Our IRC channel is located on the EFnet network. A list of servers is available.
Find yourself an IRC client and drop by to #nesdev for assistance with your code or hardware related inquiries or interests.
If you would like to access the NESdev IRC channel via the browser, you may do so by clicking here
Occasionally, EFnet's round-robin DNS may put you on a server that has blocked (G-lined or K-lined) your IP address for some server-specific reason, or it might have the annoying "/QUOTE PONG :cookie" CAPTCHA. You may want to connect to a specific server instead, such as the following:
Tip: Some IRC servers won't K-line you if you get ident (RFC1413/931) working. Ident is a protocol to associate an IRC connection to a specific user name/account on a computer. Many IRC clients (ex. mIRC) have built-in ident servers that run on TCP port 113; make sure that's enabled. If you have a firewall or NAT router, these will probably block ident requests until you tell your firewall/router to allow them/port forward them. On the router, you can use use port triggering (outbound TCP 6667 -> inbound TCP 113) or set up a static port forward to your computer (TCP port 113). If using a software firewall, allow your IRC client to accept inbound connections to TCP port 113.
In summary: #nesdev as a channel exists as a community to casually discuss hardware, software, and NES/Famicom related topics (mainly pertaining to development or hacking). Off-topic conversation is not discouraged, so long as it does not affect any conversation in the channel related to these topics.
We're on our third bot. "LittleMac" is an Eggdrop bot that maintains user privileges.
To set your password (only necessary after an user account has been added):
/msg LittleMac pass <password>
To identify yourself from a new host:
/msg LittleMac ident <password>
To get ops (if you have +o rights on the bot):
/msg LittleMac op <password>
To gain help:
/msg LittleMac help
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