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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1



                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

     We consent to the inclusion in this Registration Statement on Form S-1, as
filed on March 20, 1998, of our report dated February 11, 1998 except
information included under the caption Litigation in Note 11, Commitments and
Contingencies as to which the date is March 18, 1998 on our audits of the
consolidated financial statements of PCD Inc. as of December 31, 1996 and 1997
and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1997. We also
consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and "Selected
Financial Data".



                                                 /S/ COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.


                                                 COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.


Boston, Massachusetts   
March 20, 1998