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- GoServe 1.20
- GoServe -- A Gopher Server for OS/2 2.x
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- Copyright (c) International Business Machines Corporation, 1993, 1994.
- All rights reserved.
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- Introduction
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- 'Gopher' is a client-server protocol designed for text location and
- retrieval. It was designed at the University of Minnesota, and is
- widely used; both clients and servers exist for most significant
- operating systems. The Gopher protocol is described in documents
- distributed by the University of Minnesota Microcomputer and Workstation
- Networks Center.
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- 'GoServe' is a Gopher server for OS/2. It is assumed that the reader is
- familiar with Gopher concepts, and has access to a Gopher client.
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- GoServe allows processing of a variety of Gopher requests, using a
- simple REXX filter to allow for customization. Multiple servers can be
- started (using different ports), and an audit trail of requests and
- actions can be recorded.
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- While running, a Presentation Manager display of GoServe activity is
- shown. For control, a limit may be placed on the number of concurrent
- requests that will be handled (hence limiting the load on the server
- machine). Similarly, timeouts may be set to close connections after a
- chosen total or inactive time. Certain GoServe operations can be
- controlled remotely, if desired, using any Gopher client (or a utility
- OS/2 program or CMD file).
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- Goserve is a 32-bit OS/2 application. It requires TCP/IP for OS/2 to be
- installed and operational (either on a real network or using the
- loopback driver).
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- Mike Cowlishaw, IBM UK Laboratories
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