Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/
Welcome to Floodgap Systems' official gopher server.
Floodgap has served the gopher community since 1999
(formerly gopher.ptloma.edu).
We run Bucktooth 0.2.9 on xinetd as our server system.
gopher.floodgap.com is an IBM Power 520 Express with a 2-way
4.2GHz POWER6 CPU and 8GB of RAM, running AIX 6.1 +patches.
Send gopher@floodgap.com your questions and suggestions.
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** OVER 20 YEARS SERVING YOU! **
** Plain text is beautiful! **
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(plus using the Floodgap Public Gopher Proxy)
Please read this document. Please don't cost us money.
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--- Getting started with Gopher -------------------------------
(what is Gopherspace? We tell you! And find out how
to create your own Gopher world!)
(READ IT! LEARN IT! LOVE IT!)
(useful tips for gopher newbies, updated 17 November 2018)
(download gopher add-ons for Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey,
mobile clients for Android and more! Put Gopherspace on
your mobile phone or desktop computer!)
--- Find and search for other Gopher sites on the Internet ----
or search all known titles in Gopherspace with V-2 from here:
(updated with robot updates)
(updated 6 April 2025)
--- Get news, weather and more through Gopherspace ------------
(USA and Australia; updates occur throughout the day)
(updates occur daily/regularly)
(today's most updated news and headlines)
--- File archives and downloads -------------------------------
(includes external archives and historical files,
Walnut Creek CP/M-Osborne-Commodore-Beehive archives,
Info-Mac, classic Mac software and more)
--- Fun, games, and other neat things -------------------------
(with xkcd, the Gopher Figlet gateway and the fld.gp Gopher
Shortener Service)
(the usual gang of idiots)
(version 0.5.1 released 24 October 2015)
--- Server software behind the scenes -------------------------
(version 0.2.10 released 17 February 2024)
--- Gopherspace advocacy and activism -------------------------
(monthly traffic analysis of the Floodgap Public Gopher Proxy
for community advocacy purposes; updates monthly)
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Please note that this gopher is no longer affiliated with
Point Loma Nazarene University. Some areas are rate-limited due
to spidering.
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