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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1


                       PIONEER-STANDARD ELECTRONICS, INC.

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc.
hereby constitutes and appoints James L. Bayman, Arthur Rhein, John V. Goodger,
William A. Papenbrock or Edward W. Moore, or any one or more of them, its
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and
resubstitution for it in any and all capacities to sign any or all amendments or
post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or
his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed at
Cleveland, Ohio this 7th day of May, 1997.

                                   PIONEER-STANDARD ELECTRONICS, INC.


                                   By /s/ John V. Goodger
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                                               John V. Goodger,
                                               Vice President, Treasurer
                                               and Assistant Secretary
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1
                                                                     (CONTINUED)


                       PIONEER-STANDARD ELECTRONICS, INC.

                              CERTIFIED RESOLUTION


         I, John V. Goodger, Assistant Secretary of Pioneer-Standard
Electronics, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), do hereby certify that
the following is a true copy of a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors
on November 5, 1996 and that the same has not been changed and remains in full
force and effect.

         RESOLVED FURTHER: That James L. Bayman, John V. Goodger, Arthur Rhein,
William A. Papenbrock and Edward W. Moore, be, and each of them hereby is
appointed as the attorney of the Company with full power of substitution and
resubstitution for and in the name, place and stead of the Company to sign,
attest and file a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or any other appropriate
form that may be used from time to time, with respect to the Shares issued in
connection with the Trust and any and all amendments, post-effective amendments
and exhibits to such Registration Statement and any and all applications or
other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
and all applicable applications or other documents in connection with inclusion
on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System of
the Shares or any and all applications or other documents to be filed with any
governmental or private agency or official relative to the issuance of said
Shares, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and
things whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby
ratifying and approving the acts of such attorneys or any such substitute or
substitutes and, without implying limitation, including in the above the
authority to do the foregoing things on behalf of the Company in the name of any
duly authorized officer of the Company; and the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company or any Vice President be, and they hereby are authorized for and on
behalf of the Company to execute a Power of Attorney evidencing the foregoing
appointments.


                                            /s/ John V. Goodger
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                                           John V. Goodger,
                                           Assistant Secretary


Dated:  May 7, 1997