Actually I don't have a clue who you are, two orders of magnitude more inside selling by a company director:
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Blohm John A.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
520 Palm Springs Blvd #808
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(Street)
Indian Harbour Beach FL 32937
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ASTN
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3. IRS or Identification Number of Reporting Person if an entity
(Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year April 1999
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[X] Director [ ] Officer [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Other
(give title below) (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
_X__ Form filed by One Reporting Person
____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
<TABLE>
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1. Title 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Security Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Instr. 3) (Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day/ ----------------------------------------------- End of (D) or ficial
Year) Month Indirect Owner-
Code V Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship
(D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Common Stock 4/3/99 M 50,000 A D N/A
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4/8/99 S 2,500 D 4 1/16 -0- N/A N/A
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4/8/99 S 5,000 D 4 -0- N/A N/A
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4/12/99 S 500 D 4 1/8 -0- N/A N/A
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4/12/99 S 200 D 4 1/4 -0- N/A N/A
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4/12/99 S 2,000 D 4 3/16 -0- N/A N/A
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4/12/99 S 1,000 D 4 1/8 -0- N/A N/A
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4/12/99 S 1,300 4 1/16 D -0- N/A N/A
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4/19/99 S 17,500 7 1/32 D -0- N/A N/A
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4/19/99 S 2,500 7 1/16 D -0- N/A N/A
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4/19/99 S 1,500 7 1/4 D -0- N/A N/A
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4/19/99 S 1,000 7 3/16 D -0- N/A N/A
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4/22/99 S 10,000 8 3/4 D -0- N/A N/A
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4/22/99 S 2,000 8 23/32 D -0- N/A N/A
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4/22/99 S 6,800 8 7/16 D -0- N/A N/A
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4/29/99 S 6,200 8 3/8 D -0- N/A N/A
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4/19/99 S 2,500 7 1/8 D -0- N/A N/A
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</TABLE>
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If this form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
_FORM 4 (continued)
TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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<CAPTION>
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv-
Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or
Price of (Month/ Disposed of (D)
Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
ative Year)
Security
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Code V (A) (D)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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(1) Series A Convertible 1 for 10 4/3/99 M N/A N/A 5,000
PIX Preferred Stock
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(2) Common Stock
Options $4.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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(3) Common Stock
Options $1.875 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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</TABLE>
TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)--CONTINUED
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na-
cisable and Underlying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture
Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form of In-
Date ative Secur- of De- direct
(Month/Day/ Secur- ities rivative Bene-
Year) ity Bene- Secu- ficial
(Instr. ficially rity: Owner-
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Date Expira- Amount or at End (D) or (Instr.
Exer- tion Title Number of of Indi- 4)
cisable Date Shares Month rect (1)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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(1) 4/15/98 N/A Common Stock 50,000 N/A -0- D N/A
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(2) 4/1/97 4/1/06 Common Stock 350,000 N/A 350,000 D N/A
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(3) 7/15/99 7/15/03 Common Stock 532,750 N/A 538,750 D N/A
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</TABLE>
Explanation of Responses:
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB Number.
/s/ John A. Blohm 5/4/99
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date |
