[JDEV] OT: AOL Patents IM (Patent creates IM wrinkle )

[Russell Davis]

I know of at least two that existed prior to 1990 that ran on a CDC
Cyber at RUB (Rhur Universitat, Bochum) and iirc mehlbox and others on
systems at Kometh also had such features. now they were in  Europe so
they might not count officially but I did install mehlbox and the Bochum
chat/email on several compters in the states around 1989.

bst rgrds
Russell

On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 20:14, Van Gale wrote:
> A lot of the messages I've seen here mention systems in use after 1990.  I
> do believe ICQ was available by at least 1990, maybe sooner.  I have a
> 6-digit ICQ number because I started using it then, and I believe it had
> been available for at least 6 months before.
> 
> Hopefully someone can come up with something earlier for prior art.
> 
> Van
> 
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