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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (9127)	11/20/1998 1:30:00 PM
From: John Finley	Respond to of 16960

Sun - OT, Re: >>It seems that most of TDFX shareholders fluctuate between manic depression and rage of ecstasy from week to week. << Got a chuckle out of me. How true. JF

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (9127)	11/20/1998 2:02:00 PM
From: Chip Anderson	Respond to of 16960

Does anyone still subscribe to the "street logic" I saw a while ago that says "Short TDFX (or any graphics chip company) when it gets to 16"? Is that playing a role in the current downdraft? Re: SpaceOrb It works great in the games for which it has driver support. Mine cost a little over $100, but that was a year ago. Some other comments about it: It connects through the serial port so normal joystick drivers don't work with it. The SpaceWare driver allows joystick emulation for "normal" games though. It _requires_ two hand to operate. You can't twist the orb with only one hand. Therefore, you must be able to do _every_ keyboard action with one or more of the 5 buttons on the controller. For me, five buttons isn't enough for most FPS games. Selecting weapons, jumping, crouching, walk/run, firing, etc. Chatting on the run is impossible BTW. One guy has created a SpaceOrb config that recognizes multiple button combinations and presses, giving you ~20 different actions you can access (see link below). That helps tremendously but can be confusing and slow at times. Unofficial "configs" for new games typically took about 2 weeks to appear. SpaceWare would release "official" updates every 2 months or so. This is the _best_ page for SpaceOrb support: birdman.questgate.net As I said, I haven't seen a better controller for the floating/flying genre assuming the limited buttons give you access to everything you need. Chip

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (9127)	11/20/1998 2:54:00 PM
From: Curbstone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16960

It seems that most of TDFX shareholders fluctuate between manic depression and rage of ecstasy from week to week. Except for Chip. I tell you, the man is a ROCK. Aloha, Mike

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (9127)	11/20/1998 9:18:00 PM
From: Frank Sheridan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16960

<OT> Sun - you said "As an aside note, given that you seem to be rather reluctant to switch your positions quickly, I am surprised that you invest in volatile stocks. Your personality and that of your stocks should match." This is a very useful observation. The vast majority of my holdings are in CSCO (Yay!) so overall I have done well. But I seem to have an addiction to playing these wild small stocks. Since I have kept my positions in these kinds of stocks relatively small I haven't been burned TOO badly overall. And when they gain they can gain big. But I am curious - can you suggest where someone like myself could find out about less volatile stocks that still have good growth prospects? I would really like to hear some of your suggestions regarding less volatile stocks that a tech investor like me should look into. Also, does "less volatile" mostly translate into "large cap"? P.S. I appreciate your input re: NTAP. I'm only holding a handful of shares so even if it de-listed my losses would be small. Of course, I'm hoping for somewhat better performance than that. I also appreciate your overall comments. Keep up the good work. Regards