GopherS
(ver 0.92)
Abandoned Freeware


GopherS was witten by the European Microsoft Windows NT Academic Center
at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.  Unfortunately it is no 
longer in development.  The sofware runs as an NT "service", and is 
configured from a folder in "control panel".  

This server is stable,and very easy to add content to (it uses your file
system tree).  Links are stored in their associated directory folders, 
in special files labled "link.gfr" (format is similar to UMN "gopherd").


Note: use "GSI386.ZIP" for Windows 2000 and above.

i386 NT      = GSI386.ZIP
DEC Alpha NT = GSALPHA.ZIP
MIPS NT      = GSMIPS.ZIP


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Configuring GopherS on a modern Windows computer (Win2k, WinXP, etc.):

GopherS is probably one of the easiest Gopher Servers you will ever 
install or configure (full instructions can be found in the included 
"gophers.doc" file).  Simply download the file "GSI386.ZIP".  Extract 
the files "gophers.cpl", "gophers.exe", and "GOPHERS.HLP" and place 
them in your "System32" directory.  Now open your control panel and 
you will see an icon called "Gopher Server". 
 
Next you will need to create two folders.  One will be used to store 
the log files, and the other the files visible to your Gopher Clients.  

The log file directory will fill up rather quickly, as every day GopherS 
creates a new log file for that days activities.  You can of course 
delete or archive the previous days logs. 

Anything you place in the Gopher folder will be visible to the Gopher 
Clients that connect to you.  They will see all files and sub-directories 
in this folder exactly how you put them. The only files that will NOT be 
visible are files that end with the extension "*.gfr" (i.e., text files 
you can create which GopherS uses to display LINKS to resources).  

Finally, open the "Gopher Server" icon in Control Panel, add the path to 
these two directories, and then set the served files "Type" mappings.