PropIRC: propeller based IRC client
posted Feb 25th 2009 11:52am by Caleb Kraftfiled under: classic hacks, pcs hacks
Many people don’t want to miss anything in their IRC room, so they “idle” or just leave the client open to capture all the conversations. It can be annoying to have it going in the background on your computer though. To remedy this, [Harrison] built a simple computer from a propeller microcontroller that’s only purpose is to connect to IRC servers. It can take a regular PS2 keyboard and works with a standard monitor at 1024×768. It’s compact size and low power requirements make it quite a useful tool to have around if you are always on IRC. you can download the source code and schematics on the site.
[Thanks Scott]
“IRC room”? blasphemy! they’re called channels!
I love this project though…one of these days I’ll have enough free time to play with a Propeller.