Heck, mIRC or Pirch or whatever you want to use is a complete doddle to set up. I'd say if someone can record a game in mame, they can use irc. There's usually 50,000 people online around the network, so ok it's still a minority thing(!) compared to ICQ etc.(posted 9206 days ago)If anyone struggles that badly I'll even help them set up mIRC.
Crash.