Remember when the news took like, maybe, two weeks to get to you? Me neither, but that's the way it was in our great-grandparent's day. By contrast, people on the World Wide Web don't have to wait for Pony Express (or Federal Express, for that matter); they can subscribe to over 17,000 newsgroups and get instantaneous news, opinion, flames, and spam. For those who are familiar with "news" and "opinion", but think that "flames" and "spam" sound like a bad idea for a barbecue, Getting On-Line, Vol. 1 does a serviceable, non-commercial, job of...well...getting viewers on-line. Hosted by an amiable twentysomething, the nicely produced program offers a brief history of the Net, explains the hardware and software needed for connecting, and weighs the differences between local ISP's and online services (AOL, MSN, etc.), while also providing a visual taste of some of the riches the World Wide Web has in store for surfers (wax those modems, dude!). Recommended for libraries without similar fare. Aud: J, H, P. (R. Pitman)
Getting On-Line, Vol. 1
(1996) 50 min. $19.95. MultiPro (dist. by Tapeworm Video). PPR. Color cover. Vol. 12, Issue 4
Getting On-Line, Vol. 1
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