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This reminds me of Encarta. Encyclopedia on a cd-rom, with audio, video and images on many subjects, all clickable.
by nomercy400 5y ago
This reminds me of Encarta. Encyclopedia on a cd-rom, with audio, video and images on many subjects, all clickable.
- millerm 5y agoEncarta was awesome. It felt like it had a wealth of information on a cd-rom. It was quite magical in the early 90s. I miss those days. All of it.
- elliekelly 5y agoIt was one of my favorite "computer games" as a kid. I used to keep an alphabetical list of the other things I wanted to look up so that I could minimizing having to switch between the all of the discs (3? 4? 5?) it came on.
- emerged 5y agoIs any company still producing that type of encyclopedia experience? Wikipedia has information / links / pictures, but it doesn’t have that type of immersion.
- rovek 5y agoConsdering the state of learning materials for the remainder of my educational (and professional, I'm looking at you compliance courses) life, it really is mindblowing what they achieved with Encarta in the '90s.