Subj : The Apple IIgs gets a new Gopher client. Seriously.
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From : LundukeJournal
Date : Mon May 08 2023 02:00:03

The Apple IIgs gets a new Gopher client. Seriously.

Date:
Mon, 08 May 2023 00:45:59 GMT

Description:
A computer discontinued 30 years ago & a TCP protocol left for dead. Awesome.

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The Apple IIgs was released in 1986.  The Gopher protocol was created in 1991 
and hit a brick wall in 1993. 

For those unfamiliar with Gopher think of it like the World Wide Web.  Only 
menu-driven.  And text.  Its kinda wonderful. 

Yet here we are.  Three decades after both the IIgs and Gopher were all but 
discarded into the dumpster of computer history and we have a brand new, open 
source Gopher client being developed and released for the IIgs. 

Seriously. Behold , the aptly named  gs-gopher : 

The System Requirements as per the developer: 

Apple IIgs 

 Marinetti 3.0b11 or newer 

System 6.0.1 or newer 

Marinetti provides a TCP/IP driver and stack for the IIgs OS.  There are a 
number of other TCP application available which use Marinetti , including a 
Telnet application, a web browser and  not joking  even a web server. 

Gs-gopher is surprisingly full-featured with more than a couple nice touches  
including the ability to hit a hot-key to bring up a Veronica Search (a 
search engine for Gopher). 

It is truly wonderful to see Gopher continue to be used and developed in 2023 
and equally delightful to see new software built for the amazing Apple IIgs.  
A machine that was truly ahead of its time and truly unique. 

You can grab the full source code (in C) and the IIgs binary over on the 
GitHub page . Share 

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Link to news story:
https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-apple-iigs-gets-a-new-gopher


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