<p>Hmm, interesting–I’m not sure. I think gopher was in use more than 25 years ago. I’ll look into it.</p>
<p>According to wikipedia at least, gopher wasn’t released until 1991. But I think minitel was publicly operational at least 10 years earlier in France.</p>
<p>. . . learning about minitel . . . (appreciate the information, wasn’t aware of it)</p>