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To: MMW who wrote (11953)	12/29/1999 11:19:00 PM
From: Techplayer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21876

MMW, I am not sure. I did suck it up this morning for 200 shares at 570. It killed me to do it, but I had to since I have been painfully watching the march from 140 during the last days of June. Lets see 250 post split at this point!! I am searching for the same information that you are. Please let me know if you discover anything. Thanks and HAPPY NEW YEAR!! (western) Brian

To: MMW who wrote (11953)	12/30/1999 12:13:00 AM
From: Pat Hughes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21876

<I guess QCOM is becoming a highly speculative stock> i don't think it is speculative at all. The royalties are there now and will be there for at least the next ten years. I just refuse to hop on now since I hesitated at 40.00 a long (really short) time ago!

To: MMW who wrote (11953)	12/30/1999 2:04:00 AM
From: Steve	Respond to of 21876

mmw, Cut the fake non-English grammar it is getting tiresome. You really work too hard at it.

To: MMW who wrote (11953)	12/31/1999 11:24:00 AM
From: Diamond Jim	Respond to of 21876

Cisco Hardware Woes By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Sm@rt Reseller December 30, 1999 1:12 PM PT Cisco Systems' Catalyst 5000 small to midsize campus-network switches are extremely popular. Some of them have Cisco's WS-X5012--48-port 10Base-T--boards running in them. As Cisco is acknowledging via a quiet recall campaign, a few of these boards are breaking down badly. Specifically, an unknown number of these multiport 10Base-T modules have a manufacturing defect. It's not just any old flaw; the effected boards can short out without any warning. What's worse is that not only will that knock out the 5000 family switch, but also--as Cisco itself is saying in a recall note--the defect "will cause the power supplies to go into over-current shutdown, cutting off power to the system. The short may also cause smoke to be generated, but will not produce fire or sparks." These failures also can wreck the switch backplane turning a network's core into the computer room's most expensive work of art. Dealing With Defects Fortunately, only WS-X5012 products within the following serial number ranges may have the defect: 9880340 To 9883950 10120340 To 10125399 10172043 To 10175339 10290340 To 10295339 10510340 To 10515339 While Cisco has not publicly announced the problem, discovered in mid-December, it is recommending that all resellers contact customers using these boards as soon as possible and arrange for immediate replacements. Be interesting to see what happens and how they handle it.