Internet Explorer works as a Gopher client. To connect to a Gopher server, start Internet Explorer and enter a Gopher address in the address box. For example, you can enter
gopher://gopher.college.edu/
If the name or IP address of the Gopher server is known, but the server is not using the standard TCP port address (70), you can alter the address on the client to match the server. For example, if the Gopher server is monitoring port 1938, use the following command.
gopher://gopher.college.edu:1938