TI Calculator Programming Alliance, long since gone to history, maintained a EFNet IRC channel along with many other groups in the mid-1990's, including the infamous #dim-ti. However, through a long and unknown journey #tcpa seems to be the only IRC channel to survive until today from this early group. Any other history would probably include mention of testicular implants.
IRC is an old protocol--probably just as old as you are (assuming you were born in 1989), and hasn't changed much since then. It's like an AOL chatroom without all of that immature bullshit and overhead involved. We're just a bunch of like minded invididuals from all over the community who gather online to discuss calculators, technology, cameras, and life without any hinderances.
Not that we won't try and hinder you, however.
