From: Chris Sterritt MRJ COM> Date: 9 sep 1993 Subject: TRY THE IGS!!!!!! Hello, This is for everyone who's really on the InterNet -- you should take a moment and try the Internet Go Server, just to see what it's like. It's *REALLY* cool... I am truly impressed, and am going to do all I can :-) to persuade Mr. Tweedie to get the Internet Shogi Server up and running. I sent him the Shogi rules that we've been using. Anyway, here's a brief how-to on how to interact with the IGS. I logged in, watched two games in progress, heard some kibbitzing going on...! Simply amazing. --chris sterritt >>>From tweet hellspark wharton upenn edu Wed Sep 8 22:20:38 1993 >>>Date: Wed, 8 Sep 93 22:27:56 EDT Try using the IGS (Internet Go Server) just to see what it is like. If we do decide to do a Shogi Server, it will be pretty much like the IGS. Use telnet hellspark.wharton.upenn.edu 6969 enter help for the 'get you started' commands, the later try help commands for a complete listing. example: #> help Welcome to the Internet Go Server. Commands to get you started: who, games, match, save, shout, yell, tell, kibitz, observe, coords, toggle, misc, commands, increase, ayt. help commands gives a list of commands. help gives help on each command. See also: ayt anytime commands observing playing scoring waiting Extra help: client ftp interface manyfaces tournaments manyfaces Please note that commands can be abbreviated. The shortest a command can be is 2 characters. For example 'match' abbreviates to 'mat'. #> help who Usage: who [ [flags]] List who is currently logged in to the server. The information in who is: Info Name Idle Rank : Info Name Idle Rank QX -- -- tim 1 4k ^^^----The player's ranking. ^^^---------The player's idle time, ##d, ##h, ##m ##s, for days, hours, minutes, seconds. ^^^^^^^^^^^-------------The player's name. ^^-------------------------The game number the player is playing. ^^----------------------------The first game being observed. ^^^-------------------------------The player's current state. If there is a 'Q' under the info it means the player has quiet set (ie. not listening to system messages). If there is an 'X' under the info, it means the person is not accepting matches. If there is a '!' under info, it means the person is looking for a match. A 'S' under the info means the person cannot hear shouts. is a range: who '2d-4d', 'who 3k', 'who all' are 'l', for looking for games, 'o' for open, and 'p' for playing: 'who all o' looks for players that are open for games, 'c' is for people on channels, 'r' is for rated players. See also: games stats toggle #>