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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.5
 
                      CONSENT OF DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
 
     We consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of our
letter to the Board of Directors of C.I.S. Technologies, Inc. included in Annex
B to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus that is a part of such Registration
Statement, and to the references to such letter and our firm in such Proxy
Statement/Prospectus. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we
come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of
the Securities Act of 1933 or the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission thereunder.
 
                                          DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
 
New York, New York
April 19, 1996