Access to Gophers

[Mel Roseman <mrosema@EIS.CALSTATE.EDU>]

Jane Merryman accurately points out that she cannot telnet directly to
many of the gophers that interest her the most.

Some gophers actually do allow such public access.  It's often worth trying
this:

telnet>  nysernet.org  70
login: gopher

The "70" suffix is the direct address of many (but not all) gophers.

A much surer (almost certain) way to access the information is to use the
gopher on your host computer (if there is one).  If not, telnet to one of
these public access gophers:

Q3:  Where are there publicly available logins for Gopher?

A3:  Here is a short list, use the site closest to you to minimize
     network lag.

     Public Logins:

     Hostname                  IP#              Login   Area
     ------------------------- ---------------  ------  -------------
     consultant.micro.umn.edu  134.84.132.4     gopher  North America
     ux1.cso.uiuc.edu          128.174.5.59     gopher  North America
     panda.uiowa.edu           128.255.40.201   panda   North America
     gopher.msu.edu            35.8.2.61        gopher  North America
     gopher.ebone.net          192.36.125.2     gopher  Europe

        Once logged on, the easiest way to find the desired information
is to conduct a VERONICA search for the keword(s) that interest(s) you.

        Gopher is remarkably easy to use, and the on-line help is
excellent.  You can email the results of your search directly to your
email account; most users can download the data directly to their home
computers, and VERONICA and JUGHEAD searches yield a wealth of information.

                                        - Mel


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Mel Roseman
Internet: mrosema@ctp.org