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Here are several DEDICATED Gopher clients that you can use to surf 
Gopherspace.  These clients are the most recent versions, and they 
represent the majority of Gopher clients available to the public.  
There are clients here for several different computer platforms, as 
well as several alternative clients for the same computer platforms.  

I have personally briefly tested the Windows and DOS clients, but due 
to a lack of access to platforms running other operating systems, I 
have been unable to personally test any of the other clients.  I 
believe these other clients to be wholly intact and functional, but I 
cannot make any guarantees.  I therefore request that others assist me 
in verifying the integrity of these other clients, and sending me 
feedback at:

If possible, I would also like to receive functionality reviews from 
others who have attempted to use these Gopher clients, especially users 
of the Acorn and Atari Gopher clients.  Gopher documentation has always 
been spartan, and this is especially true with Gopher client and server 
software.  Therefore, your comments on any quirks in the way the 
software functions would be most valuable, and your observations may be 
included with future documentation I bundle along with the Clients.  

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Clients are categorized according to Operating System, then sub-
categorized by individual client.  Please note that in the cases of 
WARP (os/2), Windows 9x, or Windows NT, the operating systems can ALSO 
use any of the Windows 3x Gopher clients as well.  

If you know of any other Gopher clients not listed here, we would be 
interested in obtaining a copy to offer as a free download.  This 
includes any Gopher client software you may have developed yourself.  
We are especially interested in obtaining a copy of the TurboGopherVR 
client for WINDOWS that was once under development and announced as 
being available shortly (summer 1995).  


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Note: There are some non-dedicated Clients out there (i.e. Web Browsers)
that can view both HTTP and Gopher0 (and/or Gopher+).  Examples are 
FireFox, Konqueror, and Gopher re-enabled Internet Explorer.  
Unfortunately, as these Browsers are primarily intended for viewing 
HTTP, their rendering of Gopher is poorly implemented.  

The "~Extenders" folder contains software extensions that allow 
Gopher Client-like access in programs that normally do not allow access
to the Gopher protocol.  Examples are Browsers plug-ins, MOO objects,
and Scripting Language extensions.