One wonders if they could be persuaded, in return for a donation of money or time, to include some cypherpunks-related web pages; these could include ones on PGP and on anonymous remailers, so they could later get email & ftp access and use these. -Allen

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LOS ANGELES (Aug 17, 1996 00:00 a.m. EDT) -- Like some futuristic, hi-tech bookmobile, "Ed" came calling on Charles Maclay Middle School in suburban Los Angeles.

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The privately funded CyberEd program is designed to provide hands-on Internet experience and advanced, on-line communications training. "Ed" -- a veritable cyber classroom on wheels, offers personal computers, Internet connectivity and CD-ROMS, as well as presentation facilities, printing, faxing and video conferencing capabilities.

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Inside the yellow-and-black big rig in the Pacoima section of Los Angeles, children and teachers alike tried their hand at surfing the Net, pointing and clicking and generally immersing themselves in everything from home pages of fellow students to cyberchats with astronauts at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration headquarters in Houston.

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Plank said a $3 million fund-raising campaign was under way to bankroll a fleet of rigs modeled after "Ed," each with a different technological focus -- manufacturing, media, biotechnical and other disciplines.

CyberEd is funded by the MCI Foundation, the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund, DSC Communications Corp., Milken Family Foundation, Corning Incorporated and Microsoft.

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