not sure what this will do, but I have some code for you jimmy - you can just make an irc page and add this in. you'll see. I have registered the channel ausjeepoffroad. It is basically the same deal as the one i posted above, but looked easier to set up.
cheers
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<applet archive="http://chat.planetz.net:8000/java/cr.zip" codebase="http://chat.planetz.net:8000/java/" code="ConferenceRoom.class" width="500" height="350" name="QuickChat">
<param name="cabbase" value="http://chat.planetz.net:8000/java/cr.cab">
<param name="channel" value="#ausjeepoffroad">
<param name="simple" value="">
<param name="bg" value="FFFFFF">
<param name="fg" value="000000">
<param name="font" value="helvetica">
<param name="size" value="10">
<param name="tickershadow" value="false">
<param name="ticker" value="Welcome to QuickChat by Planet Z Networks -
http://www.quickchat.org ">
<param name="ticker2" value="Add a chat like this on your page by clicking on the QuickChat Now button below!">
<param name="colorpanel" value="true">
<param name="roomsWidth" value="0">
<param name="nick" value=" ">
<param name="user" value="quickchat">
<param name="port" value="7000">
<param name="showwindowbuttons" value="false">
<param name="info" value="Planet Z QuickChat">
<param name="showticker" value="true">
</applet>
<br><a href="http://www.quickchat.org/"> <img src="http://images.quickchat.org/button.gif" border="0" alt="Get QuickChat Now!"></a> </ center>