Compton's interactive encyclopedia : for Windows.

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Offers the complete twenty-six volume Compton's encyclopedia & fact-index and the college edition of Webster's New World dictionary on CD-ROM. Provides users with various entry paths for gaining access to articles, video clips, photographs, illustrations, rotating world atlas with zoom feature, anim...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Compton's NewMedia (Firm)
Language:English
Published: Carlsbad, CA : Compton's NewMedia, [1994], ©1994.
Edition:Edition 1995, Version 3.00.
Subjects:
Electronic encyclopedias.
Physical Description:1 computer disc ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 user's guide (40 pages)
Variant Title:
Interactive encyclopedia.
Format: Electronic eBook
Platform:IBM PC
Description
Summary:
Offers the complete twenty-six volume Compton's encyclopedia & fact-index and the college edition of Webster's New World dictionary on CD-ROM. Provides users with various entry paths for gaining access to articles, video clips, photographs, illustrations, rotating world atlas with zoom feature, animations, and audio clips such as recordings of spoken text, music, and animal sounds. Includes Editing Room feature for creating original multimedia presentations, natural language retrieval engine, and bookmark and note functions.
Note:Title from disc label.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:AE5 .C6 1994
Audience:
Ages 8-15.
System Details:System requirements: Multimedia PC with 386SX microprocessor running at 16MHz, or better (486 running at 25MHz recommended); 4MB RAM (8MB recommended); MS-DOS 3.1 or better; Windows 3.1 or later; Microsoft CD Extensions 2.2 or later; SVGA graphics capabilities; Sound Blaster-compatible sound card with general MIDI support (Wave table recommended); MPC-compatible CD-ROM drive; Microsoft-compatible mouse; stereo. speakers or headphones.