The University of New Mexico's three-year Computer Assisted Instruction Project established one mobile and five permanent laboratories offering remedial and vocational instruction in winter, 1984-85. Each laboratory has a Degem learning system with minicomputer, teacher terminal, and 32 student terminals. A Digital PDP-11 host computer runs the TOAM operating system. Originally developed for Israel's culturally diverse immigrants in educationally isolated rural areas, the Degem system courseware was selected for its relevance to the basic skill remediation needs of rural New Mexico's multi-ethnic population. Courseware emphasizes mathematics, English as a second language, and reading through drill-and-practice and diagnostics. Introductory courseware in electricity, typing, algebra, sciences, and geometry was added. Each student receives individualized lessons at each session, based on initial placement results and subsequent performance. Instructors can print reports pinpointing a student's difficulty with course subtopics. Computer assisted instruction offers differentiation of curriculum and pace, increased ease of instructional management, and increased information flow. The mobile laboratory seems appropriate for a rural state with minimum resources, but further research is needed for successful use. Questions include scheduling for maximum use and effectiveness, best use in basic instruction or diagnostics, course adaptation to a transient schedule, and teacher reaction to a mobile system. (LFL)