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When I was at college a lot of my research on 'the web' or whatever it was called back then was done using gopher (think text menu driven internet).

At the time it seemed almost magical that I could search for and get hold of documents from half way around the world in real time. The text interface had a simplicity that was quite beautiful.

I've taken a quick look and it seems gopher is still out there for those who are feeling nostalgic.

You can even give it a go on the floodgap Gopher proxy at http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw