Miss Compuserve?

[dante]

CB Simulator!

link <-- why is the youtube tag so flaky lately?

Also people have been using the term "hung" for quite a while. 

[paicrai]

what the **** is this? the **** is "cb"? what is going ooon

[dante]

what the **** is this? the **** is "cb"? what is going ooon

cb = citizen's band radio.  This was a chat system before IRC.

I rang up a $90 bill within 3 days after opening a CompuServe account.  My parents were royally pissed.  It was $6 / hr @ 300bps.

[paicrai]

what the **** is this? the **** is "cb"? what is going ooon

cb = citizen's band radio.  This was a chat system before IRC.

I rang up a $90 bill within 3 days after opening a CompuServe account.  My parents were royally pissed.  It was $6 / hr @ 300bps.

so lots of money to watch winnie the big**** and richbich69 cyber it up

[dorkvader]

citizen's band is a radio range the FCC allows for general use (27 MHz IIRC). Lots of people use it to talk to nearby trucks on the highway. It can be quite useful.

Loads of good info on wikipedia of course
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_band_radio

As it turns out (and I didn't know this until this topic) it was also used for digital telecommunications for a time I guess?

edit: turns out it is different but uses the CB radio paradigms as a metaphor for chat, many of these still persist today
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CB_Simulator