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ShinobiKenobi
256 MB  Posts: 362 System 7 fan 
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on: January 29, 2026, 17:20
I generally do really like Gopher. I think that it's a neat and very lightweight way to download files without relying on browsers. But I find it very counter-intuitive for displaying and working with displayed text. I'm using TurboGopher 2.0.3. Another problem I'm having is when I try to set my home gopher. In preferences, there is a text box to type in the home server. I want to set my home gopher to The Gopher Lawn. Its domain name is bitreich.org. It's on port 70. The selector is /lawn. But I can't figure out how to make it bring up the lawn. The only way it will come up when I select home gopher is by only putting bitreich.org for the home server. If I try to put /lawn anywhere, it messes up the query, and won't load. Could I please get some guidance from some gopher gurus? |
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB  Posts: 2023
Reply #1 on: January 31, 2026, 07:04
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Haha, I'm by no means a Gopher Guru. I'm using 2.0.3 as well and I have to admit that I've never even bothered to use the Home Gopher option. I just put all my stuff into the "Bookmark Worksheet" which opens up on application startup for easy access of my favorite Gopher pages. I did, however, give this a try now and I can reproduce your problem. I tried floodgap at port 70 and connect on startup (see here) but all it gives me is a white page. Not sure why that is, it loads fine otherwise (via bookmarks). I've tried it with the protocol specified (makes no sense, but ...) yet gopher://bitreich.org/ won't load for me either. Potentially we've uncovered an age-old bug, ShinobiKenobi 
Last Edit: January 31, 2026, 07:44 by Bolkonskij
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eelco
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32 MB Posts: 41 System 7 Newcomer!
Reply #2 on: January 31, 2026, 12:25
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I just went and researched this. The short answer: it is not possible. The long answer: the field in the preferences window only accepts FQDNs (Fully Qualified Domain Names). FQDNs are always structured as hostname dot domain dot suffix (i.e. gopher.system7today.com). As soon as you add anything after, or include gopher://, you turn the FQDN into a URL/URI. TurboGopher then tries to resolve the URL/URI using DNS and this will fail. Quote from: Bolkonskij I just put all my stuff into the "Bookmark Worksheet" which opens up on application startup for easy access of my favorite Gopher pages. The reason this works is that the bookmarks are not limited to FQDNs and are actually stored URLs/URIs.
Last Edit: January 31, 2026, 12:30 by eelco
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ShinobiKenobi
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256 MB Posts: 362 System 7 fan
Reply #3 on: January 31, 2026, 13:37
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That's really interesting that they never bothered to fix this issue. @eelco, Thank you for solving this case. If I may ask, how did you find out the answer? @Bolkonskij I'd buy you a beer to celebrate the discovery if I could meet up with you at a bar hahaha 
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eelco
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32 MB Posts: 41 System 7 Newcomer!
Reply #4 on: February 04, 2026, 17:37
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Quote from: ShinobiKenobi @eelco, Thank you for solving this case. If I may ask, how did you find out the answer? I am not one for blowing my own trumpet, but I'd put it down to knowledge gained in over 15 years of being an allround sysadmin. Downloading TurboGopher and trying a few different things confirmed my hunch.
Last Edit: February 04, 2026, 17:39 by eelco
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ShinobiKenobi
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256 MB Posts: 362 System 7 fan
Reply #5 on: February 05, 2026, 04:58
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I see, that's pretty cool. I'm not a network expert at all, but I always enjoy hearing stories from sysadmins. Bolkonskij, I use the Bookmark Worksheet for keeping my favorites also. I was just curious if there was a way to have it automatically load that one page, but I guess it can't.
Last Edit: February 05, 2026, 05:13 by ShinobiKenobi
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