Re: Gopherpedia

From	RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
Newsgroups	comp.misc, comp.infosystems.gopher
Subject	Re: Gopherpedia
Date	2014-03-16 16:13 +0000
Message-ID	<bom0sgFu0ugU3@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 2014-03-16, Christopher M. Hobbs <hobbsc@ma.sdf.org> wrote:
> On 12 Mar 2014 21:32:48 GMT
> Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>
> I initially had this issue as well because I typed 'gopher
> gopherpedia.com'.  I believe the text gopher client speaks more
> protocols than just gopher.  Adding "gopher://" to the front of the
> domain works:  'gopher gopher://gopherpedia.com'
>
> Phew, that's a lot of gopher...
>
> cmh

I see from an earlier thread in comp.infosystems.gopher that
gopher://qix.me is online.  That would be another interesting site to
point yer gopher at.  Seems silly that the gopher client requires you to
specify the protocol, but maybe they had plans for expansion back in the
day ...

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Gopherpedia RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-12 15:22 +0000
  Re: Gopherpedia Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-12 15:37 +0000
  Re: Gopherpedia 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-03-12 12:22 -0400
    Re: Gopherpedia RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-12 17:42 +0000
      Re: Gopherpedia Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-12 19:06 +0000
        Re: Gopherpedia RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-12 19:25 +0000
          Re: Gopherpedia Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-12 20:00 +0000
        Re: Gopherpedia Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-12 21:21 +0000
          Re: Gopherpedia Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-12 21:43 +0000
        Re: Gopherpedia Conceited Jerk <cj.speakeasy@AAARGHgmail.com> - 2014-03-17 10:38 -0500
      Re: Gopherpedia scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-03-12 19:36 +0000
        Re: Gopherpedia greymausg <maus@mail.com> - 2014-03-12 20:55 +0000
          Re: Gopherpedia Conceited Jerk <cj.speakeasy@AAARGHgmail.com> - 2014-03-17 10:44 -0500
      Re: Gopherpedia Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-03-12 21:32 +0000
        Re: Gopherpedia Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-03-13 00:35 +0000
        Re: Gopherpedia "Christopher M. Hobbs" <hobbsc@ma.sdf.org> - 2014-03-15 23:30 -0500
          Re: Gopherpedia "Christopher M. Hobbs" <hobbsc@ma.sdf.org> - 2014-03-15 23:37 -0500
          Re: Gopherpedia RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-16 16:13 +0000
          Re: Gopherpedia 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-03-16 23:17 -0400
      Re: Gopherpedia Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2014-03-16 20:46 +0000

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