In article <9210222121.AA14453 at net.bio.net> SJJ at ICBR.IFAS.UFL.EDU ("JONG, SONG-MUH J") writes:
>I have seen many e-mail messages talking about the GOPHER. I am new
>to this field and would like to hear from anyone as to what is GOPHER
>and how can one get access to the GOPHER.
Gopher is an information service that is accessed by way of a gopher
or xgopher Internet client. You can get source for gopher clients
from boombox.micro.umn.edu (134.84.132.2) and at something like 96
other known FTP sites.
Think of it as kind of a metaFTP.
spl
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