Before consumer Internet access, there was: Diversi-Dial. D-Dial. This sysop was the one who ran mine, Weenie Chat, networked with Flashtalk... reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SqualorTrawler · 2019-05-14 06:12 This was real-time chat, like IRC. There are few running still on the Internet. https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/bbs/rmac-diversi-dial-station-34/ I spent the second half of the 80s talking to people on d-dial. What a blast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kodiak01 · 2019-05-14 16:22 Love the 900 numbers for more information. Making a buck any way they could! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak · 2019-05-15 23:20 note how they say "a single \*mode\*" LMFAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak · 2019-05-15 23:21 also interesting they shared her freaking STREET NAME! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak · 2019-05-15 23:22 more about her - .... ​ [https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/ajuqxr/the\_go lden\_age\_citadel\_is\_online/](https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattles tations/comments/ajuqxr/the_golden_age_citadel_is_online/)