We are vitally interested in demonstrating Client-Server applications for internet use in order to prove the scalability of such an architecture to other schools around the country. It is also evident that a good demonstration model is needed to apply these models in our are inner city area. It is even more crucial that we illustrate a true educational model rather than just a promise of another 500 channels of commercially oriented service on the so-called Information Superhighway.
Most people still think that Internet access is just a phone call away using terminal emulation.
This is not the solution to affodable widespread information access and point and click ease of use. Even with the low bandwidth connection we now have it is very evident that such applications as Turbo Gopher and Mosaic will afford our students unprecedented access to information resources not available in the past. It is also clearly evident that such applications need a RAM requirement of more than 4 megabytes to operate in a true transparent environment, hence the request for RAM upgrades. Student Network Managers Nathan Hale is also just beginning a formal program for training student network managers as a first line of defense in keeping this technology running in the school building . I have been training small groups of students in networking and computer software and hardware repair for the past two years and can attest to the invaluable work these students do.