6 Feb
2002
6 Feb
'02
11:20 a.m.
The last real impressive software we developed was
Gopher. I can still
remember when any sane person had realized Gopher was dead, I asked
why they were still holding these yearly Gopher conferences, and the
guys started gushing about "3D Gopher" that was going to be all the rage.
And yes it sounded as absurd to me then as it does in hindsight today.
Gopher ain't dead.
gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/
As soon as I finish the new search engine, there will be an updated
Veronica-2 database to search. I also keep a listing of known gophers
up there too.
For those curious about the 3-D Gopher VR, there's a CVS tree somewhere
that's porting it to Unix. Meanwhile, Mac users can get the old test
version from
gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/gopher/clients/mac/
It still has a few bugs, which are now being repaired in the Unix port.
There's screenshots in that directory for those who are unenlightened^W^Wuse
other platforms.
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Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * ckaiser(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu
-- Once, adv.: Enough. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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