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jmclnx
on Jan 17, 2023
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Byte Magazine 1975-1995
IIRC, BIX morphed into IRC.
ghaff
on Jan 17, 2023
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As far as I know, BIX just shut down.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_Information_Exchange
jmclnx
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Seems you are right, looks like IRC came out of something call MUT. I wonder how I was thinking BIX was somehow involved :)
vram22
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Possibly like IBM to HAL, with a subliminal cipher in between. Both pairs being TLAs ;)
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