I rebuilt Microsoft Comic Chat's layout engine in one HTML file

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I used Comic Chat in 1996 and never got over it. So when Microsoft put the source up last week, I wanted it back the way I remembered it: same engine, browser tab, no install, works on a phone.I do not write or read code. I'm the proverbial "product manager." So, I have to thank both GPT 5.6 and Fable 5 / Opus 4.8 (just before they released Opus 5 today). I aimed to stay faithful to the original as much as I could and extend it intelligibly.It's not IRC, but you can connect with up to 10 people in a secure (E2E encrypted), ephemeral group chat. Sorry, but I'm not sure who uses IRC anymore. I don't. ;)One link, up to ten friends, everyone typing into the same strip live. Names, lines and uplo

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