The Cyberscene, chat like it's 1995!

Welcome to the Cyberscene, the IRC chat service powered by Seedy!

The Cyberscene is a community of retrophiles, tech tinkerers, gamers, programmers, Wireshark wizards, and everything in between. Though it is run by someone who is totally blind, everyone is welcome in the Cyberscene, regardless of whether they have working eyes or not.

How do I connect?

To connect to the Cyberscene IRC server, you will need an IRC client. There are many IRC clients out there. However, if you're a screen reader user on Windows, I recommend the free AdiIRC client with the adispeak plugin.

The table below lists some of the available channels on the IRC server. More channels will be added as time goes by. For accessibility, the table has been keyed. This means that screen reader users will have column and row headers read out to them as they scroll down the table, so they always know what they're looking at.

Channel	Topic
#RetroTech	All things old school hardware and software up until 2010.
#general	General chat.
#gaming	Anything to do with modern video games and consoles, such as Xbox series S/X and PS5.
#TechTalk	General conversations about computers and other tech geeky stuff.
#cmd	Bots go here.
#RetroGames	Classic video games and consoles from the Atari 2600 to the Xbox 360.
#programming	Software development in any programming language.

Use the following details to connect to the server with your client of choice:

Hostname: cyberscene.seedy.cc
Non-secure Port: 5050
Secure SSL/TLS port: 6060

A note on passwords

While your IRC client might give you the option to enter a password when connecting, for general users, a password is not required. However, password or no password, your data will still be encrypted with SSL/TLS if you connect on port 6060.

Some useful IRC commands

To send a private message to a user, in the chat box, type
/msg [nickname] [message]
. For example,
/msg Simon Hello Simon, I'm Bob.
To change your nickname at any time, type
/nick [new nickname]
. For example,
/nick tactical_nuke2005
To do an emote, use the
/me [emote]
command. For example,
/me sighs loudly
. In chat, this would appear as
[nickname] sighs loudly
To find out what channels are available to join, including their topics, type
/list
. Lists show up differently depending on your IRC client and its configuration, but they typically include the name of the channel, the channel's topic, and operator or server-set channel modes.
To join an IRC channel, type
/join #channel
.
To leave an IRC channel, type
/part
. Part is short for depart, meaning to leave or walk away from something.
To log out of the chat entirely, type
/quit
or
/disconnect
. You will then be disconnected from the server.