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                                                                  EXHIBIT 23.01

              CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Form S-8 Nos. 33-37376, 33-43116, 33-47525, 33-71636, 33-77238, 33-83824, 33-
59571, 333-17881 and 333-04765) pertaining to the 1986 Stock Option Plan, the
1988 SuperMac Technology, Inc. Stock Option Plan, the Directors' Stock Option
Plan, the 1990 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Non-Plan Stock Options and the
1995 Stock Option Plan, as amended, of Radius Inc. of our report dated November
4, 1997 with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of
Radius Inc. included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended
September 30, 1997.


                                             /s/  ERNST & YOUNG LLP

San Jose, California
January 9, 1998