EXHIBIT 4.4


                        FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN DOCUMENTS


        This First Amendment to Loan Documents ("Amendment") is made as of
   December 2, 1996, by and between LASALLE NATIONAL BANK, a national banking
   association ("Bank"), and BANDO MCGLOCKLIN SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT
   CORPORATION, a Wisconsin corporation ("Borrower").


                             PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

        A.   Bank and Borrower previously entered into a Loan Agreement dated
   as of June 28, 1996 ("Loan Agreement"), pursuant to the terms of which
   Lender agreed to make available to Borrower a revolving credit facility of
   up to $7,500,000 ("Loan").  The Credit Facility is (i) evidenced by a
   Secured Promissory Note dated June 28, 1996, made by Borrower payable to
   the order of Bank in the principal amount of $7,500,000 ("Note"), and (ii)
   secured by, among other things, a General Security Agreement dated as of
   June 28, 1996, by and between Bank, as secured party, and Borrower, as
   debtor ("Security Agreement") and the other Loan Documents (as defined in
   the Loan Agreement).

        B.   The Credit Facility currently has a Maturity Date of December 2,
   1996.  Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.J. of the Loan Agreement
   Borrower has requested, and Bank has agreed, to extend the Maturity Date
   for the Loan to October 31, 1997, all on the terms and conditions
   contained in this Amendment.

        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing Preliminary
   Statements and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
   sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
   follows:


                                   AGREEMENTS

        1.   Incorporation of Preliminary Statements and Exhibits; Defined
   Terms.  The foregoing Preliminary Statements and all Exhibits attached
   hereto are hereby incorporated into and made a part of this Amendment. 
   All capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined
   herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Loan
   Agreement.

        2.   Change in Maturity Date.  From and after the date of this
   Amendment, all references in the Loan Documents to the "Maturity Date"
   shall mean October 31, 1997.

        3.   Amendments to Loan Agreement.  The Loan Agreement is hereby
   amended as follows:


        (a)  The following definition of "Third Party Loans" is hereby added
        to Section 1 of the Loan Agreement:

             "Third Party Loans shall mean loans made by Borrower to third
        parties, where (i) none of such loans or any amount owing to Borrower
        with respect thereto, are not currently, or at any time have not
        been, past due for more than 59 days; (ii) the terms of any such
        loans do not allow interest payable on the principal balance thereof
        to be "capitalized" (i.e., added to the principal balance of the
        loan); and (iii) no portion of the amount of principal of, or
        interest on, payable on any such loans has, at any time, been
        forgiven or reduced by Borrower."

        (b)  Section 3(iv) of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its
        entirety and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:  "funding
        Third Party Loans;".

        4.   Amendment to Security Agreement.  The first sentence of Section
   3(b) of the Security Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
   following is substituted in lieu thereof:

        "Debtor shall upon the creation thereof endorse to the order of and
        deliver to the Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor
        Agreement) all promissory notes or other agreements evidencing Third
        Party Loans (as such term is defined in the Lending Agreement between
        Secured Party and Debtor), and shall assign and deliver to the
        Collateral Agent any and all mortgages, security agreements,
        guarantees and other documents evidencing or securing such Third
        Party Loans; provided, however, Debtor shall not be required to so
        endorse and deliver to the Collateral Agent Third Party Loans
        constituting the Limited Lenders' Collateral unless and until such
        Third Party Loans shall cease to be part of the Limited Lenders'
        Collateral."

        5.   References to Third Party Loans.  All references to "Third Party
   Loans" in the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the
   Intercreditor Agreement) shall mean Third Party Loans as defined in the
   Loan Agreement.

        6.   Reaffirmation.  The parties hereto agree that except as modified
   by this Amendment the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall
   remain unmodified and in full force and effect.  All references in the
   Loan Documents to "the Loan Documents" henceforth shall mean the Loan
   Documents as modified by this Amendment, and the parties hereto reaffirm
   their obligations under the Loan Documents as amended hereby.

        7.   Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of
   counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement,
   and any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment by signing any
   such counterpart.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment
   as of the date first set forth above.


                            LASALLE NATIONAL BANK

                            By:                     
                            Title:                  


                            BANDO MCGLOCKLIN SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT
                            CORPORATION

                            By:                      
                            Title: