I’ll be running some maintenance on Friday the 24th of July 2026 @ 8pm (Sydney time). No downtime or interruptions are expected, though we’ll send a notification within IRC if this becomes necessary.

Our #RetroComputing channel will be hosting our first Retro Geek Pub event!

When: Saturday 11 July 2026 @ 8pm (Sydney time)
Topic: 8-Bit Open Mic

Come join us to discuss memories of your favourite 8-bit micros from the early 80s. Whether you were an Acorn kid, an Apple tinkerer, an Atari gamer, a Commodore fanatic, a TRS‑80 experimenter, or loyal to something more obscure – everyone’s welcome. We’re proudly platform‑agnostic, so bring whatever stories you’ve got.

How do I join?

Fire up your favourite IRC client and connect to our server at irc.flyingmonkey.au:6697 with TLS enabled. Once connected, join the channel #RetroComputing.

If you’re not sure how to set that up, check out our server details page where we have a video on how to configure HexChat or find alternative details if you’d rather connect with a retro PC.

We’ll be running our first round of server maintenance on Friday, 3 July 2026 at 8:00pm Sydney time.

We don’t anticipate any disruption, however a notification will be sent within IRC will be sent if we need to do anything like a restart.

Hi everyone,

I have also set up a Flying Monkey IRC Facebook Page as well. This serves two purposes:

• Promotion to try and attract new users
• A way of publishing outage information if I can’t post it here for some reason

The page can be found right here.

Friendly greetings. Flying Monkey IRC is now live!

We will over the coming days and weeks start some promotion to try and get some activity happening. We have no expectations on how big this will become, but we’re looking forward to the journey.