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Was there a way to message other people who are logged in? Like a slack equivalent?
by dgadj38998 3y ago
Was there a way to message other people who are logged in? Like a slack equivalent?
- flyinghamster 3y agoOn Unix, there was the "talk" command for split-screen chat, and also "write" to just send a message to someone else's terminal subject to permission with the "mesg" command. Not all systems had such provisions (or, in come cases, they had to be written by users).
- ianmcgowan 3y agotalk, or later ntalk in Unix. Or wall to send to everyone. I used a system in the 80's (Pick DB) that had a send-message command. Also tandem which allowed you to take over someone's terminal like screen-sharing now. If you were the super-user you could do it without asking for permission, and start typing messages to the unlucky user..
- debo_ 3y agoWe used `talk` all the time in our university Solaris labs when I was there from 2000-2005. Mostly insults, but it was fun.
- theodpHN 3y agoLong before Slack, there was TSO SEND. :-) https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/explorer-for-zos/3.1.1?topic=message-tso-send-command https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/explorer-for-zos/3.1.1?topic=mes...