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But what about Veronica?
I'm pretty sure that there are some active gopher servers, and I assume that something is indexing them.
googles
Yeah, still there. Here's a Web gateway if you don't have a gopher client.
https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw
It looks like they have "Veronica-2" running.
https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw?=gopher.floodgap.com+70+312f7632
It seems to still be indexing and returning search results for gopherspace. Here's a search for "linux":
https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw?ss=gopher%3A%2F%2Fgopher.floodgap.com%3A70%2F7%2Fv2%2Fvs&sq=linux
EDIT: It looks like SDF is running one of said active gopher servers. I've noticed them also running one of the lemmy instances.
EDIT2: I just fired up cool-retro-term and a gopher client. Brings back VT220 memories:
https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/f2176e91-065e-493e-9011-5129ccd74832.png
EDIT2: Heh, I suppose it looks a little goofy in 16:9 aspect ratio rather than 4:3.
And now guyrocket is too embarrassed to admit they thought they were making a funny joke and didn’t realize they were 32 years too late to the punchline.
I was not just making a joke, amigo. I am old enough that I used this stuff back in the day. I graduated from dialing into BBSes on my Commode 64 to this stuff. And I am amazed and happy that it is still around.