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Talkomatic

Talkomatic is an online chat system that enables real-time text communication among small groups. Each participant occupies a dedicated section of the screen, with messages appearing character-by-character as they are typed. Developed in 1973 by Doug Brown and David R. Woolley on the PLATO system at the University of Illinois, Talkomatic is recognized as…

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License
MIT License (2024 version)
Original authors
Doug Brown David R. Woolley
Platform
PLATO
Release
November 26, 1973; 52 years ago (1973-11-26)
Type
Online chat system
Written in
TUTOR (original) JavaScript (web versions)

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Talkomatic

Nodes33
Edges32
Triples106
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.060606
Components1

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Talkomatic

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related to 2024 shutdown and open-source revival · 16
Talkomatic → During, Express, GitHub, In June, IO, Mahmodi's, March, MIT License, Mohd Mahmodi, Node, Socket, Steve Sjzoppi, Talkomatic Classic, The, This, Xander Keller
related to Influence on collaborative software · 16
Talkomatic → CERL, Computer-based Education Research Laboratory, Illinois, In, Len Kawell, Lotus Notes, Most, Ozzie, PLATO, PLATO Notes, PLATO's, Ray Ozzie, Several PLATO, This, Tim Halvorsen, University
related to Development on PLATO · 12
Talkomatic → Brown, David, Doug Brown, Illinois, In, PLATO, PLATO Notes, The, This, University, Unlike, Woolley
related to PLATO community · 12
Talkomatic → Between September, CERL PLATO, Illinois, May, Notes, PLATO, PLATO Notes, TERM, Term-talk, The, University, Users
related to Access control and moderation · 9
Talkomatic → Each, If, PLATO-based Talkomatic, System, The, The PLATO, To, Users, Version
related to Naming of Talko · 9
Talkomatic → December, In, March, Microsoft, Microsoft Teams, Ozzie, PLATO, September, Talko
related to 2014 relaunch · 8
Talkomatic → Brown, On March, PLATO, Talkomatic's, The, The WebSocket, This, Woolley
related to Room types · 6
Talkomatic → Discord, IRC, Private, Public, Semi-private, These
related to Interface and interaction model · 5
Talkomatic → Messages, Talkomatic's, The, This, Users
related to External links · 4
Talkomatic → Current, History Foundation, Source, Talkomatic Classic

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system plato original users systems version online chat communication implementation brown 2014 web 2024 notes open-source software woolley participants rooms

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TalkomaticLicenseMIT License (2024 version)1.00infobox
TalkomaticOriginal authorsDoug Brown David R. Woolley1.00infobox
TalkomaticPlatformPLATO1.00infobox
TalkomaticReleaseNovember 26, 1973; 52 years ago (1973-11-26)1.00infobox
TalkomaticTypeOnline chat system1.00infobox
TalkomaticWebsiteclassic.talkomatic.co1.00infobox
TalkomaticWritten inTUTOR (original) JavaScript (web versions)1.00infobox
Talkomaticis aonline chat system that enables real-time text communication among small groups0.90text
Talkomaticrelated to 2014 relaunchOn March0.60section
Talkomaticrelated to 2014 relaunchBrown0.60section
Talkomaticrelated to 2014 relaunchWoolley0.60section
Talkomaticrelated to 2014 relaunchThe WebSocket0.60section

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