CD-ROM and "multimedia" was useful in the era before internet speeds caught up with the capability of computers to show video and sound. My "Time Almanac 1990s"

CD-ROM and "multimedia" was useful in the era before internet speeds caught up with the capability of computers to show video and sound. My "Time Almanac 1990s" CD-ROM was useful, and would probably be on par with what's available online now, in quality and production values.