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                                                                  EXHIBIT 99.2

                                    CONSENT


        In connection with the filing by Manchester Equipment Co., Inc., a New
York corporation (the "Company"), of a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the
"Registration Statement") relating to the offer and sale of up to 2,875,000
shares of its Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Offering"), the
undersigned hereby consents to being named in the Registration Statement in
connection with the appointment of the undersigned to the Board of Directors of
the Company effective with the closing of the Offering.




Date: October 31, 1996                             /s/ JULIAN SANDLER
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                                                       Julian Sandler