Software with Video and Documentation, Internet in a Box for Kids
date: label: Date made
content: 1995
label: date made
content: 1996
name: label: maker
content: CompuServe Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: 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).
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, December 20, 1995.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jon Eklund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0132.27
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0132.27
label: accession number
content: 2006.0132
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Software
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: 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