I thought I would pass this along to this list, since some
of you may be interested, and some one may know what service
this card is "tapping" - could this PC card be simply a
re-engineering of an X-Press receiver by another company??
Comments?
Mark M.
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Date: Tue, 08 Mar 1994 18:52:40 -0500 (EST)
From: JJAND@delphi.com
Subject: Re: 8,500+ free stock quotes
Thanks for replying to the post regarding our PC Quote-Card with included
software to monitor 8,500+ stocks via cable tv. Some information here has
been updated. The original post is also included below. Please contact me
if I can be of further assistance.
Thanks,
JJ Anderson
Tellist, Box 593503 Orlando Florida 32859
e-mail: jjand@delphi.com (replies usually within 15 hours)
fax: (407) 851-1919 (quick response, preferred for weekday correspondence)
--------- re-list of original post (product info follows) ---------
8,500+ free stock quotes during trading hours with special PC card.
"When I looked to online services to supply me with stock quotes at a
reasonable cost, I was disappointed. There were few places that could
provide unlimited quotes with little or no per quote fees. The problem was
further compounded when I decided that I wanted to watch (or program my
computer to screen) any or ALL of these stocks during trading hours. The
business rates to go online during trading hours were too high.
I finally hit upon the best solution when I learned of a product that
installs in a PC and gets quotes not online, but from cable tv available all
across America. Once this card is installed, I have unlimited 15 minute
delayed quotes (even during trading hours) absolutely F R E E !! You can
start any of the included ready to run programs to see the "live" quotes on
your screen or maybe just the small no frills program to dump all the quotes
to disk. The card also comes with a very useful programmers toolkit. A
programmer adds the provided functions with their own code when compiling to
obtain custom high speed executable programs for stock portfolio monitoring
or setting buy/sell limits or even to screen all the 8,500+ stocks with
their personal money maker formulas. Imagine having your own program that
would use these quotes to quickly alert you after a stock has made a "hit"
with your own formula. It doesn't require an advanced programmer to use the
toolkit for writing simple custom stock watcher programs. Advanced
programmers should appreciate the toolkit for its fast access ram resident
stock quote storage."
---- Other important features of the 8,500+ stock Quote-Card: ----
* Commercials are not forced upon you on this free data feed.
* The data feed for the 8,500+ stock quoter PC card is available
in virtually * ALL * US cities.
* ALL software is shipped with initial purchase *including* the
software for watching all 8,500+ stocks *and* the unique
"toolkit" software for programming all 8,500+ stocks.
Anyone interested in obtaining one of these rare stock market interface
cards for the PC should send e-mail per the ordering instructions below to
jjand@delphi.com.
---------------- PRODUCT INFORMATION -----------------------
tm
Quote-Card
(by Tellist)
The Quote-Card for the PC is absolutely the most economical way to follow
the stock market. No other product or service will provide this capability
at such a low one time cost. Others expect you to put out around $400 or
more and sign you up for expensive monthly fees usually with
hardware/software that monitors only a small number of your chosen portfolio
stocks. They suggest you buy addition software from third party vendors to
monitor large numbers of stocks and their programmers toolkits are even
*more* money.
On the other hand, you can purchase our Quote-Card without further expenses.
Included features:
*software for watching your portfolio and over 8,500 stocks
*software to perform a simple dump of all quotes to a file. It runs for
about 10 minutes and quits automatically. This is for people that don't
want to develop custom code with the toolkit. They just run this
program on a regular basis from the keyboard or batch file to update all
quotes to a file.
*programmers tool kit for embedding our quote capture within your own
programs.
When you use Quote-Card your data feed is transmitted along with the
television signal of the nation-wide well know super station WTBS and will
involve no ongoing monthly or yearly charges of any kind. You may consider
this data free public information. Remember the quotes are delayed so there
are no stock exchange agreements to sign or pay for. There is only the one
time cost for Quote-Card with included software.
- PHYSICAL INFORMATION -
Quote-Card is a half size internal card for the PC with on board video
processing and 1 Megabit RAM. It installs in just minutes. There is a
single RCA phono style standard video connector for attaching to your WTBS
video source. Most people just use their VCR or TV to provide this video
source. Connect the "video out" from your VCR to Quote-Card and you're
ready to run the software.
- PRICE -
Quote-Card retails for $395. Customers referred through Internet can take
advantage of the $295 special available to all persons ordering via e-mail
or fax dated on or before March 31 1994. Shipping and handling is just $5.
- ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS -
Most people order by C.O.D.. This way you pay nothing until your Quote-Card
is at your door. There is a $5 fee for C.O.D. along with the $5 shipping/
handling but quick shipment without up front payment make this method very
attractive. Simply order via e-mail or fax as follows:
In your e-mail or fax state: "I agree to pay $305 upon delivery of
Quote-Card" and then give your full name and mailing address. Quote-Card
will ship within 48 hours and should arrive within 5 working days
thereafter. UPS will require cash, money order, or certified check.
To save the $5 C.O.D. you may prepay by sending $300 ($295 + $5 ship/
handling). Our mailing address is: Tellist, Box 593503 Orlando Florida
32859. Note: Personal checks have to clear before shipment of Quote-Card.
Remember this offer expires March 31, after which the price returns to $395
- TERMS -
WARRANTY
Quote-Card is warranted for one year from date of purchase. If a defect in
materials or workmanship is determined, Tellist will repair or replace
Quote-Card at no additional cost.
GUARANTEE
If within 15 days of receiving Quote-Card, you wish to have a refund,
a return may be requested. In your e-mail simply request a return
authorization number and state the reasons for refund. We retain $10 of the
purchase price for testing and restocking. Shipping/COD fees are of course
non-refundable.
------------------ UPCOMING PRODUCTS ------------------------
*Quote-Card for the MAC
*Quote-Card Chart
(free software to view historical charts for *ALL* 8,500+ stocks)
*Multiple language tool kit for Quote-Card
(our current tool kit is intended for Microsoft based C compilers
but should port well to other compilers)
We welcome and encourage creative solutions for stock investing. If you
have developed Quote-Card software using the toolkit and would like to offer
this to our customers please make arrangements for us to evaluate it. We
can include your software descriptions with our product literature and
include your contact information with shipments of Quote-Card.
--Mark T. Miller miller@dg-rtp.dg.com ...uunet!xyzzy!miller