iarticle-tgtimes-national-library-medecine.mw - tgtimes - The Gopher Times Err bitreich.org 70 hgit clone git://bitreich.org/tgtimes git://enlrupgkhuxnvlhsf6lc3fziv5h2hhfrinws65d7roiv6bfj7d652fid.onion/tgtimes URL:git://bitreich.org/tgtimes git://enlrupgkhuxnvlhsf6lc3fziv5h2hhfrinws65d7roiv6bfj7d652fid.onion/tgtimes bitreich.org 70 1Log /scm/tgtimes/log.gph bitreich.org 70 1Files /scm/tgtimes/files.gph bitreich.org 70 1Refs /scm/tgtimes/refs.gph bitreich.org 70 1Tags /scm/tgtimes/tag bitreich.org 70 1README /scm/tgtimes/file/README.md.gph bitreich.org 70 i--- Err bitreich.org 70 iarticle-tgtimes-national-library-medecine.mw (2906B) Err bitreich.org 70 i--- Err bitreich.org 70 i 1 .SH tgtimes Err bitreich.org 70 i 2 Gopher for Medical Research Err bitreich.org 70 i 3 .2C 50v Err bitreich.org 70 i 4 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 5 .PP Err bitreich.org 70 i 6 The National Institute of Health is well used to the Gopher protocol, Err bitreich.org 70 i 7 for it used it as a way to publish medical documentation. You named Err bitreich.org 70 i 8 it: \fIPubMed\fR itself have been delivering documents through Gopher: Err bitreich.org 70 i 9 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 10 .IP "Phone books" Err bitreich.org 70 i 11 with name, phone number and e-mail addresses of those willing to submit it, Err bitreich.org 70 i 12 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 13 .IP "Images" Err bitreich.org 70 i 14 like weathermaps, Err bitreich.org 70 i 15 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 16 .IP "Audio" Err bitreich.org 70 i 17 such as 1992 presidential debates, Err bitreich.org 70 i 18 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 19 .IP "Books" Err bitreich.org 70 i 20 and all kind of publcations, also proposed to users as a way to publish their own content, Err bitreich.org 70 i 21 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 22 .IP "Videos" Err bitreich.org 70 i 23 short ones, but also on-demand movies! Err bitreich.org 70 i 24 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 25 .IP "Telnet" Err bitreich.org 70 i 26 interfaces with login and password, Err bitreich.org 70 i 27 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 28 .IP "Search engines" Err bitreich.org 70 i 29 For browsing this entire content. Err bitreich.org 70 i 30 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 31 .PP Err bitreich.org 70 i 32 The technical bulletin of March-April 1994 reveals as much. Err bitreich.org 70 i 33 While 1994 does not sounds like a world gifted with nowadays unlimited technology, equivalents to modern tools, with less bells and less whistles, were already widespread among providers, but much less used as they are today: Err bitreich.org 70 i 34 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 35 .IP "Spotify" Err bitreich.org 70 i 36 were files through Gopher. Err bitreich.org 70 i 37 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 38 .IP "Netflix" Err bitreich.org 70 i 39 were files through Gopher. Err bitreich.org 70 i 40 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 41 .IP "PubMed, ResearchGate" Err bitreich.org 70 i 42 were files through Gopher. Err bitreich.org 70 i 43 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 44 .IP "Instagram" Err bitreich.org 70 i 45 were files through Gopher. Err bitreich.org 70 i 46 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 47 .IP "Facebook" Err bitreich.org 70 i 48 were publication as files through Gopher. Err bitreich.org 70 i 49 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 50 .IP "Amazon Kindle" Err bitreich.org 70 i 51 were text files through Gopher. Err bitreich.org 70 i 52 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 53 .IP "Office365" Err bitreich.org 70 i 54 were telnet interactive session, or WordStar, PostScript, and ASCII Err bitreich.org 70 i 55 files through Gopher. Err bitreich.org 70 i 56 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 57 .IP "Google" Err bitreich.org 70 i 58 was either gopher search, or interactive telnet sessions, with Err bitreich.org 70 i 59 sometimes powerful query languages, permitting to filter the result Err bitreich.org 70 i 60 held in the databases: \fISearching for references about Italians Err bitreich.org 70 i 61 with AIDS that are not indexed with ITALY (MH)\fR Err bitreich.org 70 i 62 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 63 .PP Err bitreich.org 70 i 64 This showcases that a lot of thing declared as \fIpossible today Err bitreich.org 70 i 65 thank to the advances of technology\fR were available since as early Err bitreich.org 70 i 66 as 1994. With much less bells and much less whistles. With much less Err bitreich.org 70 i 67 bandwidth for everyone, but existing bandwidth much less used as Err bitreich.org 70 i 68 well. Err bitreich.org 70 i 69 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 70 .PP Err bitreich.org 70 i 71 Interactive database querying languages would look a bit uninviting, Err bitreich.org 70 i 72 and TurboGopher (showcased in the document) has not all the font, Err bitreich.org 70 i 73 layout, media integration features of modern day web browsers. Err bitreich.org 70 i 74 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 75 .PP Err bitreich.org 70 i 76 Under that perspective, the race to technology looks like not a quest Err bitreich.org 70 i 77 for new use-cases, but taking what was possible in the early days to Err bitreich.org 70 i 78 in a crude format and only to some initiated, to the masses, in an Err bitreich.org 70 i 79 inviting layout, packed onto small, shiny objects that fit on a mere Err bitreich.org 70 i 80 pocket. Err bitreich.org 70 i 81 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 82 .FS Err bitreich.org 70 i 83 https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/archive/nlm_technical_bulletin_march_april_1994.pdf Err bitreich.org 70 i 84 .FE Err bitreich.org 70 i 85 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 86 .PP Err bitreich.org 70 i 87 One year later, the Gopher for Science and Medecine project still is Err bitreich.org 70 i 88 blown at full steam, as the National Library of Medecine publishes Err bitreich.org 70 i 89 a bibliography for setting-up gopher servers for collaborating on Err bitreich.org 70 i 90 specific medical topics. Err bitreich.org 70 i 91 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 92 .QP Err bitreich.org 70 i 93 Developing a subject-specific Gopher at the National Library of Medicine Err bitreich.org 70 i 94 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 95 .FS Err bitreich.org 70 i 96 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7599590/ Err bitreich.org 70 i 97 .FE Err bitreich.org 70 .