In order to get to the otherpower chatroom you need a irc client like MIRC, VIRC and Chatzilla for windows. There are also irc clients available for mac. and Linux o/s.

Probably the easiest way is to download the browser SeaMonkey this browser has a built in IRC client so all you have to do is click this link  irc://anotherpower.com/otherpower and Chatzilla will open and connect to the otherpower chat room. Or if you use the Firefox browser you can download the the Chatzilla Firefox Extension  and it will work the same.

  If you want chatzilla to automatically go back to #otherpower each time it is opened click "view" and then click "open this channel on startup". Then  all you will have to do is open Mozilla and click the [cZ] icon on the lower left.

You will quickly realize that chatzilla is a very limited client. The more computer savvy user will  be much happier with a full featured client like mirc which is really very easy to set up and use.

First thing you will need to do is download mirc.exe  from the mirc  website. Open mirc.exe and an installer will walk you through the installation. Its a straight forward windows install.

Once mirc is installed click on the mirc icon on your desktop and when a window comes up asking if you want to register click "continue". Then a window will appear titled "mirc options". Fill in a fake name and a fake email address like none, none@none.come. Then type in a nickname and a alternative nickname.



In the list on the left click the little + next to connect and then click the word servers.



Then click [add] and fill in the box that pops up exactly like it is in the picture below



then click [add]
select otherpower from the list it may be on the top of the list or the bottom. click [select]



click [connect to server]



You will notice in the "status" window that mirc is connecting to the server. After a minute a window will come up titled "mirc favorites". Type #otherpower into the box and click upper join button.




After the first time all you have to do to join #otherpower is open mirc, select otherpower from list, click [select] then click [connect to server], then type #otherpower into the favorite channels window and click join.

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