chat

[from 1990 to 2000 i managed germany's largest ircnet server. all the documents you'll find in this section are from that time of my life.]

irc - eine möglichst kurze einführung
a supposed to be brief introduction to irc. possibly the most read and referenced german irc manual. september 1996

de.comm.chatsystems faq
from 1996 until 2002 i was the author and maintainer of the official frequently asked questions list for the german newsgroup de.comm.chatsystems, which deals with online communications like irc.

computerfreaks like 2 party
this article starts with a brief history of the internet relay chat, and focuses on the german speaking part of the international irc community. published 1994 as wzb discussion paper fs ii 94-104. wissenschaftszentrum berlin für sozialforschung.