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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.24

                                PROMISSORY NOTE

$50,000                      San Diego, California      Dated: November 3, 1995

        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, ALEXANDER POLINSKY an individual,
promises to pay to the order of ALANEX CORPORATION, a California corporation,
at 3550 General Atomics Ct., San Diego, California, the principal sum of Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($50,000). Accrued interest shall be paid annually in three
installments from the date of this note until November 3, 1998 at which time
the entire balance of unpaid principal shall all be due and payable in full,
along with any unpaid interest. Interest is payable at the minimum rate of
interest required to avoid imputed interest. Any installment, when paid, shall
be credited first on interest then due and the remainder on principal, and
interest shall thereupon cease upon the principal so credited.

        Should interest not be paid when due, it shall thereafter bear like
interest as the principal, but such unpaid interest so compounded shall not
exceed an amount equal to simple interest on the unpaid principal at the
maximum rate permitted by law.

        The Borrower hereunder shall have the right, at any time, to prepay all
or any portion of the principal amount of this Note without penalty.

        If default is made in the payment when due of any part or installment
of principal or interest under this Note, then the whole sum of principal then
unpaid, together with accrued interest thereon, shall become immediately due
and payable at the option of the holder of this Note, without notice.

        The provisions hereof shall be binding upon the successors and assigns
of the borrower hereunder, and shall insure to the benefit of the holder of
this Note, and his respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and 
assigns.

        Principal and interest are payable in lawful money of the United States
of America. Should default be made in payment and if action is instituted on
this Note, the undersigned promises to pay such sum as the court may fix as
attorney's fees. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of California.


                                       /s/ Alexander Polinsky
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                                       Alexander Polinsky