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To: BillyG who wrote (36145)	9/22/1998 2:32:00 PM
From: C. Niebucc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

I don't kiss and tell... But let's just say dinner & desert and leave it at that. Hold it through earnings. If you're short, you might want pull it out and get rid of it (don't play with it). After earnings you'll know what to do with it. I'm trying to picture that dongle thingy, sound like something I've encountered before...

To: BillyG who wrote (36145)	9/22/1998 4:30:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

IBM intros a settop box with a hard disk drive................... nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com IBM Japan Develops Set-Top Box with Embedded 3.2GB HDD September 22, 1998 (TOKYO) -- IBM Japan Ltd. exhibited a set-top box with an embedded hard disk drive (HDD) at the IBM Fair '98 held in Makuhari, near Tokyo, from Sept. 16-18. There are two types of boxes, one for communication satellite (CS) digital broadcasting and another for digital cable TV broadcasting. Both types use a 2.5-in. HDD with 3.2GB of storage. No output terminals are provided for either type. HDD can be used for recording a movie as well as the electronic program guide (EPG). However, recorded media cannot be physically carried by a user, and only a single movie can be stored in 3.2GB. This means the HDD may be a temporary recording media. The set-top box for CS digital broadcasting is equipped with Java virtual machine on a realtime operating system. It has a 100MHz PowerPC603e microprocessor. The operating frequency will be enhanced to 200MHz in the next version of the product. Java applets are downloaded via CS broadcasting and processed on the set-up box. In addition, IBM Japan recommends HTML, rather than multimedia and hypermedia expert group (MHEG), as a presentation engine to providers, because HTML can be used with plenty of development tools.