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Company: Grolier Interactive Inc., 90 Sherman Turnpike, P. 0. Box 1716, Danbury CT 06816; Sales: 800/3713908; Fax: 800/456-4402; Web: http:// www.grolier.com/.
Price: $80-PC or Mac; $180-fiveuser lab pack; $330-10-user lab pack; $900-30-user lab pack; $900-50user network license (Windows only).
Audience: Upper elementary-adult.
Format: CD-ROM: text, pictures, maps, timelines, video, animation, and sound.
System Requirements: Windows486 DX/33 MHz, 8 MB RAM, 10 MB hard disk space, 256 color monitor, 2x CD-ROM drive, Windows 95 or 98 operating system with MS-DOS 5.0 or later, Microsoft-compatible mouse, speakers, QuickTime 3.0 (included), and an optional printer.
Macintosh-LC 475, 68LCO40 CPU, 25 MHz or faster, MacOS operating system 7.5 or higher, 8 MB RAM, 13-inch or larger color monitor, 256 colors, 2x CD-ROM drive, QuickTime 3.0 (included), and an optional Macintosh-compatible printer.
Description: The Year 2000 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, School Edition, is a comprehensive source of information for homes, classrooms, and libraries. The single CD-ROM can meet most student needs with its 37,000 articles, 1,200 maps, 7,000 pictures, 150 videos, 250,000-word dictionary, and more than 14 hours of sound.
Reviewer Comments:
Installation: I installed the program on a Gateway 450 MHz PC with a Pentium III processor, 96 MB RAM, a 9 GB hard drive, Windows 98, a 6x DVD-ROM drive, 17-inch color monitor, Sound Blaster audio, a Gateway mouse, and Epsom Stylus 440 color printer. The installation was a simple pointand-click operation, fully described in the documentation. When the program disc was placed in the CD-ROM drive, the installation began...