Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!parc!biosci!agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.onramp.net!news.sprintlink.net!rain.org!rain.org!not-for-mail From: bhunt5@rain.org (Brian Hunt) Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: Re: Encyclopedias Date: 13 Jun 1994 22:01:02 -0700 Organization: Regional Access Information Network (RAIN) Lines: 19 Message-ID: <2tjdie$d5f@rain.org> References: <2t2csc$sv6@charnel.ecst.CSUChico.EDU> <2t3b4t$3q7@masala.cc.uh.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: rain.org X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Bill Tuthill (tut@netcom.com) wrote: > 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? I run Grolliers 6.0 in 800x600 with no problems. Brian -- --bhunt5@coyote.rain.org