Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!parc!biosci!agate!news.ossi.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!tut From: tut@netcom.com (Bill Tuthill) Subject: Re: Encyclopedias Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <2t2csc$sv6@charnel.ecst.CSUChico.EDU> <2t3b4t$3q7@masala.cc.uh.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 15:28:22 GMT Lines: 11 Butler, Michael J. (ST3Z7@Jetson.uh.edu) wrote: > The consensus seems to be that Encarta offers more flash, Grolier's offers > more substance, and the rest fall somewhere in the middle. I just picked up > a new Grolier's for Windows v.6 for about $30. Yes, I agree with the consensus as far as content goes. However Grolier's bothers me in that I have to reconfigure Windows to run it. It crashes my system unless it's run at 640x480. All the other encyclopedias on the market can deal with higher resolution, they just run in an appropriately small window. I have Grolier's 6.0-- is there a newer version?