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Technology Stocks : Thrustmaster (NASDAQ:TMSR) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: esecurities(tm) who wrote (1350)	3/21/1998 9:32:00 PM
From: esecurities(tm)	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2443

Retail channel update, gamepad price war, NASCAR Pro and earth to marketing... NASCAR Pro (fully displayed and PC connected) hits Sams Clubs....again, X-Fighter ramping up at Sams Clubs, Computer City...Rage 3D, Microsoft SideWinder and Gravis Gamepad Pro in a gamepad price war lock-on at $29.99...TMSR Flight System broken out and on display at many CompUSAs, however, reports are that CompUSA in Microsoft's backyard has had significant inventory of NASCAR Pro and Flight System, neither of which, have made their way to retail shelves (from high overhead storage facilities) since January [with none on the shelves]!!! and Flight System has never been broken out/on display...MSFT influence? or incredibly poor inventory managment at (NYSE:CPU)?... the premiere issue of VooDoo http://www,vodoomag.com/ on the critically acclaimed *3Dfx* graphic chipset 3dfx.com (NASDAQ:TDFX) quote.yahoo.com has just hit the street...in this issue TMSRs Attack Throttle is reviewed "...if you're into the flight sims, giant mech combat or any other complex piloting game, you'll be very happy with the new digital Attack Throttle from ThrustMaster, which is modeled after the F-15E throttle...Definitely a must-have for wanna-be flight monkeys..."...note: TMSRs proprietary multi-controller-enabled DirectConnect is prominently affixed to Attack Throttle label...unfortunately TMSR shareholders were not similarly blessed in this same magazine's review of the already internationally critically acclaimed F1 Racing Simulation by Ubi Soft ubisoft.com (ref/previous esecurities' post(s)... "...The racing itself...is wonderful...excellent feedback support...which gave me a reason to dig out my dust-coated Force-Feedback SideWinder..."...MSFTs F-F SideWInder Pro was used for the review at the expense of a TMSR Steering WHeel!?#%$@!!! &copy 1998 Dimension Publishing, Inc. ...not only did TMSR fail to provide this publication with a NASCAR Pro and or Formula 1 wheel to use for their racing sim reviews (and just have fun with incl. providing evidence you're cool)...but we are also witnessing [continuing] evidence of significant? irreversible? force-feedback lost opportunity costs...that now makes /////NASCAR* drivers, affiliates and industry publications whom confoundingly [yet intuitively obvious] did not receive TMSR product...allowing MSFT to pick up TMSRs slack?...April 7, 1998 issue of PC MAGAZINE...front-cover feature After Hours:Start Your Engines!...seven racing sim review...the good news..."...We took seven games out to the PC Magazine test tracks. Each was run extensively on a Pentium/200 with 32MB of RAM, a Diamond Monster 3Dfx card, and the Thrustmaster NASCAR Pro Racing Wheel..."...&copy 1998 ZIFF-DAVIS Publishing pcmag.com ...PC MAGAZINEs next issue will feature "ESSENTIAL HARDWARE ACCESSORIES" including gaming gear...