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To: Rajiv Kapoor who wrote (1375)	1/27/1998 4:17:00 PM
From: buckeye3d	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16960

Oh baby! .15 just reported! Sweet. Expectations were for .08. Gotta love it. Should be fun tommorow. Good Luck, Alex

To: Rajiv Kapoor who wrote (1375)	1/27/1998 5:10:00 PM
From: William T. Katz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16960

3dfx in PC-based Coin-op Games: People have talked about this given the Akklaim announcement. Quantum3D is making a Open Arcade Architecture compatible system with 3dfx as the base. Check out this description of OAA at Intel's web site: developer.intel.com It really describes 3D in 3dfx and Quantum3D terms. As I had mentioned before in a couple of postings, it won't be too long before a PC-based replacement for low-end game machines show up at less than $300. The arcade work is important because it establishes a beautiful migration path for games from high-end arcade systems down to home-based game systems. Given the speed of 3D graphics improvements, I'd say there would be a one year lag time in moving arcade games down to home PCs and maybe 18 months from arcade intro to get a game to the lowest-end PC-based home game system. 3dfx doesn't have to compete with Intel i740's general purpose mission to make lots of money on low-cost game systems. (But of course Banshee will compete with i740).