Cd-Roms: Hip Or Hype?

March, 1995

CD-Roms: Hip or Hype?I'Lladmit It: I am suspicious of anything that touts itself as the technotoy of the future. When I hear the words interactive or multimedia, a little red flag ripples in my peripheral vision. So when a bunch of CD-Rom publicists bombard me with raves about how much fun I'm going to have with their products, I purse my lips and squint suspiciously at the telephone receiver.I identify with the hero of a certain lyric poem, a character beset on all sides by temptation and sophi...