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Note: If you already have a Tardis account this tutorial explains the best method to connect to Tardis IRC.
IRC is an online chat protocol which Tardis uses for day-to-day communication.
Connection Information
Server: irc.imaginarynet.org.uk Port: 6667 Channel: #tardis
Clients
There are a range of IRC clients most of which take some getting used to - here are some recommendations:
Cross Platform
Pidgin (http://www.pidgin.im/) - Does just about everything chat-wise.
Windows
mIRC (http://www.mirc.com/get.html) - The most popular IRC client (free but you get messages on startup asking you to pay)
Linux
XChat (http://www.xchat.org/download/) - Windows version isn't free but a nice GUI linux chat client. irssi (http://irssi.org/download) - Console based IRC client, clean and highly configurable.
Web-based
mibbit (http://www.mibbit.com/chat/) - Browser based chat client, try to use a real client where possible.