Originally Posted by Lincoln
IRC, standing for Internet Relay Chat, is a means of communicating in real-time online. There are several websites that host servers on which you can create and register rooms.
We have registered a room on Esper.net. To visit the room, click
this link, wait for the page to load, and in the box that appears, type /join #EIC and hit Enter.
You can also use IRC clients for your computer to connect. If you're using Windows, you can use
mIRC, and if you're using a Mac, you can use
Colloquy. The IRC server is irc.esper.net.
The colloquy looks better than the first thing I used. I am so old. I am not knowledgeable about chat rooms.