<s>
Talkomatic	B-Protocol
was	O
an	O
online	B-Protocol
chat	I-Protocol
system	O
that	O
facilitates	O
real-time	O
text	O
communication	O
among	O
a	O
small	O
group	O
of	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
participant	O
in	O
Talkomatic	B-Protocol
has	O
their	O
own	O
section	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
broadcasting	O
messages	O
letter-by-letter	O
as	O
they	O
are	O
typed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
interaction	O
is	O
dissimilar	O
from	O
present-day	O
chat	B-Protocol
systems	O
and	O
is	O
based	O
upon	O
work	O
done	O
in	O
1973	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Illinois	O
on	O
the	O
PLATO	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
by	O
Doug	O
Brown	O
and	O
David	O
R	O
.	O
Woolley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Talkomatic	B-Protocol
can	O
be	O
seen	O
operating	O
as	O
it	O
did	O
in	O
the	O
1970s	O
on	O
the	O
CYBIS	O
system	O
operated	O
by	O
cyber1.org	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Talkomatic	B-Protocol
was	O
the	O
first	O
multi-user	O
online	B-Protocol
chat	I-Protocol
system	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
possible	O
exception	O
of	O
the	O
Party	O
Line	O
function	O
of	O
the	O
Emergency	O
Management	O
Information	O
Systems	O
And	O
Reference	O
Index	O
(	O
EMISARI	O
)	O
system	O
,	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
US	O
Office	O
of	O
Emergency	O
Preparedness	O
by	O
Murray	O
Turoff	O
in	O
1971	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Talkomatic	B-Protocol
was	O
created	O
by	O
Doug	O
Brown	O
and	O
David	O
R	O
.	O
Woolley	O
in	O
1973	O
on	O
the	O
PLATO	B-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Illinois	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
PLATO	B-Operating_System
Notes	O
and	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
games	O
,	O
Talkomatic	B-Protocol
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
PLATO	B-Operating_System
that	O
gave	O
rise	O
to	O
a	O
large	O
online	O
community	O
that	O
persisted	O
into	O
the	O
mid	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ray	O
Ozzie	O
's	O
smartphone	O
app	O
,	O
Talko	O
(	O
launched	O
in	O
September	O
2014	O
and	O
acquired	O
,	O
and	O
dissolved	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
2016	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
named	O
after	O
Talkomatic	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
Ozzie	O
experienced	O
while	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
PLATO	B-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
1970s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
11	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Brown	O
and	O
Woolley	O
released	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Talkomatic	B-Protocol
designed	O
for	O
the	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2017	O
,	O
Talkomatic	B-Protocol
was	O
in	O
its	O
third	O
version	O
and	O
supported	O
the	O
original	O
's	O
features	O
of	O
Public	O
and	O
Private	O
rooms	O
but	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
final	O
feature	O
,	O
Semi-Private	O
rooms	O
had	O
not	O
been	O
implemented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Talkomatic	B-Protocol
evolved	O
in	O
the	O
PLATO	B-Operating_System
community	O
which	O
was	O
largely	O
limited	O
by	O
the	O
constraints	O
of	O
requiring	O
credentials	O
used	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
PLATO	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
anonymous	O
of	O
the	O
credential	O
types	O
,	O
multiples	O
,	O
could	O
be	O
prevented	O
from	O
accessing	O
the	O
Talkomatic	B-Protocol
system	O
,	O
thus	O
preventing	O
any	O
type	O
of	O
anonymous	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Talkomatic	B-Protocol
(	O
Web	O
version	O
)	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
freely	O
available	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
anyone	O
but	O
complete	O
anonymity	O
invited	O
abuse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Talkomatic	B-Protocol
was	O
available	O
at	O
talko.cc,	O
talkomatic.com,	O
talkomatic.org,	O
and	O
talkomatic.net	O
.	O
</s>
