Prehistory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BITNET_Relay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BITNET_Relay We called it just 'Relay' as I remember it. A much smaller wo

Prehistory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BITNET_Relay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BITNET_Relay We called it just 'Relay' as I remember it. A much smaller world than IRC today, mostly students with a scattering of university IT workers.