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                                                                  EXHIBIT 99.1

For Further Information:
Paul T. Winn
President and CEO
703-802-9201

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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        GENICOM ACQUIRES SELECTED ASSETS OF NOVADYNE COMPUTER SYSTEMS
          BROADENS ITS INTEGRATION AND NETWORK SERVICES CAPABILITIES

CHANTILLY, VA November 17,1997--  GENICOM Corporation (Nasdaq: GECM) today
announced its acquisition of Novadyne Computer Systems.  As a result of this
transaction, GENICOM will hire approximately 65 percent of Novadyne's
employees; acquire certain assets and assume selected liabilities; and obtain
rights to their customer base in North America. The Company anticipates revenue
from this asset purchase to be approximately $35 million annually.

The purchase price for this transaction is approximately $12 million including
the assumption of certain liabilities. GENICOM preliminarily estimates that
$8.5 million of goodwill will be added to its balance sheet as a result of this
transaction. GENICOM will finance the acquisition through its credit facility
with NationsBank, N.A.  Start-up costs will be incurred in the remainder of
this quarter and are expected to impact fourth quarter earnings.

The acquisition will be integrated into GENICOM's Enterprising Service
Solutions (ESSC) locations in Virginia, Texas and Canada.  In addition, GENICOM
will establish a new location in the Los Angeles, California area for advanced
workstation support services and a new systems migration business unit.

Paul T. Winn, President and Chief Executive of GENICOM commented, "This
acquisition is of strategic importance to our Enterprising Service Solutions
company in that it expands our capabilities and presence into the rapidly
growing telecommunications and SUN environments.  We are looking forward to
serving Novadyne's extensive customer base and providing them with the combined
service expertise of these two companies.  Our goal is to ensure that this
transaction is as transparent as possible to our new customers."





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Commenting on operations, Mr. Winn stated, "This transaction adds significant
scale to our field operations and sales coverage.  It also adds strong
capabilities in providing both product and software services to the SUN
environment; broadens our professional services for help desk support, project
management and installation support; and provides new relationships that
increase our customer coverage in remote service areas."

"Additionally, we are especially pleased with the expanded set of professional
skills we are able to add to our Company.  The service industry is
fundamentally driven by the attitudes and excellence of its personnel, and we
look forward to integrating Novadyne's skills at all levels in our Company."

GENICOM Corporation is an international supplier of network integration,
multivendor services and printer solutions.  The Enterprising Service Solutions
company (ESSC) provides integrated network solutions that include network
integration, professional services and help desk support, in addition to, logo
and multivendor on-site and off-site product repair and express parts.  The
Document Solutions company (DSC) designs and markets a wide range of computer
printer technologies for general purpose applications.  Additionally, DSC is
the exclusive provider of Digital-Branded printer products. GENICOM is
headquartered within metropolitan Washington, D. C.

The discussion above contains certain forward-looking statements as such term
is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Company
statements that are not historical facts, including statements about
management's expectations, are forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties as detailed from time to time, in the Company's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.



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