Hi Vicq works very well here's my output from apt-cache show vicq, on a Debian Woody system: Package: vicq Priority: optional Section: net Installed-Size: 160 Maintainer: Luis Bustamante <luferbu@fluidsignal.com> Architecture: all Version: 0.4.1-1 Depends: perl, libterm-readline-gnu-perl, libnet-vicq-perl (>> 0.04),libnet-vicq-perl (<< 0.05) Filename: pool/main/v/vicq/vicq_0.4.1-1_all.deb Size: 45538 MD5sum: 3da51026c9b8f0e2782a70516fdb8f27 Description: A simple, Perl-based ICQ client. vICQ is simple ICQ client written in Perl with the look and feel of mICQ, which supports ICQv7 TCP protocol. . Its features include: * Sending messages * Receiving messages * Invisible handling * Receiving contacts and contacts request * Receiving URL messages * Receiving offline messages off all types (well, almost all) * Receiving auth requests * Sending authorization * Coloring * koi8-r and koi8-u support * UIN info obtaining * SMS sending * Event external hooks * Sounds * Autocompletion * White Pages search * White Pages basic info editing Gena Blindness Advocacy and Self Help Online www.bashonline.org >The subject says it all. >Anybody have a simple text-based program that implements icq, >like the way trplayer lets me access real audio/video? >Thanks, >Karl > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list