Cobra,
This is very possible. I need to look around on my server and find some of the old scripts that were used to pass the IRC text to outside programs, like Hal.
Sorry, I didn't reply sooner. I have been away for about a week.
It would take some serious IRC scripting to get Hal to interact individually with members in a room, but the One-on-One Query with Hal on IRC would be pretty easy.
I have many years of IRC scripts that I have collected, when I get a few extra hours, I'll load up some tapes and see what I can find for ya. I know I have most of this stuff backed up on DLT's, it's just a matter of locating it.
-=Rick=-