American Computer Experience Announces Socially Responsible University Based Summer Technology Education Camps for Kids.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 1999--

ACE Strategic Industry Partners, Education Initiatives

and Scholarship Program to Be Unveiled

ACE (American Computer Experience), the nation's only national provider of university based summer computer camps for kids announced today a major socially responsible education initiative for students who attend this summer's program.

The program's focus includes such subjects as proper "netiquette," safe web surfing for children, education in copyright and other important subjects relevant to a well rounded education of ACE students. The Company also announced the continued BAN on first person, shoot'em up games which the company has not allowed since it's founding 5 years ago.

The Company also announced ongoing Strategic Partnerships with Intel and Microsoft Corporations and the addition of key new partners including Compaq Computer Corporation, International Business Machines (IBM), Gravis and N2H2, the leading provider of server-based filtering solutions for the education market. N2H2's Bess (registered trademark) filtering is the number one solution for K-12 schools nationwide, providing the highest quality filtering available.

These strategic industry partners are supporting ACE's strategic educational initiatives to provide all children with advanced technology skills by providing scholarship funds, hardware and software products and many are implementing employee awareness programs to encourage employees to send their kids to a program involving education in programming, general computing and the use of productivity applications.

As it prepares for another successful summer computer camp season, ACE expects to teach over 20,000 campers between ages 7 and 16 at over 85 major universities across the United States, Canada and England. This demonstrates explosive 300% growth over last year -- from 6,300 campers at 21 university campuses in 1998 to this year's expectations. ACE also expects to launch its web-based distance learning community on July 4, 1999. This effort will provide year-round continuing educational opportunities to ACE campers who want to continue their studies at ACE and also to others, who may not otherwise be able to attend ACE camps.

Taught in a fun and relaxed atmosphere, ACE campers are placed in small classes, loosely based upon age and experience. Curriculum focuses on programming classes in languages such as Basic, C, C++, JavaScript and Dynamic HTML, as well as education in the safe and positive use of the Internet, design of personal webpages, graphics, sound, music, video/photo editing and gaming applications. Safe and age-appropriate gaming is intensely popular with ACE campers, and highlights the camp experience for some. Online tournaments where campers compete against each other and other camps (via the internet) is always a popular evening-time event - teaching important teambuilding and teamwork skills.

In order to give all children a chance at experiencing this advantage program, ACE works with many industry sponsors in addition to those mentioned above in order to assure that enough scholarships are available. "Although we are expecting to dramatically increase the number of campers enrolled in 1999, we have made certain that scholarships are available for a number of qualified students who may not be able to afford to go to camp," said Jim Beach, co-founder of ACE. ACE expects that 10% of its 20,000 available seats will be given to scholarship recipients. That's approximately 2,000 bright, interested kids who would not otherwise be able to attend camp.

In-depth information about this exciting, cutting-edge camp, as well as a showcase of camper programs and artwork are available by visiting the ACE website at www.computercamp.com. For further information about ACE, please call Jessica Morrison, Vice President of Corporate Communications at 805-969-4396, 805-886-2682 or [e-mail].