<s>
AmIRC	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
MUI-based	O
IRC	B-Protocol
client	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
as	O
a	O
shareware	B-License
,	O
it	O
was	O
later	O
open-sourced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AmIRC	B-Protocol
offers	O
large	O
degree	O
of	O
configuration	O
with	O
an	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
by	O
Oliver	O
Wagner	O
(	O
VaporWare	O
)	O
and	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
AmIRC	B-Protocol
was	O
then	O
in	O
a	O
direct	O
competition	O
with	O
fellow	O
Amiga	B-Device
IRC	B-Protocol
client	O
,	O
Grapevine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
was	O
originally	O
distributed	O
as	O
a	O
shareware	B-License
product	O
:	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
it	O
allowed	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
for	O
30	O
minutes	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
over	O
a	O
30	O
day	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AmIRC	B-Protocol
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
Surfer	O
Pack	O
,	O
a	O
package	O
containing	O
several	O
Internet	O
related	O
applications	O
,	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
Technologies	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last	O
major	O
AmIRC	B-Protocol
version	O
released	O
by	O
VaporWare	O
was	O
3.5	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
beta	O
releases	O
continued	O
until	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
restarted	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
when	O
Nicolas	O
Sallin	O
introduced	O
with	O
a	O
consent	O
of	O
VaporWare	O
an	O
unofficial	O
AmIRC	B-Protocol
port	O
for	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
and	O
later	O
also	O
for	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
3.x	O
,	O
a	O
keyfile	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
necessary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
development	O
branch	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
2011	O
by	O
Costel	O
Mincea	O
for	O
AmigaOS4	B-Application
,	O
this	O
fork	O
was	O
open	O
sourced	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
requires	O
MUI	B-Library
(	O
Magic	B-Library
User	I-Library
Interface	I-Library
)	O
and	O
supports	O
ARexx	B-Operating_System
scripting	O
language	O
allowing	O
other	O
applications	O
to	O
integrate	O
with	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
other	O
features	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
log-in	O
to	O
selected	O
IRC	B-Protocol
channels	O
at	O
startup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
also	O
supports	O
IRC-like	O
Arcnet	O
chat	O
system	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
author	O
and	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
Technologies	O
for	O
their	O
internal	O
communication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AmIRC	B-Protocol
was	O
well	O
regarded	O
in	O
its	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
words	O
of	O
the	O
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
magazine	O
reviewer	O
:	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
polished	O
Internet	O
clients	O
ever	O
seen	O
on	O
any	O
platform	O
"	O
Commended	O
were	O
its	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
interface	O
,	O
high	O
degree	O
of	O
customization	O
and	O
good	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
downside	O
,	O
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
review	O
mildly	O
criticized	O
inclusion	O
of	O
only	O
a	O
few	O
entries	O
for	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
market	O
in	O
the	O
default	O
phone	O
book	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
also	O
some	O
limitations	O
despite	O
the	O
rich	O
features	O
,	O
although	O
AmIRC	B-Protocol
(	O
version	O
2.0	O
reviewed	O
)	O
could	O
connect	O
to	O
multiple	O
channels	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
able	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
multiple	O
channels	O
on	O
multiple	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
