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From: Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx>
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Subject: Re: Gopherpedia
Date: 12 Mar 2014 21:32:48 GMT
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On Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:42:40 +0000, RS Wood wrote:

> On 2014-03-12, 2phar <none@example.com> wrote:
>> On 3/12/2014 11:22 AM, RS Wood wrote:
>>> Introducing: gopherpedia: everything you expect from wikipedia,
>>> provided in plain text over the gopher protocol.
> 
>> Doesn't seem to be providing any directory when trying access it from
>> gopher on port 70
> 
> 
> I just tried it and it works for me.  Firewall issue?
> % lynx gopher://gopherpedia.com
> 
> Comes right up.  Faster than Wikipedia too, I might add.  I don't know
> of any other clients other than lynx.  Even the "links" or w3m browser
> doesn't speak gopher anymore.

I used the text gopher client.



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