EXHIBIT 24.2

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of DPEC, Inc. (the "Company"), which has filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-1 for
the registration of certain of its common shares in connection with the
public offering of such common shares, hereby constitutes and appoints Carol
A. Clark and Gary W. Qualmann, or either of them, as his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Registration Statement on Form S-1 and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and documents related
thereto, and to file the same, and any and all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or his or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
13th day of March, 2000.

                                           /s/ Kenneth T. Stevens
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                                           Kenneth T. Stevens