I read two things there. Regarding interactive chat,
we can quote from
the B 6700/B7700 CANDE Language Manual
(P/N 5000318, 10/2/1972) page 102
(thanks to bitsavers for saving
it):
7.5 SS
The SS command provides the ability to
send a message to
another station.
Syntax:
I tried and
failed to reproduce the railroad diagram in
ASCII art here...
Sorry.
Semantics:
The receiving station may be referenced
by <lsn> or
station
name. SPO is the designation of the CANDE control
terminal.
The <text> may consist of any character string up to
the
maximum of the sending or receiving terminal's line
size.
I find something else in the referenced article, i.e., a
patent on computers calling home in case of incidents. That
is pretty old
too, having been a big argument for the Tandem
NonStop(TM) systems
(1974-1977).
Ah, but maybe the patent is valid when "on a
8-bit-byte-
adressable computer" ?
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