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To: blankmind who wrote (39067)	3/13/1998 2:06:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 61433

Apple to Show Prototype Copper-Based PowerPC, Reports CMP's EE Times Business Wire - March 13, 1998 13:53 %CMP-MEDIA CMPX APPL %NEW-YORK %COMED %COMPUTERS %ELECTRONICS %PUBLISHING V%BW P%BW MANHASSET, NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 1998-- Steve Jobs Will Show a Macintosh Computer Running at 400 MHz with a Prototype PowerPC Chip from IBM in New York Next Week Apple Computer (Nasdaq: APPL) is preparing to demonstrate the first central processing unit (CPU) built in copper-based technology, sources have told CMP's EE Times Online (http://www.eet.com). At the Seybold Seminars scheduled for March 16 to 20 in New York, Apple's interim CEO, Steve Jobs, will show a Macintosh computer running at 400 MHz with a prototype PowerPC chip from IBM Microelectronics (NYSE: IBM), according to industry insiders. EE Times Online reports the demonstration not only represents a step forward in Mac performance, but also the emergence of a delicate political problem for Apple. The Cupertino, Calif., company has struggled to maintain good relationships with both IBM and Motorola (NYSE: MOT), the suppliers of PowerPC processors. But a gap is opening between the process capabilities as IBM's copper-metalization process comes online, insiders said. Such a gap could make it difficult -- if not impossible -- for Motorola to continue as an alternate source of high-end PowerPC CPUs. EE Times, published by CMP Media Inc., is the leading publication covering the high tech original equipment manufacturing industry. The well-respected weekly--which in recent years broke several major industry stories including the news of the floating point bug in Intel's Pentium processors--is the only source that delivers news of both business and technology to engineers and technical/corporate managers at electronics and computer systems manufacturers in North America. CMP Media Inc. (Nasdaq: CMPX) is the only high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the full technology spectrum--the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. With its portfolio of leading newspapers, magazines, custom publishing, Internet products and conferences, CMP Media is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Online editions of the company's print publications, which include EE Times, InformationWeek, Computer Reseller News and Windows Magazine, along with products and services created exclusively for the Internet, can be found on CMPnet at cmpnet.com. CONTACT: CMP Media Inc., Manhasset Steve Rubel (516) 562-7434 srubel@cmp.com or Catherine Jarrat Koatz (516) 562-7827 ckoatz@cmp.com

To: blankmind who wrote (39067)	3/13/1998 2:08:00 PM
From: Jeff Jordan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 61433

* * * C A L L S * * * For DBS clients authorized to trade options. Click on description to go directly to option order entry. DESCRIPTION LAST BID ASK CHG HIGH LOW VOL OI SYM ------------- ------- ------- ------- ------ ------- ------- ------ ----- ----- C MAR98 20.0 16 15 5/8 16 +3/4 16 16 1 333 QQACD C MAR98 22.5 11 13 1/4 14 0 0 0 0 398 QQACX C MAR98 25.0 11 3/8 10 1/2 11 1/4 +7/8 11 5/8 11 3/8 77 1961 QQACE C MAR98 30.0 6 5 5/8 6 1/8 +3/8 6 3/4 6 151 8931 QQACF C MAR98 35.0 1 1/4 1 1/4 1 7/16 0 2 1 1/4 3659 19192 QQACG C MAR98 40.0 1/8 1/16 1/8 0 3/16 1/8 471 12496 QQACH C MAR98 45.0 1/16 0 1/16 0 0 0 0 4355 QQACI C MAR98 50.0 1/16 0 1/16 0 0 0 0 1930 QQACJ C MAR98 55.0 1/8 0 1/16 0 0 0 0 941 QQACK C MAR98 60.0 1/16 0 1/16 0 0 0 0 1310 QQACL C APR98 25.0 10 1/8 10 3/4 11 1/2 0 0 0 0 30 QQADE C APR98 30.0 6 7/8 6 1/8 6 5/8 +5/8 7 1/4 6 7/8 251 1273 QQADF C APR98 35.0 2 11/16 2 9/16 2 15/16 -1/16 3 1/2 2 11/16 248 3620 QQADG C APR98 40.0 13/16 3/4 1 0 1 13/16 507 4739 QQADH C APR98 45.0 5/16 1/8 1/4 +1/8 1 5/16 6 1496 QQADI C JUN98 20.0 16 7/8 16 1/8 16 7/8 0 0 0 0 362 QQAFD C JUN98 22.5 14 1/2 13 7/8 14 1/4 -1/8 0 0 0 200 QQAFX C JUN98 25.0 11 7/8 11 3/8 11 3/4 +1/4 11 7/8 11 7/8 1 1198 QQAFE C JUN98 30.0 8 7 1/8 7 5/8 +1 1/4 8 8 5 2920 QQAFF C JUN98 35.0 4 1/4 4 1/8 4 3/8 +1/4 4 3/4 4 1/4 225 6020 QQAFG C JUN98 40.0 2 5/16 2 1/8 2 5/16 +1/4 2 1/2 2 3/16 434 7916 QQAFH C JUN98 45.0 1 1/16 7/8 1 1/8 +1/16 1 3/8 1 433 4306 QQAFI C SEP98 22.5 15 5/8 14 5/8 15 0 0 0 0 17 QQAIX C SEP98 25.0 11 3/4 12 3/8 13 1/8 0 0 0 0 49 QQAIE C SEP98 30.0 8 3/4 8 7/8 9 1/4 0 0 0 0 267 QQAIF C SEP98 35.0 6 1/4 5 3/4 6 1/8 +3/8 6 1/4 6 6 2197 QQAIG C SEP98 40.0 3 7/8 3 5/8 3 7/8 +1/4 4 3/8 3 7/8 17 1601 QQAIH C JAN99 20.0 19 5/8 17 1/4 18 0 0 0 0 430 VSDAD C JAN99 25.0 14 13 1/2 13 7/8 +1/2 14 1/8 14 17 2599 VSDAE C JAN99 30.0 10 1/2 10 1/8 10 1/2 +1 1/4 10 3/4 10 1/2 27 5312 VSDAF C JAN99 35.0 8 7 3/8 7 7/8 +3/4 8 1/8 8 20 2832 VSDAG C JAN99 40.0 5 5/8 5 1/8 5 1/2 +1/2 5 5/8 5 1/4 15 4209 VSDAH C JAN99 45.0 3 3/4 3 3/8 3 3/4 +1/2 3 7/8 3 3/4 52 3605 VSDAI C JAN99 50.0 2 7/16 2 5/16 2 9/16 +1/4 2 7/16 2 7/16 1 678 VSDAJ C JAN99 60.0 7/8 13/16 1 1/16 0 0 0 0 5531 VSDAL C JAN00 20.0 20 1/8 19 1/4 20 +1 5/8 20 1/8 20 1/8 2 433 LZCAD C JAN00 25.0 15 3/8 16 3/4 17 1/8 0 0 0 0 1224 LZCAE C JAN00 30.0 12 7/8 13 3/4 14 1/8 0 0 0 0 2501 LZCAF C JAN00 40.0 8 3/8 9 1/8 9 1/2 0 0 0 0 4794 LZCAH C JAN00 50.0 5 7/8 5 5/8 6 +3/8 6 5 7/8 2 2029 LZCAJ C JAN00 55.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LZCAK C JAN00 60.0 3 3/8 3 5/8 4 0 0 0 0 2453 LZCAL * * * P U T S * * * For DBS clients authorized to trade options. Click on description to go directly to option order entry. DESCRIPTION LAST BID ASK CHG HIGH LOW VOL OI SYM ------------- ------- ------- ------- ------ ------- ------- ------ ----- ----- P MAR98 20.0 1/16 0 1/16 0 0 0 0 3040 QQAOD P MAR98 22.5 1/16 0 1/16 0 0 0 0 1715 QQAOX P MAR98 25.0 1/16 0 1/16 0 0 0 0 4764 QQAOE P MAR98 30.0 1/16 0 1/8 0 1/16 1/16 40 7238 QQAOF P MAR98 35.0 7/16 3/8 5/8 -3/16 1/2 1/4 490 8419 QQAOG P MAR98 40.0 3 3/4 4 1/8 4 3/8 -1/2 4 3 1/2 44 1973 QQAOH P MAR98 45.0 10 1/4 8 3/4 9 1/8 0 0 0 0 130 QQAOI P MAR98 50.0 15 1/4 13 3/4 14 1/8 0 0 0 0 42 QQAOJ P MAR98 55.0 26 3/4 18 3/4 19 1/8 0 0 0 0 2 QQAOK P MAR98 60.0 23 1/2 23 3/4 24 1/8 0 0 0 0 0 QQAOL P APR98 25.0 3/16 0 3/16 0 0 0 0 10 QQAPE P APR98 30.0 7/16 5/16 9/16 -1/16 7/16 3/8 20 1612 QQAPF P APR98 35.0 1 3/4 1 11/16 1 7/8 -1/8 1 3/4 1 7/16 87 1479 QQAPG P APR98 40.0 4 1/2 4 3/4 5 1/8 -7/8 4 1/2 4 1/2 8 535 QQAPH P APR98 45.0 10 8 7/8 9 1/4 0 0 0 0 29 QQAPI P JUN98 20.0 3/16 1/16 3/16 0 0 0 0 1140 QQARD P JUN98 22.5 3/8 1/16 5/16 0 0 0 0 673 QQARX P JUN98 25.0 3/8 1/4 1/2 -1/8 3/8 3/8 4 1497 QQARE P JUN98 30.0 1 1/4 1 1/8 1 3/8 -1/4 1 3/8 1 1/8 56 2801 QQARF P JUN98 35.0 2 3/4 2 7/8 3 1/8 -3/8 2 13/16 2 11/16 21 3950 QQARG P JUN98 40.0 5 5/8 5 3/4 6 1/4 -1/8 5 3/4 5 5/8 14 2519 QQARH P JUN98 45.0 10 3/4 9 3/8 9 3/4 0 0 0 0 133 QQARI P SEP98 22.5 15/16 9/16 11/16 0 0 0 0 161 QQAUX P SEP98 25.0 1 15/16 1 1/16 -1/8 1 1 60 1130 QQAUE P SEP98 30.0 2 7/16 2 1/16 2 1/4 0 0 0 0 592 QQAUF P SEP98 35.0 4 3/4 3 7/8 4 1/4 0 0 0 0 192 QQAUG P SEP98 40.0 6 3/4 6 5/8 7 0 0 0 0 643 QQAUH P JAN99 20.0 11/16 11/16 13/16 -1/4 11/16 11/16 20 408 VSDMD P JAN99 25.0 1 3/4 1 1/2 1 11/16 0 0 0 0 1162 VSDME P JAN99 30.0 3 1/8 3 3 3/8 -1/8 3 1/8 3 13 2519 VSDMF P JAN99 35.0 5 1/8 5 1/8 5 1/2 -7/8 5 1/8 5 1/8 100 871 VSDMG P JAN99 40.0 7 7/8 7 1/2 7 7/8 0 0 0 0 1724 VSDMH P JAN99 45.0 10 7/8 10 1/2 11 1/4 0 0 0 0 421 VSDMI P JAN99 50.0 15 5/8 14 5/8 15 3/8 0 0 0 0 26 VSDMJ P JAN99 60.0 23 1/4 23 3/4 24 1/4 0 0 0 0 86 VSDML P JAN00 20.0 2 1/16 1 11/16 1 15/16 0 0 0 0 394 LZCMD P JAN00 25.0 3 1/8 3 3 1/4 0 0 0 0 1301 LZCME P JAN00 30.0 5 4 1/2 4 7/8 0 0 0 0 903 LZCMF P JAN00 40.0 10 9 1/8 9 5/8 0 0 0 0 1259 LZCMH P JAN00 50.0 16 1/2 16 16 1/2 0 0 0 0 438 LZCMJ P JAN00 55.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LZCMK P JAN00 60.0 24 1/2 23 7/8 24 7/8 0 0 0 0 1078 LZCML