Kroc Camen@Kroc@oldbytes.space

Unless you were largely cognisant during the late 90s, it's very hard to get across to you just _how_ bristling with positive energy computing was back then, just **look** at this opening screen, it screams "ARE YOU READY TO LEARN MOTHERF*CKER?!".

It has dolphins, in the clouds. How many smartphone apps welcome you with dolphins in clouds?

#encarta #90s #retrocomputing

Opening screen to Encarta '95. It bristles with positive edutainment energy, known as "Utopian Schoolastic"
Opening screen to Encarta '95. It bristles with positive edutainment energy, known as "Utopian Schoolastic"
Jeff Grigg@JeffGrigg@mastodon.social

Replying to @⁨magnetic_tape@infosec.exchange⁩

@magnetic_tape @Kroc

Yes, and remember that this was an ENCYCLOPEDIA!

This is what an encyclopedia looked like at the time:

a portion of a set of "Encyclopedia Britannica" (ninth edition, dozens of volumes) arranged across a long (a very long) bookshelf. very boring and traditional.
a portion of a set of "Encyclopedia Britannica" (ninth edition, dozens of volumes) arranged across a long (a very long) bookshelf. very boring and traditional.
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