. ▁ ▁TCP / Connect ▁II ▁ ▁TCP / Connect ▁II ▁was ▁to ▁remain ▁Inter Con ' s ▁flags hip ▁product ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁until ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁Although ▁TCP / Connect ▁was ▁primarily ▁a ▁terminal ▁em ulation ▁and ▁file ▁transfer ▁program , ▁TCP / Connect ▁II ▁branch ed ▁out ▁into ▁a ▁full - f led ged ▁internet ▁suite . ▁At ▁introduction , ▁it ▁featured ▁email ▁and ▁network ▁news ▁reader ▁support ▁along ▁with ▁additional ▁terminal ▁em ulations ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁already - pop ular ▁IBM ▁ 3 2 7 0 , ▁and ▁DE C ▁V T - 2 4 0 ▁em ulations . ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁ 5 ▁years , ▁the ▁product ▁evol ved ▁quickly ▁and ▁kept ▁or ▁set ▁the ▁pace ▁for ▁many ▁advanced ▁features , ▁including ▁embedded ▁graphics ▁and ▁multimedia ▁content ▁in ▁email ; ▁advanced ▁email ▁autom ation , ▁filtering , ▁and ▁highlight ing ; ▁a ▁high - speed ▁web ▁browser ; ▁a ▁g opher ▁client ; ▁and ▁many ▁minor ▁features ▁and ▁protocol s . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁Inter Con ' s ▁web ▁browser ▁in ▁TCP / Connect ▁II , ▁A OL ▁lic ensed ▁the ▁browser ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁for ▁use ▁with ▁their ▁d ial - up ▁networking ▁services . ▁ ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁separate ▁the ▁browser ▁from ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁suite , ▁it ▁was ▁dub bed ▁Web Sh ark . ▁ ▁tcp CON NE CT 4 ▁ ▁tcp CON NE CT 4 ▁( ren amed ▁from ▁TCP