Hal: Website bot. A few years ago I worked hard on making a local-machine, customized Hal, but finally stopped because it was too much investment to learn Visual Basic.
Halo: Website bot. She has a Mood Bar.
Hollala: IRC bot written in Java and quite poetic and intriguing. His name comes from a 1917 Dadaist poem by Hugo Ball. You can talk to him in a chatroom with other bots and people, including his creator.
Jabberwacky: Really going places with "George" having an animated, voice-recognition figure.
Jabberwock: Tried the experimental multi-user chat room, who could resist? Sadly, no one else was there besides me and Jabberwock, the bot. He's clever, but a little impatient.
Jane: A limited Pandorabot.
Joan: One of the few "sensible"-looking animated avatars I have seen. With her smoothly brushed-back hair in a bun, black-framed cat-eye glasses, and pale pink classic blouse, Joan looks ready for work at a school or a lab. Bob Norris' system.

I didn't review the bots below because I don't have AOL IM access, I can download but not install programs at the library computers, and Personality Forge is too non-G-rated for my taste as a general rule, so I just don't go there.
Website & AOL bot: Freakycowbot
Downloadable bot: Friend4u
Personality Forge: Fairy Princess, Fizzy Schizoid, Frizella, God Louise, Hello Earthlings, Jake Thompson, Janet666, Julie Tinkerbell

Make up your own mind at the Chatterbox Challenge.

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