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     Ashton Tech
    Ashton > 30 Institutions .   | 2.5shares % `Day  | B o China in HongKong
     encrypted to US in 3 sec | Don t change normal clearing & settlement
     arangements . don`t deal w hedge funds . small rev from Gomez .
     wholy own Sub | Pension funds . evluated avg price .
      Avg over day contract for WAP . Evaluated Avg Price | matching orders
      subject to price being set @ eoday . 9:20| pup @ 9:30| .
      Vol WeightedAvg price .
                  ( +/ Vol * price ) % Vol
      Providing 1st hr avg price , Miday & last hr .
      9100 stocks | wand held wireless for those w Laptop in their pants .
      limited to fin intermediaries . Selling data to eg instanet .
      Open outcry systs survive - change rules . Rules w require everyone to
      become exchange .
     Was on NASDAQ .  Key player remains  NYSE  | 10B$ % day |
      Equity 5M , sep
       abt 1.25  | expect break even after 3mo .
       run rate  125k % mo | Gomez now 15 people . Score card demand great .
      vendors and consulting
      ( out of Forrester Res ) all under 37 . Concord Mass . Aston backed
      JulioGomez . ranks quality of internet brokerage .
      Julio ran broker side of Forrester . Intelligence gathering contacts .
      would sell .1 - .15 Gomez in IPO .
     PhilStock exchange was inovative .
    |10:57| Former NYPD detective ,
       Gomez  is one of the hot
     ones . Ashton is a very interesting Company 
    
    
     AmTec ChinaTelcom company  . I`ve seen this Co before @ Equities .
    |11:13| Chmn oot unavoidable |
     6 GSM cell nets in Hebei province .
     Pending xact w United Intnl Holdings , Global TeleSystems Group  .
      EQUANT , NTE international .
       geo diversity - moving into Shanghai .
     JoeWright former Pres  | McNamar Former dep Tres Sec . VChr Bank O N.England
    Board : Lianng Chmn Hebei United Telecom , MichaelWilson : Canadian Minister
     MichaleLim COO :   teledensity : 1.t % penetration fast exponential
     Rev % subscriber  $450 + 340 * yr .
     Hebei surround Beijing
     NTT Intln & Itochu provided > .9 of financing
     3* growth in last q , 3000 % mo right now .
     10 yrs 700000 . 370M$  assuing only 2 providers
      rev CF project : 36 54 75 127 ; 11 17 31 66 | 99 thru 2002 |
      AmTec valuse self @ 110$ |
     Cable most popular medium : .15 penetration x 64
       1.4 x 255E3 x 4 |>| 1428000  | $ rev $ x subscribers x 4 |
       Central gove  wu to 12 chan . 4 local aproves . no external news
       Govt does want to get external world .
     Data networking . Only locals can get licenses . are combining w foreign
     expertise .  buing | 8E6 $ for GTS JV established in Shannghai .
     3.5 Rev next yr . | 5 9 12 22 | rev proj - 2002 |
    |11:38| 8.8 $ cash . | book .5 % share | 27M shares out . w be issuing 15.5
     to UIH & GTS . | diluted : 55M shares |
     Amtek reported rev , EBITDA : .9 17 28 45 ; -4.2  7.4 16 30 |
     Combined rev CF | 44.5 68 95 158 ; 14.5 23 41 81 | value @ 190M
      discounted @ 20 yrs .
     Large Mkts w tremendous growth potential . Worldclass telecom & stratigic
     partners .
     Politically strong PRC partners . Prestigious Board .
      helps do things the right way .
     Focus on proven mkts w restricted competition .
      2 licenses . if after wired , politics change - in mkt w
      china more concerned abt control -
      Chinese like duopoly mode eg : coke & pepsi .
    |11:49| Michael Lim runs china : 20 people , son of retired govonror of
     province | GTS more tek experienced .  JoeWright . | 14 employes in AmTec
     SEC reporting - etc . | McNamar : Ru Jung Jee - effort to regulareize
     . MOFTEK . ab | .35 payout limitatio ? | saving dealing chips w WTO .
     China understands need to accomidate foreign investment
     | 1.4B$ investment by World telecoms . Disadvantage vs major ? don`t think
      so . After NewYears w be more permanent political situation .
    |11:58|
    |13:1| John Westergaard : Most important result Minnesota . LBJ little girl
     atomic countdown commercial . Jessie Rodan Thinker , Venturra Commercial .
     Whole oaf american politics , a wink . Everyone winks @ everything .
     Fred Ashton Tek .
     Kortex - 2 - 20 , now back down to 2 .
     FocusEnhancements .
     Infowave wireless . PlanetCity . `96 BIOSs have problems .
     VoxCom :
     YARC : Wide format printing .
     Paulson , BobFlaherty , BobMetz . AnneStraton partner .
     WalkerWainright 2M Private Placement for WBN.com .
    Kjakan Bear Award to ColletteCozean | PremierLaser PLSIA . up 1.5 today -
     Bloomberg called .
    New DNA - how medium changes the message . Started in vesting in `40 when had
     `31 car . Went to work for S&P . now VWAP . LukenSteal contract for
     destroyer`s hatch covers . small cap 100 x earings . Line of chairs w ticker
     tape running along line . Shout price from 1st in line . last just keeps
     tape moving . Howie in Tangeer in `47 . mimeo US stock prices off short wave
     radio . MerrilLinch Research now free on web .
     Warrents on DaVinci Replicas . Italian bank has securitized these warrents -
     great creativity of man when it comes to $Money$ .
     Last Tuesday seminar : online trading . Wit Capial vehicle for Solamon -
     Price competition no longer working . etrade  huge money into content .
     ML hooking on content , then bring as client . Will be interesting to see
     how deal w human brokers .
     Euro London Futures exchange laying off 600 . What NYSE thinking of building
     new Behemeth w tax breaks is beyond John .
     Reuters
     How does Corp deal w this . Internet Research station - CyberStation -
     24-7 corporate info interface . into Mid & Big Cap Mkt . 20 24 30 , now 36K$
     for Cyberstn yr fee . Chinese Wall between . .25 revs into ads on eg Schwab
     $12k get 1M eyeballs .
     Ananlysts $12k per yr per company . May handle up to 10-15 Cos .
     No research overhead til have Corp signed up .
     What we do : Establish Web Presence - protect from fraud & misrepresentation
     Premier FDA innocuous ltr abt complaint handling . Poster blew oo proportion
     LarryBiggs : FTC destroyed his busness . settled for $35k , cost $4M .
     Y2000 getting 1E6 hits % wk .
     Abt Y2K : Apalling WSJ Abject failure to deal w it ( NYT  no longer gets paper  online extensive ) ,
     WSJ not recognize Y2k seasons . $100sMs being spent on it WW . Most
     important issue of times . Situation w Govt very grim . Sadam moves south in
     Jan 2000 .
     DoD has 100s of languages - eg : written TRW in `77 - StLouis processing ctr
     handles $25B . Very confident Small Cap bottom Oct 10 . Small w far out
     perform for next yr .
    |13:48| |14:13| BioImaging : Convergence of Key drivers
     Mark Weinstein : Healthcare & mngt . CEO since Apr .
     `98 discontinuity of rev growth . | Mkt cap | .65 x 7.8 9.5 |>| 5.07 6.18
     West Trenton NJ . 3 busn offices , Lab & Busn in Netherlands too .
     Med image processing . Strong FDA relationship . Expidite reg review process
     Quantative Med image analysis . Manage independent review of med imaging .
     Quantatative insight . Work w ContractResearchOrgs .
     been involved in > 180 imaging trials in NA & Euro . all modalities : CT MRI
     Ultrasound Nuclear Xray .  Cardio Neuron Onco , AntiInflammatory .
     `96 decline in new clients - riding on `93,4 .
     Now 3 + 1 US Euro sales . expect tot `98 new ~ 20 .
     Diagnostics w dyes was large portion , now Therapeutics .
     Work to standardize image acquisition . Images 60M Mammogram - fedEx broad
     band width . most machines stand alone . Do have web server - can do now .
     supposedly no-destructive compression not satisfactory .
     BITI has unique relationship w FDA - guidance w regs .
     MktDemand & Drugs entering pre-clinical continiuing up .04 % yr
     combinatorial chem increasing R&R complexity .
     Global clinical trials are happening . FDA is std to which ICH & others look
     . euro - looks @ less raw data , more experts .
     Are niche CRO . growing  .25 % yr , from 4.1B to 9.2B mkt by 2002 .
     ClingtonKessler Oncology Initiative tumor shrinkage .
     Film & Calipers are gone .
     FDA stressing reproducablity being paramount .
     Are Independent Core Lab .  Shrinkwaping threshold software edited by MD .
     cros products - longest line * perpendicular .
     use validated software . Only work for production tools .
     forte : Process knowledge & audit trails . -- unsurpassed .
     Combining image sources . Large DBs no longer a problem .
     Amtureing Euro Op - Profitable this yr .
     Starting to do Trade Shows . ads in TradeJournals .
     Joint Presentations w CROs . w Expert Readers .
     Dedicated read room in SC . | Covance owns piece .
     CRO : Quintiles acqd I2 imaging - but have competed sucessfully .
     Academic Imaging labs not set up for PhaseIII .
     Computer Assisted Masked Read Sys . C++ & VB .  result : Data for Stats .
     30 - 50 cases % day . generally 2 readers . MD less tier | Dome Card multi
     screen integrated to 1 PC .
     Remote CompAssist Masked Reading Sys - project would be 160 hr % reviewer .
      so do @ home . Putting sys in Paris . 2- HiRes monitors .
     Used on Imberl aproved last wk .
    [ |14:54| Everyone in Shanghai has pagers . ]
     Fin condition : BurnRate  1.25 % Q . 5M BrkEvn . Sept30 w show 1.5M loss .
     See no need for additional funds . | Current ratio  | 2 % 1 |
     Thought profitable in `98 but .34 1 cust .
      | .65 x 7.8 9.8 |>| 5.07 6.37
    
      
    |15:1|  YARC.Systems(EBB:YARC) :
     TrevorMarshall PhD |15:10| HP 2500 large format color printer .
     Inkjet printer 600dpi image . HQ printing over networks . Provide glue
     between computer & printer . Founded `88 . Refocused `95 on printing .
      EFMT 19E6 16E6 x .5 |>| 9.5M   8M
    
     KxarstenJeppesen DDS , R&D software . DUS founded w Lego & Danfoss .
     Made amps for AC/DC . West Aust Academia .
     Electronics fo imaging  400M . Adobe 200 , Splash $70M .
     Canon Laser copier . becomes printer . MFgrs not have own tek to interface w
     printers . HP uses Adobe PostScript .
     PhotoShop `89 beginning of industry . `91/2 Postscript II defined .
     < 12 postscript interpreter in world . 500k lines C .
     Continuing rapid growth & change .
     YARC was working w Pipeline . MS 'TrueImage' PostScript .
     DaiNippon SCREEN - caused to focus on 3D graphics Pixar . got emmy .
     supplied them accelerator board for $690 . added Harlequin
     RasterImageProcessor - vector to raster converter 7000$ .  Sys $25K .
     Delivers PS tech . Plug & play RIP server . only 2 cos : FE
     Direct IP PPP connection to server . Net GUI or AppleShare over AppleTalk .
     All server fns can be controled by web tools . interfaced to Novell & other
     nets . Ongoing Adobe .
      Mkt EFII dominant in office /desktop .
      ADBE $150M in licensing .
      Large format is open . EFII failed in mkt .
     YARC . Adobe software degrading . Needed to drive cutter Roland Hamamatsu
     Japan . Some non- postscript . Since own core can do special things .
     IntnlColorConsortium .
      www.yarc.com/  Color tutorial .
      RasterTransverLanguage .
      Cannon 7 ppm near-photo .         178M -
    
    
    |16:20|  FocusEnhancements(FCSE)  ThomasMassei \ Chmn
     Macmemory 23 - mem & accelorators for Mac . $ 1500 . for 2 meg
     500$ 1M   32 1Meg chips . | doing $8M .
     Micro when 24 . | Married ,  moved to NewEngland . `92
     Focus failed in every way could . Concept to become  Dell of Peripherals .
      maybe Kingston close . went to 18M Rev , but margins %2 .
      IPO w losses in `93 . Cash burn too big .
      Video conversion product . 3M$ 95 , 14 19 27 thru 98  expect 37-40 .
     Mixed signal to analog . 1024 768 75 frames % sec . Compaq to
     Workd w Frost & Sulivan `9801 report . TV 30 % Sec . Interlaced NTSC
     Dig - analog chip . PC-TV video . Computer ready TVs w TView SetTop Box
     4M R&D in Chip . Internet set top boxes . Cable Modems
     VoDoo VGA graphics cards  TV tuners . HDTV to NTSC converson .
     70M TVs sold % yr . 1B TVs WW . Been working on since `94 .
     w ship 200K units this yr . do flicker reduction & ImageStablization .
     MultiFreq ASIC Dig/Analog chip .
     F&D : 450k Vid scan boxes sell % yr today . Focus has .46 -( Aber Media / AI
     tek each hav .17 using 3-4 FPGAs .
     Focus has abt 95 people . R&D & dist only . Turnkey Mfg w Samsung
     OEM & License grp & Consumer ( superstore group )
      100 - 300 $ retail cost . Laptop PC- Gold Card $250 bunch for business
     presentations.
     InVideo TV-> PC .
     in 2600 resellers  except CircuitCity & BestBuy - in works 1100 outlets .
     CoMarket w Compaq .
     Core of Tek is Chip - PC-TV . Very Hi Qual Video  $15 .
     99q1 w be 10 - 6 $ in vol chip .
     Multiple patents - in house attny . Master in Physics & JD .
     Just got 2 allowed .
     Philips   PAL-M , CECAM ( same chip ) .
     Fairchild Private $800M - using scaling & filtering tek .
     PictureTel -  expect to engage w top OEMs . $4M of $27M expected .
     Just Acq Digital Image Conversion - hi-end Video Conversion . ProAudio VAR .
      reduced cost of prod from 100s $ . Improved res .
     HDTV conversion .
     1.4M$ net on 19M sales . NI exclutinc networking grew 3.66 . LG buying
     Zenith . last yr stoped 2.7M$ busn w Zenith . Generating Pos $flow .
     Reduced liabilities
      Book : 17M$ | RedChip Review Estimates from Portland OR .
      projecting 250k chip total sales .
      All time low
       1.5 x 18 |>| 27   | mkt cap | r x .25 .23  |>| 6.75 6.21  | mngt Inst |
       MPEG encoding  | Bio
       Ex Textronix guy  CTO Steve Morton ,  Box contains .   OSD chip
     Haupauge makes TV tuners . & TomHamilton - started co Chip %2 designed
      4 kids . |17:0|
      Looks @ operating Cash Flow .
      Bright guy . Knows what he`s doing . Their D&A chips push
     Samsung process tek . Drive connectors directly . 
    
    

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