Exhibit 99.7

                     Consent to be Named as Director
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    In the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") 
filed by Dolphin, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, I am named as a designee to the Board of 
Directors of the Company, to be appointed upon the closing of the merger 
described in the Registration Statement.  I consent to the use of my name and 
other information in the Registration Statement for such purposes.

Date:  May 7, 1998                       /s/ Patti S. Manuel
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                                         Patti S. Manuel