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<LEGEND>
     This Schedule contains summary financial information extracted from VTEL
     Corporation's Balance Sheet & Income Statement for the Nine Months ended
     April 30, 1999, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
     quarterly report on Form 10-Q filing.
</LEGEND>
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