- MicroMuse
"MicroMUSE" is a
MUD started in the 1990s. It is based on the TinyMUSE system, which allows members to interact in avirtual environment called Cyberion City, as well as to create objects to modify their environment. Like most other MUDs, MicroMUSE was conceived as an environment to allow people in far-flung locations to interact with each other and enhance the educational experience. Students withinternet access, particularlycollege anduniversity students, also use MicroMUSE as a social environment to interact with others across the world. They also served as a precursor for commercially popularMMORPG s. Like many similar MUDs of that era, a core group of users remain active.MicroMUSE is based on an optimistic vision of the 24th century. The virtual world of Cyberion City II is described as a gigantic, cylindrical city in orbit around the Earth, 36 kilometers long and 15 kilometers in diameter. Cyberion's residents are scholars who lived in a unique community dedicated to learning, teaching, and the preservation of knowledge. Dr. Barry Kort was instrumental in setting up MicroMUSE with assistance from Kevin Kane ("Frnkzk"). [ [http://www.hardnewscafe.usu.edu/archive/dec2001/1218_kort.html Interview with Barry Kort, co-founder of MicroMuse] ]
MicroMUSE / MuseNet received the 1996 NII Award for pioneering innovations in Children's Education via the Internet. [ [http://underground.musenet.org:8080/~bkort/nii.award.html Transcript of The Award letter and Certificate] ]
The MicroMUSE Charter and Bylaws (1994) define the history, goals and purposes of MicroMUSE.
References
External links
* [telnet://micromuse.musenet.org:4201/ MicroMUSE itself] (
Telnet )
* [http://underground.musenet.org:8080/ The MuseNet Site]
* [http://www.nagrom.net/microMUSE/Charter.txt The MicroMUSE Charter Updated 11 November 1994]
* [http://www.nagrom.net/microMUSE/Bylaws.txt The MicroMUSE Bylaws Updated 11 November 1994]
* [http://wired-vig.wired.com/wired/archive/1.03/muds.html?pg=3 Wired Magazine story about MicroMuse]
* [http://underground.musenet.org:8080/WCE/ Bring A Candle, Not a Sparkler]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
