Getting things setup

By R. S. Doiel, 2022-10-09

I'm digging my gopherhole on sdf.org[1] as I wait for my validation to go through. The plan is to migrate content from rsdoiel.github.io to here and host it in a Gopher context. It's interesting learning my way around sdf.org. Reminds me of my student days when I first had access to a Unix system. Each Unix has it own flavors and even for the same Unix type/version each system has it's own particular variation. Unix lends itself to customization and that why one system can "feel" or "look" different than the next.

1: gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/rsdoiel

I'm trying to remember how to use Pico (vi isn't available yet). Discovering how far "mkgopher" can go (very far it turns out).

I'm looking forward to validation so I can have access to Git and "move in" to this gopherspace in a more sustainable way.

Things to read and do

• wait to be validated
• learn gitia[2] and setup up a mirror my personal projects and blog
• read up on gophernicus[3] (the gopher server used by sdf.org)
• twenex project[4], sounds interesting, I remember accessing a TOPS-20 system at Whitesands in New Mexico once upon a time.
• figure out to access comp.lang.oberon if it is available on sdf.org
• figure out, after validation, if I can compile OBNC for working on Artemis and Oberon-07 code projects

2: https://git.sdf.org (https://git.sdf.org)
3: https://www.gophernicus.org/ (https://www.gophernicus.org)
4: https://www.twenex.org/ (https://www.twenex.org)

Updates

7:30 - 7:30; Gopher; Setup; Account verified, Yippee!