PIRCH (IRC client)
 PIRCH98 running in Windows XP. | |
| Developer(s) | Northwest Computer Services |
|---|---|
| Final release | 1.0.1.1190 (January 1, 2001) [±] |
IRC client | |
| License | Shareware[1] |
| Website | pirchat.com at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived September 14, 2002) |
PIRCH or pIRCh is a
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client[2] published by Northwest Computer Services. Its name is an acronym – PolarGeek's IRC Hack.[3]
The last version of the program, known as PIRCH98, was released in 1998.
PIRCH inspired the creation of Vortec IRC due to a lack of software updates.[4]
Reception
Forrest Stroud's[who?] 1998 review of Pirch stated it has "great selection of features and is an IRC client that will especially appeal to novice IRC users", such as the capability of simultaneous multiple server connections. But Stroud noted, "PIRCH is relatively slow in listing channels for servers and also lacks the capability to filter the number of channels based on the number of users or the ability to sort based on the name of a channel".[5]
In 1999, Joe Barr of
LinuxWorld referred to Pirch as a "nice Windows client".[6]
See also
- Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients
References
- ^ "Pirch Download". Archived from the original on 1998-12-07.
- ^ ISBN 1-886411-29-8.
- ISBN 0-7897-1607-0.
- ^ Kirkland, John. "About Vortec IRC". Archived from the original on November 16, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
- ^ Stroud, Forrest (July 13, 1998). "Pirch (1.0.1.1190)". cwsapps.com. WinPlanet.com.
- LinuxWorld). Retrieved May 22, 2010.
External links
- Official website at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived September 14, 2002)
- PIRCH FAQ Archived 2009-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
- PIRCH98 at the Wayback Machine (archived April 10, 2003)
- PIRCH at Curlie