The original "I use Arch btw"
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":
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.
Jughead is apparently still around too, and the source is up on Savannah, just been renamed to "jugtail" to avoid potential trademark issues. Dunno if anyone's actually running any instances, though.
Amazing! Thanks!
The Rifts RPG by Palladium Books had a sourcebook with an insane AI/supercomputer named A.R.C.H.I.E. that survived a nuclear apocalypse. It controlled a robotics factory to build an army of killer robots that it planned to rebuild humanity with. Rifts came out in 1990 (that sourcebook in 1991), about a year/two after this Archie system came out. I wonder if the writer, Kevin Sembieda, took it as inspiration and assumed this search engine would one day morph into an AI? Interestingly, many of the search engines of today seem to be trying to reinvent themselves as AI services, so it may not have been that far off the mark, just don’t give them control of any robots.
This is cool, but I hate that the article basically says "you should just watch the video and I'm going to report on essentially nothing." No motherfucker. I want to read it.
The whole full circle thing aside, I’m delighted we’re still able to do this 🖕🏻 with the current protocols.
My choices > your shareholders.
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