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AOL released an AIM client called TiK[0] that used their TOC protocol[1] (Talk to OSCAR), which is text-based while OSCAR is binary, that was written in Tcl/Tk (and I think a console Tcl only version too?). A friend extended it some and I ended up making a custom version based on that in the 1990s. Lots of fun.

I also did some Tcl development for AOLserver in the early 2000s which surprisingly stands up well now in development ergonomics in some ways.

0. https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/TiK 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOC_protocol



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