The beginning of the Multimedia era that shipped on CD-ROM. There were a lot of great software, like Sierra Print Artist (incl huge clipart collection), Micros

The beginning of the Multimedia era that shipped on CD-ROM. There were a lot of great software, like Sierra Print Artist (incl huge clipart collection), Microsoft Home product line (incl Fine Artist, Creative Writer, Encarta, etc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Home https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Home ) and many Shareware CDs with thousends of programs. Those were very different days, compared to the beginning internet (Mosaic) age 2-3 years later.