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  • Gemini for PPC OSX?

    From Smithwicks@[email protected] to comp.sys.mac.vintage on Sun May 24 04:25:51 2026
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    Morning everyone,

    I've been exploring around in gopherspace for awhile now, but I'm
    wondering if there is any Gemini protocol support in Tiger or Leopard?
    I've been told it's a non-starter for my OS 9 machines (usual recipients
    of my gopher browsing) but I'll take OSX for sure. Always happy to get a
    touch more life out of our beloved antiques.
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  • From xor_eq@[email protected] to comp.sys.mac.vintage on Sun May 24 20:33:05 2026
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    Smithwicks wrote:
    Morning everyone,

    I've been exploring around in gopherspace for awhile now, but I'm
    wondering if there is any Gemini protocol support in Tiger or Leopard?
    I've been told it's a non-starter for my OS 9 machines (usual recipients
    of my gopher browsing) but I'll take OSX for sure. Always happy to get a touch more life out of our beloved antiques.

    There is Dillo+ (github.com/crossbowerbt/dillo-plus/) which has support
    for Gemini, Gopher and Spartan, and it might be possible to compile for
    OS X. Gemini is more complex than Gopher (and Spartan) because of the
    addition of TLS.
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    Software: OS X 10.5 Leopard
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  • From xor_eq@[email protected] to comp.sys.mac.vintage on Sun May 24 20:36:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.vintage

    xor_eq wrote:
    Smithwicks wrote:
    Morning everyone,

    I've been exploring around in gopherspace for awhile now, but I'm
    wondering if there is any Gemini protocol support in Tiger or Leopard?
    I've been told it's a non-starter for my OS 9 machines (usual recipients
    of my gopher browsing) but I'll take OSX for sure. Always happy to get a
    touch more life out of our beloved antiques.

    There is Dillo+ (github.com/crossbowerbt/dillo-plus/) which has support
    for Gemini, Gopher and Spartan, and it might be possible to compile for
    OS X. Gemini is more complex than Gopher (and Spartan) because of the addition of TLS.


    Dillo+ looks to be available on PowerPCPorts (Sergey Fedorov's fork of MacPorts) but I can't confirm whether it can be compiled and works.
    --
    Hardware: Apple iBook G4 12"
    Software: OS X 10.5 Leopard
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  • From Jason McBrayer@[email protected] to comp.sys.mac.vintage on Thu Jun 4 17:10:09 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.vintage

    Smithwicks <[email protected]> writes:

    I've been exploring around in gopherspace for awhile now, but I'm
    wondering if there is any Gemini protocol support in Tiger or Leopard?
    I've been told it's a non-starter for my OS 9 machines (usual
    recipients of my gopher browsing) but I'll take OSX for sure. Always
    happy to get a touch more life out of our beloved antiques.

    If you don't find anything, you can read Gemini pages over Gopher at cosmarmot.space. It doesn't support queries or client keys, but it does
    support basic reading.
    --
    Jason McBrayer | “Strange is the night where black stars rise, [email protected] | and strange moons circle through the skies,
    | but stranger still is lost Carcosa.”
    | ― Robert W. Chambers,The King in Yellow
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