I attended UIUC for my BSME. Back in '95 we had to do homework over the web for Circuits class. The app was called Circuit Tutor, but we called it circuit torture!
The only good web browsers out there back then was NCSA Mosaic and NetScape . You had to manually set up your IP using a trumpet winsock application.
When we had to send in our answers, half the time CT and TP would crash. At least you can submit your answers reliably!
Personally, I think it is good advice to save your Engineering textbooks. I still use mine at least once a week, since I'm in the "simulation software" industry.