<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br clear="all"></div><div>​Listening to PBS yesterday, there was an interveiew about the history of FEMA, and they mentioned EMISARI as being the Ur of chat software. I had heard of PLATO and EIES, but never EMISARI.<br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I googled and found 1) a related story in Wired - <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-secret-history-of-fema/">https://www.wired.com/story/the-secret-history-of-fema/</a> and 2) this book excerpt <a href="http://bit.ly/2fIe8Qw">http://bit.ly/2fIe8Qw</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Questions: Packet-based? Relied on a central server? Any further insights?</div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">​It would seem Murray Turoff deserves wider recognition.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">​<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Turoff">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Turoff</a></div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>---------------------------------------------------------------<br><span>Joly MacFie  <span title="Call with Google Voice"><span id="gmail-gc-number-0" class="gmail-gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice"><span id="gmail-gc-number-2" class="gmail-gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice"><span id="gmail-gc-number-3" class="gmail-gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice"><span id="gc-number-4" class="gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice">218 565 9365</span></span></span></span></span> Skype:punkcast</span><br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>-</div></div></div>
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