Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(c)
                                         Registration No. 333-12417

              SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED JANUARY 16, 1997
                       OF RADIUS INC. (THE "COMPANY")

This Supplement is a part of the Prospectus and must be timely delivered to 
any purchaser of the securities offered by the selling shareholders or, if 
applicable, the Company.

SUITABILITY STANDARDS FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS.  The California Department of 
Corporations requires that any California resident who purchases these 
securities meet certain minimum financial standards: namely, the purchaser 
must (i) have an annual gross income of $65,000 and a net worth of $250,000, 
or a net worth of $500,000 (in each case excluding home, home furnishings and 
personal automobiles), (ii) be a bank, savings and loan association, trust 
company, insurance company, investment company registered under the 
Investment Company Act of 1940, pension and profit sharing trust, or 
corporation or other entity which, together with such corporation's or other 
entity's affiliates has a net worth on a consolidated basis according to its 
most recently prepared financial statements (which have been reviewed, but 
not necessarily audited, by outside accountants) of not less than $14.0 
million, and subsidiaries of the foregoing (other than a person formed for 
the sole purpose of purchasing such securities), or (iii) be an "accredited 
investor" within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 
1933. Upon receipt of the Prospectus and this Supplement, such purchaser must 
represent that it meets these suitability standards by signing and returning 
a copy of this Supplement to the selling shareholder or, if applicable, the 
Company.

NO CALIFORNIA RESIDENT WILL BE ALLOWED TO PURCHASE THESE SECURITIES UNLESS IT 
MEETS THESE INVESTOR SUITABILITY REQUIREMENTS.

The date of this Supplement is January 16, 1997.

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       Acknowledgment of Purchaser who is a California Resident

The undersigned represents that he, she or it meets the suitability standards 
of the California Department of Corporations described above and understands 
that the selling shareholder and the Company will rely on this 
acknowledgment.


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