Row 97525

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The early Internet had a wide variety of operating systems on it (Tops-10, Twenex, Unix, Multics, etc.) and other networks (DECNET, FIDOnet) ran on different network protocols. Many hosts were also time-sharing systems, giving each simultaneous user the illusion of having their own standalone machine.

Instant messaging between different users of the time-sharing system was a standard capability on all the systems I used (primarily RSTS/E, Tops-10, Twenex, Unix, IBM's timesharing system whose name I forget, and a couple of obscure ones).

Most systems connected to the internet supported instant messaging. What was fascinating is that Unix, originally a toy OS that almost no one used, didn't bother to implement the instant messaging protocol when Unix systems began connecting to the internet. As Unix gradually became the dominant operating system, instant messaging disappeared...all because someone, somewhere, didn't bother to implement the SEND/SEMD protocols.

(It still existed on BBSes of course, but becoming rare on the mainstream internet.)

The rise of ICQ and others in the mid-80s was a revival of instant messaging capabilities, not the original invention.

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text The early Internet had a wide variety of operating systems on it (Tops-10, Twenex, Unix, Multics, etc.) and other networks (DECNET, FIDOnet) ran on different network protocols. Many hosts were also time-sharing systems, giving each simultaneous user the illusion of having their own standalone machine. Instant messaging between different users of the time-sharing system was a standard capability on all the systems I used (primarily RSTS/E, Tops-10, Twenex, Unix, IBM's timesharing system whose n…
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