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Some interesting tech musings . . .
« on: 13 January 2013, 21:02 »
I've been checking out the Gopherspace lately, reliving fond memories of the early 90s, when it was more informative than the still evolving web.

This guy has a 'glog' with an old school vibe about them.

gopher://gopher.su/1/assbook/SplungeReport/glog1

Yeah, you'll need a browser that supports Gopher.  Luckily, I found an iOS Gopher client.

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Re: Some interesting tech musings . . .
« Reply #1 on: 14 January 2013, 05:41 »
I found this app for Android:
http://gopher.floodgap.com/overbite/

Couldn't find anything in Google Play but "hit the gopher" games.

Thanks for this post, I'll be exploring Gopherspace.

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Some interesting tech musings . . .
« Reply #2 on: 14 January 2013, 17:15 »
It wasn't until '97 or so that I really remember accessing websites.  At the time I could only use Lynx for the web, so between a protocol made specifically for text and one with a GUI -- the choice (when available) was obvious.

I didn't get a PPP account until '98 I think.  Before then it was all glorious text.