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Just read and do!
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Gopher browsers hint!
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I created this subsection because most people can't
figure out how to get into Gopher:// without troubles.
Here are detailed examples and instructions of what
you need to do in simple and understandable language.
[ Table of contents ]:
1. Gopher for clean Windows 3x-Me
2. Gopher for Windows 9x-XP
3. Gopher for Windows 7-11
4. Gopher for console and Chrome
5. Gopher for Android devices
6. Native Gopher for Windows
7. Gopher for PHP8+
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Gopher for clean Windows 3x-Me
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If you don't have the Gopher client for Windows 3x-ME,
this is not a problem. Just first step use the Internet
Explorer browser by first disabling links underlining
in it for Gopher:// serfing! Read it:
TEXT How does it work?
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Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 3.11 WFW
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Netscape Navigator 4.08 for Windows 3.11 WFW
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Gopher for Windows 9x-XP
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To get high-quality access to Gopher:// from Windows
9x/NT/XP/2000 you can use the Seamonkey 1.1.19
or Kmeleon 1.5.4 from "Windows 98 actual browsers"
section.
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Windows XP Seamonkey 1.1.19 in Gopher.
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Windows 98 Kmeleon 1.5.4 in Gopher.
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Gopher for Windows 7-11
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You can use my special full ready-made portable browser
build, which allows you to work with Gopher:// on Windows
32/64bit (XP, 7, 8, 10, 11) without installation. The browser
correctly opens all encodings from Cyrillic to Japanese
characters!
http://shibboleths.org/roman/
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Kmeleon 76.4.7 in Gopher from Windows XP.
Or you can use addon plugin for FireFox from Browsers XP
section for example in New Moon (Palemoon 27-28) browser.
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Gopher for console and Chrome
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Read about accessing Gopher:// from modern versions of
Windows or from Free DOS here:
TEXT More about Gopher on modern computers
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Gopher for Android devices
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You can download all clients here in Midp2 software section
with useful software for push button phopnes and old devices:
We have three Gopher clients for Android:
1) Overbite android 0.2.6;
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2) Diggie Dog Gopher Client 1.5.2;
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3) Pocket Gopher 1.2.4.
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Native Gopher for Windows
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In section other software for legacy PC here, you can
download additional native Gopher clients:
1) Lynx 2.8.x - console Gopher client;
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IMG Screen for WinXP [36 kb]
2) Gopherus - native Gopher client;
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3) Little gopher - GUI native client;
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4) Ws Gopher 1.2 for Windows 3x
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5) Blue Skies 1.0b 3a for Windows 3x
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Remember that when using clients for Windows 3x, it is
necessary to use the terminal font for correct display of
ANSII graphics!!!
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Gopher for PHP8+
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1) Mini Thing PHP Gopher & Proxy Server by Roman
You can download script in the PHP scripts section!
This server was created for one reason. The Gopher
protocol has fallen on hard times. Gemini has taken
away almost all users from GopherSpace. Therefore
this is my response to the Gemini:// protocol. It is
a server that allows Gopher to parasitize on HTTP
PHP8 servers by hosting your Gopher holes on the
web. This way, you no longer need to find a client
or a complex server. Simply upload this little script
which is only 19 KB in size, to your HTTP server
and enjoy GopherSpace from any browser you have
access to. This solution was inspired by the 1982
movie "The Thing".
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Simply place the files index.php and gophermap into
a folder on your web server, and everything will work!
You cannot access this server directly via the gopher
protocol because it functions through HTTP, but you
will have full access to all information from your
Gopher:// environment via your web server, as well
as through external links within the Gopher://
environment.
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