The first interactive multimedia CD-ROM (1989)

A look at the first ever audio CD containing an interactive multimedia computer program -- Beethoven's Ninth Symphony by Voyager in 1989 using Apple's HyperCard, running here on a Mac Classic with an external SCSI CD-ROM drive. Time flow: 0:00 Introduction 0:38 SCSI CD-ROM drive 2:07 Installing the driver 4:19 Playing an audio CD 5:00 The first IMCD 7:09 HyperCard 9:39 A Pocket Guide 10:30 Beethoven's World 11:49 The Art of Listening 12:22 A Close Readng 13:26 The Ninth Game 19:27 Multimedia Beethoven 21:17 The 74-minute CD myth 22:37 Shut down #beethoven #cdrom #mac