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- Q2: What do I need to access Gopher?
-
- A2: You will need a gopher "client" program that runs on your local PC
- or workstation
-
- There are clients for the following systems. The directory
- following the name is the location of the client on the anonymous
- <ftp> site boombox.micro.umn.edu (134.84.132.2) in the directory
- /pub/gopher.
-
- Unix Curses & Emacs : /pub/gopher/Unix/gopher1.12.tar.Z
- Xwindows (athena) : /pub/gopher/Unix/xgopher1.2.tar.Z
- Xwindows (Motif) : /pub/gopher/Unix/moog
- Macintosh Hypercard : /pub/gopher/Macintosh-TurboGopher/old-versions *
- Macintosh Application : /pub/gopher/Macintosh-TurboGopher *
- DOS w/Clarkson Driver : /pub/gopher/PC_client/
- NeXTstep : /pub/gopher/NeXT/
- VM/CMS : /pub/gopher/Rice_CMS/ or /pub/gopher/VieGOPHER/
- VMS : /pub/gopher/VMS/
- OS/2 2.0 : /pub/gopher/os2/
- MVS/XA : /pub/gopher/mvs/
-
- Many other clients and servers have been developed by others, the
- following is an attempt at a comprehensive list.
-
- A Macintosh Application, "MacGopher".
- ftp.cc.utah.edu:/pub/gopher/Macintosh *
-
- Another Macintosh application, "GopherApp".
- ftp.bio.indiana.edu:/util/gopher/gopherapp *
-
- A port of the UNIX curses client for DOS with PC/TCP
- oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu:/public/dos/misc/dosgopher.exe
-
- A port of the UNIX curses client for PC-NFS
- bcm.tmc.edu:/nfs/gopher.exe
-
- A beta version of the PC Gopher client for Novell's LAN Workplace
- for DOS
- lennon.itn.med.umich.edu:/dos/gopher
-
- A VMS DECwindows client for use with Wollongong or UCX
- job.acs.ohio-state.edu:XGOPHER_CLIENT.SHARE
-
-
- * Note: these Macintosh clients require MacTCP.
-
- Most of the above clients can also be fetched via a gopher client
- itself. Put the following on a gopher server:
-
- Type=1
- Host=boombox.micro.umn.edu
- Port=70
- Path=
- Name=Gopher Software Distribution.
-
-
- Or point your gopher client at boombox.micro.umn.edu, port 70 and
- look in the gopher directory.
-
-
- There are also a number of public telnet login sites available.
- The University of Minnesota operates one on the machine
- "consultant.micro.umn.edu" (134.84.132.4) See Q3 for more
- information about this. It is recommended that you run the client
- software instead of logging into the public telnet login sites. A
- client uses the custom features of the local machine (mouse,
- scroll bars, etc.) A local client is also faster.
-
-