Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 18:24:25 -0500
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Subject: [gopher] Re: Where are we going?
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On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 08:07:51PM +0000, Timm Murray wrote:
> > All--
> >=20
> > I've been following this list for quite a while, having set up a
> > gopher server and tweaking on it as time permits.  For me, it's a
> > window into a much simpler and efficient past.  I remember searching
> > gopher sites in the late 80's, and actually finding useful info (as
> > opposed to the crap spewed out by most so-called search engines today).
> 
> Late 80's?  That's quite the trick, since the protocol wasn't invented unti=
> l the=20
> early 90's :)

Late 80's, early 90's...it all blurs together for me.  gopher, archie,
irc, it's all just one big ASCII stream.