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                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints William S. Lawrence, Howard S. Modlin
and Gerald Gordon and each of them his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign on his
behalf individually and in each capacity stated below for him a registration
statement on Form S-3 for General DataComm Industries, Inc. and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, 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 as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

                                           /s/ JOHN L. SEGALL
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                                               John L. Segall
                                       
                                       Date:         10/17/94
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   2
                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints William S. Lawrence, Howard S. Modlin
and Gerald Gordon and each of them his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign on his
behalf individually and in each capacity stated below for him a registration
statement on Form S-3 for General DataComm Industries, Inc. and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, 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 as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

                                             /s/ LEE M. PASCHALL
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                                                 Lee M. Paschall
                                       
                                       Date:      24 Oct. 94    
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                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints William S. Lawrence, Howard S. Modlin
and Gerald Gordon and each of them his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign on his
behalf individually and in each capacity stated below for him a registration
statement on Form S-3 for General DataComm Industries, Inc. and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, 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 as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

                                           /s/ FREDERICK R. CRONIN
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                                               Frederick R. Cronin
                                       
                                       Date:   October 21, 1994
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                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints William S. Lawrence, Howard S. Modlin
and Gerald Gordon and each of them his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign on his
behalf individually and in each capacity stated below for him a registration
statement on Form S-3 for General DataComm Industries, Inc. and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, 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 as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

                                           /s/ HOWARD S. MODLIN
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                                               Howard S. Modlin
                                       
                                       Date:       10/19/94
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                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints William S. Lawrence, Howard S. Modlin
and Gerald Gordon and each of them his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign on his
behalf individually and in each capacity stated below for him a registration
statement on Form S-3 for General DataComm Industries, Inc. and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, 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 as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

                                           /s/ CHARLES P. JOHNSON
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                                               Charles P. Johnson,
                                              Chairman of the Board
                                           and Chief Executive Officer    
                                       
                                       Date:         10/21/94
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                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints William S. Lawrence, Howard S. Modlin
and Gerald Gordon and each of them his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign on his
behalf individually and in each capacity stated below for him a registration
statement on Form S-3 for General DataComm Industries, Inc. and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, 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 as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

                                          /s/ WILLIAM G. HENRY
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                                            Corporate Controller
                                       (Principal Accounting Officer)
                                              William G. Henry
                                       
                                       Date:      28 Oct. 94    
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