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Oh.. you can (still) read TAZ newspaper in Netscape on IRIX over gopher protocol 👀
Jan 30 at 8:52pmWeb
Show thread/usr/people/flexionFeb 1
And of course on a SiliconGraphics workstation there's also a 3D gopher client: GopherVR
Show threadHerr MontagFeb 1
@flexion Haha oh man, great. Sadly, Gemini Protocol wasnt successful enough to be the successor of gopher.
Show threadSantiago, né ?  👾Feb 1
@flexion Mandatory movie quote:
“It's a UNIX system! I know this!”

#JurassicPark
Show threadpenguin42Feb 1
@flexion Well, that's your Metaverse then!
Show threadCarlFeb 1
@flexion I'm going to have to find this and try it on my SGI machines!
Show threadAndreas (82MHz)Feb 1
@flexion Ha! Take that, metaverse!
Show threadJürgenFeb 1
@flexion I glanced at the preview thumbnails and thought:"of course - the 3d-file organizer!" But then I read the description text and looked at the full size images and I have to say: 3d gopher - I am still rolling around on the floor, laughing (and some tears might have come out, too)!
Show threadI_give_u_wormsFeb 1
@elbosso @flexion
b l O G
Show threadMark T. TomczakFeb 1
@flexion "It's a UNIX system. I know this! And I have no fucking clue what's going on here."
Show threadsb arms & legsFeb 1
@flexion
I barely left the computer with regular text mode gopher... I would have become a skeleton in front of an SGI.
Show threadArthur van der HargFeb 2
@flexion O wow, that’s nice. Didn’t Apple have a prototype of some 3D file storage or information ordering interface? Early 2000’s? You could fly through it, IIRC.
Show threadzmacFeb 2
@ArtHarg @flexion HotSauce!
Show threadArthur van der HargFeb 3
@zmac @flexion Right! That’s the one! It’s a pity they didn’t develop this further. I really liked the concept. Sort of like a 3D mindmap.
Show threadPeter TribbleFeb 6
@flexion I remember GopherVR from when it was first released. So of course it’s packaged on Tribblix.
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Jan 30

@flexion

That's such a beautiful UI 🤤

Show threadAndiS 🌞🍷🇪🇺Jan 30
Not only Gopher, but also Gemini! gemini://taz.de

Old and new awesomeness!

#gopher #gemini #smolweb
Show threadMastarmiJan 30
@andi @flexion das ist ja verrückt. Sehr cool
Show threadCarlos SolísJan 31
@andi
@flexion Makes sense to provide both at once, since Gopher and Gemini use a very similar syntax
Show threadSantiago Jan 31
@flexion That is one gorgeous desktop, can you comment a bit more about the system specs and software? absolutely beautiful
Show thread/usr/people/flexionJan 31
@santiago The screenshots were taken on a SiliconGraphics Indigo2 Solid IMPACT 10000 with 195MHz MIPS processor and 384 MB RAM running IRIX 6.5.22.
Show threadMasterEmitJan 31
@flexion @santiago 😍
Show threadSantiago Jan 31
@flexion Oh god, what a beautiful piece of tech.
Show threadKg. Madee Ⅱ.Jan 31
@flexion @santiago that's a lot of RAM 😳
Show threadElmar IachiJan 31
@flexion Auge @lalonsander @read_and_riot
Show threadLackfabrikant (EVduckR)Jan 31
Thanks for the information. This means I can use my VAXstation with VMS and mosaic as well :)
Show threadmirabilosJan 31

@flexion good to know! lynx also does gopher.

Not sure it I manage to start reading a daily newspaper, but.

Show threadTobiasJan 31
@flexion And with Lagrange, this is a much better experience than anything "web", IMHO:
Show threadNils Goroll 🕊️Jan 31
@flexion @tazgetroete #taz