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To: Peter V who wrote (41902)	6/10/1999 10:48:00 AM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

National Semiconductor, Acer to Develop Set-Top Boxes nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com June 10, 1999 (TOKYO) -- National Semiconductor Corp. of the United States and Acer Inc. of Taiwan said they will collaborate to develop next-generation set-top boxes for Internet connections. National Semiconductor will provide Acer with multimedia-processor chips for its network terminal series called X-Computer (XC). The XC series, which is being developed by Acer, will comprise network terminals with dedicated functions. The products will be focused on Internet services, such as Web browsing, home banking, electronic transactions and broadband network TV. National Semiconductor will supply Acer with its MediaGX and subsequent-generation microprocessors for the XC series. The MediaGX is a microprocessor that integrates such processing functions as general operation processor, graphics, audio, peripheral component interconnect (PCI) interface and memory control. However, neither company has released a date for product announcements or product shipments. Along with the next-generation set-top boxes for conventional TV sets, Acer also is developing mobile information devices such as mobile telephones with email functions to increase the product lines for the XC series, company officials said. (BizTech News Dept.)

To: Peter V who wrote (41902)	6/10/1999 10:59:00 AM
From: Steve Fancy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Peter (OT), Qcharts is by far the best RT quote package I've seen in the $80 range...probably the best in any price range. Have used it since Feb and only possible complaint might be information overload and no limits to the flexibility and power of the package. They have a few customer service problems yet, and it can be tricky to get them to take your money, but there are support forums here on SI and a onelist service where any questions are answered quickly by the programmers, the head of the development team and even the company president. There seems to be a new beta version every week, with recent emphasis on TA tools. They even added the Island book as somewhat an alternative for folks that don't want to pay the $50 Nasdaq level II exchage fees. They maintain tick by tick data going back to '97 I believe, and closing data going back 10 years if memory serves. They maintain all the data, have multiple servers for fault tolerance, hot lists, regional exchange data on options and equities and even fundamental data. Anyway, sorry for the rambling, check out the SI thread... Subject 21544 ...and ask the users for feedback or comparison to what you currently use, and/or check out the website at... quote.com regards, sf