1986 Growth of electronic meetings

"As the Fellowship expands rapidly around the world, some A.A. members turn to their personal computers to give and receive the message of recovery. Since the mid-1980s, electronic communication has been an updated and expanded version of the "telephone therapy" of A.A.'s earlier days. Primitive electronic Bulletin boards set up on home computers are linked through national and international networks, enabling local users to join instant "meetings" with A.A.s all over the world. A number of international networks are listed with G.S.O. New York."

(AAWS Inc)