Software with Video and Documentation, Internet in a Box for Kids
Software with Video and Documentation, Internet in a Box for Kids
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- Description
- In the mid-1990s, growing use of the Internet and wide availability of computers led to concerns about protecting children from unsuitable content. This software was designed to give young users “access to the Net with some restrictions and directs them automatically to a home page that includes games and links to other suitable sites.” Inappropriate sites were shielded by SurfWatch software (for the latter, see 2006.0132.25 and 2006.0132.26).
- The colorful box includes four 3 ¼" diskettes, a thirty-minute video about kids using the Internet (copyrighted 1996), a user guide, and related sheets of documentation.
- Reference:
- Los Angeles Times, December 20, 1995.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Software
- Date made
- 1995
- date made
- 1996
- maker
- CompuServe Inc.
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- container: 8 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 21.59 cm x 26.67 cm x 6.985 cm
- ID Number
- 2006.0132.27
- catalog number
- 2006.0132.27
- accession number
- 2006.0132
- Credit Line
- Jon Eklund
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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