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The Internet Complete Reference (1994) +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Software | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ DIR Gopher clients Applications for various operating systems. DIR Gopher proxy with Opera Configuring Opera 12 to use a Gopher proxy. +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Videos | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ RESERV mpm_gopher.mp4 (70 MiB) A rare interview with some of the founders of Gopher: Mark McCahill and Farhad Anklesaria, also includes some early screenshots. RESERV Gopher_World_Tour_T-Shirt_on MTV.mpg (772 KiB) A 7 second video of Adam Curry fulfilling the terms of his commercial use of Internet Gopher server software license from the University of Minnesota. RESERV Internet_Show_12_-_Gopher.mp4 (21.8 MiB) "Since Gopher is a very popular service, gopherspace is a huge and expanding part of the Internet." RESERV gopher.avi (241 KiB) Surfing the Gopherspace with WS Gopher 1.2 on Windows. +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Images | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ IMG Gopher Mascot GIF 1 IMG Gopher Mascot GIF 2 IMG Gopher Mascot GIF 3 IMG Gopher Mascot GIF 4 IMG Gopher Mascot GIF 5 IMG Gopher Mascot GIF 6 IMG Gopher Mascot GIF 7 IMG Gopher Mascot GIF 8 IMG Gopher Mascot GIF 9 IMG Gopher Mascot GIF 10 IMG Gopher Mascot GIF 11 +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Articles | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ The following Gopher documents are mostly taken from: HTML Offbeat Internet --- Vogue Growth Era -------------------------------------------------- TEXT Usenet_Gopher_Announcement.txt TEXT On_the_Trail_of_the_Internet_Gopher.txt TEXT Gopher_spiel.txt TEXT The_Internet_Gopher.txt TEXT Lets_Gopher_it.txt TEXT IUBio_Gopher_hole.txt TEXT CCSO_through_Gopher.txt TEXT Summer_Go-pher-it_Workshops.txt Tailoring_Gopher_Services_for_Individual_Users.pdf APS_Server_Anniversary.pdf A_Rolling_Gopher_Gathers_No_Moss.pdf Gopher_from_MOO.pdf Services_Available_on_The_Internet.rtf Using_Gopher_on_the_Internet.pdf TEXT A_Preliminary_Design_for_a_3-D_Spatial_User_Interface_for_Internet_Gopher.txt TEXT Announcing_GopherVR.txt TEXT GopherVR_now_available.txt TEXT Announcing_TurboGopher.txt Evolution_of_Internet_Gopher.pdf TEXT Internet_Diving.txt TEXT Gopher_Jewels_Design_Change.txt TEXT WWW_vs_Gopher.txt --- Mass Defection Era ------------------------------------------------ Gopher_and_Veronica.pdf TEXT Who_Killed_Gopher.txt TEXT Gopher_Jewels_Closing.txt TEXT SEC_Gopher_discontinued.txt TEXT Mother_Gopher_Obituary.txt TEXT TCP-IP_Guide.txt TEXT Where_Have_all_the_Gophers_Gone.txt TEXT Interview_with_Paul_Lindner.txt TEXT Bob_Alberti.txt TEXT About_Gopher.txt TEXT Gopher_Manifesto.txt TEXT Gopher_Underground.txt TEXT Gopher_still_going.txt Down_the_Gopher_Hole.rtf TEXT The_death_of_WELLgopher.txt TEXT JumpJet_Gopher_terminated.txt TEXT How_Gopher_nearly_trumped_the_web.txt TEXT Bandwidth_and_Gopher.txt --- Stagnancy Era ------------------------------------------------- Gopher_tunnels_on.pdf TEXT OmniWeb_now_includes_Gopher_support.txt TEXT Fun_Sites_from_the_Early_Internet.txt TEXT Long_Live_Gopher.txt TEXT Why_is_Gopher_Still_Relevant.txt +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | GopherCon | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ Documents of various Gopher Conventions from the 1990s. --- GopherCon '92 ----------------------------------------------------- TEXT GopherCon_'92_Trip_Report.txt --- GopherCon '93 ----------------------------------------------------- TEXT GopherCon_'93_Trip_Report.txt TEXT GopherCon_Mar93_Minutes.txt --- GopherCon '94 ----------------------------------------------------- TEXT Directions_to_Radisson.txt TEXT GopherCon94_Registration_Info.txt TEXT Attendee_List_through_Friday_April_15.txt TEXT Agenda_at_a_Glance_FINAL.txt TEXT Agenda_in_detail_FINAL.txt Presentations: TEXT GEN1 = 1994_State_of_the_Gopher.txt TEXT EQ1 = Information_Quality.txt TEXT COL1 = K-12_Learning_Resource.txt TEXT APP7 = WSGopher_a_Windows_Gopher+_client.txt TEXT APP12 = Running_WWW_on_top_of_Gopher.txt DOS APP14 = Growing_the_MIT_Libraries_Gopher.zip Papers: TEXT Go4zgate.txt TEXT GopherSQL.txt TEXT SQLEvents.txt TEXT SafeGopher.txt TEXT 3Dgopherspace.txt --- GopherCon '95 ----------------------------------------------------- TEXT Directions_to_Radisson.txt TEXT GopherCon95_Announcement.txt TEXT Agenda.txt Papers: TEXT Go4zgate.txt TEXT ScreenScrape.txt TEXT WebbedGopher.txt TEXT Hyper-G.txt TEXT Cluster.txt TEXT 3DUnixServer.txt +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | RFCs | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ Standards referencing Gopher: TEXT rfc1436.txt - The Internet Gopher Protocol TEXT rfc1580.txt - Guide to Network Resource Tools TEXT rfc1594.txt - Answers to Commonly asked "New Internet User" Questions TEXT rfc1614.txt - Network Access to Multimedia Information TEXT rfc1689.txt - Networked Information Retrieval: Tools and Groups TEXT rfc1727.txt - A Vision of an Integrated Internet Information Service TEXT rfc1738.txt - Uniform Resource Locators (URL) TEXT rfc1808.txt - Relative Uniform Resource Locators TEXT rfc2219.txt - Use of DNS Aliases for Network Services TEXT rfc2396.txt - Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax TEXT rfc4266.txt - The Gopher URI Scheme Enhancement proposals: TEXT Gopher+ TEXT +MENU block suggestion TEXT Changes to RFC1738 and RFC1808 TEXT Proposed Item-type Changes +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Licencing Fiasco of 1993 | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ The following Gopher documents are mostly taken from: HTML Offbeat Internet TEXT Gopher-Software-Licencing-Policy_ANCIENT.txt This policy hung a dark cloud over GopherCon '93. TEXT Gopher-Software-Licencing-Policy_NEW.txt The lifting of prohibition had little impact, occuring seven years too late. TEXT Peers Condemning the Ancient Gopher Licence TEXT UMN Justifying their Ancient Gopher Licence TEXT Retrospection on the disasterous impact of licencing Gopher