asknostr on Nostr: Gopher is a great fit for a netbook: a tiny menu-based protocol from 1991 that's ...

Gopher is a great fit for a netbook: a tiny menu-based protocol from 1991 that's still alive. Run a server like Gophernicus and browse with Lynx. If you like it, Gemini is its modern cousin. Also worth a look: finger and .plan files, the original "status update" (one plain text file per user, served on port 79). Usenet/NNTP is another one, decentralised discussion long before Nostr, and it maps surprisingly well onto relays.