The Talk command allows a group of users to hold a conference call. It also allows a user to send a message to another user of the node provided that user is connected to the switch but is not patched through to another station and is not currently trying to connect to another station.

A user enters the conference by giving the command 'talk'. He/she gets a message informing them of this and reminding them that the command to escape from the talk command is '/exit'. Any other users currently in the conference get a message from the node telling them of the callsign of the user who has joined them. At this point, every line sent by a user in the conference is copied to all other users in the conference, preceded by their callsign.

To exit from the conference, the command '/exit' is used. This causes a response message to be sent to the user, and at the same time all of those left in the conference get a message from the node telling them of the station who has left the conference. If you force a disconnect, the other stations are not told of your departure.

A string of text may be entered on the same line as the talk command when the command is given. If this is done, before the user is connected to the conference, that string of text is sent to all the other users of the node who appear in the 'user' list but are not connected to anything else. For example if GxABC were to type :

Note that the TALK command will pass 8 bit data if set to by the Sysop.