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-BitchX-1.1-Final Readme file by sin <sin@bitchx.org>
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-
-BitchX is an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client by Colten Edwards aka
-panasync@efnet. BitchX was originally based on ircII 2.8, but is currently
-based on the ircii-EPIC4 releases by Jeremy Nelson.
-
-BitchX was originally started as a script by Trench and HappyCrappy
-for the popular UNIX IRC client ircII. Around Christmas of 1994 the
-script was patched directly into the client by panasync. 
-
-Now in 2004 we are looking to revive the development of the client by merging
-it back to the current release of Epic and cleaning some of the features
-that are no longer needed or supported and moving on with the building of
-a whole new client.  10 years of BitchX and we're not nearly done yet.
-
-The new client will be based upon the final release of EPIC4 and will exclude
-a great number of the old features such as support for OS/2 and GTK which was
-very old and bloated plus there were problems with the gtk client causing
-quite a hit to the CPU.  The upside is that the client will be pulled back
-into a sane code base.  Less bloat and overhead is always good for you the
-user.
-
-For persons interested in becoming involved in the new project please visit
-our forums website at http://www.cyberpunkz.org or join EFnet #BitchX.
-
-A special thanks to panasync.
-
-Links:
-======
-
-http://www.bitchx.org/		<-- The official BitchX web site
-ftp://ftp.bitchx.org/		<-- The official BitchX ftp site
-http://scripts.bitchx.org/	<-- The official BitchX script web site
-http://faq.bitchx.org/		<-- FAQ Website
-http://bugs.bitchx.org/		<-- Bug Reporting tool
-http://forums.bitchx.org/	<-- Q&A Forums (Ask for help here!)
-http://we.got.net/~brian/	<-- Another BitchX script site (fudd's)
-
-Contacts:
-========
-
-Readme File Maintainer: sin
-       FAQ Maintainers: sin, powuh, dovee, kreca, fudd, Xavier, tilt, venoma, shattah
-                        ice-man, IRule, rain, novalogic, MHacker
-       Web Maintainers: novalogic & powuh
-      Lists Maintainer: raistlin@tacorp.net
-    Scripts Maintainer: powuh, sin
-    
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-
-    After reading this PLEASE read the FAQ: http://faq.bitchx.org
-
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