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To: timbur who wrote (11381)	3/27/1999 8:42:00 PM
From: Chip Anderson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16960

Here's the poop on last night's "Specs:" (from bluesnews.com ) ========================== Okay, let me clear this up for you. These specs were printed in a sidebar to Michael Flemming's Voodoo 3 piece that appears in the Spring issue of Voodoo (on sale now at finer newsstands near you). Michael basically thunked up what he thought would be the most likely progression for 3dfx's next level of technology. Several times in his sidebar, Michael included disclaimers like, "I will have to resort to a mixture of conjecture and deduction..." and "Please bear in mind that all of this is conjecture and does not represent any kind of official statement or release from 3dfx Interactive." 3dfx is hard at work on the imminent release of Voodoo 3 and certainly doesn't need any (more) headaches caused by me. Can you please whack something up on the site that indicates that these specs were nothing more than blue-sky ideals by one of Voodoo's freelancers? Before Greg Ballard or Michael Howse find out and put a hit out on me? Feel free to quote this email in part or in full. Thanks, man. ======================== Anyone else remember Michael Flemming (AKA Got2MuchTime)? The really funny part is I was trying to email him last night to see what he thought of the rumor! I agree with Pat that 3dfx needs to learn from this episode the value of PLAYING THE GAME and not letting nVidia claim the high ground unopposed. To be clear, I'm not talking about generating bogus rumors or rumors that would kill V3 sales, BUT THERE IS A MIDDLE GROUND and controlled "scoops" to the various hardware websites would: a.) Keep nVidia off-balance b.) Keep enthusiasm for 3dfx high c.) Keep the faithful in line To me, that's more valuable than any TV ad. Chip stockcharts.com