Here's a short read-only chatterbox client in perl. It uses the perl chatterbox client module and Curses (barely).

Usage:
    e2chatterbox.pl [username] [password]


#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use Curses;
use E2Chatterbox2;
use Text::Wrap;

my $cbox = new E2Chatterbox2;

if ( scalar( @ARGV ) >= 2 ) {
  $cbox->login( @ARGV[0,1] );
}
 
$SIG{INT} = sub { endwin(); exit; };

initscr();
noecho();
scrollok(1);

while (1) {
  my ( $chatter, $msg ) = $cbox->get_all();
  # clear();                               
  erase();  
            
  foreach my $line ( @$chatter ) {
    my ( $time, $speaker, $speech ) = @$line;
    $speech =~ s/\&/\&/g;
    $speech =~ s/\"/"/g;
    addstr( Text::Wrap::wrap("", "\t", 
      "[$time] $speaker: $speech\n") );
  }
     
  if ( scalar( @$msg ) ) {
    addstr( "----------------------- Messages -----------------------\n" );
    foreach my $line ( @$msg ) {
      my ( $time, $speaker, $speech, $id ) = @$line;
      $speech =~ s/\&/\&/g;
      $speech =~ s/\"/"/g;
      addstr( Text::Wrap::wrap("", "\t", 
        "[$time/$id] $speaker: $speech\n") );
    }
  }
     
     
  refresh();
  sleep( 15 );
}
 
endwin();