After installing Microsoft's Comic Chat program and intializing it for the first time,
it will not connect! Do not despair! It is not broken! Microsoft has closed the
default connection servers the Comic Chat program is trying to connect to.
You Must go to the NEW LIST of servers to find a new Comic Chat server!
2008
July
..6 ..David Kurlander, the author of Comic Chat, now retired from Microsoft, recently set up his own website. He has added to his new website historical videos, helps, along with lots of data for Comic Chatters. His site is a wealth of cool inside views of Comic Chat and other projects that he has participated and researched in. Some places to go on his site are here:
Projects Videos
Comic Chat - Resources
Comic Chat - Getting Started
Recently, DJ had returned from a life long dream to visit the Antactic. He has posted some of his photos from the trip here on his website DJ - Main Page click on 'Photos'
May
..26 ..This site has moved to a new Web Host Provider after having survived several DOS (Denial of Service) Attacks on the previous host server. Hopefully we will return to our regular Comic Chat Services now! :)
March
..23 ..Happy Easter!
February
..21 ..Kewpie has officially closed her Comic Chat server. However, her Comic Chat character and background webpages are still posted for your use and enjoyment. http://www.kewps.com/index.htm.
January
..27..Vista Help File #2 states that the Character Editor will not work in Vista. Well Mermy got an email from a dude named Andrew saying that he is using the Character Editor on his Vista machine with out any problems. He even states that he didn't have to use the appcompat program to get it to work either. This is awesome news! Mermy wants to mention it here, but will not actually change the information on her 'Vista Help Page' untill she can confirm Andrew's report.
..1..Yikes! another year has passed! This last year has seen some more changes in the comic Chat world.
..Kewpie has disappeared from Comic Chat, (although it does appear that she is still keeping her server online). :)
..MadMax, the owner of the #Crypt server split his server in order to maintain just one room on the server. The idea is that there are so few chatters online anymore that it would be nice if we all chatted in one room. (Sounds good to me).
..Angeleyes and LilJoe moved their room to the new 'Entouche' server where there seems to be a nice little gathering in #BamBamsDen.
..Many people have asked Mermy through the years why she doesn't have her own server nor chat room. To her, it takes commitment to be consistent enough to be there everyday at a specific time so that others can find her. It's like keeping a store open on regular hours. This is something mermy hasn't been able yet to accomplish. However, as an experiment, Mermy did open a room on the new Entouche server called #Mermys_Grotto. She hopes to attempt to be available on a daily basis between the pacific coast time of 5 to 7 PM.
..Fantas has written some nice scripts to manage and create Comic Chat files (.avb's and .bgb's).
..Syko_mama in the #LaffinLoft is still hanging in there and keeping her server open for anyone looking for a friend to chat with.
..Mermy discovered that the mic:// fix does still work on WinXP sp2 if one first turns off the restore feature first before merging the reg fix file. (then reboot and turn restore back on).
..Welp...Happy New Year, Everybody!
2007
October
..18 ..Tonight Taterin's characters were restored. She had 7 characters that many will remember once they are seen again.
..16 ..Stussy's ComichaStation character page was restored tonight on mermeliz.net!
..15 ..Big_J's Characters 4 All site was restored tonight on mermeliz.net!
..14 ..An Update to the character Download Page shows 5 sites have changed. Four were missing and one was reorganized. Among the Closed sites was our friend Haruki. Her beloved characters have already been restored this weekend onto mermeliz.net!
..The background to Noz's Site was repaired so that her page would work on visitors who are using higher resolution monitors
May
..14 ..An Email request from Markus Brückner has prompted Mermy to edit the German version of the Comic Chat .exe file to play the popular .MP3 and .WMA file formats within a Comic Chat room. The edited versions can be found on the WinXp MP3 Help Page.
..18 ..Greek version is also now available on the WinXp MP3 Help Page.
April
..1 ..As Promised Mermy posted her 'Windows Vista Help Page' HERE!
Also added Joey's 'MS Chat Info' tool on the 'Cool Programs' page for download.
The control panel for the 'Rainbow Font' program, also on the Cool Programs page, was all in Japanese. Therefore, Mermy edited it with a HEX editor and changed the Japanese buttons to English for easier use.
March
..27 ..Mermy recently purchased a computer with Windows Vista installed. Look for a Windows Vista help page soon to follow. For now, Comic Chat does work in Vista. The Character Editor, on the other hand, does not. Simply put, unlike WindowsXP, Vista does not have a 16 bit subsystem in it. Therefore even using Appcompat, will not get the Character Editor to function. (The Editor is 16 bit, the Comic Chat program is 32 bit). . . :-(
Mermy is researching the use of Microsoft's 'Virtual PC 2007' as a 'work-around'.
January
..MP3 & WMA Sound files can be played in Comic Chat if you have Windows XP or higher. Go to the WinXP Help Page for further assistance!
..Mermy gets email messages on occasion, from some server operators requesting her to add their server link to her server/rooms page. Although she usually does, sometimes the server ends up having hostile anti-comic chat users on them. This most often happens when the server is not set up for IRCX Mode operation. If hostilities continue, then the server gets removed from her link page. As a general message, she would like Comic Chatters to know that the friendliest servers are: Kewpie's 'chat.kewps.com', MadMax's 'The Crypt', Syko Mama's 'LaffinLoft', and Jade's 'Terraformers'.
..Microsoft Vista supports the Comic Chat program, however the mic:// links will not work as hot links to the Comic Chat program. Users of Vista and WinXP will have to continue to copy and paste the server links into the Comic Chat server connection pop-up window. Microsoft's latest security updates for WinXP once again kills the mic:// as being recognized as an HTML protocol. Mermy's guess is that the security patch stops any executables from opening as an HTML protocol. (Unlike the first patch which just merely took the mic:// recognition out of the registry file).
..Joey's Cool MS Chat Information Tool can be found here: http://www.members.optushome.com.au/pret/mschat_info/
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~ Microsoft Chat Development: ~
What is Microsoft 'Comic' Chat?
Sniffle's cummulative Abstract page of 'Comic Chat'.
Frequently Asked Questions regarding 'Comic Chat'. ( Sniffle's )
A Comic Chat Summary - by Microsoft's Social Computing Group
The Technics of how Comic Chat works by David Kurlander (pdf file: 2.3 Megs)
A Review by the U.K.'s netmag.com
