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Just read and do!
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Gopher browsers hint!
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I created this subsection because most people can't
figure out how to get into Gopher:// without troubles.
Here are detailed examples and instructions of what
you need to do in simple and understandable language.

[ Table of contents ]:

1. Gopher for clean Windows 9x
2. Gopher for Windows 9x-XP
3. Gopher for Windows 7-11
4. Gopher for console and Chrome
5. Gopher for Android devices
6. Native Gopher for Windows

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Gopher for clean Windows 9x
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If you don't have the Gopher client for Windows 95-ME,
this is not a problem. Just first step use the Internet
Explorer browser by first disabling links underlining
in it for Gopher:// serfing! Read it:

How does it work?

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Gopher for Windows 9x-XP
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To get high-quality access to Gopher:// from Windows
9x/NT/XP/2000 you can use the Seamonkey 1.1.19
or Kmeleon 1.5.4 from "Windows 98 actual browsers"
section.

Windows XP Seamonkey 1.1.19 in Gopher.

Windows 98 Kmeleon 1.5.4 in Gopher.

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Gopher for Windows 7-11
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You can use my special full ready-made portable browser
build, which allows you to work with Gopher:// on Windows
32/64bit (XP, 7, 8, 10, 11) without installation. The browser
correctly opens all encodings from Cyrillic to Japanese
characters!

http://shibboleths.org/roman/

Kmeleon 76.4.7 in Gopher from Windows XP.

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Gopher for console and Chrome
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Read about accessing Gopher:// from modern versions of
Windows or from Free DOS here:

More about Gopher on modern computers

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Gopher for Android devices
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You can download all clients here in Midp2 software section
with useful software for push button phopnes and old devices:

We have three Gopher clients for Android:

1) Overbite android 0.2.6;

2) Diggie Dog Gopher Client 1.5.2;

3) Pocket Gopher 1.2.4.

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Native Gopher for Windows
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In section other software for legacy PC here, you can
download additional native Gopher clients:

1) Lynx 2.8.x - console Gopher client;

2) Gopherus - native Gopher client;

3) Little gopher - GUI native client;

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