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<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
financial  statements  of Design  Circuits,  Inc. for the period ending June 30,
1996 and the year ending  October 31, 1995 and is  qualified  in its entirety by
reference to such financial statements
</LEGEND>
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