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To: Colin Cody who wrote (162)	2/25/1998 5:48:00 PM
From: Susan Saline	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1383

Schedule D question Line 1 d sales price Line 1 e Cost or other basis Does line 1 e include comms both ways, the buy comms and the sell comms. Not sure where to enter comms. thanks, Sue

To: Colin Cody who wrote (162)	2/26/1998 2:24:00 AM
From: Ilya k.	Respond to of 1383

No, my systems just sort of grew like topsy. The main problem was to find a qualified tech to come to the house to configure the systems. Most VARs can't believe that individuals will pay money to have techs come to a home to configure systems. But I always caution them not to send anyone who can't comprehend why my systems are important, and that I won't tolerate screw-ups and programs conflicts. I won't let the tech out the door until we run all comm programs, trading programs and other important apps. This is why I keep word processing, fax, and other non-trading apps OFF my trading CPUs. It took a long, painful time to learn that lesson. I can do a reasonable amount of configuaration myself--but I have found that it isn't worth the time when things get complex. My STB card was a case in point. It conflicted with the BIOS of my CPU. There is an undocumented work-around. I'm the one who had to hustle STB to get the CPU mfg to install the workaround. My new 333 has a fully compatible BIOS for the STB card. Re the appearance of apps on the two monitors. Gosh, I fear that this is going to sound a lot more complicated than it is. First, there are programs designed for multiple monitors. I believe that every Mac program takes advantage of multiple monitors, making them act as one. The only PC program that I have that acts this way is the MX-NT program I mentioned in another post. It works just like a MAC, i.e., it converts all monitors to a huge single screen. Really a clever implementation. All my other trading programs are standard brain-dead PC apps that see only the dimension of the 21" monitor (when maximized) but I can drag them inch by inch onto the adjacent screen, or flick them between screens.. [continued in next msg]

To: Colin Cody who wrote (162)	2/26/1998 2:43:00 AM
From: Ilya k.	Respond to of 1383

[Msg continued] As I type this msg (after market hours), I have Watley consuming the entire right monitor, and the left monitor is running MX-NT in the upper half, and I'm typing this msg to you in SI running in the lower half. Each app has its own sets of inner windows running within the dimensions of the overall screen size I have allocated for the particular app. Finally, I have Eudora e-mail minimized, but will maximize it each time e-mail comes in. (I subscribe to a couple of stock market e-mail alerts, so I want to see them asap they arrive and Eudora chimes upon their arrival.) When I add the next two monitors, I haven't decided whether to stack them on top of the current two, or to set all 4 in a horizontal row. The STB card allows the choice, so i can play with the layout when the monitors arrive. But, in any case, the idea is to keep them as close together as possible but to maximize the size of each program's inner windows so that the essential stuff is truly visible.