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To: Diamond Jim who wrote (74965)	3/2/1999 2:10:00 AM
From: Diamond Jim	Respond to of 186894

Where was this salesman when I bought my PII last November?, I missed a screamer at a screaming deal of a price by 3 months! -- News March 2, 01:48 Eastern Time Mar. 01, 1999 (Computer Retail Week - CMP via COMTEX) -- A recently promoted executive needed a PC at home. Before Intel launched its Pentium III , she visited Micro Center to find out if the chip was worth the wait. She was greeted by a sales associate, who listened to her needs and quickly recommended that she wait for PIII systems, due to arrive in early March. The associate said PIII systems would not be quickly outdated. He said the chips help deliver superior graphics and multimedia performance. In addition, he said PIII PCs feature better hardware, including more memory and larger hard drives. When the executive voiced concern about expense, the associate said Micro Center plans to offer a PowerSpec PC (Micro Center's house-brand PC) with the PIII for $1,599. Other vendors' systems would likely be priced above $2,000, he said. Selling Scenario Setup: Executive needs a new PC. Should she wait for a Pentium III system? Budget: $2,000 User Level: Intermediate

To: Diamond Jim who wrote (74965)	3/2/1999 2:13:00 AM
From: Diamond Jim	Respond to of 186894

Intel everywhere. INTEL CORP (NASDAQ: INTC) Quote, Profile, History, News, Chart, Zacks, MarketGuide, StockTalk News March 2, 01:59 Eastern Time Mar. 01, 1999 (Electronic Buyers News - CMP via COMTEX) -- Motorola Inc. and Analog Devices Inc. have joined together to provide a software-modem solution that has been validated for use with Intel Corp.'s upcoming 440MX mobile-PC chipset. The solution combines a software-based V.90 modem solution from Motorola's Software Products Division (SPD) with audio and modem codecs from Analog Devices, Norwood, Mass. The soft-modem solution can reduce bill-of-materials costs by 50% compared with silicon-based modem products, said Vince Grove, worldwide bus-development manager for Motorola in Mansfield, Mass. Soft modems can also reduce the amount of space needed on printed-circuit boards by 60% and cut power requirements by 80%, he added. "We expect solutions such as Motorola's soft audio/modem technology to provide exceptional communication and audio capabilities for value mobile PCs and mininotebooks," said Terran Reneau, platform marketing program manager for Intel's Mobile and Handheld Pro-ducts Group. By combining the modem software developed by Motorola with Analog Device's codecs, the SM56 AC-L software modem uses the host signal processing (HSP) capabilities of Intel's Pentium and Celeron processors. The codec functions consist of 16-bit DAC and ADCs with variable sample-rate conversion, high-precision signal conditioning, and power-management features. The audio version includes dual DAC and ADCs for stereo operation, plus advanced mixing, gain, attenuate, and mute circuitry