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                                                                      EXHIBIT 99


FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 1, 1998 AT 2:00 PM EDT

Debra Potter, Senior Editor
Elisa Keys, VP Media Relations
Porter, LeVay & Rose, Inc.
(212) 564-4700

Jeffrey J. Dunnigan, CFO
(714) 641-6220

                    ALPHA MICROSYSTEMS COMPLETES ACQUISITION
                             OF DELTA COMPUTEC INC.

Receives $8 Million in First Round of Funding from ING Equity Partners II, L.P.

SANTA ANA, CA. Sept. 1 -- Alpha Microsystems (NASDAQ NM: ALMI) announced today
that it has completed its acquisition of Delta CompuTec Inc. (NASDAQ: DCIS). The
total payment of $8.2 million included the purchase of all outstanding shares of
Delta CompuTec Inc. (DCI) and the repayment of all outstanding debt at the time
of closing. Under the agreement, DCI will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Alpha Microsystems. DCI provides management and consulting services, as well as
services that include network design, installation and maintenance. The
acquisition is expected to contribute approximately $13 million in additional
revenue on an annualized basis.

In connection with this acquisition, Alpha Microsystems received an initial $8
million investment from ING Equity Partners II, L.P. (ING) in exchange for
redeemable preferred stock of Alpha Microsystems. The Company had previously
signed a definitive agreement that provides for the purchase by ING of the
Company's redeemable preferred stock, voting preferred stock, and warrants in
three tranches of $8 million, $7 million, and up to $5 million. The second and
third tranches are subject to customary provisions, including among other
things, shareholder approval at the Company's October 15, 1998 Annual Meeting.
Details of the transaction are contained in a Form 8-K filed by the Company on
August 10, 1998.

ING Equity Partners is a New York-based private equity firm investing in growth
financings, buyouts, acquisitions, consolidations and corporate restructurings
of U.S.-based middle market companies. The first endeavor, ING Equity Partners,
L.P. I, and its predecessor organization at ING Group, has invested over $400
million since August 1990. The second fund, ING Equity Partners II, L.P. was
established in July of 1997 with $357 million of committed capital. To date ING
has invested in 27 companies representing a wide range of industries including
media and telecommunications, retailing, manufacturing and healthcare.

With over 60 locations throughout North America, Alpha Microsystems is dedicated
to providing a consistent level of high-quality computer services such as
consulting, maintenance and networking for small, mid-sized and large
corporations nationwide. Alpha Microsystems -- a 20-year-old, Santa Ana, Calif.
company -- also serves the Internet/intranet market through its AlphaCONNECT(R)
division, which includes business-to-business software and technologies. For
more information, visit the Company's Web site at www.alphamicro.com.

Certain statements in this press release, including statements that the DCI
acquisition is expected to contribute revenue of approximately $13 million
annualized, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including (i)
projected revenue levels that have been based on historical results that are not
necessarily indicative of the results expected in future periods, (ii) the
Company's ability to successfully integrate the acquisition of DCI, (iii) the
ability of the Company to successfully market its services to the DCI customers
and markets, and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance
or achievements of the Company, or industry results, to be materially different
from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date
hereof.