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The '''Gopher protocol,''' launched in 1991 at the University of Minnesota, was an early internet system for organizing and retrieving text-based documents. Named after the university’s mascot, it aimed to provide a simple, hierarchical menu-driven alternative to the chaotic early web. | The '''Gopher protocol,''' launched in 1991 at the University of Minnesota, was an early internet system for organizing and retrieving text-based documents. Named after the university’s mascot, it aimed to provide a simple, hierarchical menu-driven alternative to the chaotic early web. | ||
By the mid 1990s, there were thousands of gopher servers online. They were quick and free, so universities and libraries used them like crazy. Then, Mosaic happened and gopher disappeared...mostly. | By the mid 1990s, there were thousands of gopher servers online. They were quick and free, so universities and libraries used them like crazy. Then, Mosaic happened and gopher disappeared...mostly. | ||
This article is mainly for my own use. I will add gopher:// sites as I find them. I am using <span class="plainlinks">[https://gopher.floodgap.com/overbite/d?android Overbite for Android]</span> to view and interact with these old web pages. | This article is mainly for my own use. I will add '''gopher://''' sites as I find them. I am using <span class="plainlinks">[https://gopher.floodgap.com/overbite/d?android Overbite for Android]</span> to view and interact with these old web pages. Once you have Overbite installed, it should take over as your default app for the protocol. Yes, the protocol is slow, but get over it. | ||
<h3>gopher sites</h3> | <h3>gopher sites</h3> | ||
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*Floodgap Systems: <nowiki>gopher://gopher.floodgap.com:70/</nowiki> | |||
*Gopherpedia: <nowiki>gopher://gopherpedia.com:70/</nowiki> | |||
*Project Gutenberg: <nowiki>gopher://dante.pglaf.org:70/</nowiki> | |||
*SDF Public Access UNIX System: <nowiki>gopher://sdf.org:70/</nowiki> | |||
*Mozz’s Cocktails: <nowiki>gopher://mozz.us:7003/</nowiki> | |||
*Telefisk: <nowiki>gopher://telefisk.org:70/</nowiki> | |||
*Raspberry Pi of Death: <nowiki>gopher://gopher.leveck.us:70/</nowiki> | |||
*1436chan imageboard: <nowiki>gopher://khzae.net/1/chan</nowiki> | |||
*70chan imageboard: <nowiki>gopher://bbs.sick.bike/1/70chan</nowiki> | |||
*This gopher hole is run by James Tomasino: <nowiki>gopher://gopher.black</nowiki> | |||
*List of phlogs: <nowiki>gopher://i-logout.cz:70/1/bongusta</nowiki> | |||
*List of links: <nowiki>gopher://1436.ninja/1cgi-bin/page.cgi?Bookmarks</nowiki> | |||
*Veronica Search: <nowiki>gopher://floodgap.com/7/v2/vs/</nowiki> | |||
*Weather for Fort Wayne: <nowiki>gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/0/groundhog/us/forecast/in/27</nowiki> | |||
<h3>see also</h3> | |||
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*<span class="plainlinks">[https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw?a=gopher%3A%2F%2Fgopher.floodgap.com%2F1%2Fbuck Welcome to Bucktooth, the miniature Gopher server for Perl.]</span> | |||
*<span class="plainlinks">[https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/ A mirror]</span> | |||
*<span class="plainlinks">[http://gopher.quux.org:70 This server has a lot of information of historic interest, funny, or just plain entertaining.]</span> | |||
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[[Category:Internet]] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:13, 19 April 2025
The Gopher protocol, launched in 1991 at the University of Minnesota, was an early internet system for organizing and retrieving text-based documents. Named after the university’s mascot, it aimed to provide a simple, hierarchical menu-driven alternative to the chaotic early web.
By the mid 1990s, there were thousands of gopher servers online. They were quick and free, so universities and libraries used them like crazy. Then, Mosaic happened and gopher disappeared...mostly.
This article is mainly for my own use. I will add gopher:// sites as I find them. I am using Overbite for Android to view and interact with these old web pages. Once you have Overbite installed, it should take over as your default app for the protocol. Yes, the protocol is slow, but get over it.
gopher sites
- Floodgap Systems: gopher://gopher.floodgap.com:70/
- Gopherpedia: gopher://gopherpedia.com:70/
- Project Gutenberg: gopher://dante.pglaf.org:70/
- SDF Public Access UNIX System: gopher://sdf.org:70/
- Mozz’s Cocktails: gopher://mozz.us:7003/
- Telefisk: gopher://telefisk.org:70/
- Raspberry Pi of Death: gopher://gopher.leveck.us:70/
- 1436chan imageboard: gopher://khzae.net/1/chan
- 70chan imageboard: gopher://bbs.sick.bike/1/70chan
- This gopher hole is run by James Tomasino: gopher://gopher.black
- List of phlogs: gopher://i-logout.cz:70/1/bongusta
- List of links: gopher://1436.ninja/1cgi-bin/page.cgi?Bookmarks
- Veronica Search: gopher://floodgap.com/7/v2/vs/
- Weather for Fort Wayne: gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/0/groundhog/us/forecast/in/27
see also
- Welcome to Bucktooth, the miniature Gopher server for Perl.
- A mirror
- This server has a lot of information of historic interest, funny, or just plain entertaining.
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