OK techno-junkies this virtual workshop invites you to explore
                            GOPHER-SPACE
                            ^^^^^^ ^^^^^

So - what's this gopher?  Gopher is a piece of software that allows you to
"go fer" different resources on the internet. Gopher is a remarkably easy
piece of software that while deceptively simple is incredibly powerful.
Gopher runs in two modes; client and server.  For our purposes, the gopher
at csf (the home of PSN) is the server.  You do not need to worry about
the server. You do need to have a Gopher client.  Typically, client Gophers
run off your mainframe (unix, vm/cms, vax/vms etc...).  Gophers can also
run off lots of other computer platforms.  If you are not sure that your
institution, organization, or commercial service has gopher, take the time
to ask your computing services support group. If you don't have it,
request, protest and then demand gopher :-).

So, we assume we have a gopher client. At your system prompt (%, $, >)
type:

gopher csf.colorado.edu 

(if you just type gopher without the rest, you will probably end up in
minnesota instead of in colorado).

Once connected you will see the csf hierarchy. Note that other than the
README file all the other listings on the main menu are followed with a
slash (/).  The slash (/) denotes a directory. Those entries without the
slash ( . ) are known as resources. For our purposes, these resources will
typically be files that we want to read or download to our computers.

To get to a particular archive, just move the cursor to where you want
to go and hit the return button.  In the bottom right corner you will
see gopher working with a rotating slash.  When gopher has done its
work, you will be presented with the next level of subdirectories.

Many of our subdirectories have the names of authors and, inside the
subdirectories, are some of their manuscripts.  They invite comments,
either directly or openly in one or more of the csf discussion lists.
Csf lists and their facilitators are listed in the information
file at the top of the gopher area.

 At any time when reviewing a resource file you can hit your delete key
(some times this is your interrupt key like ^c or ^y). You will then be
asked what you want to do with the resource file. Let's just hit return
and get back out to the main hierarchy.

After scrolling through through any of the files in the archive, one can
use the interrupt key again and be faced with three options:

Press <return> to continue, <m> to mail, <s> to save:

If you type the carriage return you will end up back at the hierarchy. If you
want a copy of the course outline you are looking at, you can get one either
by e-mail or as  a file. You can email a copy of the file to yourself (or
anyone else) by pressing m.  You'll see a box open up in the middle of the
screen with a prompt to indicate the mailing address.  Then type your email
address followed by a return. Eventually, you'll receive the document as an
email message to you; you can read it and save it with your favorite
email program, just like any other message. 

In a companion piece to this, can get instructions on how to upload files
via ftp to csf archives by sending mail to
listserv@csf.colorado.edu  with the three word message
    get authors ftp-uploading.

If you have any questions about gopher, please write the CSF
systems administrator, Lynn Schaper  schaper@csf.colorado.edu