" or "Return".  Walla!  You are in
business.  :-)

If anyone can make this more clear, plese do!  Also, fill in anything I
left out.  We should not all assume that everyone knows how to move
around the computer, and the simplest commands might be hard to
understand for the novice (like me!).  :-)

Now, if you have read this far, you are either a novice, or are checking
my work.  If you are the latter, I have a problem.  When I set up a
signature file, it ends up adding it to my e-mail with double spaces. 
How do I correct that?

Anyone can feel free to call or write, and I will try to help you...if I
can.  :-)