61.   Still, Dell executives said they had sold systems to customers fleeing those companies.

62.   Sun Microsystems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. sell similar systems.

63.   Spine-Tech, based in Minneapolis, now plans to sell the system through an independent distribution network.

64.   Take Dana Stetson, the regional sales manager for GNP Computers, based in Monrovia, Calif., which sells computer systems.

65.   That is, all sell systems designed to be attached to other computers and a corporatewide data network.

66.   TCI is selling these systems for roughly half their value, based on other recent cable sales.

67.   That system has been sold to many of the top cable TV operators, including Cox Communications.

68.   The company began selling the system in June, one year after Thomson.

69.   The company has partnered with tractor manufacturers and has sold its system in more than a dozen states so far.

70.   The company is now trying to sell those systems to cable operators who are rebuilding their systems with digital technology.