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Gareth Halfacree<p>Now the web is full to the brim with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> slop, I'm turning to... other, more reliable information sources.</p><p>Now, if you'll excuse me, Mind Maze awaits.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Encarta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encarta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MicrosoftMultimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftMultimedia</span></a></p>
Alexis Jhon (AGR/AMKPBA)🇺🇦<p>Fun fact: <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Encarta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encarta</span></a> was once ported to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Macs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Macs</span></a>? It was the 1994 to 1998 editions that have received native port to 68k, and later PPC <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Macintosh</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>random</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/encyclopedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>encyclopedia</span></a></p>
Alexis Jhon (AGR/AMKPBA)🇺🇦<p>The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Encarta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encarta</span></a> Contents page, as shown with the Moon.</p><p>(1/5 - 1993-1996)</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/encyclopedias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>encyclopedias</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ui</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>random</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/comparison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comparison</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Alexis Jhon (AGR/AMKPBA)🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@Kroc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Kroc</span></a></span> I made this thing... I finally ran 2001 through 2009. Though, there are some errors, Flash related.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Encarta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encarta</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a></p>
Kroc Camen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@Lucss21a" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Lucss21a</span></a></span> I'm in the process of doing this myself :P You can run <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Encarta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encarta</span></a> 93 through 2000 all on a single Windows 95 machine! 2001 up to 2005 (maybe later, I've yet to find out) will run on Win2K</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/win95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>win95</span></a></p>
Alexis Jhon (AGR/AMKPBA)🇺🇦<p>did someone ask for the sum of all human knowledge pressed into a disc? (ss inspired from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@Kroc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Kroc</span></a></span>)</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/encarta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>encarta</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>random</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a></p>
Alexis Jhon (AGR/AMKPBA)🇺🇦<p>I dug deep into the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Encarta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encarta</span></a> rabbit hole lately, and was amazed by how you can at least run 11-12 years worth of Encarta on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> 98.</p><p>For the sake of my sanity, and my disk storage (I haven't gotten around with some spring cleaning), I have '95 to 2001 installed.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>random</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fact</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/trivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trivia</span></a></p>
Alexis Jhon (AGR/AMKPBA)🇺🇦<p>there's something so simple yet nice with the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Encarta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encarta</span></a> UIs from 1999 to 2001 (pics are from Encarta 2000)</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GUI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/encyclopedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>encyclopedia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/multimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>multimedia</span></a></p>
IBS ThinkDad 🏴‍☠️<p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/EndlessOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndlessOS</span></a> looks neat enough, sort of a modern <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Encarta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encarta</span></a>. If the tools are usable without having to use a tweaked distro I might snag those. Also I wanna install Encarta 9x lol.</p>
Computer History Museum 🇸🇮<p>💬✉️ New on our retro internet machine: a fully functional mIRC! Come and say hi to everyone on your favorite channel! 👋👋</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computermuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computermuseum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slovenia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slovenia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ljubljana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ljubljana</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwareheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>softwareheritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalheritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/encarta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>encarta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/museo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/irc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/informatica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>informatica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mIRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mIRC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/90s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>90s</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2000s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2000s</span></a></p>
Liberté Critique<p>Google a décidé de s'autodetruire au sein de la plus grosse bulle numérique du moment, celle de l' <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/IA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IA</span></a>.</p><p>Ou comment merdifier tout le web d'un coup ! Ya plus qu'à ressortir les DVD d'encarta pour les recherches...</p><p><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/GoogleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleAI</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/merdification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>merdification</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/encarta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>encarta</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.arretsurimages.net/chroniques/clic-gauche/apocalypse-google" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">arretsurimages.net/chroniques/</span><span class="invisible">clic-gauche/apocalypse-google</span></a></p>
Kroc Camen<p>I'm doing a screenshot tour of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Encarta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encarta</span></a> to look at how the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UI</span></a> evolved over time, starting with the very first version, which is _not_ the 1994 edition -- but a quirky almost un-Microsoft like package from 1993. This is so early for CD-based software that it predates the CD-ROM standard; yes, this is a High-Sierra disc! (<a href="https://www.os2museum.com/wp/looking-for-high-sierra/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">os2museum.com/wp/looking-for-h</span><span class="invisible">igh-sierra/</span></a>)</p>