From: John Kenney <KENNEY <at> EMBL-HEIDELBERG <dot> DE>
Date: 12 oct 1993
Subject: ISS channel 3 = shogi - good idea!

Hi,
        The ISS is getting a lot of attention - and it deserves to.
It is a great service for palying realtime shogi with anyone anywhere
in the world (who has access to an electronic network). There are
still some bugs to work out, but they are getting fixed and the
service will improve the more we use it and report bugs.

Jonathan <shrchin <at> reading <dot> ac <dot> uk> suggests:

>Why not choose a channel number on IGS and use it to flag player
>availability? Anytime you logon to the server do "channels" and if
>there is anyone on the channel, then you know there is someone
>interested in a game.

>I asked tim to put a line in the motd to publicise the idea.
>I propose to use channel 3 (tim's suggestion and it fits with shogi
>being the 3rd "choice" on the server).

I think it is a very good idea. When I connect next I will put myself
on channel 3 and look for others on that channel. Let's play shogi
in real time around the world!

                John (ISS:embl1) <Kenney <at> EMBL-Heidelberg <dot> DE>