Bitnet Relay was the official Chatsystem of the BITNET/EARN. It concerned a technology, the which late Internet Relay Chat inspired. There were Relay servers in each country, which was attached at the Bitnet, and they were star shaped united, so that participants of the whole world could meet in common Channels. A simple form of the Multicastings like it had a feeling for IRC then.

To participate one knew at the Bitnet Relay also without Client software, there the system function MSG of the Bitnet, a kind Instant Message interface, firmly in the function range of this network technology, was sufficient over with users on all host attached at the Bitnet chatten to be able. It, if one had nevertheless a comfortable Chat handy software, was still better like the popular CHAT of MODULES.

The disadvantage of the Bitnet Relay was, it from above as official Chatsystem was interspersed. The enterprise of other Chatserver to be safe about in order its was forbidden. Thus alternative systems adjusted like the Galaxy network or the VM/Shell, an early Peer ton Peer Chatsystem for IBM Mainframes, move forward the today's PSYC, under the pressure of the authorities closed and.

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