On Jul 31, 2012, at 6:21 AM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: >> It runs in the Terminal and reminds of my original internet experience >> of modeming in to my University Vax account, running Gopher. It is >> *especially* well suited to Google Groups as it eliminates all >> formatting other than ASCII text. > > Gopher's still around: > > gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/ > > http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw
Ahh the good old days of spelunking the gopher holes. I remember when you had to trade around lists of open FTP sites to get software...I still have one about a half-inch thick, laboriously printed out on my "Epson FX-80 Compatible" Gemini dot matrix printer. And that sure looks like an offshoot of lynx, the original character-based web browser.: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)> -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
