Re: #vwscirocco

[Gary Huff <scirocco86@home.com>]

No, there was talk though :D write came around then with the early AT&T
UNIX release, didn't it? You could at least talk to people that populate
multiuser machines. The concept of IRC didn't exist until 1989 when a
crazy finnish dude RFC'd it. peace,
	-Gary Huff

"Young, Patrick" wrote:
> 
> > I have been on irc since humm let see, the opening of datapac
> > to the public
> > (yeah the internet is that old people) in 1979, so I don't
> > take offence to
> > anything on IRC (GRIN)
> 
> While I applaud you for being on so long (I've been on the internet, and
> it's predecessors such as ARPAnet, since 1983), I have one small problem
> with the above statement.
> 
> IRC did not exist in 1979.  There were some other things, BITnet relay for
> instance, but that didn't get it's start until late 1984, and early 1985.
> BITnet relay chat also looked nothing like irc in it's current guise looks.
> BBS's and such filled in the chat need before that.
> 
> Ahh history, how I love it so.  :-)
> 
> Cheers!
> -Pat
> 
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