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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.