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[We] like to consider the hundreds of interconnected Gopher servers to
be one large distributed entity; thus, we speak of "the Gopher", with
its many small parts, spread throughout the Internet. The Gopher is
always growing, always changing. It's everywhere, but you can't locate
it; it's always there, but you can't see it. ... The Gopher is the
largest and most practical example of applied pantheism in the history
of mankind.
-- Hahn; Stout. The Internet Complete Reference (1994)
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| Software |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
(DIR) Gopher clients
Applications for various operating systems.
(DIR) Gopher proxy with Opera
Configuring Opera 12 to use a Gopher proxy.
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| Videos |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
(???) mpm_gopher.mp4 (70 MiB)
A rare interview with some of the founders of Gopher: Mark McCahill
and Farhad Anklesaria, also includes some early screenshots.
(???) Gopher_World_Tour_T-Shirt_on MTV.mpg (772 KiB)
A 7 second video of Adam Curry fulfilling the terms of his commercial
use of Internet Gopher server software license from the University of
Minnesota.
(???) Internet_Show_12_-_Gopher.mp4 (21.8 MiB)
"Since Gopher is a very popular service, gopherspace is a huge and
expanding part of the Internet."
(???) gopher.avi (241 KiB)
Surfing the Gopherspace with WS Gopher 1.2 on Windows.
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| Images |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
(IMG) Gopher Mascot GIF 1
(IMG) Gopher Mascot GIF 2
(IMG) Gopher Mascot GIF 3
(IMG) Gopher Mascot GIF 4
(IMG) Gopher Mascot GIF 5
(IMG) Gopher Mascot GIF 6
(IMG) Gopher Mascot GIF 7
(IMG) Gopher Mascot GIF 8
(IMG) Gopher Mascot GIF 9
(IMG) Gopher Mascot GIF 10
(IMG) Gopher Mascot GIF 11
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Articles |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
The following Gopher documents are mostly taken from:
(HTM) Offbeat Internet
--- Vogue Growth Era --------------------------------------------------
(TXT) Usenet_Gopher_Announcement.txt
(TXT) On_the_Trail_of_the_Internet_Gopher.txt
(TXT) Gopher_spiel.txt
(TXT) The_Internet_Gopher.txt
(TXT) Lets_Gopher_it.txt
(TXT) IUBio_Gopher_hole.txt
(TXT) CCSO_through_Gopher.txt
(TXT) Summer_Go-pher-it_Workshops.txt
(DOC) Tailoring_Gopher_Services_for_Individual_Users.pdf
(DOC) APS_Server_Anniversary.pdf
(DOC) A_Rolling_Gopher_Gathers_No_Moss.pdf
(DOC) Gopher_from_MOO.pdf
(DOC) Services_Available_on_The_Internet.rtf
(DOC) Using_Gopher_on_the_Internet.pdf
(TXT) A_Preliminary_Design_for_a_3-D_Spatial_User_Interface_for_Internet_Gopher.txt
(TXT) Announcing_GopherVR.txt
(TXT) GopherVR_now_available.txt
(TXT) Announcing_TurboGopher.txt
(DOC) Evolution_of_Internet_Gopher.pdf
(TXT) Internet_Diving.txt
(TXT) Gopher_Jewels_Design_Change.txt
(TXT) WWW_vs_Gopher.txt
--- Mass Defection Era ------------------------------------------------
(DOC) Gopher_and_Veronica.pdf
(TXT) Who_Killed_Gopher.txt
(TXT) Gopher_Jewels_Closing.txt
(TXT) SEC_Gopher_discontinued.txt
(TXT) Mother_Gopher_Obituary.txt
(TXT) TCP-IP_Guide.txt
(TXT) Where_Have_all_the_Gophers_Gone.txt
(TXT) Interview_with_Paul_Lindner.txt
(TXT) Bob_Alberti.txt
(TXT) About_Gopher.txt
(TXT) Gopher_Manifesto.txt
(TXT) Gopher_Underground.txt
(TXT) Gopher_still_going.txt
(DOC) Down_the_Gopher_Hole.rtf
(TXT) The_death_of_WELLgopher.txt
(TXT) JumpJet_Gopher_terminated.txt
(TXT) How_Gopher_nearly_trumped_the_web.txt
(TXT) Bandwidth_and_Gopher.txt
--- Stagnancy Era -------------------------------------------------
(DOC) Gopher_tunnels_on.pdf
(TXT) OmniWeb_now_includes_Gopher_support.txt
(TXT) Fun_Sites_from_the_Early_Internet.txt
(TXT) Long_Live_Gopher.txt
(TXT) Why_is_Gopher_Still_Relevant.txt
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| GopherCon |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
Documents of various Gopher Conventions from the 1990s.
--- GopherCon '92 -----------------------------------------------------
(TXT) GopherCon_'92_Trip_Report.txt
--- GopherCon '93 -----------------------------------------------------
(TXT) GopherCon_'93_Trip_Report.txt
(TXT) GopherCon_Mar93_Minutes.txt
--- GopherCon '94 -----------------------------------------------------
(TXT) Directions_to_Radisson.txt
(TXT) GopherCon94_Registration_Info.txt
(TXT) Attendee_List_through_Friday_April_15.txt
(TXT) Agenda_at_a_Glance_FINAL.txt
(TXT) Agenda_in_detail_FINAL.txt
Presentations:
(TXT) GEN1 = 1994_State_of_the_Gopher.txt
(TXT) EQ1 = Information_Quality.txt
(TXT) COL1 = K-12_Learning_Resource.txt
(TXT) APP7 = WSGopher_a_Windows_Gopher+_client.txt
(TXT) APP12 = Running_WWW_on_top_of_Gopher.txt
(ARC) APP14 = Growing_the_MIT_Libraries_Gopher.zip
Papers:
(TXT) Go4zgate.txt
(TXT) GopherSQL.txt
(TXT) SQLEvents.txt
(TXT) SafeGopher.txt
(TXT) 3Dgopherspace.txt
--- GopherCon '95 -----------------------------------------------------
(TXT) Directions_to_Radisson.txt
(TXT) GopherCon95_Announcement.txt
(TXT) Agenda.txt
Papers:
(TXT) Go4zgate.txt
(TXT) ScreenScrape.txt
(TXT) WebbedGopher.txt
(TXT) Hyper-G.txt
(TXT) Cluster.txt
(TXT) 3DUnixServer.txt
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| RFCs |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
Standards referencing Gopher:
(TXT) rfc1436.txt - The Internet Gopher Protocol
(TXT) rfc1580.txt - Guide to Network Resource Tools
(TXT) rfc1594.txt - Answers to Commonly asked "New Internet User" Questions
(TXT) rfc1614.txt - Network Access to Multimedia Information
(TXT) rfc1689.txt - Networked Information Retrieval: Tools and Groups
(TXT) rfc1727.txt - A Vision of an Integrated Internet Information Service
(TXT) rfc1738.txt - Uniform Resource Locators (URL)
(TXT) rfc1808.txt - Relative Uniform Resource Locators
(TXT) rfc2219.txt - Use of DNS Aliases for Network Services
(TXT) rfc2396.txt - Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax
(TXT) rfc4266.txt - The Gopher URI Scheme
Enhancement proposals:
(TXT) Gopher+
(TXT) +MENU block suggestion
(TXT) Changes to RFC1738 and RFC1808
(TXT) Proposed Item-type Changes
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| Licencing Fiasco of 1993 |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
The following Gopher documents are mostly taken from:
(HTM) Offbeat Internet
(TXT) Gopher-Software-Licencing-Policy_ANCIENT.txt
This policy hung a dark cloud over GopherCon '93.
(TXT) Gopher-Software-Licencing-Policy_NEW.txt
The lifting of prohibition had little impact, occuring seven years
too late.
(TXT) Peers Condemning the Ancient Gopher Licence
(TXT) UMN Justifying their Ancient Gopher Licence
(TXT) Retrospection on the disasterous impact of licencing Gopher