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To: Jim B who wrote (6254)	5/27/1999 9:56:00 AM
From: cabernetfranck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108040

Our old friend ACCR is having a run today also. Not sure why. Bought back yesterdat for a couple of day play. Didn't expect it so soon. Also goood news for ACPT today. LOI to acquire on-line mortgage co. Frank C. PS Hope that you and your wife are doing better. Anderson Computers Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Mortgage Depot Online.com FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 1999--Anderson Computers/Tidalwave Corp.(OTC BB:ACPT - news) announced today that the company has signed a letter of intent to acquire Mortgage Depot Online Corp. After the close of this acquisition, Mortgage Depot Online will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Anderson Computers/Tidalwave Corp. Mortgage Depot Online was founded by Byron Webb, the owner of the successful Webb Mortgage. The company will concentrate on generating mortgage origination's from their Internet web site which is set to officially launch June 1, 1999. The company's president and CEO will be Byron J. Webb, founder of Webb Mortgage Corp., a full service mortgage brokerage business that originates over $50 million per year in loan volume, whose main office is located in Boca Raton, Fla. Mortgage Depot Online is expected to be doing loan volumes in the 40 to 60 million dollar range within the next twelve months. Mortgage Depot Online will first be targeting Internet users within the state of Florida which has a total population of 14 million. Currently, more than 6 million of Florida residents have daily access to the Internet which makes Florida the perfect state for Mortgage Depot Online to launch its Internet based virtual mortgage company. Mortgage Depot Online will also work to obtain operations in other states such as Texas, New York, California as well as other states that have growth potential for the mortgage business. The growth potential for Mortgage Depot Online can be compared to the volumes and market share of the now famous E-Loan whose business is over the 1 billion dollar mark in mortgage origination's. E-Loan's partners include Yahoo!(Nasdaq:YHOO - news), E-Trade (Nasdaq:EGRP - news) and DLJ Direct (NYSE:DLJ - news). Quicken Mortgage, currently ranked number two in online mortgages, has partners that include America Online (NYSE:AOL - news), Excite (Nasdaq:XCIT - news) and Intuit (Nasdaq:INTU - news). Rounding out the top five is Homeshark who does approximately $500 million in home origination's. Homeshark partners include Internet companies Lycos (Nasdaq:LCOS - news) and Infoseek (Nasdaq:SEEK - news). Mortgage Depot Online will utilize ad banners placed on America Online (NYSE:AOL - news) and align itself with all of the major search engines. Potential homeowners and mortgage shoppers will be able to apply online and have e-approval within seconds knowing the current mortgage rates fees and programs. Begin handling your mortgage needs today by visiting the Mortgage Depot Online website at http:www.mortgagedepotonline.com

To: Jim B who wrote (6254)	5/27/1999 9:58:00 AM
From: Ga Bard	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108040

NPCT News B: Nanopierce Technologies Announces Agreement With Meinen, B: Nanopierce Technologies Announces Agreement With Meinen, Ziegel & Co., of Munich, Germany DENVER (May 26) BUSINESS WIRE -May 26, 1999--Nanopierce Technologies Inc. (OTC/BB:NPCT) Wednesday announced that it has signed a Technology Cooperation Agreement with Munich, Germany-based Meinen, Ziegel & Co., one of the world's leading producers of equipment and systems for the integrated production and personalization of Smart Cards. Meinen, Ziegel & Co. is majority owned by DataCard Group (Minneapolis), which is a leading global provider of innovative financial card issuance systems, photo ID cards, printers, various identification systems, including health care patient identification systems. Under the agreement, Nanopierce and Meinen, Ziegel will cooperate in the development, qualification and industrialization of a chip module embedding process utilizing Nanopierce Connection System and Meinen, Ziegel equipment for Dual Interface Smart Cards, known better as CombiCards. Meinen, Ziegel, using the process, can modify existing models and manufacture new models of its full line of equipment. Paul Metzinger, president and CEO, said: "We anticipate this agreement will lead to the increased globalization of our technology. The excellent reputation and market presence of Meinen, Ziegel and DataCard in the Smart Card industry should prove valuable in the acceptance and application of our Nanopierce Connection System." The combined customer/potential customer database of Meinen, Ziegel and DataCard will be used to exploit those markets, which will have the greatest card volumes for Dual Interface Smart Cards, such as Southeast Asia, Korea, Japan, India and South America. Nanopierce management indicates that an independent market research firm, Killen & Associates, cites the current market for Smart Card manufacturers is growing at 59 percent annually, with $7.6 billion forecast for 2000, reaching $16 billion by 2005. Nanopierce Technologies owns 11 patents, six patents pending and various other intellectual properties related to the company's proprietary NCS; a system designed to provide significant improvement over conventional electrical interconnection methods for high-density circuit boards, connectors, semiconductor packaging and electronic systems. The public stock trades under the ticker symbol NPCT on the OTC bulletin board. Nanopierce Technologies is a subsidiary of Intercel Corp. (OTC/BB:INCE). -0- RJ/la* AJE/la CONTACT: Nanopierce Technologies Paul Metzinger, 303/592-1010 or