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Re:Mechanical Watch by DeathArrow on Thursday May 05, 2022 @01:17AM (#31269789)
>True multimedia is a lost art. We had it back in the 90s when software came on discs and it was a high-density, polished product that combined text, audio, video, and interactive elements on the same page.

This reminds me of Microsoft Encarta.

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Re:Mechanical Watch by ghaff on Thursday May 05, 2022 @08:48AM (#31272654)
Microsoft sold a bunch of titles for things like music. They did quite a nice job as I recall during that period when it was really rather wondrous you could hold all this information in the palm of your hand.
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Re:Mechanical Watch by causi on Thursday May 05, 2022 @09:33AM (#31273095)
Yeah, a 21st-century version of Microsoft Home would be incredible.
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