EXHIBIT 99.2

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

I, Robert C. Bateman, Chief Financial Officer of Applied Microsystems
Corporation (the "Registrant"), do hereby certify in accordance with 18 U.S.C.
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
that:

        (1) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Registrant, to which this
        certification is attached as an exhibit (the "Report"), fully complies
        with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
        1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m); and

        (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
        material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
        the Registrant.


Dated: August 14, 2002                      /s/  Robert C. Bateman
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                                            Robert C. Bateman
                                            Chief Financial Officer