Floodgap Gopher-HTTP gateway gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/
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Welcome to Floodgap Systems' official gopher server.<br>Floodgap has served the gopher community since 1999<br>(formerly gopher.ptloma.edu).
We run Bucktooth 0.2.9 on xinetd as our server system.<br>gopher.floodgap.com is an IBM Power 520 Express with a 2-way<br>4.2GHz POWER6 CPU and 8GB of RAM, running AIX 6.1 +patches.<br>Send gopher@floodgap.com your questions and suggestions.
** OVER 20 YEARS SERVING YOU! **<br>** Plain text is beautiful! **
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--- Getting started with Gopher -------------------------------<br>Getting started with gopher, software, more<br>(what is Gopherspace? We tell you! And find out how<br>to create your own Gopher world!)
Using your web browser to explore Gopherspace<br>(READ IT! LEARN IT! LOVE IT!)<br>(useful tips for gopher newbies, updated 17 November 2018)
The Overbite Project: Gopher clients for mobile and desktop (OverbiteWX, OverbiteNX, Overbite Android)<br>(download gopher add-ons for Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey,<br>mobile clients for Android and more! Put Gopherspace on<br>your mobile phone or desktop computer!)<br>Other Gopher clients for various platforms
--- Find and search for other Gopher sites on the Internet ----<br>Search Gopherspace with Veronica-2<br>or search all known titles in Gopherspace with V-2 from here:<br>Search Veronica-2
All the gopher servers in the world (that we know of)<br>(updated with robot updates)<br>New Gopher servers since 1999<br>(updated 17 May 2026)
--- Get news, weather and more through Gopherspace ------------<br>Weather maps and forecasts via Floodgap Groundhog<br>(USA and Australia; updates occur throughout the day)<br>News and headline feeds via Flood Feeds<br>(updates occur daily/regularly)<br>Most current Floodgap news feeds<br>(today's most updated news and headlines)
--- File archives and downloads -------------------------------<br>Floodgap File Archives and Mirrors<br>(includes external archives and historical files,<br>Walnut Creek CP/M-Osborne-Commodore-Beehive archives,<br>Info-Mac, classic Mac software and more)
--- Fun, games, and other neat things -------------------------<br>Floodgap Gopher Fun and Games<br>(with xkcd, the Gopher Figlet gateway and the fld.gp Gopher<br>Shortener Service)<br>Floodgap users and staff gopher pages<br>(the usual gang of idiots)<br>The New GopherVR: A Virtual Reality View of Gopherspace<br>(version 0.5.1 released 24 October 2015)
--- Server software behind the scenes -------------------------<br>The Bucktooth gopher server<br>(version 0.2.10 released 17 February 2024)
--- Gopherspace advocacy and activism -------------------------<br>Floodgap Gopher Statistics Project<br>(monthly traffic analysis of the Floodgap Public Gopher Proxy<br>for community advocacy purposes; updates monthly)
--- Floodgap specific -----------------------------------------<br>Floodgap CSO/ph phonebook server<br>Yes, gopher.floodgap.com is the same as gopher.ptloma.edu<br>The Floodgap Free Software License<br>Where's Floodgap? (not for hatemail ;-)<br>What's the temperature in the Floodgap server room?<br>"/usr/bin/tail" our gopher server log<br>RIP, Master gopher at University of Minnesota<br>Floodgap.com (Web pages)
Please note that this gopher is no longer affiliated with<br>Point Loma Nazarene University. Some areas are rate-limited due<br>to spidering.
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