Remember Gopher?

debtboy · 10. Dec 2009, 02:17 AM

Have you ever used the gopher protocol to search?

Yes it's a name from the past, but it's still alive and kicking!!!

The main search database was named Veronica, a play on the
Archie FTP search of the time.
Veronica could get you text documents from almost anywhere
while the other database, Jughead was limited to a single server.

Today, Veronica has been revived as Veronica-2 and in case you didn't know it...
most browsers (at least for the time being) support the gopher protocol.

If you've never used it, give it a try, experience some nostalgia,
it's not a modern multimedia experience, but it is a window into the past
and how things were done back then.

Here is the link to get you started on your journey into the past:

gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/v2

MidnightCowboy · 10. Dec 2009, 09:37 AM

Can't get this link for Gopher to work, or find anything else meaningful to replace it with

Help anyone?

debtboy · 10. Dec 2009, 10:09 AM

This link outlines what browsers support gopher as well as additional gateways and other information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_%28protocol%29

This link looks just like the gopher site, but ported to (http)
http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw

MidnightCowboy · 10. Dec 2009, 07:45 PM

Thanks!

wdhpr · 12. Dec 2009, 01:40 AM

Quote:

Here is the link to get you started on your journey into the past:
gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/v2

Reminds of the early days of google back in 1995.

Cheers
Wdhpr

Fireboy241 · 19. Dec 2009, 07:41 PM

CNET TV ran a show on "Surfing the Web like it's 1991 with Gopher"

That's how I found out about running Gopher today.

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debtboy Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: ~/ Posts: 127	Remember Gopher? Have you ever used the gopher protocol to search? Yes it's a name from the past, but it's still alive and kicking!!! The main search database was named Veronica, a play on the Archie FTP search of the time. Veronica could get you text documents from almost anywhere while the other database, Jughead was limited to a single server. Today, Veronica has been revived as Veronica-2 and in case you didn't know it... most browsers (at least for the time being) support the gopher protocol. If you've never used it, give it a try, experience some nostalgia, it's not a modern multimedia experience, but it is a window into the past and how things were done back then. Here is the link to get you started on your journey into the past: gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/v2 __________________ [I][B]Linux, the choice of a GNU generation[/B][/I]

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debtboy Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: ~/ Posts: 127	This link outlines what browsers support gopher as well as additional gateways and other information. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_%28protocol%29 This link looks just like the gopher site, but ported to (http) http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw __________________ [I][B]Linux, the choice of a GNU generation[/B][/I]

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19. Dec 2009, 07:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
Fireboy241 Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 35	CNET TV ran a show on "Surfing the Web like it's 1991 with Gopher" That's how I found out about running Gopher today.