Back before the graphical Internet, there was Gopher.....

It's still around too! for those of you who would like to explore Gopher:

To create your own free shell account, telnet to 'sdf.lonestar.org'

How do you do this?

1. Start->run->cmd
2. At the prompt, type in telnet sdf.lonestar.org
3. Wait for the prompts and READ and FOLLOW Directions
4. To explore Gopher from IE do the following:
Navigate in Regedit to : HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings\
enter a key named EnableGopher with type DWORD and value 00000001
the reg file is available from gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/9/gophe...6/iegopher.zip

screen shot of Gopher Shell Account (pluses = no popups! lmao***):