Surfers (talker)
Encyclopedia
Surfers was created using ew-too
code in 1993, first booting up on 2 December 1993, and was the first internet
talker
to have 1,000 users logged on at the same time. Founded by Ian "Roosta" Dobbie, it is currently run by Mike and Furry.
The talker is run on surfers.fysh.org on port 4242, in reference to The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Its former address, surfers.org 4242, is used as the example for how to telnet to a talker in the Usenet
alt.talkers FAQ, where it is also one of the three "recommended talkers".
It is regarded as important to the history of ew-too
, and hence to the history of talker
s, both as an early popular talker and because the ew-too code that was publicly released was Surfers' version. It is the primary focus of LiveJournal
's spod community.
Ew-too
ew-too, short for Elsewhere Too, was the first publicly available code base for Internet talkers and was written by Simon "Burble" Marsh in 1992, following the demise of the second internet talker, Cheeseplant's House, which had been closed down some months earlier. It was based on the LPMud game...
code in 1993, first booting up on 2 December 1993, and was the first internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
talker
Talker
A talker is a chat system that people use to talk to each other over the Internet. Dating back to the 1980s, they were a predecessor of instant messaging....
to have 1,000 users logged on at the same time. Founded by Ian "Roosta" Dobbie, it is currently run by Mike and Furry.
The talker is run on surfers.fysh.org on port 4242, in reference to The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Its former address, surfers.org 4242, is used as the example for how to telnet to a talker in the Usenet
Usenet
Usenet is a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system. It developed from the general purpose UUCP architecture of the same name.Duke University graduate students Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived the idea in 1979 and it was established in 1980...
alt.talkers FAQ, where it is also one of the three "recommended talkers".
It is regarded as important to the history of ew-too
Ew-too
ew-too, short for Elsewhere Too, was the first publicly available code base for Internet talkers and was written by Simon "Burble" Marsh in 1992, following the demise of the second internet talker, Cheeseplant's House, which had been closed down some months earlier. It was based on the LPMud game...
, and hence to the history of talker
Talker
A talker is a chat system that people use to talk to each other over the Internet. Dating back to the 1980s, they were a predecessor of instant messaging....
s, both as an early popular talker and because the ew-too code that was publicly released was Surfers' version. It is the primary focus of LiveJournal
LiveJournal
LiveJournal is a virtual community where Internet users can keep a blog, journal or diary. LiveJournal is also the name of the free and open source server software that was designed to run the LiveJournal virtual community....
's spod community.