kottke.org— Gopher servers are still online at The WELL and other sites, filled with historical documents from the early 1990s
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This is a document proving nothing other then the fact that at this point in Gophers development, the U of M Twin Cities had already taken over the project. The first implementation of the Gopher protocol was at the Duluth campus where the IT department had kiosks around the school with information about each area of the college. While on a routine visit, the IT department from the Twin Cities campus saw the Gopher technology in place, and at that time decided to adapt the technology for their subsidiary campuses. From that time, they developed it, marketed it, and it spread to the larger colleges across the nation.This information coming straight from the Computer Science department faculty at the Duluth campus of the University of Minnesota.
From this article: gopher://gopher.well.com/00/Communications/not.just.wiresI love this comment:I have to admit that I'm really sick and tired of the Informationhighway. I feel like I've already heard so much about it that it mustbe come and gone already, yet there is no sign of it. This is truly apiece of federal vaporware.Classic. I think she may have been wrong..... (or at least early)
I couldn't resist getting out my PowerBook 180c and installing TurboGopher, using a PPP connection to one of my servers. Much quicker than Netscape! Good times.
dpollittAug 1, 2006
This is a document proving nothing other then the fact that at this point in Gophers development, the U of M Twin Cities had already taken over the project. The first implementation of the Gopher protocol was at the Duluth campus where the IT department had kiosks around the school with information about each area of the college. While on a routine visit, the IT department from the Twin Cities campus saw the Gopher technology in place, and at that time decided to adapt the technology for their subsidiary campuses. From that time, they developed it, marketed it, and it spread to the larger colleges across the nation.This information coming straight from the Computer Science department faculty at the Duluth campus of the University of Minnesota.
sailorAug 1, 2006
I was just about to comment on that...sheesh historical?...try <a class="user" href="http://www.textfiles.com">http://www.textfiles.com</a> for some old txt files from the glorious BBS days..:)
CitorinutAug 1, 2006
From this article: gopher://gopher.well.com/00/Communications/not.just.wiresI love this comment:I have to admit that I'm really sick and tired of the Informationhighway. I feel like I've already heard so much about it that it mustbe come and gone already, yet there is no sign of it. This is truly apiece of federal vaporware.Classic. I think she may have been wrong..... (or at least early)
256byteramAug 1, 2006
I couldn't resist getting out my PowerBook 180c and installing TurboGopher, using a PPP connection to one of my servers. Much quicker than Netscape! Good times.
kiwimonkAug 1, 2006
gopher could be tha cure to digg effect ;)
kyoteAug 1, 2006
@atmicrat - don't they already? there's logos all over them?
rodgerwatersJul 11, 2007
we tried to setup our own Gopher server on <a class="user" href="http://www.platinumplay.com">http://www.platinumplay.com</a> at one stage, to limited success. Anyone else experimented doing this?
manateeJul 12, 2009
Check out these super-vintage web sites plus one link with various gopher servers. Ahh... the good ol' days<a class="user" href="http://www.retroseek.com/vintage-web-sites/vintage-internet-web-sites/">http://www.retroseek.com/vintage-web-sites/vintage ...</a>