EXHIBIT 4.6

                    APPLIED PARALLEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                  Amendment to 1995 Equity Incentive Plan

          Adopted by the Board of Directors on September 18, 1996

             Approved by the Stockholders on September 24, 1996


         Section 4 of the 1995 Equity Incentive Plan of Applied Parallel
Technologies, Inc. shall be deleted and restated in its entirety as
follows:

         "4.      Stock Subject to Plan.

                  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 16 below,
         the total number of shares which may be issued and sold under the
         plan is 1,600,000 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
         ("Common Stock"). Except as may be prohibited by Rule 16b-3, (i)
         if an option granted under the Plan shall expire or terminate for
         any reason without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased
         shares subject to such option shall again be available for
         subsequent option grants or awards under the Plan, and (ii) if
         restricted stock awarded under the Plan shall be repurchased by
         the Company, the repurchased shares subject to such award shall
         again be available for subsequent option grants or awards under
         the Plan."