Chat definitely existed in the 80's. One of my first childhood memories was my brother showing me a real-time chat with someone in Germany. It was 1982. The le

Chat definitely existed in the 80's. One of my first childhood memories was my brother showing me a real-time chat with someone in Germany. It was 1982. The letters appeared one... by... one... on the screen. It was probably a subconscious part of why I went on to study German later.