[LINK] Fwd: The rise and fall of the Gopher protocol | MinnPost

[Frank O'Connor]

Archie, Gopher, Veronica ... Mmmm, the all bring back memories

Not single composite hyperlinked documents combining text, graphics and other files ... Which later HTTP and HTML did ... What you got was distinct tex, graphic and other files opening on your screen - but a major upgrade on the text only apps and protocols that had preceded them.

Yeah, Gopher and its relations opened our eyes to other richer interfaces and possibilities on the Net. Fond memories.

Just my 2 cents worth,
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> On 19 Aug 2016, at 7:42 PM, Antony Barry <antonybbarry at me.com> wrote:
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> I built them. They were the basis of CWIS systems which I gave presentations about around the country for about two years but then after that I was saying “Opps I’m wrong use the web”.
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> They were magic times. It started with archie. Who remember archie now?
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