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To: TATRADER who wrote (4546)	11/8/1998 12:51:00 AM
From: Christopher	Respond to of 59879

Mark, Good luck to you with whatever you will be doing that week. Thanks for analyzing SUNW for me. It is great to get your perspective on a stock. Christopher

To: TATRADER who wrote (4546)	11/8/1998 1:10:00 AM
From: LzzrdKing	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 59879

DS on my list at 36.375. What do u think of IFCI? I am in at 8 1/8, sold and then rebot at 9 friday. All time closing high friday and huge vol spike last week. Adding at 9 5/8.

To: TATRADER who wrote (4546)	11/8/1998 8:22:00 AM
From: Shanker Reddy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59879

ALSC hit 4.75 (up 0.75) on 10x volume. Need TA opinion. Shanker

To: TATRADER who wrote (4546)	11/8/1998 1:57:00 PM
From: Barbara Barry	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59879

Mark, Hope all goes well for your wife.We will toss in a few prayers.Even though I have a couple oex puts I will do my best to root tmar higher while you are away.I bought it back at 6 7/8.Zran was a fav of mine a long time ago.Spoke with Levy (ceo) a couple of times.He was straightforward and very reliable with his info...really a bright guy.May have to watch that one again. Regards, BB

To: TATRADER who wrote (4546)	11/9/1998 4:59:00 PM
From: GTC Trader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59879

<< 8.PTEC(Happy Bids, tell us about your company) >> Our stock price has dropped dramatically over the past year !!! : ' ( I guess you know that already. I have been terrible at forecasting the price of our stock. When it hit 20 in May, 1996, I was convinced that it would quickly reach it's "fair value" of $30 imminently. This "fair value" in my mind was strongly affected by SYSF, a major competitor, whose stock ran from $12 to $72 in 1996. (It actually split 2-for-1, to reach a high of $36 post-split, after a 500% gain in about 9 months.) I felt that we were a much better company with a much brighter future, and I was correct! SYSF closed at 34 cents today! Still, our Relative Strength over SYSF didn't keep us from dropping 75% from our high in 1996! I was amazed when we went to $5 last month. We haven't been that low since August, 1994! I sure hope that we have seen the bottom! Public information that I can share: We recently acquired Award Software in a pooling of assets acquisition. This was announced about seven months ago and approved by the government about a month ago. As soon as it was official, we acquired Sand. PTEC focuses on the high-end BIOS business and Award focuses on the low-end BIOS business, so we were not really competitors, but we should be much stronger as a single company. Sand is in the Synthesizable Core business along with our Virtual Chips group. The "merger" of these two groups should also add strength. With Award, we had about $120M in revenue for the fiscal year ending 9/98. This should give us a good critical mass going forward and hopefully get the attention of mutual funds. We are profitable, have $80M in cash, and no debts. Bottom line: I can keep my day job !!! : ' ) Seriously, the company has a lot going for it and could do very well over the long haul. I have been unsuccessful at trying to predict it's stock movements, perhaps because I am too close to it to be objective, so I will stick to investing in companies I don't know <GGG> !!! : ' ) TA does have its advantages !!! : ' ) Mark, thanks for including PTEC in your list, and hopefully it will pop up in your scans a few more times before it blasts through your $12 ceiling and off your radar scope !!! : ' ) Best wishes to you and your wife this week. Your family is in my prayers. May God show Himself strong on your behalf this week. Best regards -- HB P.S. Sorry for the late reply. The good news is that PTEC is about 7% cheaper now than it was when the market opened this morning!