I Miss Microsoft Encarta

Re:I Miss Microsoft Encarta by tzs on Monday August 19, 2019 @03:53PM (#20741189)

> I think Microsoft had the right idea—it was the killer app for CD-ROMs—though it turned out that the internet would only make it a temporary success story.

It was a killer app for CD-ROM, but for the title of the killer app I'd say DeLorme's "Street Atlas USA" had at least an equal claim.

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Re:I Miss Microsoft Encarta by cr0sh on Monday August 19, 2019 @07:42PM (#20742705)

I would almost say the -the- killer app for CD-ROM was Myst. I know I bought my second PC in 1994 (an Acer 486 DX2-50 with Vesa Local Bus graphics and a CD-ROM drive) just so I could play it (my previous machines as an adult were both Amigas).

You may be wondering why I say "second PC" - well, just before graduating high school my parents bought me a laptop, a Tandy 1100HD - which was technically my first PC. Later, after I had left home on my own, I bought an Amiga 2000, then an Amiga 1200, before getting the 486.

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Re:I Miss Microsoft Encarta by tripzilch on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @06:30AM (#20745334)

... not quite equal, Encarta was useful in more places than just the US.

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