David Airey 	  Nov 6 1993, 10:05 pm     show options
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Date: 7 Nov 1993 05:46:21 GMT
Local: Sat, Nov 6 1993 9:46 pm
Subject: Re: ICS?
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In article <2bbrad$...@lester.appstate.edu>, JS10...@CONRAD.APPSTATE.EDU
(Slone, Jason H.               ) wrote:

> I have a question that may seem somewhat stupid. Can someone tell me
> what exactly ICS is and please be concise and brief. I am somewhat
> new to using Internet and I am very "green" on some of the terminology.
> Help me please.

You can telnet to ics.uoknor.edu (port 5000) and play chess with *humans*
from around the globe in real time!!  There are graphical interfaces to
make ICS alot easier to be found via FTP at 129.15.10.21.  Internet chess
is really, really fun.  Try it!!