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Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tool
Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tool (Minuet) is an integrated Internet package for DOS operating systems on IBM-compatible PCs. Background Minuet was created at the University of Minnesota, in the early days of the World Wide Web (1994–1996). At that time, Internet software for the PC was immature — the only programs available were NCSA Telnet and NCSA FTP. Both are glitchy, hard to configure, and TTY-oriented. The microcomputer support department at the university decided to come up with something better. Their design goals were: * Runnable on any PC with at least 384 KiB of RAM, even an original 4.77 MHz PC. * GUI interface * Would run under DOS; not requiring Windows * Easy to use * Little or no configuration needed * Multi-tasking The result was "Minuet". Minuet was quite successful at its time, being used at many colleges and institutions. It's usage peaked around 1996, going down as Windows 95 and its free e-mail reader and web browser prolif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed, and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation. Roughly a third of the state is covered in forests, and it is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" for having over 14,000 bodies of fresh water of at least ten acres. More than 60% of Minnesotans live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, known as the "Twin Cities", the state's main political, economic, and cultural hub. With a population of about 3.7 million, the Twin Cities is the 16th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Other minor metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas in the state include Duluth, Mankato, Moorhead, Rochest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
