For what it's worth -- I got on to RealAudio and into the chat just before 7:00. Even managed to send and receive a couple of chat messages. (Could not connect via mIRC at all). Shortly after 7:00 the RealAudio video changed from a 'static' picture of Art's CD cover to some jerky video and then I lost the connection. Chat kept accepting input but did not echo it back. I shut down Netscape but when I tried to restart it the window never appeared. I shutdown Windoze and restarted the computer. Re-established communications but could not contact any Mudcat site. (Netscape told me the server was down or not responding). Gave up about 8:00 and just came back now.

Better luck next week.