Subj : Gopher To : Tegularius From : Al Date : Tue Oct 11 2005 11:50 am Re: Gopher By: Tegularius to Sam Alexander on Tue Oct 11 2005 12:34 am > > I did like gopher and hated to see it die at such a young age. > > > > Sm > > > Is it really dead, or just dormant? I have no experience using it. Where d > you start exploring what it offers? Some librarians several years ago wante > to develop a "Gopher Virtual Library" that catalogs at least the most > interesting resources; dunno whether that ever became a reality. > > Synchronet, of course, has the ability to be a gopher server (I think). Tha > being the case, I would like at least a nodding acquaintance with this space Gopher is alive and well here. Gopher is a standard package in debian that can be installed with dselect or aptitude. It must be available for other OS's as well. Ttyl :-), Al --- þ Synchronet þ The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, B.C. Canada .