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doctor0710@lemmy.zip 2 days agoOoh, Australia, I have a question. Was PalTalk a big thing over there? Obviously way after what you described. I remember my father having an old classmate over from Australia and he introduced us to “The Internet”, and how instant messaging was possible a cross borders through PalTalk. Even though I never heard anyone using it in Europe, even years past that encounter.
SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 2 days ago
No, not that I know of. We use to have local / oz only IRC channels, because overseas calls were expensive. So, you would dial into your ISP and then have access to city/state wide IRCs like AusNet.
doctor0710@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Damn, I’ve been lied to 27 years ago! Thanks for sharing your experiences