The talker is a kind of chat system that was originally based on MUDs.
Talkers start with a virtual world in which people log in remotely (usually via telnet), that has a basic text interface with which to communicate with each other, in a similar way to how MUDs work, but without the games. Some talkers have added simple games, some even almost as detailed as the games that exist in MUDs.
History of talkers
Intranet talkers
The first talker in history appeared in 1984. Talkers at this period of time were hosted on an intranet within a school or office or local bulletin board systems that people used to connect to the internet. An early example of an intranet talker was UNaXcess, which was created in 1984.
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