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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (4210)	3/31/1999 4:43:00 AM
From: steve patagonia	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4679

I've got a feeling that they sold a lot of Rio's. But it's just a feeling. AOL is very good at finding your interest and serving you a pop up window with something you may like. That's how I got mine. I'd been reading about mp3 and the Rio for a while and when Aol advertised it at $179 with a pop up window, I bit. So all I can say is that the earnings should at least be decent. But who knows? I know that they make a lot of products but I can only vouch for the Rio, which is a damn good product and very popular.

To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (4210)	3/31/1999 9:09:00 AM
From: Harry J.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4679

Duke - Why no stock volume? Beats me since the "news" looks good. Over on the TDFX/STBI board, there's some anguish over DELL's latest adverts which reference DIMD video cards (and ATI's to be fair) while last month the adverts touted STB (which is being acquired by TDFX) and nVidia cards. Even if DELL is putting both DIMD and TDFX cards in its boxes (at the buyer's choice if the buyer has one, I expect), it marks the first time some of us have seen DIMD's name in a DELL advert in a long time (like, the last time I owned DIMD). This likely means that DIMD's per unit costs will go down (presuming, of course, that overhead is spread over more cards and chipset costs don't rise accordingly on higher volume) at least a little. Sales to OEMs may be low margin, but the per card sales and advert costs are correspondingly low, too. I just had a horrible (?) thought. Do you suppose video board makers "pay" DELL to put their names in its adverts, particularly when they have "new product" to sell? Regards, Harry J.