Traditionally, the only way to connect to a talker is by using telnet. Some talkers allow connections via SSL, but this is quite rare. Originally, the most common way users connected to talkers was by using raw telnet clients (see below) or by using various MUD clients, which were developed to be used on MUDs. However, as talkers developed, a number of clients were developed that were specifically tailored for use with talkers. While MUD clients primarily focused on triggers, scripts, speedwalks, macros and other tools i ...

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Each talker had different commands available, but a typical list is as follows: say - talks to the room shout - talks to the entire talker tell - privately talks to another user - similar to IRC/instant messenger "private message"/pm emote - makes an action (for example "emote smiles at you" would appear as "Jack smiles at you") move/go/translocate - moves to another room - on some talkers this could go from any room to any other room, while on others you were required to follow a map

Whilst talker bases had a variety of names for their codes, there were essentially only 2 base codes from which all other codes were based, this being NUTS (also known as "dotty" because of its use of a . before each command) and ew-too. The main difference between ew-too and NUTS is that ew-too required for you to type in "say hello there" while with NUTS you could type in "hello there" without a command. NUTS also required a . before each command, while ew-too did not. For example, in ew-too code you would type "tell jack what's up? ...

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Most talkers had 3 basic levels - USER, WIZ and GOD (or SU). On some talkers, they required for you to register before promoting you to user, and also had lower levels for punishment purposes. Some also had higher levels of users for long-term users or users who had been voted on to a user council (such as Crystal Palace). A handful of places had several different levels of wizard as well. ...

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Talker, Talker - History of talkers, Talker - Intranet talkers, Talker - Early internet talkers, Talker - NUTS talkers, Talker - Talker hosting, Talker - Controversies, Talker - Programs used to connect to talkers, Talker - Levels of users, Talker - USER level, Talker - WIZ level, Talker - GOD or SU level, Talker - Main differences between ew-too type talkers and NUTS type talkers, Talker - Commands and abilities, Talker - The culture of talkers, Talker - Divisions between talkers, Talker - Feuds and alliances, Talker - Net relationships, Talker - The rumour mill, Talker - Talkers being real, Talker - How a talker is advertised, Talker - Code bases, Talker - BBS talkers, Talker - UNaXcess, Talker - NUTS-style all ages talkers, Talker - Ew-too style all ages talkers, Talker - Cat Chat, Talker - Cheesehouse, Talker - Foothills Elsewhere, Talker - Surfers Marble Madness, Talker - Resort, Talker - Adult 18+ talkers, Talker - Crystal Palace, Talker - Multiple worlds talkers, Talker - Lintilla, Talker - Sleepy's multiple worlds, Talker - Fantasia's multiple worlds, Talker - The Planes of Existence, Talker - Other talkers by other names, Talker - MUSH, Talker - MOO, Talker - MUCK

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The first internet talker, Cat Chat, created in 1990, was based on LPMud code, used for MUDs. This code eventually developed in to Elsewhere code, which then developed in to Elsewhere Too or ew-too code. One of the early intranet talkers, UNaXcess, which was created in 1984, had a code base that was eventually used as a basis for Neil Robertson's own version, NUTS in 1993, which was immediately available for public download. One of the major forks of NUTS 1 was Iforms, which in turn was used to create Ncohafmuta, which formed part of the inspiration for the major NUTS fork Amnuts. NUTS 3 led to the creation of Amnuts as ...

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Talker, Talker - History of talkers, Talker - Intranet talkers, Talker - Early internet talkers, Talker - NUTS talkers, Talker - Talker hosting, Talker - Controversies, Talker - Programs used to connect to talkers, Talker - Levels of users, Talker - USER level, Talker - WIZ level, Talker - GOD or SU level, Talker - Main differences between ew-too type talkers and NUTS type talkers, Talker - Commands and abilities, Talker - The culture of talkers, Talker - Divisions between talkers, Talker - Feuds and alliances, Talker - Net relationships, Talker - The rumour mill, Talker - Talkers being real, Talker - How a talker is advertised, Talker - Code bases, Talker - BBS talkers, Talker - UNaXcess, Talker - NUTS-style all ages talkers, Talker - Ew-too style all ages talkers, Talker - Cat Chat, Talker - Cheesehouse, Talker - Foothills Elsewhere, Talker - Surfers Marble Madness, Talker - Resort, Talker - Adult 18+ talkers, Talker - Crystal Palace, Talker - Multiple worlds talkers, Talker - Lintilla, Talker - Sleepy's multiple worlds, Talker - Fantasia's multiple worlds, Talker - The Planes of Existence, Talker - Other talkers by other names, Talker - MUSH, Talker - MOO, Talker - MUCK

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