As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 1999.
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                                                         Registration No. 0-8567

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                 Amendment No. 1
                                       to     ---
                                    FORM SB-2
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                             DATAMETRICS CORPORATION
                 (Name of Small Business Issuer in its Charter)

                                                                             
               DELAWARE                                  0357                                 95-3545701
(State or jurisdiction of incorporation      (Primary Standard Industrial          (I.R.S. Employer Identification
           or organization)                  Classification Code Number)                       Number)


                          25B Hanover Road, Suite 3305
                         Florham Park, New Jersey 07932
                                 (973) 377-3900
                         ------------------------------
(Address and Telephone Number of Principal Executive Offices and Principal Place
of Business)

      Daniel P. Ginns                                       with a copy to:
 Chief Executive Officer                             Joseph F. Mazzella, Esquire
 Datametrics Corporation                               Lane Altman & Owens LLP
 25B Hanover Road, Suite 3305                            101 Federal Street
 Florham Park, New Jersey 07932                          Boston, MA  02110
     (973) 377-3900                                        (617)345-9800
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(Name, Address and Telephone                        (Name, Address and Telephone
Number of Agent for Service)                        Number of Agent for Service)

         Approximate  Date of  Proposed  Sale to the  Public:  from time to time
after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

         If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the  Securities  Act,  check the following box and
list the Securities Act registration  statement number of the earlier  effective
registration statement for the same offering. [_]

         If this  form is a  post-effective  amendment  filed  pursuant  to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act  registration   statement  number  of  the  earlier  effective  registration
statement for the same offering. [_]

         If this  form is a  post-effective  amendment  filed  pursuant  to Rule
462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act  registration   statement  number  of  the  earlier  effective  registration
statement for the same offering. [_]

         If delivery of the  prospectus  is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, please check the following box. [_]

         If any of the  securities  being  registered  on  this  form  are to be
offered  on a  delayed  or  continuous  basis  pursuant  to Rule 415  under  the
Securities Act of 1933,  other than  securities  offered only in connection with
dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. |X|

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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE




Title of Each Class of Securities to be    Amount to be         Proposed            Proposed Maximum        Amount of
               Registered                 Registered(1)     Maximum Offering       Aggregate Offering    Registration Fee
                                                           Price Per Unit (2)            Price
- ---------------------------------------   -------------    ------------------      ------------------    ----------------
                                                                                               
Common Stock, $.01 par value                3,874,479         $1.1875(3)            $4,600,943.80         $1,279.06
Common Stock Underlying Warrants            2,428,901           $1.50(4)            $3,643,352            $1,012.85
Common Stock Underlying                     2,300,000           $1.00(4)            $2,300,000              $639.40
Convertible Notes
Common Stock Underlying Warrants            1,150,000           $1.10(4)            $1,265,000              $351.67
Common Stock Underlying Warrants            1,500,000           $1.00(4)            $1,500,000              $417.00
Common Stock Underlying Warrants            1,500,000         $1.1875(5)            $1,781,250              $495.19
Total Shares Being Registered              12,753,380                              $15,090,545            $4,195.17



(1)      All of the shares of Common  Stock  being  registered  hereby are being
         offered for the  accounts of selling  shareholders  who  acquired  such
         shares or Warrants to acquire shares in private transactions.  No other
         shares of the registrant's  Common Stock are being registered  pursuant
         to this offering.

(2)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in
         accordance with Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(3)      In accordance with Rule 457(c) the registration fee is calculated based
         upon a price of $1.1875 per share, the average of the high and low sale
         prices of the Common Stock as reported by the American  Stock  Exchange
         on September 14, 1999.

(4)      Pursuant  to Rule  457(g),  the  registration  fee for shares of Common
         Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants and Convertible  Notes
         is  calculated  based  upon the price at which  these  Warrants  may be
         exercised and the Convertible Notes may be converted by the holders.

(5)      The price at which these  Warrants  may be  exercised  is variable  and
         undetermined  at the  time of  calculating  the  registration  fee.  In
         accordance with Rule 457(g) the  registration  fee is calculated  based
         upon a price of $1.1875 per share, the average of the high and low sale
         prices of the Common Stock as reported by the American  Stock  Exchange
         on September 14, 1999.

THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS  REGISTRATION  STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES
AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT  SHALL FILE
A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY  STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION  STATEMENT
SHALL  THEREAFTER  BECOME  EFFECTIVE  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION  8(A) OF THE
SECURITIES  ACT OF 1933,  OR  UNTIL  THE  REGISTRATION  STATEMENT  SHALL  BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE  COMMISSION,  ACTING PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(A), MAY
DETERMINE.




                             DATAMETRICS CORPORATION

                        12,753,380 Shares of Common Stock

         This   prospectus    covers   12,753,380   shares   of   Common   Stock
("Securities"),  $0.01 par value per share of Datametrics  Corporation (referred
to as "We" and the  "Company"),  which may be offered and sold from time to time
by one or all of the selling  shareholders  named in this  prospectus  ("Selling
Shareholders").  The Common  Stock  offered by this  prospectus  consists of the
following:

         o    3,874,479  shares of Common Stock presently issued and outstanding
              which  were  issued  to  the  Selling   Shareholders   in  private
              transactions; and

         o    6,578,901  shares of Common  Stock  issuable  upon the exercise of
              warrants   ("Warrants")   which   were   issued  to  the   Selling
              Shareholders in private transactions.

         o    2,300,000  shares of Common Stock  issuable upon the conversion of
              convertible notes  ("Convertible  Notes") which were issued to the
              Selling Shareholders in private transactions.

         We will not  receive  any of the  proceeds  from the sale of the Common
Stock by the Selling Shareholders.  We will receive approximately  $8,433,352 if
all of the  Warrants are  exercised,  and  $2,300,000  of  indebtedness  will be
converted to equity if all of the Convertible Notes are converted into shares of
Common Stock. See "Use of Proceeds."

         Our Common Stock trades on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol
"DC." On September 14, 1999, the reported last sale price of the Common Stock on
the American Stock Exchange was $ 1.1875 per share.

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INVESTING IN THESE SECURITIES INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. SEE "RISK FACTORS"
BEGINNING ON PAGE 4.

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NEITHER  THE  SECURITIES  AND  EXCHANGE  COMMISSION  NOR  ANY  STATE  SECURITIES
COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF THIS
PROSPECTUS  IS TRUTHFUL OR  COMPLETE.  ANY  REPRESENTATION  TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

                The date of this Prospectus is September 15, 1999




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            SPECIAL INFORMATION REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

         Certain statements in this prospectus or in the documents  incorporated
by reference herein constitute  "forward-looking  statements" within the meaning
of the Private  Securities  Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such  forward-looking
statements  involve  certain known and unknown  risks,  uncertainties  and other
factors which may cause our actual  results,  performance or  achievements to be
materially  different  from any  future  results,  performance  or  achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking  statements.  Such factors include,
among  others,  the factors set forth  below  under  "Risk  Factors."  The words
"believe," "expect,"  "anticipate,"  "intend" and "plan" and similar expressions
identify forward-looking  statements. We caution you not to place undue reliance
on  these  forward-looking  statements,  which  speak  only as of the  date  the
statement was made. See "Risk Factors."

                                   THE COMPANY

         Datametrics  Corporation was incorporated in California in October 1962
and was  reincorporated  in Delaware in April 1987.  Our  executive  offices are
located at 25B Hanover Road, Suite 3305, Florham Park, New Jersey 07932, and our
telephone number is (973) 377-3900. We design, develop and sell high-speed color
printers,  high-resolution non-impact printer/plotters and ruggedized computers,
printers and  workstations for  government/defense  and industrial  markets.  We
pioneered  the  development  of  high-speed,  non-impact  printers  for tactical
military   applications.   Our   current   product   line   includes   printers,
printer/plotters   and  ruggedized   computers  and  workstations  with  diverse
capabilities   ranging  from  stringent   military   specifications  to  varying
commercial standards.

         Our  manufacturing  operations  are conducted from a 43,000 square foot
manufacturing facility in Orlando, Florida, which we purchased in December 1997.
A 6,600 square foot facility located in Calabasas,  California, which houses our
technology center, was opened in November 1997. In April 1998, we leased a 5,400
square foot office in Florham Park,  New Jersey in which our  corporate  offices
are located.


                                                  THE OFFERING

COMMON STOCK                        Up to  12,753,380  shares of  Common  Stock,
                                    which may be  offered  and sold from time to
                                    time   by  one   or   all  of  the   Selling
                                    Shareholders,  who  were  issued  shares  of
                                    Common Stock, Warrants to purchase shares of
                                    Common  Stock  and  Notes  convertible  into
                                    shares   of   Common    Stock   in   private
                                    transactions.

USE OF PROCEEDS                     We will not  receive any  proceeds  from the
                                    sale  by  the  Selling  Shareholders  of the
                                    Common  Stock  being sold  pursuant  to this
                                    Prospectus.  We will  receive  approximately
                                    $8,433,352  upon  the  exercise  of all  the
                                    Warrants.  We expect to use these  proceeds,
                                    if any,  for working  capital.  In addition,
                                    $2,300,000 of indebtedness will be converted
                                    to equity if all the  Convertible  Notes are
                                    converted.  See "Use of Proceeds"  and "Plan
                                    of Distribution."



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RISK FACTORS                        Investment   in  the  Common  Stock  offered
                                    hereby is highly  speculative and involves a
                                    high  degree of risk.  You  could  lose your
                                    entire  investment.  See "Risk  Factors"  on
                                    page 4.


                          ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION

         Although we recently  obtained a  $1,500,000  revolving  line of credit
from Branch Banking and Trust  Company,  a North  Carolina  banking  corporation
("Branch  Bank"),  we still rely on income from  operations  and the proceeds of
private  placements  of our Common Stock and other  securities  in order to fund
operations.  In May  1999,  we sold  1,500,000  shares of our  Common  Stock for
$1,500,000  in a private  placement.  In August  1999,  we raised an  additional
$2,300,000 in a private placement of Convertible  Subordinated Secured Notes Due
July  2000.  Most of the  proceeds  from the  private  placements,  as well as a
portion of the line of credit, was applied to the reduction of outstanding debt.
See "Risk Factors" and "Liquidity and Capital Resources."

         The following table sets forth historical summary financial information
of the Company. The statements of operations and balance sheet data contained in
the table for the fiscal years ended  October 25, 1998 and October 26, 1997 have
been derived  from  audited  financial  statements,  and are  qualified in their
entirety by, and should be read in connection with, "Management's Discussion And
Analysis,"  the  audited  financial  statements  (and notes  thereto)  and other
financial and statistical information of the Company appearing elsewhere in this
prospectus.  The  statements of  operations  and balance sheet data for the nine
months ended July 25, 1999 and July 26, 1998 have been  derived  from  unaudited
condensed  financial  statements.   The  results  of  interim  periods  are  not
necessarily indicative of the results to be obtained in a full fiscal year.




                                               NINE MONTHS ENDED                          FISCAL YEAR ENDED
                                   July 25, 1999        July 26, 1998         October 25, 1998    October 26, 1997
                                   -------------        -------------         ----------------    ----------------
                                                                                        
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS DATA

Sales                               $6,273,000            $6,196,000            $7,742,000           $16,797,000
Net loss                           $(1,646,000)          $(1,768,000)          $(3,270,000)          $(3,101,000)
Net loss per share:
   Basic and Diluted                    $(0.09)               $(0.12)               $(0.22)               $(0.24)

Weighted average number of
shares outstanding:
   Basic and Diluted                17,386,000            15,102,000            15,202,000            12,995,000

BALANCE SHEET DATA

Total assets                       $14,347,000           $14,472,000           $12,719,000           $11,546,000
Long-term Debt, including
Current Portion                     $7,112,000            $4,639,000            $5,313,000            $2,993,000
Stockholders' equity                $5,572,000            $5,510,000            $4,008,000            $3,522,000




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                                  RISK FACTORS

         An investment in our Common Stock is highly  speculative and involves a
high degree of a number of risks,  including  those described  below.  You could
lose your entire investment. Prospective investors should carefully consider the
following  factors,   along  with  the  other  information  set  forth  in  this
prospectus,  in evaluating us, our business and prospects before  purchasing the
Common Stock.

         NO  ASSURANCE  CAN BE GIVEN  THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO  CONTINUE  TO SELL
COMMON  STOCK OR OTHER  SECURITIES  OR WILL BE  SUCCESSFUL  IN  RAISING  WORKING
CAPITAL  THROUGH  PRIVATE  PLACEMENTS  TO  ADEQUATELY  FINANCE  OUR  OPERATIONS.
Although we recently obtained a $1,500,000  revolving line of credit from Branch
Bank,  there can be no assurance  that such amount will be sufficient to provide
the working capital  required by the Company,  and we may have to rely on income
from  operations and the proceeds of private  placements of our Common Stock and
other securities in order to fund operations. The issue and sale of Common Stock
will be dilutive to existing  holders of Common Stock, and the issue and sale of
debt securities may create obligations we are ultimately unable to discharge.

         FUTURE  SALES OF  ADDITIONAL  SHARES OF OUR COMMON  STOCK MAY CAUSE THE
MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK TO DECLINE.  As of the date of this  Prospectus
we have  19,007,227  shares of  Common  Stock  issued  and  outstanding,  and an
additional  8,209,901  shares of Common Stock  reserved  for  issuance  upon the
exercise of Warrants and conversion of the  Convertible  Notes. Of the shares of
Common Stock being registered  hereunder,  3,874,479 shares are currently issued
and outstanding,  and represent  approximately  20.4% of our outstanding  Common
Stock.  Assuming  exercise of all the  Warrants for  6,578,901  shares of Common
Stock and conversion of all the Convertible Notes for 2,300,000 shares of Common
Stock, the Selling  Shareholders may sell up to 12,573,380  shares,  which would
then represent  approximately 45.7% of our then issued and outstanding shares of
Common  Stock.  There  are no  contractual  restrictions  on the  resale  of the
outstanding  Common  Stock.  The sale on the open  market  of the  Common  Stock
offered  hereby,  or the  perception  that these  sales may occur,  may  depress
prevailing  market  prices of the Common  Stock.  These factors may also make it
more difficult for us to raise funds through future offerings of Common Stock.

         In addition to the warrants and  convertible  notes held by the Selling
Stockholders,  we have also issued  other  rights to buy Common Stock to certain
key officers in connection  with their  employment  and to certain  officers and
Directors as compensation for arranging financings.  All Warrants provide for an
increase  in the  number of  Warrants  under  certain  circumstances  to protect
against  antidilution.  Exercise of these Warrants and/or subsequent increase in
the number of Warrants pursuant to the antidilution provisions would be dilutive
to our Shareholders.

         THE TRADING PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK FLUCTUATE WIDELY  IRRESPECTIVE OF
OUR  PERFORMANCE.  The trading  price of our Common  Stock has from time to time
fluctuated  widely  because of our small trading  volume as compared to those of
our competitors.  In the future the price of our stock may be subject to similar
fluctuations  in  response  to   announcements  by  us  or  our  competitors  of
technological innovations or new products,  announcements by us of marketing and
distribution  arrangements,  general  conditions  in the  industries in which we
compete,  and other events or factors. In addition,  in recent years broad stock
market  indices,  in general,  and the  securities of technology  companies,  in
particular,  have experienced substantial price fluctuations.  Such broad market
fluctuations  also may adversely  affect the future  trading price of our Common
Stock.


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         WE ARE, FROM TIME TO TIME,  SUED. We recently lost one suit by 4 former
employees for $1,200,000,  and we have appealed. If we lose the appeal currently
underway,  we may have to issue a $1,200,000 7% convertible debenture with a two
year maturity.  The debenture will be convertible into shares of Common Stock at
the lower of $2.00 per share or 75% of the closing  sale price of the  Company's
Common Stock on the date of payment.  There is no guaranty  that we will prevail
on the appeal.

         In May 1999,  Warrants to purchase  200,000 shares of Common Stock were
issued to Continental  Capital and Equity Corp. ("CCEC") pursuant to a Marketing
Access Program  Marketing  Agreement (the "Marketing  Agreement").  The Warrants
provide that CCEC has the right to exercise these warrants at any time until May
2004,  at a price of $2.00 per share with  respect to 100,000 of such  Warrants,
and $4.00 per share  with  respect  to  100,000  of such  Warrants,  subject  to
adjustment.  Subsequent to such issuance,  however,  an issue arose between CCEC
and the  Company,  as a result of which the  Company  terminated  the  Marketing
Agreement and are seeking the immediate return of the Common Stock and Warrants.
If not sooner  resolved,  CCEC may  commence an action  seeking to require us to
honor the Common  Stock and Warrants and to pay amounts that would have come due
under the Marketing Agreement.

         OUR ENTRANCE  INTO THE SB FILING  SYSTEM MAY HAVE AN ADVERSE  EFFECT ON
OUR PERCEPTION AMONG INVESTORS AND OUR POSITION IN THE MARKETPLACE.  In order to
take advantage of certain relaxed reporting  requirements of the  small-business
"SB" filing system of the Securities and Exchange  Commission  ("SEC"),  we have
entered the SB filing system  commencing with the fiscal year ending October 31,
1999.  Accordingly,  we must  file  all  reports  required  to be  filed  by the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  on SB forms promulgated by the
SEC, until we have exited the SB filing system

         THERE CAN BE NO ASSURANCES  THAT THE LISTING OF OUR COMMON STOCK BY THE
AMERICAN  STOCK EXCHANGE  ("AMEX") WILL BE CONTINUED.  IF OUR COMMON STOCK IS NO
LONGER LISTED ON THE AMEX, THE MARKETABILITY OF OUR SHARES OF COMMON STOCK COULD
BE ADVERSELY  AFFECTED.  Our Common Stock currently trades on the American Stock
Exchange  ("AMEX")  under  the  trading  symbol  "DC."  Based  on our  financial
performance  during early 1999,  certain listing guidelines of the AMEX were not
being met. The AMEX has reviewed the  situation and has taken no action to date.
We believe that our performance for the most recent  quarters,  and our sales of
equity during 1999, will favorably  influence the AMEX's evaluation of continued
listing.  If our Common Stock is no longer  listed on the AMEX,  it will be more
difficult  to buy and sell our Common  Stock,  and the price of our Common Stock
could be adversely affected

         OUR COMPUTER  SYSTEMS MAY NOT RECOGNIZE THE YEAR 2000 WHICH MAY DISRUPT
OUR  BUSINESS AND  ADVERSELY  AFFECT OUR  OPERATIONS,  LIQUIDITY  AND  FINANCIAL
POSITION. We are engaged in a continuous process of communicating with our major
customers  and  suppliers.  to  determine  Year 2000 systems  compatibility  and
compliance.  We have been assured by our major  suppliers  that there will be no
disruption  in the  delivery of goods and  services.  We believe  that  adequate
resources  are  available  for the  supply  of our raw  materials  and  that our
facility related equipment will be operational.  We continue to assess the risks
associated with program  failures and plan to develop a formal  contingency plan
with our business  partners to address  specific risks. The failure to correct a
material Year 2000 problem could result in an  interruption  in normal  business
activity.  Our plan is expected to significantly reduce the risk associated with
the Year 2000 issue.  However,  due to the inherent uncertainty of the Year 2000
issue and dependence on third-party  compliance,  no assurance can be given that
potential Y2K failures will not adversely  affect our operations,  liquidity and
financial position.

         WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE  PROFITABILITY IN THE FUTURE. We reported
net losses of $3,270,000  and  $3,101,000 for the fiscal years ended October 25,
1998 and October 26, 1997,  respectively;  a net loss of $1,776,000 in the first
quarter of fiscal year 1999, and net income of $87,000 and $43,000 in the second
and


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third  quarters,  respectively,  of fiscal year 1999.  No assurance can be given
that we will not incur substantial losses in the future.

         THERE CAN BE NO ASSURANCE  THAT WE WILL BE PROFITABLE IN ANY PARTICULAR
QUARTER. Our results of operations are subject to considerable fluctuations from
quarter to quarter due to changes in demand for our products and other  factors.
Demand for our  products in each of the markets we serve can vary  significantly
from quarter to quarter due to  revisions  in budgets or schedules  for customer
projects requiring our products,  changes in demand for the customers'  products
which incorporate or utilize our products and other factors beyond our control.

         WE COMPETE IN EACH OF OUR TARGET MARKETS AGAINST OTHER COMPANIES,  MANY
OF  WHICH  HAVE   SUBSTANTIALLY   GREATER   FINANCIAL,   TECHNICAL,   MARKETING,
DISTRIBUTION AND OTHER RESOURCES THAN WE HAVE. The principal competitive factors
in the markets in which we participate  are image quality,  product  performance
and  price.  In  domestic  and  international  defense  markets,  our  principal
competitors are DRS Technologies Inc., and Miltope Group Inc. In addition,  many
airborne  electronic data processing and  communications  prime contractors have
the capability of manufacturing military and airborne products, and several such
companies do presently  manufacture products performing functions similar to our
products.  In almost all  cases,  these  companies  have  substantially  greater
financial and technological resources than we have. In certain applications, our
printers  are  higher in price than  those of our  competitors,  and many of our
competitors have more experience in the markets for lower-cost military printers
than we have.

         THE LOSS OF ANY ONE OF OUR CUSTOMERS  COULD HAVE A MATERIAL AND ADVERSE
EFFECT ON OUR  BUSINESS.  In the fiscal year ended  October 25, 1998,  our three
largest customers in sales, the U.S.  government  (23.7%),  Raytheon (22.3%) and
Lockheed Martin (18.9%), accounted for an aggregate of 64.9% of our total sales.
In the fiscal year ended October 26, 1997, our five largest  customers in sales,
Lockheed Martin (15.7%),  the U.S.  government (13.7%),  GTE (12.5%),  Computing
Devices Canada (10.9%) and Digital Equipment Corporation (10.8%),  accounted for
an aggregate of 64% of our total sales.  The loss of any one of these  customers
could have a material adverse impact on the results of our operations and on our
financial condition.

         For the fiscal years ended  October 25, 1998 and October 26, 1997,  the
DoD  and  prime  contractors  under  programs  funded  by  the  DoD  represented
approximately  71% and 67% of our revenues,  respectively.  Companies  which are
engaged primarily in supplying  equipment and services,  directly or indirectly,
to the U.S.  government  are subject to special  risks  including  dependence on
government appropriations, termination without cause, contract renegotiation and
competition for the available DoD business. Over the past several years, we have
been  significantly  impacted by market changes in the DoD. DoD budget forecasts
indicate  that  overall  funding will  continue to decrease for the  foreseeable
future.

         WE ARE  DEPENDENT  ON  CERTAIN  SUPPLIERS,  AND IF THEY  STOPPED  DOING
BUSINESS WITH US, OUR BUSINESS WOULD BE HARMED  SIGNIFICANTLY.  We are generally
not dependent  upon any one supplier for any raw material or component  which we
purchase, and there are available alternative sources for such raw materials and
components.  We are currently  dependent,  however, on certain OEM suppliers for
components  used in our ruggedized  computer  devices and  peripherals.  We have
year-to-year  renewable supply agreements with suppliers which have been renewed
in prior years.  In the event any of these  contracts are not renewed,  however,
our business would be materially and adversely impacted because we would have to
purchase  similar   components  upon  substantially  less  favorable  terms  and
conditions.


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         WE MAY NOT HAVE ADEQUATE  PROTECTION OF OUR INTELLECTUAL  PROPERTY.  We
regard portions of the hardware designs and operating software incorporated into
our products as proprietary and we attempt to protect them with a combination of
patent,  copyright,  trademark and trade secret laws,  employee and  third-party
nondisclosure agreements and similar means. Despite these precautions, it may be
possible for unauthorized third parties to copy certain portions of our products
or  to  "reverse  engineer"  or  otherwise  obtain  and  use  to  our  detriment
information that we regard as proprietary.  Although we own a number of patents,
not every process or product we  manufacture or develop which  management  deems
significant  to our  business or  prospects  is  protected by patents or pending
patent applications.  Moreover, the laws of some foreign countries do not afford
the same protection to our proprietary  rights as do U.S. laws. We are presently
reviewing  our patent  situation to  determine  what action needs to be taken to
preserve and/or initiate  additional  patent rights.  There can be no assurance,
that any of these  protections will be adequate or that our competitors will not
independently develop technologies that are substantially equivalent or superior
to our technologies.

                                 USE OF PROCEEDS

         We  will  not  receive  any  proceeds  from  the  sale  by the  Selling
Shareholders  of the Common Stock  offered by this  prospectus.  We will receive
approximately $8,433,352 if all of the Warrants for the underlying the shares of
Common Stock being registered are exercised. We expect to use these proceeds, if
any, for working  capital.  If all of the  convertible  notes for the underlying
shares  of  Common  Stock  being   registered  are   converted,   $2,300,000  of
indebtedness will be converted to equity. See "Plan of Distribution."




Number of Shares to be Issued Pursuant to                     Exercise or Conversion        Proceeds to Company(2)
Warrants and Convertible Notes                                         Price
- -----------------------------------------                     ----------------------        ----------------------
                                                                                         
353,341 (Warrants issued November 1996)                           $1.50 per share                  $530,012
2,075,560 (Warrants issued December 1998)                         $1.50 per share                  $3,113,340
1,500,000 (Warrants issued May 1999)                               Variable (1)                 $2,025,000 (1)
1,150,000 (Warrants issued August 1999)                           $1.10 per share                 $1,265,000
1,500,000 (Warrants issued August 1999)                           $1.00 per share                 $1,500,000
6,578,901 Total Warrants                                                                          $8,433,352
2,300,000 (Convertible Notes issued August 1999)                  $1.00 per share               $2,300,000 (3)



(1)  These Warrants have a variable  exercise price  calculated as the lesser of
     (i) $1.35 or (ii) the volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock for
     the 20 trading days immediately preceding the notice of exercise.  Proceeds
     to the Company are based upon an assumed exercise price of $1.35 per share,
     but could vary in accordance with the foregoing.

(2)  Assumes exercise of all the Warrants and conversion of all the  Convertible
     Notes.

(3)  If all the  Convertible  Notes are  converted,  $2,300,000 of the Company's
     indebtedness to security-holders will be converted into equity. The Company
     will not receive  any cash  proceeds  upon  conversion  of the  Convertible
     Notes.



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                             MARKET FOR COMMON STOCK

         Our Common Stock has been listed on the American Stock Exchange (Symbol
"DC") since July 26, 1988.  The following  table sets forth the closing high and
low sales prices of our Common Stock for each of the periods indicated below.

         Fiscal 1999 Quarter Ended                    High              Low
         -------------------------                    ----              ---
         January 24                                   $1 5/8            $  3/4
         April 25                                     $1 13/16          $1 1/8
         July 25                                      $1 1/2            $13/16

         Fiscal 1998 Quarter Ended                    High              Low
         -------------------------                    ----              ---
         January 25                                   $2  3/16          $2 1/16
         April 26                                     $1   7/8          $1  7/8
         July 26                                      $1 11/16          $1  5/8
         October 25                                   $1 15/16          $   3/4

         Fiscal 1997 Quarter Ended                    High              Low
         -------------------------                    ----              ---
         January 26                                   $1 9/16           $  7/8
         April 27                                     $2 7/16           $1 1/4
         July 27                                      $1 11/16          $1 1/8
         October 26                                   $2 1/4            $1 3/16

         There were 774 stockholders of record as of September 14, 1999.

         We have never  declared  or paid a dividend  on our Common  Stock,  and
management  expects that future earnings will be retained for operations and for
expansion or  development of business.  See "Liquidity and Working  Capital" and
"Dividends".


                     MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
                  FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

         This prospectus contains certain statements of a forward-looking nature
relating to future events or the future performance of the Company.  Prospective
investors are  cautioned  that such  statements  are only  predictions  and that
actual events or results may differ materially.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

                 NINE MONTH PERIOD ENDED JULY 25, 1999 COMPARED
                    TO NINE MONTH PERIOD ENDED JULY 26, 1998

         Sales for the nine month period ended July 25, 1999 were $6,273,000, an
increase of $77,000 or 1%,  compared with sales of $6,196,000 in the same period
in the prior fiscal  year.  The increase in sales for the nine months ended July
25, 1999 is attributable to higher production and order levels.  During the same
period in


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the prior  fiscal  year,  the  Company  was  completing  the start up of its new
manufacturing  facility in Orlando,  Florida and during this  transition  period
experienced material shortages and labor inefficiencies.

         Cost of sales for the first nine months of fiscal  1999 was  $3,543,000
(57% of sales), a decrease of $594,000 or 14%,  compared with $4,137,000 (67% of
sales) for the same period in the prior  fiscal  year.  Cost of sales  decreased
compared  to the same period in the prior  fiscal  year  because the Company has
completed its  transition to its new Florida  manufacturing  facility and is now
starting to experience labor and material efficiencies.

         Research and  development  expenses  were  $284,000 for the  nine-month
period  ended July 25,  1999,  a decrease  of  $214,000  or 43%,  compared  with
$498,000 for the same period in the prior year. The decrease in  expenditures is
due to less  research and  development  required for the Company's new family of
industrial color printers.

         Selling,  general and administrative expenses for the nine month period
ended July 25, 1999 were  $2,511,000  (40% of sales) a decrease of $424,000,  or
14%,  compared with  $2,935,000  (47% of sales) for the same period in the prior
fiscal  year.  The  decrease is due to fewer  administrative  and support  staff
required by the Company.

         Net  interest  expense  amounted to $356,000  for the nine month period
ended July 25, 1999, a decrease of $32,000,  or 9%,  compared  with net interest
expense of $388,000 for the same period in the prior year.  This decrease is due
to lower outstanding borrowings.

         The net loss for the nine-month  period ended July 25, 1999 amounted to
$1,646,000  a  reduction  in  losses  of  $122,000  compared  with a net loss of
$1,768,000  for the same  period in the  prior  year.  The loss for the  current
nine-month period is primarily attributable to the non-recurring settlement with
the Company's former  California  landlord in which the Company agreed to pay to
the landlord $1,225,000 in cash and stock.

                 THREE MONTH PERIOD ENDED JULY 25, 1999 COMPARED
                    TO THREE MONTH PERIOD ENDED JULY 26, 1998

         Sales for the three-month period ended July 25, 1999 were $2,385,000, a
decrease of  $282,000  or 11%,  compared  with sales of  $2,667,000  in the same
period in the prior  fiscal year.  The  decrease in sales for the third  quarter
ended July 25, 1999 is  attributable to lower than  anticipated  orders from the
Department of Defense and prime contractors for the Department of Defense.

         Cost of Sales for the third quarter of fiscal 1999 was $1,227,000  (51%
of sales),  a decrease of  $236,000 or 15%,  compared  with  $1,513,000  (57% of
sales) for the same period in the prior fiscal year.  Cost of sales  improved as
the Company continues to be more efficient in the use of direct labor.

         Research and  development  expenses  were  $59,000 for the  three-month
period ended July 25, 1999, a decrease of $91,000,  compared  with  $150,000 for
the  same  period  in the  prior  year.  All of the  expenditures  were  for the
Company's DmC Model 1200 dot matrix  printer and DmC Model 4080 thermal  printer
as well as the Company's new family of industrial color printer. The decrease is
due to less  resources  required for the Company's  family of  industrial  color
printer.

         Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three month period
ended July 25, 1999 were $893,000  (37% of sales) a decrease of $50,000,  or 5%,
compared with $943,000 (35% of sales) for the same




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period in the prior fiscal year. The decrease is due to lower administrative and
support staff expenses throughout the Company.

         Net  interest  expense  amounted to $113,000 for the three month period
ended July 25, 1999 compared with net interest  expense of $156,000 for the same
period in the prior year. The decrease is due to lower outstanding borrowings.

         The net income for the three-month  period ended July 25, 1999 amounted
to $43,000,  an increase of $141,000,  compared with net loss of $98,000 for the
same period in the prior year.

         Management  has  determined  that,  based on the  Company's  historical
losses  from  recurring  operations,  the  Company  will not  recognize  its net
deferred tax assets at July 25, 1999.  Ultimate  recognition of these tax assets
is dependent,  to some extent,  on future revenue levels and margins.  It is the
intention  of  management  to assess  the  appropriate  level for the  valuation
allowance each quarter.

         The  contract  process  in  which  products  are  offered  for  sale is
generally  set before costs are  incurred,  and prices are based on estimates of
the costs, which include the anticipated impact of inflation.

         The Company's backlog of funded orders not yet recognized as revenue at
July 25, 1999 was  approximately  $4,245,022.  At September 2, 1999, the backlog
was approximately $4,047,761. Approximately 75% of the September 2, 1999 backlog
is expected to be delivered during the next twelve months.

                 FISCAL YEAR 1998 COMPARED WITH FISCAL YEAR 1997

         Sales for the year ended October 25, 1998 were  $7,742,000,  a decrease
of $9,055,000 or 54%,  compared  with sales of  $16,797,000  in the prior fiscal
year. Sales of defense and defense related products decreased $8,594,000,  while
other sales decreased by $461,000. Sales for fiscal 1998 were adversely impacted
by lower than  anticipated  orders  from the  Department  of  Defense  and prime
contractors,  the  Company's  decision  not to accept  orders  for single or low
quantity orders with substantial  development  costs, the Company's  decision to
relocate its manufacturing  operations to Florida, and the time required for new
manufacturing  and  supervisory  personnel to learn to produce  efficiently  the
Company's products.

         Cost of sales for fiscal 1998 was $5,570,000 (72% of sales), a decrease
of $7,831,000 or 58%,  compared  with  $13,401,000  (80% of sales) for the prior
fiscal year. In the current year, cost of sales was favorably  impacted by lower
direct labor costs in the Company's Florida manufacturing  operation compared to
the Company's former manufacturing  operation in California.  In the prior year,
cost of  sales  as a  percentage  of  sales  was  unfavorably  impacted  by four
contracts  that were  begun  prior to  October  1996 that lost  $1,060,000,  the
$524,000  reserve  taken for excess and  obsolete  inventory,  and  $275,000  in
severance   benefits  in  connection  with  the  Company's   relocation  of  its
manufacturing operations to Florida.

         Research and  development  expenses  were  $544,000 for fiscal 1998, an
increase  of  $201,000 or 59%,  compared  with  $343,000  for fiscal  1997.  The
increase is primarily due to the continuing  development  costs of the Company's
new family of industrial printers.

         Selling,  general  and  administrative  expenses  for fiscal  1998 were
$4,373,000  (56% of sales),  a decrease of  $1,297,000,  or 23%,  compared  with
$5,670,000 (34% of sales) for the prior fiscal year. The decrease was the result
of lower defense-related  marketing expenses,  lower plant and facility expenses
and lower



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administrative and support staff expenses throughout the Company. This reduction
was partially offset by an increase in audit and legal fees for 1998.

         Net interest  expense  amounted to $518,000 for the year ended  October
25, 1998  compared with net interest  expense of $474,000 for fiscal 1997.  This
increase is due to higher outstanding borrowings.

         The  net  loss  for  the  year  ended  October  25,  1998  amounted  to
$3,270,000,  an increase of $169,000 or 5%, compared with net loss of $3,101,000
for the prior fiscal year.

         Management  has  determined  that,  based on the  Company's  historical
losses from recurring operations, the Company will most likely not recognize its
net deferred tax assets at October 25, 1998.  Ultimate  recognition of these tax
assets is dependent, to some extent, on future revenue levels and margins. It is
the intention of management  to assess the  appropriate  level for the valuation
allowance each quarter.

         The Company  utilizes various  computer  software  packages as tools in
running  its  accounting  operations.  Management  plans to replace  the current
software with a software package better suited to support its current and future
business  needs.  Management has selected the appropriate  software  package and
anticipates completing  implementation by November 1, 1999. The Company believes
that it has a prudent  approach in place to address these  issues.  The approach
includes:  an assessment of internal programs and equipment;  communication with
major  customers  and vendors  with  respect to the state of  readiness of their
systems;  an  evaluation of facility  related  issues and the  development  of a
contingency plan. This approach is designed to maintain an uninterrupted  supply
of goods and services to/from the Company.  The Company is incorporating the Y2K
computer  programming  language  into  its  choice  of an  appropriate  software
package.  The Company does not believe the investment required for its mainframe
and critical hardware equipment to be Y2K compliant will be significant.

         The Company is in a continuous  process of communicating with its major
customers  and  suppliers.   This  contact  is  designed  to  determine  systems
compatibility  and  compliance.  The  Company  has  been  assured  by its  major
suppliers  that  there  will be no  disruption  in the  delivery  of  goods  and
services.  The Company  believes that  adequate  resources are available for the
supply of its raw materials and facility related equipment will be operational.

         The  Company  continues  to assess the risks  associated  with  program
failures and will develop a formal  contingency plan with its business  partners
to address  specific risks.  The failure to correct a material Y2K problem could
result in an  interruption in normal  business  activity.  The Company's plan is
expected  to  significantly  reduce  the risk  associated  with  the Y2K  issue.
However,  due to the inherent  uncertainty  of the Y2K issue and  dependence  on
third-party  compliance,  no assurance can be given that  potential Y2K failures
will not  adversely  effect the  Company's  operations,  liquidity and financial
position.

         The  contract  process  in  which  products  are  offered  for  sale is
generally  set before costs are  incurred,  and prices are based on estimates of
the costs, which include the anticipated impact of inflation.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

         In August,  the Company  completed a private  financing  of  $2,300,000
through the sale of 12% Subordinated  Convertible Secured Notes Due August 2000.
A portion of the  purchase  price for the Notes  included the tender back to the
Company and  retirement  of $600,000 of the  Company's  10% Senior  Subordinated
Secured  Debentures,  and  $150,000  of the  Company's  10%  Bridge  Notes.  The
remaining



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$1,550,000 was received in cash. The Company is using the cash proceeds from the
sale of the Notes to fund working capital.

         Subsequent  to the  end of  the  quarter,  the  Company  established  a
$1,500,000  revolving line of credit with Branch Bank, which accrues interest at
a variable  rate equal to the Branch  Bank's  Prime Rate plus 0.5%.  The Line of
Credit is secured by the assets of the Company and  guarantees by two guarantors
in the  aggregate  amount of  $1,500,000  that are  secured by letters of credit
issued on the account of each of the guarantors.  The Company recently applied a
portion  of the  proceeds  of its  line of  credit  to fund the  payment  of the
remaining   $750,000  in  principal   amount   outstanding  of  its  10%  Senior
Subordinated  Secured Debentures in default,  plus accrued interest thereon, and
expects to continue to use the  proceeds  of the line of credit  hereinafter  to
fund working capital.

         The Company's  working capital and current ratios at July 25, 1999, and
at the end of fiscal year 1998, were $4,523,000 and $3,570,000,  and 2.2 and 1.6
respectively.

         Management  believes that the Company must make approximately  $100,000
of capital expenditures  (including  capitalized leases) during the remainder of
fiscal 1999.  The Company's  other  principal  commitments  for fiscal year 1999
include  principal  and  interest  payments  on  loans  and  subordinated  debt.
Management  expects to finance the capital  expenditure  requirements  and other
commitments using a portion of the proceeds of its revolving line of credit.

         The Company  utilizes various  computer  software  packages as tools in
running  its  accounting  operations.  Management  plans to replace  the current
software  with a new version  which is better  suited to support its current and
future business needs. The approach includes: an assessment of internal programs
and equipment;  communication  with major  customers and vendors with respect to
the state of readiness  of their  systems;  an  evaluation  of facility  related
issues and the  development of a contingency  plan. This approach is designed to
maintain an uninterrupted  supply of goods and services to/from the Company. The
Company  is  incorporating  Year 2000  ("Y2K")  compliant  computer  programming
language into its software package.  The Company does not believe the investment
required for its mainframe and critical  hardware  equipment to be Y2K compliant
will be significant.

         The Company is in a continuous  process of communicating with its major
customers and suppliers to determine Y2K systems  compatibility  and compliance.
The  Company  has been  assured  by its major  suppliers  that  there will be no
disruption  in the delivery of goods and  services.  The Company  believes  that
adequate  resources  are  available  for the  supply  of its raw  materials  and
facility related equipment will be operational.

         The Company  continues  to assess the risks of Y2K  associated  program
failures and will develop a formal  contingency plan with its business  partners
to address the  specific  risks.  The failure to correct a material  Y2K problem
could result in an interruption in normal business activity.  The Company's plan
is  expected to  significantly  reduce the risk  associated  with the Y2K issue.
However,  due to the inherent  uncertainty  of the Y2K issue and  dependence  on
third-party  compliance,  no assurance can be given that  potential Y2K failures
will not  adversely  effect the  Company's  operations,  liquidity and financial
position.

                                    BUSINESS

         Datametrics  Corporation was incorporated in California in October 1962
and was  reincorporated  in Delaware in April 1987. We design,  develop and sell
high-speed  color  printers,  high-resolution  non-impact  printer/plotters  and
ruggedized  computers,  printers and  workstations  for  government/defense  and
industrial



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markets.  We pioneered the  development of high-speed,  non-impact  printers for
tactical  military  applications.  Our current  product line includes  printers,
printer/plotters   and  ruggedized   computers  and  workstations  with  diverse
capabilities   ranging  from  stringent   military   specifications  to  varying
commercial standards.

COMPANY BACKGROUND

         The Company's current product line includes printers,  printer/plotters
and ruggedized computers and workstations with diverse capabilities ranging from
stringent military  specifications to varying commercial standards.  The Company
pioneered  the  development  of  high-speed,  non-impact  printers  for tactical
military applications. At present, ruggedized printers remain the Company's core
product line,  and the U.S.  government  (or the prime  contractors  to the U.S.
government) remains its largest source of revenue.  Building from this base, the
Company has developed and manufactured other high-performance,  high-reliability
electronics  communications  equipment for  aerospace,  defense,  industrial and
commercial markets.

         Over the past several fiscal years, we have been significantly impacted
by market changes in the DoD. DoD budget forecasts indicate that overall funding
will continue to decrease for the foreseeable  future.  Our primary  response to
these adverse  defense market  conditions  has been to develop and  aggressively
pursue  industrial and international  opportunities for our ruggedized  printers
and electronic communications equipment, expand our core ruggedized product line
and explore  opportunities  and strategic  alliances for our high-speed  digital
color printer products.

DEFENSE PRODUCTS

         We  design,  develop,   manufacture  and  sell  military  specification
("mil-spec") and ruggedized computers,  workstations and printers for use in DoD
applications.  Our products  sold into the DoD markets can be  categorized  into
three basic groups:  mil-spec  printers,  ruggedized  computers,  and ruggedized
printers.  For the fiscal year ended October 25, 1998,  approximately 71% of our
revenues  were  derived  from  DoD  business,   including  contracts  with  U.S.
government contractors as well as the DoD itself.

         Mil-spec   products  are  designed   specifically   to  meet   military
requirements  and must meet the stringent  requirements for operation in adverse
environments,  including shock,  vibration,  extreme  temperatures  and, in some
cases,  nuclear radiation.  Being so designed,  these products are more reliable
and  significantly  more  expensive  than  ruggedized  or  industrial   products
(products  designed for benign  environments  as are  experienced  in commercial
applications). Industrial products can be used in selected military environments
and are  significantly  less expensive than the mil-spec  products.  The broader
intermediary  category  includes the  ruggedized  products  which are  generally
configured to operate in some adverse environments but do not meet full mil-spec
requirements.

         Military  Printers.  We  manufacture a wide range of printers which are
categorized as either  mil-spec or ruggedized.  These printers  utilize  thermal
printing,  impact printing and laser printing  technologies.  These printers are
purchased  and  utilized by the DoD as well as by  companies  and  organizations
which manufacture,  sell or use data processing or data  communications  systems
that require "hard copy"  printouts.  Our products are  incorporated  into these
systems.  The military printers are more reliable than  conventional  commercial
printers  and are  designed to work in severe  environmental  applications.  The
design and component selection allow the Company's printers to withstand certain
adverse  effects  of dirt and grime,  corrosion,  droppage,  bullets,  moisture,
extremes in hot and cold temperature,  and in some cases, nuclear radiation.  In
connection  with  the  U.S.  government   military  peripheral   standardization
programs,   the  DoD  has   approved   and   assigned   nomenclature   (military
identification)  to  standard  computer  peripherals  for its  defense  systems.
Several of our

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printers have been included in this standardization program,  enabling the armed
services to select our printers for new systems without incurring the expense of
developing  new  printer  documentation  for each  system.  We believe  that the
inclusion  of our  printers  in  this  standardization  program  influenced  the
purchase of our printers on several defense programs.

         Our  high-resolution  thermal printers utilize a thermal direct imaging
method of printing. In the past, printers utilizing the thermal printing process
generally  could  not meet  the  specifications  required  in  certain  rigorous
environments.  Due to  technological  improvements,  thermal printers can now be
built to operate in adverse  environments  while  providing  quiet and  reliable
printing  operations.  We have  developed a low cost impact printer as well as a
ruggedized  laser  printer  which  are  targeted  at the low  end of the  severe
environment  market.  These ruggedized  products utilize commercial  components,
some industrial  (high-reliability,  military rated) components, and are encased
in a rugged case to withstand moderately severe environments.

         We have experienced the highest sales volume of full mil-spec  printers
with our DmC 1600  printer/plotter.  These printers are used for the U.S. Navy's
Tactical Flag Command Center  ("TFCC").  The TFCC system  provides the hard copy
data utilized by the Fleet Commander when tactical decisions are required during
crisis  situations.  The TFCC system is proposed for most of the Navy's  nuclear
super aircraft carriers and cruisers.  In addition,  the DmC 1600's are used for
the U.S. Navy  standard  display  consoles that are utilized on virtually  every
fighting ship in the fleet.  This printer is qualified  for the Navy's  rigorous
environmental standards. A special version of the DmC 1600 printer is being used
for the U.S. Army REGENCY NET secure  communications  systems,  the U.S.  Navy's
on-board anti-submarine warfare training program, and the MILSTAR Communications
Satellite Program, the DoD's global communications system.

         Our DmC 1901 Model, a high resolution  color  printer/plotter,  is also
used by the U.S. Navy. This product line utilizes the thermal  transfer  process
to  produce  high-resolution,  full color  images on plain  paper.  The  thermal
transfer  technology used in the DmC Series 1901 differs from the direct imaging
thermal process in that it uses plain paper and a  multi-colored  ribbon instead
of direct imaging paper. These products provide between 40,000 and 90,000 pixels
(picture elements) per square inch and up to 16,000,000 colors, shades or tones.
This printer is used by the U.S. Navy for  utilization  within a number of Aegis
subsystems.  The military  color printer  market has been slow to develop due to
cost  considerations;  however,  we have  developed a new lower cost  ruggedized
printer which we believe should enjoy higher sales.

         Ruggedized Computers. Our ruggedized products combine environmental and
mechanical  engineering  technology with computer technology to produce products
that perform identically to commercial counterparts,  but are able to operate in
adverse  environments.  We offer  ruggedized  versions of  computer  devices and
peripherals  encased in shock,  vibration and temperature  resistant housing for
products of equipment  manufacturers  such as Hewlett-Packard  Company,  Silicon
Graphics  Inc.,  and Sun  Microsystems  Inc. This process  often  requires us to
design and manufacture  cases,  controls,  backplanes and power supplies.  These
products  require much shorter  development  and testing  periods than  mil-spec
products. As such, these products allow the military to deploy  state-of-the-art
computer  technology  rapidly,  at a price  greatly  reduced from full  mil-spec
systems.  These  timing  and  price  factors  are  responsive  to  current  U.S.
government trends.

         A substantial  portion of our  ruggedized  products  revenue is derived
from the sale of workstations into the international  marketplace.  Workstations
have been sold into the Japanese P-3 maritime  patrol  aircraft  program.  Other
sales have been to France,  Italy and Israel.  This marketplace  continues to be
active for these products.




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         International  Military.  We believe that  international  markets offer
promising growth  opportunities  for our high-end  monochrome and color printers
and  ruggedized  printer,  computers and  workstations.  As the U.S.  government
funding  continues to decrease,  other  countries are increasing  their military
budgets,  specifically  in the Pacific Rim. These countries are assuming more of
the burden of their defense roles as the U.S. military reduces its presence.  We
continue to be aggressive in the  international  marketplace,  although there is
greater inherent risk.

SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS AND MATTERS CONCERNING DOD BUSINESS

         Most of our customers are the DoD and prime  contractors under programs
funded by the DoD. For the fiscal  years ended  October 25, 1998 and October 26,
1997,  direct and indirect DoD business  represented  approximately 71% and 67%,
respectively,  of our revenues. Because our products are intended to function as
subsystems,  they  are sold to  customers  which  manufacture,  sell or use data
processing or data communication  systems which involve a processing,  printing,
recording or data entry function for which our products are suited. While we may
be a subcontractor on a government  program with an aggregate budget of billions
of dollars extending over as much as a ten-year period,  our share of the budget
for any major program is relatively small.

         In the fiscal year ended October 25, 1998, our three largest  customers
in sales, the U.S.  government  23.7%,  Raytheon 22.3% and Lockheed Martin 18.9%
accounted for an aggregate of 64.9% of total sales. The loss of any one of these
customers could have a material  adverse impact on our results of operations and
financial condition.

         In the fiscal year ended October 26, 1997,  our five largest  customers
in sales,  Lockheed  Martin  (15.7%),  U.S.  government  (13.7%),  GTE  (12.5%),
Computing  Devices Canada  (10.9%) and Digital  Equipment  Corporation  (10.8%),
accounted for an aggregate of 64% of total sales.

         Companies  which are  engaged  primarily  in  supplying  equipment  and
services,  directly or indirectly, to the U.S. government are subject to special
risks including  dependence on government  appropriations,  termination  without
cause,  contract  renegotiation  and competition for the available DoD business.
Over the past  several  years,  we have been  significantly  impacted  by market
changes in the DoD. DoD budget  forecasts  indicate  that  overall  funding will
continue to decrease for the foreseeable future.

         Our DoD  related  contracts  provide  for the  right to audit  our cost
records and are subject to defective pricing regulation.  We do not believe that
we have any material  exposure of this sort on any such contracts.  Accordingly,
no  provisions  have been made in our  accounts  in  connection  with  defective
pricing regulation.

HIGH-SPEED COLOR DIGITAL PRINTER

         In fiscal 1994,  we began an intensive  program to develop a high-speed
color  digital  printer  for the short- run  production  printer  market.  After
significant  development  and  marketing  costs,  coupled  with  limited  market
success,  in October 1996 we idled and  subsequently  ceased all manufacture and
marketing of our CYMax  product  line to permit a  comprehensive  strategic  and
operational feasibility study of our overall concurrent transfer imaging ("CTI")
technology and potential applications. Following the completion of the strategic
and operational feasibility study, we introduced a new family of five industrial
and  government/defense  high-speed concurrent thermal transfer printers on July
21, 1997. Our new family of medium and wide format printers includes the Harrier
(TM), the Condor (TM) I and the Condor (TM) II for industrial customers, and the
Cobra (TM) I and Cobra (TM) II for government/defense customers.



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         The  Harrier  (TM),  Condor  (TM) series and Cobra (TM) series of print
engines are robust, rugged,  high-performance  printers which incorporate a wide
range of our newly-developed  technological  capabilities in the area of thermal
transfer printing.

CERTAIN MARKET CONSIDERATIONS

         The markets we serve are characterized by rapid technological advances,
downward price pressure in the  marketplace as technologies  mature,  changes in
customer  requirements and frequent new product  introductions and enhancements.
Our business requires ongoing research and development efforts and expenditures,
and our  future  success  will  depend on our  ability to  enhance  our  current
products,  reduce product costs and develop and introduce new products that keep
pace  with   technological   developments  in  response  to  evolving   customer
requirements.  Any failure to anticipate or respond  adequately to technological
developments  could result in a loss of anticipated  future  revenues and impair
our competitiveness.

SERVICE

         Pursuant  to   maintenance   agreements,   repair  orders  or  warranty
provisions,  we  generally  service  our  printers  at our  facility.  In-house,
non-warranty repairs and maintenance service provided 3.3% and 4.9% of our sales
in  fiscal  1998 and  1997,  respectively.  For  both  military  and  commercial
products,  our standard warranty period is ninety days, although longer warranty
periods are available at customer request for an additional charge.

         Sales of spare  parts for our  products  amounted to 18.1% and 17.8% of
fiscal 1998 and 1997 revenue, respectively. We also sell documentation,  such as
handbooks,  operational  manuals,  schematics and other technical data to assist
its customers in maintaining their own equipment.

COMPETITION

         We compete in each of our target markets against other companies,  many
of  which  have   substantially   greater   financial,   technical,   marketing,
distribution and other resources than we have. The principal competitive factors
in the markets in which we participate  are image quality,  product  performance
and price.

         In  domestic  and   international   defense   markets,   our  principal
competitors are D.S. Technologies Inc., and Miltope Group Inc. In addition, many
airborne  electronic data processing and  communications  prime contractors have
the capability of manufacturing military and airborne products, and several such
companies do presently  manufacture products performing functions similar to our
products.  In almost all  cases,  these  companies  have  substantially  greater
financial and technological resources than we have. In certain applications, our
printers  are  higher in price than  those of our  competitors,  and many of our
competitors have more experience in the markets for lower-cost military printers
than we do. We believe,  however,  that our printers  usually  perform at higher
speed and with greater reliability in extreme environments.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

         It is our policy to obtain  appropriate  proprietary  rights protection
for any potentially significant new technology we have acquired or developed. We
have a trademark  registration  covering  our "DmC" (R) logo and for the Harrier
(TM) products,  and have applied for  registration  for the Condor (TM) mark. We
have been granted two U.S.  patents  relating to our  high-speed  color  digital
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applications pending relating to our high-speed color digital printer. There can
be no  assurance,  however,  that any patents will be granted  pursuant to these
various applications in the U.S. and abroad.

         In  addition,  we rely on  copyright  and trade  secret laws to protect
proprietary   rights.  We  attempt  to  protect  our  trade  secrets  and  other
proprietary   information  through  agreements  with  customers  and  suppliers,
proprietary  information agreements with our employees and consultants and other
similar measures. There can be no assurance, however, that we will be successful
in protecting trade secrets and other proprietary information.

         While we believe that our trademarks, patents, patent applications, and
other proprietary know-how have significant value, changing technology makes our
future success dependent  principally upon our employees'  technical  competence
and creative skills for continuing innovation.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

         We  are  involved  in  both  Company-sponsored  and  customer-sponsored
research and development.  In the latter case,  customers  contract directly for
such  activities.  The  customer-sponsored  research and  development  primarily
consist of non-recurring  engineering costs relating to production contracts. In
addition  to  design  technology,   this  non-recurring   engineering   includes
development of  maintenance  and operator  manuals,  drawings,  reliability  and
maintainability  analysis,  technical design audits and data required to support
field repairs.  Such costs do not qualify as research and  development  costs as
defined  by  Financial   Accounting   Standards   Board  Statement  No.  2,  and
accordingly,  have not been  disclosed as such in our financial  statements.  We
spent approximately $284,000 and $498,000 on research and development during the
nine months ended July 25, 1999 and July 26, 1998, respectively. The decrease in
expenditures is due to the completion of  substantially  all of the research and
development required for the Company's new line of industrial color printers.

EMPLOYEES

         As of September  14, 1999 we employed 95 persons on a full-time  basis,
compared to 85 persons on a full-time  basis as of September  14, 1998.  None of
our  employees  are  represented  by a  union  or are  subject  to a  collective
bargaining agreement.

OTHER MATTERS

         Our business is not seasonal.

         Our manufacturing  operations are subject to various federal, state and
local laws, including those restricting or regulating the discharge of materials
into  the  environment,   or  otherwise   relating  to  the  protection  of  the
environment.  We are not involved in any pending or threatened proceedings which
would require curtailment of, or otherwise  restrict,  our operations because of
such regulations.  Compliance with applicable  environmental  laws has not had a
material  adverse  effect on our  business,  financial  condition  or results of
operations.

PROPERTIES

         Our operations  are conducted  from a 43,000 square foot  manufacturing
facility in  Orlando,  Florida,  purchased  in December  1997 for  $899,000.  In
connection with the acquisition of this property, we obtained


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a mortgage loan in the amount of $975,000,  which included approximately $76,000
to be used for building  improvements.  We completed our move to Florida  during
February 1998. A 6,600 square foot facility located in Calabasas, California was
leased and opened in November 1997. This facility houses our technology  center.
The lease is for a three year term  through  October  2000.  In April  1998,  we
leased a 5,400  square  foot  office in  Florham  Park,  New Jersey in which our
corporate  offices are located.  The lease provides for a five year term through
March 2003. We believe that the rents for the leased  properties  are reasonable
and that these facilities are suitable and adequate for our current needs.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

         For a description  of legal  proceedings,  refer to the section of this
Prospectus entitled "Litigation" under the heading "Risk Factors" on page 4.

                                   MANAGEMENT

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

         Management is vested in our Board of Directors and officers.  The Board
of  Directors  is divided  into three  classes  with two members in Class I, two
members in Class II and two  members in Class III.  Each class is elected  for a
term of three years.  At each annual  meeting,  shareholders  elect Directors to
succeed those  Directors in the class whose term expires at that annual meeting.
Each newly  elected  Director  holds  office until the third  succeeding  annual
meeting and until the election and  qualification  of his or her successor.  The
officers of the Company hold office at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

         The Board of Directors and executive  officers of the Company and their
respective  ages are set  forth in the table  below.  Also  provided  is a brief
description  of the business  experience of each Director and executive  officer
during the past five years and an indication of  directorships  (if any) held by
each Director in other companies subject to the reporting requirements under the
Federal securities laws.


NAME                     AGE     POSITION(S) HELD

Daniel P. Ginns           49     Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief
                                 Executive Officer and Secretary
Adrien A. Maught, Jr.     49     Director, Chief Operating Officer and President
Douglas S. Friedenberg    46     Director
John W. O'Leary           63     Director
Richard J. Love           66     Director
William B. Pandos         39     Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
James D. Sturgeon, Jr.    65     Vice President, Marketing
Vincent J. Cahill         52     Director




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BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

         DANIEL P. GINNS has been the  Chairman  of the board of  directors  and
Chief Executive  Officer of the Company since October 1996, and Secretary of the
Company  since  February  1997.  Mr.  Ginns  is  also  a  Director  of  StarBase
Corporation,  a company  whose  shares  are  quoted on The  Nasdaq  SmallCap(sm)
Market.  From 1989 to 1996, Mr. Ginns was President of Belmont Capital,  Inc., a
management and financial advisory firm.

         ADRIEN A.  MAUGHT,  Jr.  has served as Chief  Operating  Officer of the
Company since February  1998, as President  since January 1997 and as a director
since October 1996. As of the date of this prospectus,  Mr. Maught is on medical
leave.  Mr. Maught was the Interim Chief  Financial  Officer of the Company from
October 1996 until April 1997.  From 1992 to 1997,  Mr. Maught was the President
of the Adrien A.  Maught  Company,  an  industrial  real-estate  and  management
consultant firm.

         DOUGLAS S. FRIEDENBERG has been a director of the Company since October
1996. Mr. Friedenberg has also been President of Firebird Capital Management,  a
manager of hedge  funds,  since 1993.  From July 1991  through  March 1993,  Mr.
Friedenberg  was the  President  of  Unicorn  Capital  Management,  a hedge fund
manager. Mr. Friedenberg is a Director of Stratford Acquisition Corp., a company
whose shares are listed on the OTC Bulletin Board.

         JOHN W. O'LEARY has been a director of the Company  since January 1999.
Mr.  O'Leary was the  President  and Chief  Executive  Officer of  International
Imaging Materials, Inc., a subsidiary of Paxar Corporation from 1984 to 1998. He
is Chairman of the Board of AIM(R) USA and also serves on the board of directors
of Marine Midland Bank, Rochester Region and the United Way of Rochester.

         RICHARD J. LOVE has been a director of the Company since December 1998.
Mr. Love is currently a principal of RJL Capital  Management  of Santa  Barbara,
California, an investment management firm. From 1973 to 1998, Mr. Love served as
an investment counselor, then senior partner, of Loomis, Sayles & Co.

         WILLIAM B. PANDOS has served as Chief  Financial  Officer and Treasurer
of the Company since  December,  1998.  From 1988 to 1998,  Mr. Pandos served as
Vice  President  and  Treasurer  of Standard  Uniform,  Inc.,  headquartered  in
Irvington, New Jersey.

         JAMES D. STURGEON,  Jr. has served as Vice President,  Marketing of the
Company since February,  1998. Mr. Sturgeon served as Chief Operating Officer of
the Company  from April 1997 to February  1998,  Vice  President,  Manufacturing
Operations  of the Company from April 1992 until April 1997 and Vice  President,
Operations of the Company from February 1989 until April 1992.

         VINCENT J. CAHILL has been a Director of the Company  since April 1999.
Since 1978 Mr. Cahill has been a consultant to The Colorworks, a screen printing
and  graphic  imaging  firm.  Since  1996 he has  served as a  consultant  to IT
Strategies,  a consulting company servicing the digital printing  industry.  Mr.
Cahill is also a member  of  Newhill  Technologies,  LLC,  which  has  pioneered
development of digital  technology for printing on ceramics and glass, and since
1998 has worked with  Specialty  Materials and Graphic  Solutions,  a firm which
imports "thermo-weldable" printing materials. Mr. Cahill has written extensively
on digital printing and graphic imaging as a contributing  editor to Impressions
Magazine and a writer for Screen Printing Magazine.



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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

         The following table shows, for the fiscal years ended October 25, 1998,
October  26,  1997 and  October 27,  1996,  the  compensation  earned by (i) the
current  Chief  Executive  Officer  of the  Company  and (ii) the two  executive
officers  of the Company who were  serving as  executive  officers at the end of
fiscal  year  1998  and who  received  total  annual  salary,  bonus  and  other
compensation in excess of $100,000 during fiscal year 1998 (the "Named Executive
Officers").



                           SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

                             LONG-TERM COMPENSATION

                  ANNUAL COMPENSATION                                          AWARDS                      PAYOUTS


                                                            OTHER           RE-
                                                           ANNUAL         STRICTED       SECURITIES                     ALL OTHER
NAME AND                                                   COMPEN-         STOCK         UNDERLYING        LTIP          COMPEN-
PRINCIPAL                                                  SATION         AWARD(S)      OPTIONS AND       PAYOUTS         SATION
POSITIONS            YEAR    SALARY        BONUS(S)        ($)(3)           ($)         WARRANTS (#)        ($)            ($)
- --------------       ----    ------        --------        ------         --------      ------------      -------       --------
                                                                                                 
Daniel P. Ginns,     1998    252,681       ---            32,000(4)      10,000(5)       50,000            ---            ---
Chief Executive      1997    261,035(1)    24,000         27,000(4)      10,000(5)       50,000            ---            ---
Officer,             1996    17,500        ---            ---            ---            715,000            ---            ---
Secretary and
Chairman of the
Board of
Directors
Adrien A.            1998    200,891       ---            12,500(4)      10,000(5)      ---                ---            ---
Maught, Jr.          1997    210,901(2)    21,500         7,500(4)       10,000(5)       50,000            ---            ---
President and        1996    13,500        ---            ---            ---            515,000            ---            ---
Director
James D.             1998    124,905       ---            ---            ---            ---                ---            ---
Sturgeon, Jr.,       1997    123,882       ---            ---            ---              1,750            ---            ---
Vice President,      1996    118,646       ---            ---            ---             10,000            ---            ---
Marketing



(1)      Includes  related  party  payments  of $72,250 for fees paid to Belmont
         Capital Inc. for  consulting  services prior to becoming an employee of
         the Company.
(2)      Includes  related  party  payments  of $45,750 for fees paid to Belmont
         Capital Inc. for  consulting  services prior to becoming an employee of
         the Company.
(3)      Does not include  perquisites to each of the Named  Executive  Officers
         that did not exceed  the  lesser of $50,000 or 10% of the total  salary
         and bonus for such officer.
(4)      Directors fees.

(5)      Restricted  stock  awarded  in lieu of fees for  attendance  of certain
         meetings of Directors.

                    OPTION/WARRANT GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR

         The following table provides information  concerning  individual grants
of Warrants  made during the fiscal year ending  October 25, 1998 to each of the
Named  Executive  Officers.  None of the shares of the Common  Stock  underlying
these  Warrants  are  being  registered   hereby.  No  stock  options  or  stock
appreciation rights were granted during fiscal 1998.

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                                                         % of Total
                             Number of Securities      Warrants Granted
     Named Executive         Underlying Warrants        to Employees in      Exercise or Base
         Officer                 Granted (#)              Fiscal Year          Price ($/Sh)          Expiration Date
     ---------------         --------------------      -----------------     ----------------        ---------------
                                                                                            
Daniel P. Ginns                   50,000 (1)                  20%                  $1.81                 10/27/02
Adrien A. Maught, Jr.             50,000 (1)                  20%                  $1.81                 10/27/02
James D. Sturgeon, Jr.               ----                    ----                  ----                    ----



(1)      Represents  warrants to purchase  50,000  shares of Common Stock of the
         Company  granted on October 27,  1997,  which are part of an  aggregate
         150,000  warrants  issued to executive  officers  and  Directors of the
         Company during fiscal 1998 as compensation for arranging financings.

AGGREGATE OPTION/WARRANT EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR AND FISCAL YEAR-END
OPTION/WARRANT VALUES

         The  following  table  provides  information  with respect to the Named
Executive Officers regarding the exercise of options/Warrants  during the fiscal
year ended October 25, 1998 and unexercised  options/Warrants held as of the end
of the fiscal year ended  October 25, 1998.  No stock  appreciation  rights were
exercised  during fiscal year 1998 or were outstanding at the end of fiscal year
1998.



                              NUMBER OF SECURITIES
                       SHARES                               UNDERLYING UNEXERCISED              VALUE OF UNEXERCISED IN-THE-
                      ACQUIRED           VALUE            OPTION/WARRANTS AT OCTOBER              MONEY OPTIONS/WARRANTS AT
                         ON            REALIZED                  25, 1998 (#)                        OCTOBER 25, 1998($)
      NAME          EXERCISE (#)          ($)             EXERCISABLE/UNEXERCISABLE               EXERCISABLE/UNEXERCISABLE
      ----          ------------       --------           ----------- -------------               ----------- -------------
                                                                                                  
Daniel P. Ginns           0                0              757,500 (1)      7,500                       0             0
Adrien A.                 0                0              557,500 (2)      7,500                       0             0
Maught, Jr.
James D.                  0                0               64,000 (3)        0                         0             0
Sturgeon, Jr.



Notes:
(1)      Includes  warrants to purchase 700,000 shares of common stock issued in
         connection with Mr. Ginns' employment  agreement,  warrants to purchase
         50,000   shares  of  common   stock  issued  on  October  27,  1997  as
         compensation for arranging  financings,  and 7,500  non-qualified stock
         options that are presently  exercisable as of October 25, 1998 pursuant
         to a grant of 15,000 non-qualified stock options in October 1996, which
         options vest over a period of 16 fiscal quarters.

(2)      Includes  warrants to purchase 500,000 shares of common stock issued in
         connection  with Mr.  Maught's  employee  agreement,  and  warrants  to
         purchase  50,000  shares of common  stock issued on October 27, 1997 as
         compensation for arranging  financings,  and 7,500  non-qualified stock
         options that are presently  exercisable as of October 25, 1998 pursuant
         to a grant of 15,000 non-qualified stock options in October 1996, which
         options vest over a period of 16 fiscal quarters.

(3)      Includes (i) 4,000 shares of Common  Stock  subject to Incentive  Stock
         Options that are  presently  exercisable  and expire in February  2000,
         (ii) 10,000 shares of Common Stock subject to Incentive

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         Stock Options that are presently exercisable as of October 25, 1998 and
         expire in December 2000, (iii) 10,000 shares of Common Stock subject to
         Incentive  Stock Options that expired in December 1998, and (iv) 40,000
         shares of Common Stock subject to Incentive  Stock Options that expired
         in March 1999.

EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AND CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENTS

         In January 1997, we entered into  employment  agreements with Mr. Ginns
to be our Chief Executive Officer of the Company,  and with Mr. Maught to be our
President.  Each of these agreements  currently terminates on December 31, 2002,
but automatically  renews for five years on January 1 and July 1 of each year so
that  the  remaining  term of each  agreement  will  not be less  than  four and
one-half years from the time of renewal.  Under these agreements,  Mr. Ginns and
Mr.  Maught are paid an initial  annual base salary of  $240,000  and  $215,000,
respectively. For each calendar year commencing with the calendar year beginning
January 1, 1998,  the base  salary  under  these  agreements  is adjusted by the
greater of 3% or a  percentage  equal to the  percentage  change in the Consumer
Price Index for the year then ended from the prior calendar year. In addition to
the base salary,  the  Compensation  Committee of the Board of Directors may, in
its sole discretion, pay a performance-based bonus to Mr. Ginns or Mr. Maught in
any year during the term of their respective agreements.

         We have the right to terminate  Mr. Ginns' or Mr.  Maught's  employment
without cause at any time, provided, however, that Mr. Ginns and Mr. Maught each
shall be  entitled  to  payment  of his base  salary  for a period  equal to the
greater  of one year  from  the  date of  termination  or the  remainder  of the
employment  agreement;  and we shall  continue to provide to each such executive
(and  each  member  of  his  immediate  family)  all  benefits  provided  by the
employment agreement. In addition, upon termination in connection with a certain
change in  control  of the  Company,  Mr.  Ginns and Mr.  Maught  each  shall be
entitled to a cash  payment  equal to the lesser of three  years' base salary or
the maximum  amount which would not result in any portion of such payment  being
subject to the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code.

         In connection with these  employment  agreements,  we granted Mr. Ginns
and  Mr.  Maught  Warrants  to  purchase  up  to  700,000  and  500,000  shares,
respectively,  of the  Company's  Common Stock at a purchase  price of $2.00 per
share.  The Warrants provide for increase in the amount of Warrants issued under
certain circumstances to protect against antidilution. All of these Warrants are
immediately  exercisable  and have a term of five  years.  Upon  renewal  of the
employment  agreement,  the  five-year  term of the  Warrants  is  automatically
renewed, commencing with the date of the employment agreement.

         We know of no  arrangement  among  Stockholders  which may  result in a
change of control of the Company.

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

         As Chairman of the Board of  Directors,  Daniel P. Ginns is entitled to
an annual  retainer fee of $32,000.  All other Directors are entitled to receive
an annual  retainer  fee of  $12,500.  In  addition,  each  Director  serving as
Chairman  on any  committee  of the Board of  Directors  is  entitled to receive
$1,600 for each committee  meeting  attendance,  and all other Directors who are
committee  members  are  entitled  to receive  $800 for each  committee  meeting
attendance.  Pursuant to a written  resolution  of the Board of  Directors,  the
Company has agreed to issue 10,000  shares of Common  Stock to each  Director in
lieu of fees for committee  participation.  Accordingly,  the Company has issued
10,000 shares to each Director  during fiscal years 1997,  1998 and 1999 in lieu
of fees for committee  participation  during each of those fiscal years, and the
Company expects to


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continue  issuing  such shares of Common  Stock in the future.  These  shares of
Common  Stock  are  restricted  shares  and may not be  offered  or sold  unless
registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended, or pursuant to
an exemption therefrom.

                 CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

         Since the fiscal year ended October 25, 1998,  certain of our executive
officers and Directors have engaged in  transactions  with us from time to time.
Except as set forth below, these  transactions  involved (i) the purchase of our
Common Stock and Warrants to purchase  Common Stock in  connection  with various
private  placements on terms and  conditions no different than those afforded to
other investors, or (ii) amounts not exceeding $60,000.

         o        On April 14, 1999,  we borrowed  $50,000 from Daniel P. Ginns,
                  our Chief Executive Officer, which principal amount was repaid
                  in full on April 15, 1999.
         o        On April 27, 1999, we borrowed  $30,000,  from a member of the
                  immediate  family of Daniel P. Ginns,  which principal  amount
                  was repaid in full on April 28, 1999.
         o        On April 20, 1999,  we borrowed  $50,000 from Daniel P. Ginns,
                  which principal amount was repaid in full on May 24, 1999.
         o        On June 15,  1999,  we borrowed  $50,000 from Daniel P. Ginns,
                  which principal amount was repaid in full on August 2, 1999.

         During the fiscal year ending  October 25, 1998,  we paid  $371,225 and
$450,000 for liability and medical insurance,  respectively, to Arthur A. Watson
& Co.,  Inc., an entity of which Stephen Gass, a Director of the Company  during
fiscal 1998, is an Executive Vice President and stockholder. Management believes
that these  payments did not exceed amounts that a similarly  situated  computer
and office equipment manufacturing company would reasonably expend for liability
and medical insurance in an arms-length transaction.  Mr. Gass resigned from the
Board of Directors of the Company in July 1998.

                            DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

         The  Certificate  of  Incorporation  of  Datametrics  Corporation,   as
amended,  authorize  the  issuance of up to  40,000,000  shares of Common  Stock
having a par value of $.01 per share and  5,000,000  shares of  Preferred  Stock
having a par value of $.01 per share. As of the date of this prospectus, we have
19,007,227  shares of Common Stock  outstanding and no shares of Preferred Stock
outstanding.

COMMON STOCK

         Of the 12,753,380  shares of Common Stock being  registered  hereunder,
3,874,479  shares of Common  Stock were  issued to the Selling  Shareholders  in
private  transactions;  6,578,901  shares of Common Stock are issuable  upon the
exercise of the Warrants;  and 2,300,000 shares are issuable upon the conversion
of the Convertible Notes.

         Each share of Common Stock  entitles the holder  thereof to vote on all
matters  submitted  to a vote of the  stockholders.  Since the holders of Common
Stock do not have  cumulative  voting  rights,  holders  of more than 50% of the
outstanding  shares can elect on an annual  basis the entire  class of Directors
then  standing for election and holders of the  remaining  shares by  themselves
cannot  elect any  Directors.  The  holders of Common  Stock have no  preemptive
rights or rights to convert their Common Stock into other securities. Holders of
Common Stock are entitled to receive  ratably such  dividends as may be declared
in respect of the Common


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Stock by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor.  In the
event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, holders of the
Common Stock have the right to a ratable  portion of the assets  remaining after
payment of  liabilities.  All  shares of Common  Stock  outstanding  are and the
shares of Common Stock to be sold in this Offering  will be, when issued,  fully
paid and non-assessable.

DIVIDENDS POLICY

         We have never  declared  or paid a dividend  on our Common  Stock,  and
management  expects that future earnings will be retained for operations and for
expansion  or  development  of  business.  Whether we will pay  dividends in the
future will be at the discretion of the Board of Directors and will depend upon,
among other  things,  future  earnings,  operations,  capital  requirements  and
surplus, our general financial condition, restrictive covenants in loan or other
agreements  to which we may be subject,  and such other  factors as the Board of
Directors may deem to be relevant,  including the desirability of cash dividends
to stockholders.

TRANSFER AGENT

         Chase Mellon Shareholder Services,  LLC, 85 Challenger Road, Ridgefield
Park, New Jersey 07660 serves as transfer agent for our Common Stock.

         SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS

         The following table sets forth certain information regarding beneficial
ownership  of the  Company's  Common Stock as of July 31,1999 by (i) each person
known  by  the  Company  to be the  beneficial  owner  of  more  than  5% of the
outstanding  Common  Stock,  (ii)  each  director  of the  Company,  (iii)  each
executive officer of the Company,  and (iv) all executive officers and directors
of the Company as a group.


                                            AMOUNT OF          PERCENT OF SHARES
             BENEFICIAL OWNER                SHARES           BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                           BENEFICIALLY
                                              OWNED
Daniel P. Ginns (1)                        840,312  (2)              4.4%
Douglas Friedenberg (1)                  1,093,142  (3)              5.8%
Adrien A. Maught (1)                       590,312  (4)              3.1%
John W. O'Leary (1)                         27,812  (5)               *
William B. Pandos (1)                            0                    *
James D. Sturgeon, Jr. (1)                  14,000  (6)               *
Richard Love (1)                           352,097  (7)              1.9%
Vincent J. Cahill(1)                        11,874  (8)               *
- ---------------------------------       ----------------      ----------------
All Executive Officers and Directors
as a Group (8 People)                    2,929,549                  15.4%

Headwaters Capital (9)                   2,000,000 (10)             10.5%
Robert London (11)                       1,460,000                   7.7%
Parker Quillen (12)                      1,198,966 (13)             6.30%
         *less than 1%

Notes:


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     (1) The addresses of each of these persons is c/o Datametrics  Corporation,
     25B  Hanover  Road,  Suite  3305,  Florham  Park,  New  Jersey  07932.  The
     affiliation of each of these persons with the Company within the past three
     years is set forth in the section of this Prospectus entitled "Management."

     (2) Includes 700,000 shares of Common Stock underlying  warrants  presently
     exercisable  at $2.00 per share;  50,000 shares of Common Stock  underlying
     warrants  exercisable at $1.00 per share; and 50,000 shares of Common Stock
     underlying  warrants  exercisable at $1.81 per share.  Also includes 10,312
     shares of Common Stock subject to  non-qualified  stock  options  presently
     exercisable  at $1.25 per  share.  Excludes  4,688  shares of Common  Stock
     subject to non-qualified  stock options not exercisable  during the next 60
     days.

     (3) Includes 100,000 shares of Common Stock underlying  warrants  presently
     exercisable at $2.00 per share and 50,000 shares of Common Stock underlying
     warrants  presently  exercisable at $1.81 per share.  Also includes  10,312
     shares of Common Stock subject to  non-qualified  stock  options  presently
     exercisable  at $1.25 per  share.  Excludes  4,688  shares of Common  Stock
     subject to  non-qualified  stock  options not  exercisable  during the next
     sixty (60) days. Also includes the holdings of each of the following, as to
     each of which  Mr.  Friedenberg  exercises  investment  control:  (a) Peter
     Sosnkowski IRA - 16,667 shares of Common Stock; (b) Firebird Overseas, Ltd.
     - 476,911 shares of Common Stock  (including  80,002 shares of Common Stock
     underlying warrants presently exercisable at $1.50 per share); (c) Firebird
     Partners LP - 193,347 shares of Common stock; and (d) Euro-Dutch  Company -
     185,905  shares of Common Stock  (including  23,334  shares of Common Stock
     underlying warrants presently exercisable at $1.50 per share).

     (4) Includes 500,000 shares of Common Stock underlying  warrants  presently
     exercisable at $2.00 per share and 50,000 shares of Common Stock underlying
     warrants  presently  exercisable at $1.81 per share.  Also includes  10,312
     shares of Common  Stock  subject to  non-qualified  stock  options that are
     presently  exercisable at $1.25 per share.  Excludes 4,688 shares of Common
     Stock subject to  non-qualified  stock options not  exercisable  during the
     next 60 days.

     (5) Includes  2,812 shares of Common Stock subject to  non-qualified  stock
     options that are presently  exercisable at $1.88 per share. Excludes 12,188
     shares  of  Common  Stock  subject  to  non-qualified   stock  options  not
     exercisable during the next 60 days.

     (6)  Includes  10,000  shares of Common Stock  subject to  incentive  stock
     options  that are  presently  exercisable  at $7.875 per  share,  and 4,000
     shares  of  Common  Stock  subject  to  incentive  stock  options  that are
     presently exercisable at $5.75 per share.

     (7) Includes 25,000 shares of Common Stock  underlying  Warrants  presently
     exercisable at $1.00 per share, and 2,812 shares of Common Stock subject to
     non-qualified  stock  options that are presently  exercisable  at $1.94 per
     share.  Excludes  12,188  shares of Common Stock  subject to  non-qualified
     stock options not exercisable during the next 60 days

     (8) Includes  1,875 shares of Common Stock subject to  non-qualified  stock
     options that are presently  exercisable at $1.31 per share. Excludes 13,125
     shares  of  Common  Stock  subject  to  non-qualified   stock  options  not
     exercisable during the next 60 days.



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     (9) The address of Headwaters Capital is 220 Montgomery Street,  Suite 500,
     San Francisco, California 94965.

     (10)  Includes  1,000,000  shares  of  Common  Stock  underlying   warrants
     exercisable  at the  lesser  of $1.35  per  share  or the  "volume-weighted
     average  price"  (See the  discussion  under the  heading  "Description  of
     Securities" in this prospectus).

     (11) The address of Robert London is 212 Aurora Drive, Montecito, CA 93108.

     (12) The  address  of Mr.  Quillen  is c/o  Quilcap  Corporation,  375 Park
     Avenue, Suite 1404, New York, New York.

     (13)  Includes the holdings of each of the  following,  as to each of which
     Mr. Quillen exercises  investment control:  Little Wing LP - 637,392 shares
     of Common Stock  underlying  warrants  presently  exercisable  at $1.50 per
     share;  Little  Wing Too LP - 68,856  shares  of  Common  Stock  underlying
     warrants  presently  exercisable at $1.50 per share;  and  Tradewinds  Fund
     Limited - 492,718  shares of Common  Stock  underlying  warrants  presently
     exercisable at $1.50 per share.

We know of no  arrangement  which  may  result  in a change  in  control  of the
Company.

                   SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

         The following table sets forth certain information regarding beneficial
ownership  of the  Company's  Common  Stock as of July 31, 1999 by each  Selling
Shareholder.


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                                                   SHARES            ISSUED           SHARES             SHARES            SHARES
                                                BENEFICIALLY        SHARES TO       SUBJECT TO       SUBJECT TO         BENEFICIALLY
                                                 OWNED PRIOR       BE SOLD IN        WARRANTS        CONVERTIBLE         OWNED AFTER
           SELLING SHAREHOLDERS                    TO THE              THE          TO BE SOLD       NOTES TO BE          OFFERING
                                                  OFFERING          OFFERING          IN THE         SOLD IN THE            (AND
                                                                      (1)           OFFERING         OFFERING (6)          PERCENT)
          ---------------------                  -----------       -----------     ------------      ------------         ----------
                                                                                                          
Robert S. London                                    1,269,930      1,269,930                                               0     (*)
SMG Overseas, Limited                              12,000 (2)                       44,000 (3)                             0     (*)
Michael Rich                                           30,000         30,000                                               0     (*)
Rich Family Partnership, LLC                      132,625 (2)        100,625        44,000 (3)                             0     (*)
Minette Rich                                           64,687         64,687                                               0     (*)
Michael Rich IRA                                      122,187        122,187                                               0     (*)
Minette Rich IRA                                       71,875         71,875                                               0     (*)
Fenwood Equities                                       16,667                       16,667 (3)                             0     (*)
Peter Wymann                                          106,667                       41,667 (5)           50,000           15,000 (*)
Peter Sosnkowski IRA (4)                              166,667                       66,667 (7)          100,000            0     (*)
Firebird Overseas, Ltd. (4)                           814,411        282,857       192,502 (8)          225,000          114,052 (*)
Firebird Partners, LP (4)                             131,347        119,747                                              11,600 (*)
Euro-Dutch Company (4)                                185,905        162,571        23,334 (3)                             0     (*)
Gertrude Cohen (4)                                     75,000                       25,000 (9)           50,000
George B. Clairmont                                   322,500                       87,500 (9)          175,000           30,000 (*)
Evergreen Worldwide Investment Fund                    83,335                       83,335 (3)                             0     (*)
Neal & Company                                         83,335                       83,335 (3)                             0     (*)
Allen Ozdemir                                          33,334                       33,334 (3)                             0     (*)
Quilcap Corporation: (10)
      Little Wing LP                             674,472 (11)                      822,786 (3)                             0     (*)
      Little Wing Too LP                          72,837 (12)                       88,758 (3)                             0     (*)
Quilcap International Corp.:
      Tradewinds Fund Ltd. (13)                  521,379 (14)                      636,016 (3)                             0     (*)
Cannell Capital Management: (15)
      Cuttyhunk Fund Limited                     112,000 (16)                      154,000 (3)                             0     (*)
      Tonga Partners LP                          208,000 (17)                      286,000 (3)                             0     (*)
The Manufacturer's Life Insurance
      Company (U.S.A.)                                150,000        150,000                                               0     (*)
Settondown Capital International, Ltd.                500,000        250,000      250,000 (18)                             0     (*)
Headwaters Capital                                  2,000,000      1,000,000     1,000,000(18)                             0     (*)
Manchester Asset Management, Ltd.                     500,000        250,000      250,000 (18)                             0     (*)
Emily T. Fairbairn                                     75,000                       25,000 (9)           50,000            0     (*)
Malcolm G. and Emily T.                                                                                                    0     (*)
      Fairbairn, JT w/ROS                              75,000                       25,000 (9)           50,000            0     (*)
Morrison 1997 Char. Remainder Trust (19)              150,000                       50,000 (9)          100,000            0     (*)
The Achieve Fund (19)                                 300,000                      100,000 (9)          200,000            0     (*)
The Ascend Fund (19)                                   75,000                       25,000 (9)           50,000            0     (*)
Richard H. and Laurie C. Morrison                                                                                          0     (*)
      Living Trust (19)                               150,000                       50,000 (9)          100,000            0     (*)
John P. Rosenthal                                     150,000                       50,000 (9)          100,000            0     (*)
Fortune Fund Ltd.                                     150,000                       50,000 (9)          100,000            0     (*)
Tim Hassler                                           150,000                       50,000 (9)          100,000            0     (*)
Bruce Galloway:                                        45,000                       15,000 (9)           30,000            0     (*)
    Bruce Galloway Rollover IRA (20)                  255,000                       85,000 (9)          170,000            0     (*)
    NTS Financial Services Ltd. (20)                  450,000                      150,000 (9)          300,000            0     (*)
Theron T.  Chapman, Jr.                               300,000                      100,000 (9)          200,000            0     (*)
Roy Doumani                                      433,332 (21)                   1,000,000 (23)                             0     (*)
Carl K. Doumani                                  216,668 (22)                     500,000 (23)                             0     (*)
Inder M. Singh and Raman R. Singh, Ttees,
     Singh Family Trust - 1999 u/i dtd 7/27/99         60,000                       20,000 (9)           40,000            0     (*)
Tafy Enterprises, Inc.                                 20,000                        5,000 (9)           10,000            5,000 (*)
MAR-JAC Investments, Inc.                             314,285                       50,000 (9)          100,000          164,285 (*)

TOTAL                                              11,830,445      3,874,479         6,578,901        2,300,000              339,937
*less than 1%



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         Notes:

         (1)        This  column  represents  currently  outstanding  shares  of
                    Common Stock which are being registered for sale.

         (2)        Represents the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially
                    owned  by this  Stockholder.  The  remainder  of the  shares
                    subject to warrants listed as to be sold vest at the rate of
                    3,000 per calendar quarter through September 30, 2000.

         (3)        Represents  shares  of  Common  Stock  underlying   warrants
                    exercisable at $1.50 per share.

         (4)        These  entities and  individuals  are  affiliates of Douglas
                    Friedenberg, one of our directors.

         (5)        Represents 16,667 shares of Common Stock underlying warrants
                    exercisable at $1.50 per share.

         (6)        All of the shares listed in this column are shares of Common
                    Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Convertible Notes,
                    at a rate of $1.00 per share.

         (7)        Represents 16,667 shares of Common Stock underlying warrants
                    exercisable at $1.50 per share,  and 50,000 shares of Common
                    Stock underlying warrants exercisable at $1.10 per share.

         (8)        Represents 80,002 shares of Common Stock underlying warrants
                    exercisable at $1.50 per share, and 112,500 shares of Common
                    Stock underlying warrants exercisable at $1.10 per share.

         (9)        Represents  shares  of  Common  Stock  underlying   warrants
                    exercisable at $1.10 per share.

         (10)       Quilcap  Corporation,  and its two funds, Little Wing LP and
                    Little  Wing Too LP, are  affiliates  of Parker  Quillen,  a
                    beneficial  owner  of  in  excess  of 5%  of  the  Company's
                    outstanding Common Stock.

         (11)       Represents the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially
                    owned  by this  Stockholder.  The  remainder  of the  shares
                    subject to warrants listed as to be sold vest at the rate of
                    37,080 per calendar quarter through September 30, 2000.

         (12)       Represents the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially
                    owned  by this  Stockholder.  The  remainder  of the  shares
                    subject to warrants listed as to be sold vest at the rate of
                    3,981 per calendar quarter through September 30, 2000.

         (13)       Quilcap International Corporation,  and its fund, Tradewinds
                    Fund Limited, are affiliates of Parker Quillen, a beneficial
                    owner of in excess of 5% of the Company's outstanding Common
                    Stock.

         (14)       Represents the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially
                    owned  by this  Stockholder.  The  remainder  of the  shares
                    subject to warrants listed as to be sold vest at the rate of
                    28,661 per calendar quarter through September 30, 2000.



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         (15)       Cannell  Capital  Management is the  investment  advisor for
                    each of Cuttyhunk Fund Limited and Tonga Partners LP.

         (16)       Represents the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially
                    owned  by this  Stockholder.  The  remainder  of the  shares
                    subject to warrants listed as to be sold vest at the rate of
                    10,500 per calendar quarter through September 30, 2000.

         (17)       Represents the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially
                    owned  by this  Stockholder.  The  remainder  of the  shares
                    subject to warrants listed as to be sold vest at the rate of
                    19,500 per calendar quarter through September 30, 2000.

         (18)       Represents  shares  of  Common  Stock  underlying   warrants
                    exercisable  at  the  lesser  of  $1.35  per  share  or  the
                    "volume-weighted  average price" (See the  discussion  under
                    the heading "Description of Securities" in this prospectus).

         (19)       Shares  held  by  these   entities   may  be  deemed  to  be
                    beneficially owned by Richard H. Morrison.

         (20)       Shares  held  by  these   entities   may  be  deemed  to  be
                    beneficially owned by Bruce Galloway.

         (21)       Represents the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially
                    owned  by this  Stockholder.  The  remainder  of the  shares
                    subject to warrants listed as to be sold vest at the rate of
                    33,333  shares per month  through  August 1,  2000,  with an
                    additional  266,667  shares vesting on March 1, 2000, to the
                    extent  certain   obligations  of  the  Stockholder   remain
                    outstanding.

         (22)       Represents the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially
                    owned  by this  Stockholder.  The  remainder  of the  shares
                    subject to warrants listed as to be sold vest at the rate of
                    16,667  shares per month  through  August 1,  2000,  with an
                    additional  133,333  shares vesting on March 1, 2000, to the
                    extent  certain   obligations  of  the  Stockholder   remain
                    outstanding.

         (23)       Represents  shares  of  Common  Stock  underlying   warrants
                    exercisable at $1.00 per share.

                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

         We have been advised that the Selling  Shareholders may sell Securities
from time to time in  transactions  on the American  Stock  Exchange or on other
exchanges on which the Securities may be traded, in the over-the-counter market,
in negotiated transactions,  through the writing of options on the Securities or
a  combination  of such methods of sale,  or through  other means.  Sales may be
effected at fixed prices which may be changed,  at market  prices  prevailing at
the time of sale,  at prices  related  to such  prevailing  market  prices or at
negotiated prices.  The Selling  Shareholders are not restricted as to the price
or prices at which they may sell their  Securities.  Sales of  Securities by the
Selling  Shareholders  may depress the market price of our securities  since the
number of Securities which may be sold by the Selling Shareholders is relatively
large compared to the historical  average weekly trading of our securities,  and
therefore,  if the Selling Shareholders were to sell, or attempt to sell, all of
such Securities at once, we believe such a transaction  could  adversely  impact
the market  price for our  securities.  As used herein,  "Selling  Shareholders"
includes donees and pledgees  selling  Securities  received from a named Selling
Shareholder after the date of this prospectus.



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         The Selling  Shareholders  may effect such  transactions by selling the
Securities to or through  broker-dealers,  and such  broker-dealers  may receive
compensation  in the form of  discounts,  concessions  or  commissions  from the
Selling  Shareholders  or  the  purchasers  of  the  Securities  for  whom  such
broker-dealers  may act as  agent or to whom  they  sell as  principal,  or both
(which  compensation  to a  particular  broker-dealer  might  be  in  excess  of
customary  commissions).  The Selling  Shareholders  and any  broker-dealers  or
agents who participate in the distribution of Securities hereunder may be deemed
to be  "underwriters"  as that term is defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended  (the  "Act"),  and any  commissions  received by them and profit on any
resale  of the  Securities  as  principal  might be  deemed  to be  underwriting
discounts and commissions under the Act.

         The Selling  Shareholders  are subject to applicable  provisions of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended  and the rules  and  regulations
thereunder,  including  without  limitation,  Regulation M, which provisions may
limit  the  timing  of  purchases  and sales of the  Securities  by the  Selling
Shareholders.

         In order to comply with certain states' securities laws, if applicable,
the  Securities  may be sold in such  jurisdictions  only through  registered or
licensed  brokers or dealers.  In certain  states the Securities may not be sold
unless the Securities  have been registered or qualified for sale in such state,
or unless an exemption from  registration or  qualification  is available and is
obtained.

                 CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS
                     ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

         Effective  November 3, 1997, our Board of Directors  dismissed  Ernst &
Young LLP as our certifying  accountants and engaged Deloite & Touche LLP as our
certifying accountants,  as reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with
the Securities and Exchange  Commission on November 7, 1997.  This dismissal did
not involve any substantive disagreement.

         On February 18, 1998, our certifying accountants, Deloite & Touche LLP,
resigned as reported in a Current  Report on Form 8-K filed with the  Securities
and Exchange  Commission  on February 25, 1998.  We had  disagreements  with our
certifying  accountants  arising in connection with the fiscal 1997 audit report
concerning the Company's desire to continue to follow the  industry-practice  of
classifying certain inventoried parts as current assets,  Deloite & Touche LLP's
position that the Company should amortize its inventory on a straight-line basis
over a 5-year period,  and their raising a resulting  question of our ability to
continue as a going concern.

         Effective April 23, 1998, we engaged BDO Seidman, LLP as our certifying
accountants,  as  reported  in a  Current  Report  on Form  8-K  filed  with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on  April  29,  1998.  BDO  Seidman,  LLP
subsequently re-audited the Company for 1997.

                    INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         Our Certificate of  Incorporation  limits the liability of Directors to
the maximum  extent  permitted by the General  Corporation  Law of Delaware (the
"Delaware Code"). The Delaware Code provides that the directors of a corporation
will not be  personally  liable  to such  corporation  or its  stockholders  for
monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary  duties as directors,  except for
liability (i) for any breach of their duty of loyalty to the  corporation or its
stockholders;  (ii) for acts or  omissions  not in good  faith or which  involve
intentional  misconduct  or a  knowing  violation  of law;  (iii)  for  unlawful
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stock  repurchases  or  redemption's  as provided in Section 174 of the Delaware
Code; or (iv) for any  transaction  from which the Director  derives an improper
personal  benefit.  The  Certificate  of  Incorporation  also  provides that the
Company  shall  indemnify  its  directors  and  officers to the  fullest  extent
permitted by Delaware law, except against actions by the Company approved by the
Board of  Directors,  and  requires  the  Company  to advance  expenses  to such
directors and officers to defend any action for which rights of  indemnification
are provided in the Certificate of Incorporation,  and also permits the Board of
Directors to grant such rights to its employees and agents.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be  permitted to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons of the
Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been
advised  that in the opinion of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  such
indemnification  is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable.

                                  LEGAL MATTERS

        The  validity  of the shares of Common  Stock  offered  hereby have been
passed upon for the  Company by Lane,  Altman & Owens LLP,  101 Federal  Street,
Boston, Massachusetts 02110.

                                     EXPERTS

         The consolidated  financial  statements included in this prospectus and
in the Registration  Statement have been audited by BDO Seidman LLP, independent
certified  public  accountants,  to the extent and for the  periods set forth in
their report appearing elsewhere herein and in the Registration  Statement,  and
are included in reliance  upon such report given upon the authority of said firm
as experts in auditing and accounting.

                             ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

         We  have  filed  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange   Commission,   a
Registration   Statement  with  respect  to  the  securities   offered  by  this
prospectus. This prospectus,  filed as part of such Registration Statement, does
not contain all of the  information set forth in, or annexed as exhibits to, the
Registration  Statement,   certain  portions  of  which  have  been  omitted  in
accordance  with the  rules  and  regulations  of the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission.  For  further  information  with  respect  to our  company  and this
offering,  reference is made to the Registration  Statement,  including exhibits
filed therewith, which may be read and copied at the public reference facilities
maintained by the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission at Room 1024,  Judiciary
Plaza,  450 Fifth Street,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20549,  and at its regional
office at 7 World Trade Center,  13th Floor,  New York, New York 10048.  You can
obtain copies of such  materials at prescribed  rates from the Public  Reference
Room of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  at 450 Fifth  Street,  N.W.,
Washington,  D.C.  20549.  You may obtain  information  on the  operation of the
Public  Reference  Room by calling the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  at
1-800- SEC-0330. Our Electronic filings made through the Securities and Exchange
Commission's  Electronic  Data  Gathering,  Analysis  and  Retrieval  System are
publicly  available through the Securities and Exchange  Commission's  worldwide
web site  (http://www.sec.gov).  In addition,  such material may be inspected at
the offices of the American Stock Exchange, 86 Trinity Place, New York, New York
10006.


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                   INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



Item                                                                                                      Page No.
                                                                                                          --------
                                                                                                        
Unaudited Interim Financial Statements for Six Months Ended April 25, 1999

Consolidated Balance Sheet as of July 25, 1999............................................................  F-2
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the nine months ended July 25, 1999 and July 26, 1998...........  F-3
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended July 25, 1999 and July 26, 1998...........  F-4
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements................................................................  F-5

Consolidated Financial Statements for the Fiscal Years Ending October 26, 1997 and October 25, 1998

(Reserved)................................................................................................  F-7
Report of BDO Seidman LLP, Independent Auditors...........................................................  F-8
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of October 25, 1998.........................................................  F-9
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the fiscal  years ended October 25, 1998 and October 26, 1997...  F-10
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the fiscal years ended October 25, 1998 and
     October 26, 1997.....................................................................................  F-11
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal years ended October 25, 1998 and October 26, 1997....  F-12
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements................................................................  F-13




                                       F-1


                             DATAMETRICS CORPORATION
                           CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
                                   (unaudited)

(in thousands, except for share date)                              July 25, 1999
- -------------------------------------                              -------------

ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
         Cash and cash equivalents                                          $776
         Accounts receivable, net                                          2,780
         Inventory, net                                                    4,579
         Prepaid expenses and other current assets                             3
                                                                   -------------

         Total Current Assets                                              8,138

Property and Equipment, at Cost:
         Land                                                                420
         Building                                                          1,042
         Machinery and equipment                                           3,312
         Furniture, fixtures & computer equipment                          2,773
         Leasehold improvements                                               96
                                                                   -------------

                                                                           7,643
         Accumulated depreciation and amortization                       (5,441)

         Net property and equipment                                        2,202
         Inventoried Parts                                                 3,200
         Other Assets                                                        807
                                                                   -------------

                                                                         $14,347

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
         Current maturities of long-term debt                              1,950
         Accounts Payable                                                    712
         Accrued commissions and payroll                                      90
         Accrued warranty                                                     30
         Other accrued expenses                                              356
         Other accrued liabilities                                           225
         Bridge Notes                                                        250

                  Total Current Liabilities                                3,613

         Long-Term Debt, less current maturities
         Loan Payable                                                      4,396
         Other Long-Term Liabilities                                         766

                  Total Liabilities                                        8,775

         Commitments and Contingencies
         Stockholders' Equity
         Common stock, $.01 par value - 40,000,000 shares
                  authorized; 19,007,227 shares issued and
                  outstanding in 1999 (15,557,630 in 1998)                   190
         Additional paid-in capital                                       41,091
         Accumulated deficit                                            (35,709)
                                                                   -------------

                  Total Stockholders' Equity                               5,572

                                                                         $14,347
See accompanying notes.

                                       F-2



                             DATAMETRICS CORPORATION
                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                                   (Unaudited)




                                                              Three Months Ended         Nine Months Ended
                                                            July 25,     July 26,      July 25,     July 26,
                                                              1999         1998          1999         1998
                                                           ---------------------       ---------------------
                                                                (In thousands, except for per share data)
                                                                                        
Sales                                                        $2,385      $2,667         $6,273       $6,196

     Cost of sales                                            1,277       1,513          3,543        4,137
     Research & development                                      59         150            284          498
     Selling, general & administrative                          893         943          2,511        2,935
                                                             -----------------------------------------------

Income (loss) from operations                                   156          61            (65)      (1,374)
Interest expense, net                                           113         156            356          388
Lease settlement expense                                        ---         ---          1,225          ---
                                                             -----------------------------------------------

Income (loss) before provision                                   43         (95)        (1,646)      (1,762)
     for income taxes
Provision for income taxes                                      ---           3            ---            6
                                                             -----------------------------------------------

Net income (loss)                                               $43        ($98)       ($1,646)     ($1,768)
                                                             ===============================================

Earnings (loss) per share of common stock
     Basic and Diluted                                        $0.00       ($0.01)       ($0.09)      ($0.12)
                                                             ===============================================

Weighted average number of shares outstanding
     Basic and Diluted                                       $18,447        15,566      17,386       15,102
                                                            =================================================






                                       F-3


                             DATAMETRICS CORPORATION
                 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
                                   (Unaudited)


                                                                        For the Nine Months Ended
                                                                 July 25, 1999             July 26, 1998
                                                                 ---------------------------------------
                                                                                         
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
     Net Loss                                                         (1,646)                   (1,768)
     Adjustments:
         Depreciation and amortization                                   341                       392
         Bad debt expense                                                ---                        25

     Changes in assets and liabilities
         Accounts receivable                                            (801)                     (362)
         Inventory                                                      (439)                   (1,318)
         Prepaid expenses and other current assets                        52                        77
         Other assets                                                      3                       271
         Accounts payable                                               (322)                     (792)
         Accrued commission and payroll                                 (135)                     (479)
         Other accrued expenses                                          141                    (1,101)
         Advance and progress payments from customers                    ---                      (133)
         Other long-term liabilities                                     ---                      (264)
                                                                ---------------------------------------

Net cash used in operating activities                                 (2,806)                   (5,452)
                                                                ---------------------------------------

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
     Capital expenditures for property and equipment                    (236)                   (1,556)
                                                                ---------------------------------------


Net cash used in investing activities                                   (236)                   (1,556)
                                                                ---------------------------------------

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
     Borrowings on revolving line of credit                              426                     7,456
     Payments on revolving line of credit                             (2,095)                   (5,638)
     Payment on capitalized lease obligations                            ---                        (6)
     Borrowings on long-term debt                                      1,800                     1,899
     Payments on long-terms debt                                         ---                      (133)
     Proceeds from the issuance of common stock and warrants           3,209                     3,850
     Proceeds from bridge notes                                          250                       ---

Net cash provided by financing activities                              3,590                     7,428
                                                                ---------------------------------------

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents                                548                       420
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period                 228                       200
                                                                ---------------------------------------

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE END OF THE PERIOD                      $776                      $620
                                                                =======================================

Cash paid during the period for:
     Interest                                                           $172                      $437
     Income taxes                                                        ---                         6
Non-cash transactions
     Exchange of 7% Convertible Debentures for 10%
         Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2000                           (1,750)                      ---
     Exchange of Senior Subordinated Debentures for
         10% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2000                         (500)                      ---

See accompanying notes.


                                      F-4

                             DATAMETRICS CORPORATION
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

                                  July 25, 1999
                                   (Unaudited)

1. The  consolidated  financial  statements  include the accounts of Datametrics
Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company").

The consolidated  financial statements included herein have been prepared by the
Company,  without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities
and Exchange  Commission for the  requirements  of the Quarterly  Report on Form
10-QSB.  Certain  information  and  footnote  disclosure  normally  included  in
financial  statements  prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles   have  been  condensed  or  omitted   pursuant  to  such  rules  and
regulations,  although the Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to
make the  information  presented  not  misleading.  It is  suggested  that these
consolidated financial statements be read in conjunction with the statements and
notes thereto  included in the  Company's  latest Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended October 25, 1998 as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

The  information  reflects  all  adjustments  (consisting  of  normal  recurring
adjustments)  which are, in the opinion of  management,  necessary  to present a
fair statement of the results of operations for the interim periods. Much of the
Company's business is longer term and involves varying development,  production,
and  delivery  schedules.  Accordingly,  results  of  a  particular  quarter  or
quarter-to-quarter  comparisons  of  recorded  sales  and  profits  may  not  be
indicative of future operating  results,  including  results for the fiscal year
ending October 31, 1999.

2. INVENTORIES. Stockroom inventories consist primarily of materials used by the
Company for  existing  and  anticipated  contracts  and  materials  and finished
assemblies  which are held to satisfy spare parts  requirements of the Company's
customers. Those parts not expected to be sold within one year are classified as
a non-current  asset.  The Company does not amortize its non-current  inventory,
but the Company evaluates all inventory for obsolescence on a periodic basis and
records  estimated  reserves.  Inventories  as of July 25,  1999  consist of the
following:

   Inventories of parts and sub-assemblies                    $      11,662,929
   Contracts in progress                                                741,552
   Finished goods                                                       202,500
                                                              -----------------
                                                                     12,606,981

                  Less non current inventories                        3,200,000
                  Less reserve for obsolescence                       4,828,000
                                                              $       4,578,981

3.  SUBSEQUENT  EVENTS.  In  August  1999  the  Company  completed  the  sale of
$2,300,000 of Subordinated  Convertible Secured Notes Due August 2000 ("Notes").
A portion of the  purchase  price for the Notes  included the tender back to the
Company and  retirement  of $600,000 of the  Company's  10% Senior  Subordinated
Secured  Debentures  then in default,  and $150,000 of the  Company's 10% Bridge
Notes which were  required by their terms to be repaid in May 1999 and  extended
by agreement of the holders.  The remaining  $1,550,000 was received in cash. In
connection  with the sale of the Notes,  the Company issued warrants to purchase
up to 1,150,000 shares of its Common Stock, $.01 par value, for a purchase price
of $1.10 per share.  The  Company  also  issued  Warrants  to  purchase up to an
aggregate  250,000  shares of its Common stock for a purchase price of $1.00 per
share to the  holders of the  Company's  10% Bridge  Notes then  outstanding  in
consideration  of interest due on the Bridge Notes and the extension of the date
of maturity of the Bridge Notes.  See the Company's  Current  Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 24, 1999.

On August 20, 1999,  the Company made a payment of $100,000 in  satisfaction  of
the remaining  $100,000 of the Company's 10% Bridge Notes which were required by
their terms to be repaid in May 1999 and extended by agreement with the holder.

                                       F-5



In  September,  the Company  completed  negotiations  and closed on a $1,500,000
revolving line of credit with Branch Banking and Trust Company  ("Branch Bank").
The Line of Credit  accrues  interest at a variable  rate equal to Branch Bank's
Prime Rate plus 0.5%. The Line of Credit is secured by the assets of the Company
and  guarantees  by  two  guarantors  in  the  aggregate  amount  of  $1,500,000
("Guarantees")  that are secured by letters of credit  issued on the accounts of
each of the  guarantors.  In  consideration  of the  Guarantees,  the guarantors
received Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate  1,500,000 shares of the Common
Stock of the Company,  $.01 par value,  for a purchase price of $1.00 per share,
pursuant to an arrangement  made in July 1999. The Company also issued  Warrants
to  purchase  up to  75,000  shares of the  Common  Stock of the  Company  for a
purchase price of $1.10 per share to a third party as compensation for arranging
the Guarantees. The Line of Credit expires on August 25, 2000.

On September 6, 1999, the Company  applied a portion of the proceeds of its line
of  credit to fund the  payment  of the  remaining  $750,000  of its 10%  Senior
Subordinated Secured Debentures then in default, plus accrued interest thereon.

4. COMPREHENSIVE INCOME. The Company does not have, other than net income (loss)
any items of comprehensive income.




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                                       F-7




               REPORT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS




To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Datametrics Corporation

     We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Datametrics
Corporation  and  Subsidiaries  as of October 25, 1998 and October 26, 1997, and
the related  consolidated  statements of operations,  stockholders'  equity, and
cash flows for the fiscal years then ended.  These financial  statements are the
responsibility of the Company's management.  Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

     We conducted  our audits in accordance  with  generally  accepted  auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes
assessing the  accounting  principles  used and  significant  estimates  made by
management,  as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

     In the report of a previous auditor on the 1997 financial statements, dated
January 30, 1998, that previous  auditor  expressed a qualified  opinion stating
that certain parts  inventory that would not be used within one year should have
been classified as a non-current  asset. As described in Note 4, parts inventory
not expected to be sold within one year have been  classified  as a  non-current
asset for all periods presented in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

     In our opinion,  the consolidated  financial  statements present fairly, in
all  material  respects,  the  consolidated  financial  position of  Datametrics
Corporation  and  Subsidiaries at October 25, 1998 and October 26, 1997, and the
results of their operations and their cash flows for the fiscal years then ended
in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.








                                                       /s/   BDO SEIDMAN, LLP
                                                       -------------------------
New York, New York
January 7, 1999




                                       F-8


                    DATAMETRICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                           CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET


                                                                                   Fiscal Year Ended
                                                                                   October 25,
                                                                                      1998
ASSETS (Note 6)                                                       (In thousands, except for share data)
- ---------------
                                                                                
Current assets:
   Cash and cash equivalents...........................................             $    228
   Accounts receivable, net (Notes 1 and 3)............................                1,979
   Inventories, net (Note 4)...........................................                4,140
   Prepaid expenses and other current assets...........................                   55
                                                                                  ----------

          Total current assets.........................................                6,402
                                                                                  ----------
Property and equipment, at cost:
   Land (Note 7).......................................................                  420
   Building and improvements(Note 7)...................................                1,042
   Machinery and equipment.............................................                3,312
   Furniture, fixtures and computer equipment..........................                2,562
   Leasehold improvements..............................................                   71
                                                                                  ----------
                                                                                       7,407

   Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization.....................              (5,100)
                                                                                  ----------

           Net property and equipment..................................                2,307
   Inventoried parts (Note 4)..........................................                3,200
   Other assets (Note 8)...............................................                  810
                                                                                  ----------

                                                                                     $12,719

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities
   Revolving line of credit (Note 6)...................................               $1,669
   Current maturities of long-term debt (Note 7).......................                1,871
   Accounts payable....................................................                1,034
   Accrued commissions and payroll.....................................                  225
   Accrued warranty....................................................                   30
   Other accrued expenses..............................................                  440
                                                                                  ----------
         Total current liabilities.....................................                5,269
   Long-term debt, less current maturities (Note 7)....................                2,696
   Loan payable (Note 8)...............................................                  746
                                                                                  ----------

         Total liabilities.............................................                8,711
                                                                                  ----------
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 9 and 11)
Stockholders' equity (Note 10):
   Preferred stock, $.01 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued.
   Common stock, $.01 par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized;
   15,563,505  shares issued and outstanding ..........................                 156
   Additional paid-in capital..........................................              37,910
   Accumulated deficit.................................................             (34,058)
                                                                                  ----------
         Total stockholders' equity....................................               4,008
                                                                                  ----------
                                                                                    $12,719

See accompanying notes.


                                       F-9




                    DATAMETRICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS



                                                                                Fiscal Years Ended

                                                                            October 25,     October 26,
                                                                               1998            1997
                                                                       (In thousands, except per share data)
                                                                                      
Sales (Note 1)............................................................      $7,742       $16,797
                                                                                -------      -------
   Cost of sales (Note 2).................................................       5,570        13,401
   Research and development...............................................         544           343
   Selling, general and administrative (Note 2)...........................       4,373         5,670
                                                                               --------      -------

   Loss from operations...................................................      (2,745)       (2,617)
 Interest expense, net....................................................        (518)         (474)
                                                                               --------      --------

   Loss before provision for income taxes.................................      (3,263)       (3,091)
Provision for income taxes (Note 5).......................................           7            10
                                                                               --------      --------

Net loss                                                                       $(3,270)      $(3,101)
                                                                               --------      --------

   Loss per share of common stock:
   Basic and diluted......................................................     $ (0.22)       $(0.24)
                                                                              =========     =========

Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding
   Basic and diluted......................................................      15,202        12,995
                                                                              ========     ==========


See accompanying notes.





                                      F-10




                    DATAMETRICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                        (in thousands, except share data)




                                                     Common Stock
                                                 Number of    Amount       Additional     Accumulated        Total
                                                  Shares                     Paid-in        Deficit      Stockholders'
                                                                             Capital                        Equity
                                                ----------    -------      -----------    -----------    -------------
                                                                                            
Balances at October 29, 1995................    12,031,582       $120        $32,120      $(10,301)         $21,939
Issuance of Common Stock....................       232,826          3            457           ___              460
Net Loss....................................           ___        ___            ___       (17,386)         (17,386)

Balances at October 27, 1996................    12,264,408        123         32,577       (27,687)           5,013
Issuance of Common Stock and Warrants.......     1,018,760         10          1,600           ___            1,610
Net Loss....................................           ___        ___            ___        (3,101)          (3,101)

Balances at October 26, 1997................    13,283,168        133         34,177       (30,788)           3,522
Issuance of Common Stock and Warrants.......     2,280,337         23          3,733            ___           3,756
Net Loss....................................           ___        ___            ___        (3,270)          (3,270)

Balances at October 25, 1998................    15,563,505        156         37,910       (34,058)           4,008




See accompanying notes.




                                      F-11


                    DATAMETRICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                 (In thousands)


                                                                                    Fiscal Years Ended
                                                                               October 25         October 26,
                                                                                  1998               1997
                                                                                  ----               ----
                                                                                           
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
   Net loss..................................................................... $(3,270)          $(3,101)
   Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
     Depreciation and amortization..............................................     490             1,192
     (Gain) loss on disposal of assets..........................................      (3)              284
Changes in assets and liabilities:
   Accounts receivable..........................................................     896             2,860
   Inventories and parts........................................................  (1,344)              949
   Prepaid expenses and other current assets....................................     118               (20)
   Other assets.................................................................     261              (607)
   Accounts payable.............................................................    (609)           (1,885)
   Accrued commissions and payroll..............................................    (414)             (356)
   Accrued warranty.............................................................     (70)              (80)
   Other accrued expenses.......................................................    (578)               43
   Advance and progress payments from customers.................................    (133)             (904)
   Other long-term liabilitieS..................................................   ( 323)               (5)
                                                                                   ------      ------------

         Net cash used in operating activities..................................  (4,979)           (1,630)
                                                                                  -------         ---------

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
   Capital expenditures for property and equipment..............................  (1,574)             (356)
   Proceeds from sale of fixed assets...........................................      11                43
                                                                                  -------        ----------
         Net cash used in investing activities..................................  (1,563)             (313)
                                                                                  -------          --------

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
   Borrowings on revolving line of credit.......................................   8,310            11,258
   Payments on revolving line of credit.........................................  (7,633)          (12,816)
   Increase (decrease) in other current liabilities.............................    (500)              500
   Redemption of Series B Preferred Stock.......................................       -               (87)
   Payments on capitalized lease obligations....................................      (6)              (72)
   Borrowings on long-term debt.................................................   2,717             1,713
   Payments on long-term debt...................................................    (124)             (480)
   Borrowings on loan payable...................................................      50               131
   Proceeds from the issuance of common stock and warrants......................   3,756             1,610
                                                                                   -----             -----
        Net cash provided by financing activities...............................   6,750             1,757
                                                                                   -----             -----

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents............................      28              (186)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year..............................     200               386
                                                                                 -------           --------

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year.................................... $   228           $   200
                                                                                 =======           ========

Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:
   Interest, net................................................................$    512          $   282
   Income taxes.................................................................       7               10

See accompanying notes.


                                      F-12


                    DATAMETRICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


NOTE 1.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

   Business

     Datametrics  Corporation,  a Delaware corporation,  is engaged primarily in
the  design,  development,   manufacture  and  sale  of  high-speed,  non-impact
printers; high-resolution, non-impact printer/plotters; and ruggedized computers
and computer workstations.

   BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND CONSOLIDATION

     The accompanying  consolidated financial statements include the accounts of
Datametrics  Corporation and  subsidiaries  (collectively,  the "Company").  All
significant  intercompany  accounts and  transactions  have been  eliminated  in
consolidation. The Company's fiscal year end is the last Sunday of each October.

   REVENUE RECOGNITION

     Revenues  include both product  sales and revenues  applicable to long-term
design and  production  contracts.  The majority of the Company's  revenues from
product sales and long-term contracts are measured using the "units-of-delivery"
method.   Revenues  applicable  to  certain  fixed-price,   long-term  contracts
(principally   design  and   development   contracts)  are  measured  using  the
"cost-to-cost" method, whereby revenue is measured by relating costs incurred to
total  estimated  costs.  Sales  under  cost-reimbursement-type   contracts  are
recorded  as  costs  are  incurred.  Applicable  estimated  profits  under  cost
reimbursement  type  contracts  are  included  in sales in the  proportion  that
incurred costs bear to total estimated costs.
Any anticipated losses on contracts are charged to income when identified.

     The Company  provides an accrual for future  warranty  costs at the time of
revenue  recognition  based upon the  relationship of prior year sales to actual
warranty costs. The warranty for the Company's products generally covers defects
in  material  and  workmanship.  The  current  accrual  represents  the  average
outstanding warranty of approximately ninety days.

   CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS

     As is customary in the industry, the Company grants uncollateralized credit
to its  clients,  which  include the U.S.  government  and large  multi-national
corporations operating in a broad range of industries.  In order to mitigate its
credit risk,  the Company  continually  evaluates  the credit  worthiness of its
major commercial clients,  and maintains  allowances for potential losses within
management expectations.

     Approximately  71% and 67% of the Company's  sales during fiscal years 1998
and 1997,  respectively,  were to various U.S.  government  agencies under prime
contracts or to prime contractors having sales to such agencies. Export sales to
foreign customers amounted to $ 4,533,000  ($1,922,000 to Canada,  $2,354,000 to
Europe and the Middle  East,  and $257,000 to the Pacific Rim) or 27.0% of total
sales in fiscal year 1997.  Export sales in 1998 were immaterial.  The Company's
three largest customers  accounted for 23.7%,  22.3%, and 18.9% of the Company's
sales for the fiscal year ended  October 25, 1998.  Its five  largest  customers
accounted for 15.7%,  13.7%,  12.5%,  10.9% and 10.8% of the Company's sales for
the fiscal year ended October 26, 1997. Accounts receivable from these customers
totalled $422,000 at October 25, 1998. No other customer accounted for more than
10 percent of total revenues for fiscal 1998 and 1997.

   CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

     The Company  considers  securities  purchased  within three months of their
date of maturity to be cash equivalents.

                                      F-13

                    DATAMETRICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)

   INVENTORIES

     Inventories, which primarily include purchased parts and subassemblies, are
stated at the lower of cost (first-in,  first-out) or market. Contract inventory
costs include  purchased  materials,  direct labor and  manufacturing  overhead.
General  and  administrative  costs are  expensed  in the period  incurred.  The
portion  of  inventoried  parts  not  expected  to be sold  within  one  year is
classified as noncurrent assets.

   PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

     Depreciation  and amortization of property and equipment are provided using
the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:

 Building and improvements........................      39 years
 Machinery and equipment..........................      2 to 5 years
 Furniture, fixtures and computer equipment.......      2 to 8 years
 Leasehold improvements...........................      Shorter of the remaining
                                                        term  of  the  lease  or
                                                        the  life of  the  asset

   USE OF ESTIMATES

     The  preparation  of financial  statements  in  conformity  with  generally
accepted  accounting  principles  requires  management  to  make  estimates  and
assumptions  that  affect the  reported  amounts of assets and  liabilities  and
disclosures  of contingent  assets and  liabilities at the date of the financial
statements  and the  reported  amounts  of  revenues  and  expenses  during  the
reporting period. The more significant  estimates  affecting amounts reported in
the financial  statements relate to revenues and costs under long-term contracts
and  inventory  reserve  accruals.   Actual  results  could  differ  from  those
estimates.

   EARNINGS PER SHARE

      During 1997, the Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board  ("FASB")  issued
Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards  ("SFAS") No. 128,  "Earnings  per
Share," which provides for the calculation of "basic" and "diluted" earnings per
share.  This Statement,  effective for financial  statements  issued for periods
ending after December 15, 1997,  requires  restatement of all  prior-period  EPS
data presented. Basic earnings per share includes no dilution and is computed by
dividing income available to common  shareholders by the weighted average number
of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflect,
in periods in which they have a  dilutive  effect,  the effect of common  shares
issuable  upon  exercise  of stock  options.  All  periods  presented  have been
restated to comply  with the  provisions  of SFAS No. 128.  The effect of common
stock  equivalents  has been  excluded  from the diluted  calculation  since the
effect  would be  antidilutive.  The adoption of SFAS No. 128 did not effect the
financial statements.

   FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

      The  carrying  values of  financial  instruments  including  cash and cash
equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate fair value due
to the relatively short maturities of these  instruments.  The carrying value of
long-term  debt  approximates  the fair value for similar  debt issues  based on
quoted  market  prices or current  rates  offered to the Company for debt of the
same maturities.

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                    DATAMETRICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)

   IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS

      In  accordance  with  SFAS No.  121,  "Accounting  for the  Impairment  of
Long-Lived  Assets and for  Long-Lived  Assets to be  Disposed  Of," the Company
evaluates  long-lived  assets  for  impairment  whenever  events or  changes  in
circumstances  indicate  that  the  carrying  value  of  an  asset  may  not  be
recoverable.  If the  estimated  future  cash flows  (undiscounted  and  without
interest  charges) from the use of an asset are less than the carrying  value, a
write-down  would be recorded to reduce the related asset to its estimated  fair
value.

   INCOME TAXES

     Income taxes are calculated  using the liability  method  specified by SFAS
No.  109,  "Accounting  for Income  Taxes".  SFAS  No.109  requires a company to
recognize  deferred  tax  liabilities  and  assets for the  expected  future tax
consequences  of events  that  have been  recognized  in a  company's  financial
statements  or tax returns.  Under this method,  deferred  tax  liabilities  and
assets are determined  based on the difference  between the financial  statement
carrying amounts and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates
in effect  in the  years in which  the  differences  are  expected  to  reverse.
Deferred  tax  assets  are  reduced  by a  valuation  allowance  to  the  extent
realization is uncertain.

   RECLASSIFICATIONS

     Certain  reclassifications  were made to 1997 balances to conform with 1998
presentation.

   RECENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

     In June 1997,  the FASB  issued two new  disclosure  standards.  Results of
operations and financial  position will be unaffected by implementation of these
new standards.

     SFAS No. 130, "Reporting  Comprehensive  Income," establishes standards for
reporting and display of  comprehensive  income,  its components and accumulated
balances.  Comprehensive  income is  defined to  include  all  changes in equity
except those resulting from  investments by owners and  distributions to owners.
Among other disclosures,  SFAS No. 130 requires that all items that are required
to  be  recognized   under  current   accounting   standards  as  components  of
comprehensive income be reported in a financial statement that is displayed with
the same prominence as other financial statements.

     SFAS No.  131,  "Disclosure  about  Segments of an  Enterprise  and Related
Information," which supersedes SFAS No. 14, "Financial Reporting for Segments of
a  Business   Enterprise,"   establishes  standards  for  the  way  that  public
enterprises  report  information  about operating  segments in annual  financial
statements  and  requires  reporting  of selected  information  about  operating
segments  in  interim  financial  statements  issued  to  the  public.  It  also
establishes standards for disclosure regarding products and services, geographic
areas and major customers. SFAS No. 131 defines operating segments as components
of and enterprises about which separate financial  information is available that
is evaluated  regularly by management in deciding how to allocate  resources and
in assessing performance.

     Both SFAS Nos.  130 and 131 are  effective  for  financial  statements  for
periods  beginning after December 15, 1997 and require  comparative  information
for earlier  years to be restated.  Both SFAS Nos. 130 and 131 should not have a
material impact on the Company's financial statements and disclosures.


                                      F-15

                    DATAMETRICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)

     In June 1998,  the FASB  issued SFAS No. 133,  "Accounting  for  Derivative
Instruments  and  Hedging  Activities."  SFAS  No.  133  requires  companies  to
recognize  all  derivative  contracts at their fair values,  as either assets or
liabilities  on the balance sheet.  If certain  conditions are met, a derivative
may be  specifically  designated as a hedge,  the objective of which is to match
the  timing  of gain or loss  recognition  on the  hedged  derivative  with  the
recognition  of (1) the  changes  in the  fair  value  of the  hedged  asset  or
liability that are  attributable  to the hedged risk, or (2) the earnings effect
of the hedged  forecasted  transaction.  For a derivative  not  designated  as a
hedging  instrument,  the gain or loss is  recognized in income in the period of
change.  SFAS No. 133 is  effective  for all  fiscal  quarters  of fiscal  years
beginning after June 15, 1999.

     Historically,  the Company has not entered into derivative contracts either
to hedge existing risks or for speculative  purposes.  Accordingly,  the Company
does not expect adoption of the new standard to affect its financial statements.

NOTE 2.   NON-RECURRING CHARGES

     In connection with its relocation to Florida,  the Company incurred certain
non-recurring charges totaling  approximately  $745,000 during the quarter ended
October 26, 1997. The components of the  non-recurring  charges were $275,000 in
severance payments and accruals related to employee terminations,  $320,000 from
the  abandonment of leasehold  improvements  at the Woodland  Hills,  California
facility and $150,000 for moving expenses.

NOTE 3.   ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE




     Accounts receivable consist of the following:
                                                                                     1998
                                                                                (In thousands)
                                                                                
         U.S. government or its prime contractors amounts billed................    $1,009
         Foreign, commercial and other..........................................     1,165
                                                                                     -----
                                                                                     2,174
         Less allowance for possible losses.....................................      (195)
                                                                                    -------
                                                                                    $1,979
NOTE 4.   INVENTORIES

     Inventories consist of the following:
                                                                                     1998
                                                                                (In thousands)

         Stockroom inventories..................................................   $10,630
         Contracts in process...................................................     1,117

         Finished goods.........................................................       421
                                                                                    12,168
         Less inventories classified as non-current asset.......................    (3,200)
         Less reserve for obsolescence..........................................    (4,828)
                                                                                    -------
                                                                                    $4,140


         Inventories  consist  primarily  of  materials  used by the Company for
existing and anticipated  contracts and materials and finished  assemblies which
are held to satisfy spare parts requirements of the Company's  customers.  Those
parts not expected to be sold within one year are  classified  as a  non-current
asset.  The Company  does not  amortize its  non-current  inventory,  rather the
Company evaluates all inventory for obsolescence on a periodic basis and records
estimated reserves.

                                      F-16



                    DATAMETRICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)

Note 5.   Income Taxes

     The primary  components of the Company's net deferred income tax assets are
as follows:

                                                                       1998
                                                                  (In thousands)

         Net operating loss carryforwards........................    $12,336
         General business credit carryforwards...................        372
         Inventory accounting methods............................      1,991
         Book over tax depreciation..............................         40
         Other non-deductible accruals and allowances............        127
                                                                    --------
              Total deferred income tax assets...................     14,866
         Valuation allowance for deferred income tax assets......    (14,866)
                                                                     --------
         Net deferred income tax assets..........................   $   - --
                                                                    =========


     Net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards of $30,840,000 and $372,000
respectively,  for federal  income tax  purposes  will  expire at various  times
between 1999 and 2013.

         The provision for income taxes is composed of the following:

                                                              1998         1997
                                                                (In thousands)
     Current:
          Federal..........................................  $-----       $----
          State............................................       7          10
     Deferred:
          Federal..........................................  (1,105)     (1,186)
         State.............................................    (188)       (199)
     Increase in valuation allowance.......................   1,293       1,385
                                                              -----       -----
                                                             $    7      $   10
                                                             ======      ======

     Based upon  management's  judgment and the continued losses incurred by the
Company,  the valuation allowance  represents 100% of the Company's net deferred
income tax assets.  The following is a reconciliation of the difference  between
the actual provision for income taxes and the provision computed by applying the
federal statutory tax rate on loss before income taxes:

                                                                 1998      1997
                                                                 ----      ----
                                                                 (In thousands)

  Federal income tax benefit computed at statutory rate....... $(1,109) $(1,051)
  State income tax expense (benefit), net of federal benefits.    (195)    (185)
  Goodwill amortization.......................................     ---      ---
  Change in valuation allowance...............................   1,293    1,385
  Other, net..................................................      18     (139)
                                                               ------- ---------

                                                               $    7    $   10
                                                               =======   =======


                                      F-17


                    DATAMETRICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)

NOTE 6.  REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT

     The Company had, with a bank, a revolving line of credit  agreement,  which
at October 25, 1998 the Company was in default of. The balance  outstanding  was
approximately $ 1.7 million at October 25, 1998. This amount was paid in full on
December  30,  1998 (see Note 13).  The  Company  no longer has a line of credit
agreement with the bank.

NOTE 7.   LONG-TERM DEBT

     Long-term debt consists of the following:

                                                                    1998
                                                               (In thousands)

         Loans payable(a)..................................      $    -
         Senior Subordinated Secured Debentures(b).........        1,850

         Convertible Debentures(c) ........................        1,750
          Mortgage - South Trust Bank(d)...................          967
                                                                  ------
          Subtotal.........................................        4,567
          Less current maturities of long-term debt........        1,871
                                                                  ------
                                                                  $2,696

(a)  The Company had borrowed approximately $1,311,000 at interest rates ranging
     from 10.03% to 10.80%,  payable in monthly  installments  of  approximately
     $42,000, including interest, over a three-year period. The final payment on
     these loans was made in April 1998.

(b)  During November 1996, the Company issued $1,850,000 of Senior  Subordinated
     Secured  Debentures  with a  maturity  date of May 25,  1998 and an  annual
     interest rate of 10% (effective interest is 10.8% based upon original issue
     discount).  The proceeds from the sale of the Senior  Subordinated  Secured
     Debentures  were used to reduce the line of credit and fund working capital
     requirements.  The Senior  Subordinated  Secured Debenture holders received
     warrants to purchase a total of 616,679  shares of common  stock at a price
     of $1.50 for each share in connection with the financing.  The warrants are
     subject to call by the Company if the closing market price of the Company's
     common stock is $3.00 or greater for twenty  consecutive days. The warrants
     expire  November  25,  2001.  As of October  25,  1998,  the Company was in
     default  of  its   principal  and  interest   obligations   on  the  Senior
     Subordinated Secured Debentures.

     In December 1998, the Company placed  approximately  $5.0 million of common
     stock and debt (see Note  13),  $ 500,000  of which was used to reduce  the
     amount owed under the Senior Subordinated  Secured Debentures.  The Company
     is currently  negotiating a settlement on the remaining amount  outstanding
     and  expects  to either  issue new notes or repay the  amounts  owed with a
     combination of stock and cash during fiscal 1999.

 (c) On July 24, 1998,  the Company  received  $982,500 in net proceeds from the
     private  sale  of  $1,000,000  in  the  aggregate  principal  amount  of 7%
     Convertible  Debentures  due July 24, 2001.  Additionally,  on September 4,
     1998, the Company  received  $746,500 in net proceeds from the private sale
     of $750,000 in the aggregate principal amount of 7% Convertible  Debentures
     due July 24, 2001. The  debentures  are  convertible to common shares in an
     amount equal to the face value of the debenture. The conversion price shall
     be equal to the  lesser of $ 2.125 (2 1/8) per share or 80% of the  average
     closing  bid  prices of the  common  stock for the ten day  trading  period
     immediately preceding the conversion date.

     In December 1998, the 7% Convertible Debentures were exchanged for new debt
     (see Note 13).

                                      F-18

                    DATAMETRICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)

(d)  In December  1997,  the Company  purchased a 43,000 square foot facility in
     Orlando,  Florida for $899,000.  In connection with the acquisition of this
     property,  the Company  obtained a mortgage  loan in the amount of $975,000
     from South Trust Bank. The loan matures on March 9, 2008. Interest is based
     on 8.02% per annum  through  March 9,  2003 and is then  adjusted  to equal
     2.25% in excess of the weekly average yield on United States Treasury Notes
     adjusted  to a constant  maturity  of five years as made  available  by the
     Federal Reserve Board.

       Maturities of the mortgage loan debt at October 25, 1998 are as follows:
                                                                  (In thousands)

                             1999...................................   $     21
                             2000...................................         23
                             2001...................................         24
                             2002...................................         26
                             2003...................................         29
                             Thereafter.............................        844
                                                                         -------

                             Total Maturities ......................        967
                             Less:  Current maturities of...........         21
                                    long-term debt                       -------
                                                                            946

NOTE 8.   LOAN PAYABLE

     During 1998, the Company  borrowed $50,000 against the cash surrender value
of its key-man life  insurance  policy.  At October 25, 1998,  the balance owed,
which  approximates  the cash  surrender  value  included in other  assets,  was
$746,000 at 7.8% per annum.

NOTE 9.   LEASES

     The Company  currently  leases its facilities and various  equipment  under
operating  leases.  The building  leases  expire  through 2004 and the equipment
leases  expire   through  2002.   Minimum   future  rental   commitments   under
noncancelable operating leases are as follows:

                                                                  (In thousands)

                              1999.................................   $   917
                              2000.................................       943
                              2001.................................       830
                              2002.................................       794
                              2003.................................       688
                              Thereafter...........................       478
                                                                      --------
                                                                       $4,650

     Property and  equipment  under  capital  leases have a cost of $251,000 and
accumulated depreciation of $74,000 at October 25, 1998. Rental expenses charged
to  operations  were  $321,000  and $652,000 for the fiscal years 1998 and 1997,
respectively.

                                      F-19

                    DATAMETRICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)

Note 10.   Stock Option Plans and Warrants

   Stock Options

     The Company has several  stock option plans which  provide for the granting
of options to employees or  directors at prices and terms as  determined  by the
Board of  Directors.  Such options vest over a period of one to four years.  All
options  issued by the Company to date have exercise  prices which were equal to
the market value of the Company's common stock at the date of grant.

     The  following  table  sets forth  summarized  information  concerning  the
Company's stock options:



                                                                         Number of        Exercise
                                                                          Shares        Price Range
                                                                      -------------     -----------
                                                                      (In thousands)
                                                                               
      Options outstanding for shares of common stock at
       October 27, 1996............................................          635     $1.2500-7.8750
         Granted...................................................          173     $1.4375-1.6250
         Canceled or expired.......................................         (614)    $1.2500-7.8750
         Exercised.................................................          ---                ---
                                                                         -------     --------------

      Options outstanding for shares of common stock at
       October 26, 1997............................................          194     $1.2500-7.8750
          Granted..................................................           85     $1.8150
          Canceled or expired......................................          (38)    $1.2500-7.8750
          Exercised................................................          ---               ----
                                                                         -------     --------------
      Options outstanding for shares of common stock at
       October 25, 1998............................................          241     $1.2500-7.8750
                                                                         =======     ==============

             Shares reserved for issuance at October 25, 1998......        1,534
                                                                           =====

         Weighted average option exercise price information was as follows:

                                                                           1998         1997
                                                                           ----         ----
         Outstanding at beginning of year.........................       $ 2.47        $3.53
         Granted during the year..................................        $1.82        $1.50
         Exercised during the year................................          -            -
         Canceled, terminated and expired.........................       $ 2.23        $3.78
         Exercisable at year end..................................       $ 2.02        $2.47


                                      F-20

                    DATAMETRICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)

     Significant  option  groups  outstanding  at October  25,  1998 and related
weighted average price and life information were as follows:



                                                Weighted Average                                                     Weighted
                             Number                 Remaining         Weighted Average            Number              Average
Exercise Price Range       Outstanding          Contractual Life       Exercise Price          Exercisable        Exercise Price
- --------------------       -----------          ----------------       --------------          -----------        --------------
                           (In thousands)                                                     (In thousands)
                                                                                                     
$1.200....................       40                   0.36               $1.2500                     40              $1.2500
$1.500-5.7500.............       46                   2.82               $2.1758                     25              $2.6327
$7.8750...................       10                   2.13               $7.8750                      7              $7.8750
$1.2500...................       60                   2.95               $1.2500                     30              $1.2500
$1.8150 ..................       85                   3.52               $1.8150                     11              $1.8150
                                ----                  ----               -------                   ----              -------
                                241                   2.66               $1.9003                    113              $2.0028
                               ====                   ====               =======                    ===              =======


         The  Company  applies  Accounting  Principles  Board  Opinion  No.  25,
"Accounting  For Stock Issued To  Employees,"  and selected  interpretations  in
accounting for its stock-based compensation plans.  Accordingly,  as all options
and warrants have been granted at exercise  prices equal to fair market value on
the date of grant, no compensation expense has been recognized by the Company in
connection with its stock-based  compensation  plans. Had compensation  cost for
the stock options and warrants been determined  based upon the fair value at the
grant  date for  awards  under  these  plans  consistent  with  the  methodology
prescribed under SFAS No. 123,  "Accounting For Stock-Based  Compensation,"  the
Company's net loss and loss per share would have been increased by approximately
$199,000 and $387,000 or $.01 and $.12 per share in 1998 and 1997, respectively.
The weighted  average fair value of the options and warrants granted during 1998
and 1997 is estimated at $.65 and $.87 on the date of grant (using Black-Scholes
option pricing model) with the following  weighted average  assumptions both for
1998 and 1997:  volatility of 46.5% and 46.5%,  risk-free interest rate of 6.20%
and 6.20%, and an expected life of two to five years in 1998 and 1997.

   WARRANTS

     There are  200,000  shares of  common  stock  reserved  for  issuance  upon
exercise of  warrants  sold for $0.001 per  warrant to the  underwriters  of the
Company's June 21, 1995 offering of common stock.  The warrants are  exercisable
for a period of five years beginning June 21, 1996 and have a per-share exercise
price equal to $9.60 (120% of the initial public offering price of $8.00). There
were 616,679  shares of common stock  reserved  for  issuance  upon  exercise of
warrants  issued in  conjunction  with the  Company's  November  25, 1996 Senior
Subordinated  Debt Offering.  The warrants are  exercisable for a period of five
years beginning  November 25, 1996 and have a per-share exercise price of $1.50.
There were 337,000  warrants  outstanding at October 25, 1998. There are 200,000
shares of common stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants issued in
conjunction  with a  commitment  to raise up to  $3,000,000  in capital  for the
Company.  The  warrants  are  exercisable  for a period of five years  beginning
February  5,  1997 and have a  per-share  exercise  price of  $2.00.  There  are
1,200,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants
issued to two executive  officers  issued in  conjunction  wth their  employment
agreements  (see Note 11).  The warrants  are  exercisable  for a period of five
years beginning November 13, 1996 and have a per-share exercise price of $ 2.00.

                                      F-21

                    DATAMETRICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)

NOTE 11.   COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

   EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS

     The  Company  has   employment   agreements   with  two  of  its  executive
officers/directors  which expire December 31, 2002. The agreements automatically
renew on an annual basis unless notified by July 1. Such agreements  provide for
minimum salary levels,  adjusted annually for cost-of-living changes, as well as
for  incentive  bonuses  which are  payable if  specified  management  goals are
attained.  The  aggregate  commitment  for future  salaries at October 25, 1998,
excluding bonuses, was approximately  $2,641,000.  These agreements also provide
severance pay benefits upon  termination of the executive's  employment with the
Company as follows:

          (a)  Company-Initiated  Termination Without Cause--the executive shall
be entitled to one payment of the Base Salary for a period  equal to the greater
of (i) one year from the date of termination, or the remainder of the employment
term;  and (ii) the Company  shall  continue to provide  the  executive  and the
members  of the  executive's  immediate  family  all  benefits  provided  by the
employment  agreement.  If any of these benefits  terminate by operation of law,
the Company  will  reimburse  the  executive  for the costs of  replacing  those
benefits for the remainder of such period.  As security for all of the Company's
obligations to make any payments to the  executives,  the Company granted to the
executives  a  subordinated  security  interest in all assets of the Company now
owned or hereafter acquired.

     (b)   Company-Initiated   Termination  in  Connection   with  a  Change  in
Control--the  executives shall be entitled to a cash payment equal to the lesser
of three years' base salary or the maximum  amount which would not result in any
portion of the payment being subject to the excise tax under Section 4999 of the
Internal  Revenue  Code.  "Change  in  Control"  shall  mean:  (i) a  merger  or
consolidation  in which the  Company is not the  surviving  corporation;  (ii) a
reverse merger;  or (iii) the acquisition by any person,  entity or group within
the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, of the beneficial  ownership of securities of the Company  representing
at least fifty  percent of the  combined  voting  power  entitled to vote in the
election of directors.

   LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

      The Company is, from time to time, the subject of  litigation,  claims and
assessments  arising out of matters occurring during the normal operation of the
Company's business. In the opinion of management,  the liability,  if any, under
such current litigation,  claims and assessments would not materially affect the
financial  position or the results of the  operations  of the Company  except as
disclosed herein.

     Four  former  officers  of  the  Company  (the  "Former  Officers"),  whose
employment  relationships with the Company terminated in part as a result of the
Company's  restructuring  in October 1996,  sought  severance  benefits from the
Company.  On January 13, 1997,  three of the Former Officers sued the Company in
the Superior Court of the State of California for Los Angeles  County,  in order
to enforce payment of severance benefits under certain agreements, each dated as
of October 7, 1996,  between each Former Officer and the Company  (collectively,
the  "Severance  Agreements").  The fourth  Former  Officer  sued the Company in
response to the Company's  cross-complaint  described below. The Former Officers
sought  damages  from the Company  based upon the  Severance  Agreements  and an
alleged  implied  promise not to terminate the employment of the Former Officers
with the Company without good cause.

     On September 28, 1998, a California trial court upheld the enforcability of
the former officers' severence  agreements and the officers requested entry of a
judgment in the approximate  amount of $1,200,000  plus interest and costs.  The
Company has appealed the judgment,  which has been bonded,  and the repayment of
the bond has been  guaranteed  by the  holder  of a  significant  amount  of the
Company's debt  securities  ("Guarantor").  The Guarantor  received  Warrants to
purchase  Common  Stock in  connection  with the  guarantee.  If the guaranty is
called  on,  the  Company  has agreed to issue  such  Guarantor  7%  convertible
debentures with a two year maturity in an amount equal to the amount paid by the
Guarantor,  which  debentures will be convertible into shares of Common Stock at
the  lower  of $2.00  per  share or 75% of the  closing  sale  price on the date
of payment.

                                      F-22

                    DATAMETRICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)

     In April  1998,  the owner of the  Woodland  Hills,  CA  premises  formerly
occupied by the Company  sued for the balance of all rent due through the end of
the extant lease agreement plus damages of approximately $1,000,000. The Company
relocated from such premises after the owner had ignored repeated  notifications
of  unsafe  structural  conditions  as  cited  by Los  Angeles  County  building
inspectors.  Although it is presently too early to determine the outcome of this
litigation, the Company believes it has valid defenses in this case and has made
no accrual relating to this litigation.

NOTE 12.   EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

     The  Company  sponsors a defined  contribution  401(k)  plan,  as  amended,
covering a majority of its  employees.  The plan allows  eligible  employees  to
contribute up to 14% of their gross salary.  Company contributions are voluntary
and at  the  discretion  of the  Board  of  Directors.  There  were  no  Company
contributions  in  fiscal  years  1998  and  1997.  Employees  vest  in  Company
contributions based upon their years of vesting service, as defined.

     During  November  1994, the Company  established a SERP, a defined  benefit
pension  plan  covering  certain  officers to whom the plan is  offered.  Normal
retirement  age is 65, but  provision is made for earlier  retirement.  Benefits
under  the  plan  are  generally  payable  for  up  to  fifteen  years  after  a
participant's retirement.  However, the participant may elect a lump-sum payment
equal to 90% of the net present value of the benefit amount at the participant's
retirement  date.  As discussed in Note 11, the SERP was  terminated  in October
1998.

NOTE 13.   SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

     On  December  29,  1998,  the  Company   closed  a  private   placement  of
approximately  $3.45  million  of  10%  Subordinated  Notes  due  in  2000  (the
"Subordinated Notes") and $1.55 million in shares of the Company's common stock.
The  Subordinated   Notes,  which  are  unsecured  and  callable  under  certain
conditions,  provide for the Company to issue 5-year warrants  exercisable  into
the  Company's  common  stock  at a price  of $1.50  per  share.  As part of the
offering,   investors  holding  $1.75  million  of  the  Company's   Convertible
Debentures  issued  earlier in the year  exchanged  their  holdings  for new 10%
Subordinated  Notes.  In addition,  holders of $500,000 of the Company's  Senior
Subordinated  Debentures  also  exchanged  their  Debentures  for  the  new  10%
Subordinated  Notes.  The net proceeds of  approximately  $2.75 million from the
sale of Subordinated Notes and common stock will be used for debt retirement and
working capital purpose.

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WE HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED ANY DEALER,  SALES PERSON OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO REPRESENT ANYTHING NOT CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS.  YOU MUST
NOT RELY ON ANY UNAUTHORIZED INFORMATION. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT OFFER TO SELL
OR BUY ANY SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH IT IS UNLAWFUL.


                                TABLE OF CONTENTS


                                                                                                     
     Special Information Regarding Forward Looking Statements............................................2
     Risk Factors........................................................................................4
     Use of Proceeds.....................................................................................7
     Market for Common Stock.............................................................................8
     Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations...............8
     Business...........................................................................................12
     Management.........................................................................................18
     Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.....................................................23
     Description of Securities..........................................................................23
     Security Ownership of Management and Certain Beneficial Owners.....................................24
     Security Ownership of Selling Shareholders.........................................................26
     Plan of Distribution...............................................................................29
     Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants......................................................30
     Indemnification of Directors and Officers..........................................................30
     Legal Matters......................................................................................31
     Experts............................................................................................31
     Additional Information.............................................................................31
     Financial Statements..............................................................................F-1



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                                12,753,380 Shares

                                  Common Stock

                             DATAMETRICS CORPORATION

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                                   PROSPECTUS
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                               September 15, 1999

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                                     PART II

                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 24.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         The Certificate of Incorporation of Datametrics  Corporation limits the
liability  of  Directors  to  the  maximum  extent   permitted  by  the  General
Corporation  Law of Delaware (the "Delaware  Code").  The Delaware Code provides
that the  directors  of a  corporation  will not be  personally  liable  to such
corporation  or its  stockholders  for  monetary  damages  for  breach  of their
fiduciary duties as directors,  except for liability (i) for any breach of their
duty of  loyalty  to the  corporation  or its  stockholders;  (ii)  for  acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation  of law;  (iii) for unlawful  payments of dividends or unlawful  stock
repurchases or  redemption's as provided in Section 174 of the Delaware Code; or
(iv) for any transaction  from which the Director  derives an improper  personal
benefit.  The Certificate of Incorporation  also provides that the Company shall
indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware
law, except against  actions by the Company  approved by the Board of Directors,
and requires the Company to advance  expenses to such  directors and officers to
defend  any action  for which  rights of  indemnification  are  provided  in the
Certificate of  Incorporation,  and also permits the Board of Directors to grant
such rights to its employees and agents.

ITEM 25. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION

         The  estimated  expenses in  connection  with the  distribution  of the
Common Stock registered hereby, are set forth in the following table:

            SEC registration fee........................$5,000
            Legal fees and expenses....................$35,000
            Accounting fees and expenses...............$15,000
            Printing expenses...........................$3,000
            Total......................................$58,000

ITEM 26.  RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES

            During  the past  three  fiscal  years,  we have sold the  following
securities  without  registration  and  pursuant to the  exemption  set forth in
Section 4(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended:

            During  November  1996 we  completed  the sale to  approximately  12
investors of an aggregate of 37 Units, each Unit consisting of $50,000 of Senior
Subordinated  Secured  Debentures  and 5-year  Warrants to purchase up to 16,667
shares of Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase price of $1,850,000.

            During  February  1997 we sold an  aggregate  of  667,334  shares of
Common Stock at $1.50 per share,  to  approximately 6 investors for an aggregate
purchase price of $1,001,001.

            During October 1997 we completed the sale of an aggregate  1,394,094
shares of Common Stock at $1.75 per share to  approximately  29 investors for an
aggregate purchase price of $2,439,664.

            During  March  1998 we sold an  aggregate  340,000  shares of Common
Stock at $1.25  per  share to  approximately  4  shareholders  for an  aggregate
purchase price of $425,000




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            During  April  1998 we sold an  aggregate  275,000  shares of Common
Stock at $1.378  per share to  approximately  4  shareholders  for an  aggregate
purchase price of $378,950.

            During July 1998 we completed the sale of an aggregate $1,750,000 of
7% Convertible Debentures to approximately 3 investors for an aggregate purchase
price of $1,750,000.

            During   December  1998  we  completed  the  sale  of  an  aggregate
$3,450,000 of 10% Subordinated  Notes Due 2000 to approximately 7 investors,  in
exchange  for  $500,000  of  our  Senior  Secured  Subordinated  Debentures  and
retirement of all  $1,750,000 of our 7%  Convertible  Debentures.  The remaining
$1,200,000  purchase price was paid in cash. The 10% Subordinated  Notes provide
for  issuance of 5-year  Warrants to purchase up to 845,760  Common Stock of the
Company at $1.50 per share,  and 5-year  Closing Fee  Warrants to purchase up to
1,229,800 of the Company's Common Stock at $1.50 per share.

            During December 1998 we also sold an aggregate  1,559,374  shares of
Common Stock at $1.00 per share to approximately 6 shareholders for an aggregate
purchase price of $1,559,374.

            During March 1999 we sold an aggregate  $400,000 of 10% Bridge Notes
Due May 1999 to  approximately  5 investors for an aggregate  purchase  price of
$400,000.  In  connection  with such sale,  we also  issued  5-year  Warrants to
purchase up to an aggregate of 200,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock at a
purchase price of $1.00 per share.

            During  April 1999 we issued  150,000  shares of Common Stock to The
Manufacturer's  Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) pursuant to a Mutual Release and
Settlement Agreement.

            During  May 1999 we sold an  aggregate  1,500,000  shares  of Common
Stock at $1.00 per share to approximately 3 investors for an aggregate  purchase
price of $1,500,000.  The investors were also issued 5-year Warrants to purchase
up to an aggregate  1,500,000  shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock.  We also
issued 75,000 shares to a broker in connection with such sale.

            During  May 1999 we  issued  103,348  shares  of  Common  Stock to a
service providor as compensation for marketing services to be performed pursuant
to a Market  Access  Program  Marketing  Agreement.  We also issued  Warrants to
purchase  up to  200,000  shares of our  Common  Stock to the  service  provider
pursuant to such Marketing Agreement.

            During August 1999, we sold an aggregate  $2,300,000 of  Convertible
Subordinated  Secured  Notes due July  2000.  A portion  of the  purchase  price
included  the  exchange  of  $600,000  of our 10%  Senior  Subordinated  Secured
Debentures then in default and $150,000 of our outstanding 10% Bridge Notes. The
remaining $1,550,000 was paid in cash. We also issued Warrants to purchase up to
1,150,000 shares of Common Stock, for a purchase price of $1.10 per share.

            In September 1999, we issued Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate
1,500,000  shares of our Common Stock for a purchase price of $1.00 per share to
the guarantors of our line of credit with Branch  Banking and Trust Company.  We
also  issued  Warrants to  purchase  up to 75,000  shares of Common  Stock for a
purchase price of $1.10 per share to a third party in consideration of arranging
the guarantees.



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ITEM 27.  EXHIBITS.

         (a) Exhibits

     Exhibit No.      Description

     3.1              Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation,  as currently in
                      effect  (incorporated  by  reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
                      Registrant's Form 8-K dated April 15, 1987).

     3.2              Certificate  of  Designations,  Preferences  and Relative,
                      Participating, Optional and Other Special Rights of Series
                      B  Preferred  Stock and  Qualifications,  Limitations  and
                      Restrictions  Thereof dated August 10, 1993  (incorporated
                      by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant's Form 8-K dated
                      August 10, 1993).

     3.3              Bylaws as currently in effect  (incorporated  by reference
                      to  Exhibit  3.2 to  Registrant's  Form  10-K for the year
                      ended October 28, 1990).

     3.4              First  Amendment to the Restated  Bylaws,  dated August 6,
                      1996  (incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit  3.0 to the
                      Registrant's Form 8-K dated August 6, 1996).

     4.1*             Warrant  issued to Daniel P.  Ginns,  dated  November  13,
                      1996.

     4.2*             Warrant  issued to Adrien A. Maught,  Jr.,  dated November
                      13, 1996.

     4.3              7% Convertible Debenture  Subscription  Agreement dated as
                      of July 24, 1998 between the  Registrant and the Investors
                      named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
                      the Registrant's Form 8-K dated July 24, 1998).

     4.4              Form  of  7%  Convertible   Debenture   (incorporated   by
                      reference  to  Exhibit  4.2 to the  Registrant's  Form 8-K
                      dated July 24, 1998).

     4.5              Registration  Rights  Agreement  dated as of July 24, 1998
                      between the  Registrant  and the  Investors  named therein
                      (incorporated   by   reference   to  Exhibit  4.3  to  the
                      Registrant's Form 8-K dated July 24, 1998).

     4.6              Form  of  10%  Subordinated  Note  Subscription  Agreement
                      (incorporated   by   reference   to  Exhibit  4.4  to  the
                      Registrant's Form 8-K dated December 24, 1998.)

     4.7              Form of 10% Subordinated  Note  (incorporated by reference
                      to Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant's Form 8-K dated December
                      24, 1998).

     4.8              Form of Registration  Rights  Agreement  (incorporated  by
                      reference  to  Exhibit  4.6 to the  Registrant's  Form 8-K
                      dated December 24, 1998).

     4.9              Form of Common Stock Subscription  Agreement  (ncorporated
                      by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the  Registrant's  Form 8-K
                      dated December 24, 1998).

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     4.10             Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated May 7, 1999, by and
                      among the  Registrant  and the  Purchasers  listed therein
                      (incorporated   by   reference   to  Exhibit  4.1  to  the
                      Registrant's Form 8-K dated May 7, 1999).

     4.11             Registration  Rights Agreement,  dated May 7, 1999, by and
                      among the  Registrant  and the  Purchasers  listed therein
                      (incorporated   by   reference   to  Exhibit  4.2  to  the
                      Registrant's 8-K dated May 7, 1999).

     4.12             Form of Warrant  (incorporated by Reference to Exhibit 4.3
                      to the Registrant's 8-K dated May 7, 1999).

     4.13             Form of Subscription Agreement between the Company and the
                      subscribers    listed   therein   for   12%    Convertible
                      Subordinated  Secured Notes Due July 2000 (incorporated by
                      reference  to Exhibit  4.1 to the  Registrant's  8-K dated
                      August 2, 1999).

     4.14             Form  of  Security   Agreement  in  connection   with  12%
                      Convertible    Subordinated   Secured   Notes   Due   2000
                      (incorporated   by   reference   to  Exhibit  4.5  to  the
                      Registrant's 8-K dated August 2, 1999).

     4.15             Form of Registration  Rights  Agreement in connection with
                      12% Convertible  Subordinated  Secured Notes Due July 2000
                      (incorporated   by   reference   to  Exhibit  4.4  to  the
                      Registrant's 8-K dated August 2, 1999).

     4.16             Form of 12% Convertible Subordinated Secured Note Due July
                      2000  (incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit  4.2 to the
                      Registrant's 8-K dated August 2, 1999).

     4.17             Form of  Warrant  issued  in  connection  12%  Convertible
                      Subordinated  Secured Notes Due July 2000 (incorporated by
                      reference  to Exhibit  4.3 to the  Registrant's  8-K dated
                      August 2, 1999).

     4.18             Warrant  issued  to  Carl  K.  Doumani   (incorporated  by
                      reference  to Exhibit  4.1 to the  Registrant's  8-K dated
                      September 13, 1999).

     4.19             Warrant issued to Roy Doumani  (incorporated  by reference
                      to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's 8-K dated September 13,
                      1999).

     4.20             Form  of  Warrant  issued  to  finder   (incorporated   by
                      reference  to Exhibit  4.3 to the  Registrant's  8-K dated
                      September 13, 1999).

     5.1*             Opinion of Counsel as to the  legality  of the  securities
                      being registered.

     10.3*            Employment Agreement of Daniel P. Ginns dated as of August
                      12, 1997.

     10.4*            Security  Agreement  between the  Registrant and Daniel P.
                      Ginns, dated as of August 12, 1997.

     10.5*            Employment  Agreement of Adrien A. Maught, Jr. dated as of
                      August 12, 1997.

     10.6*            Security  Agreement  between the  Registrant and Adrien A.
                      Maught, Jr. dated as of August 12, 1997.



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     10.7             Loan  Agreement  with Branch Bank,  dated as of August 20,
                      1999  (incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit 10.1 to the
                      Registrant's 8-K dated September 13, 1999).

     10.8             Promissory Note payable to Branch Bank, dated as of August
                      20, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
                      Registrant's 8-K dated September 13, 1999).

     10.9             Security Agreement and Addendum with Branch Bank, dated as
                      of August 20, 1999  (incorporated  by reference to Exhibit
                      10.3 to the Registrant's 8-K dated September 13, 1999).

     10.10            Form of Guarantee  and Addendum of each of the  guarantors
                      of the Registrant's line of credit with Branch Banking and
                      Trust Company  (incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 10.4
                      to the Registrant's 8-K dated September 13, 1999).

     16.1             Letter  of  Ernst & Young  LLP  dated  November  7,  1997,
                      regarding   its  comments  to  the   statements   made  by
                      Registrant in Item 4 of  Registrant's  Form 8-K filed with
                      the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 1997
                      (incorporated   by   reference  to  Exhibit  16.1  to  the
                      Registrant's Form 8-K filed on November 7, 1997).

     16.2             Letter  of  Deloitte  & Touche  LLP  dated  March 3,  1998
                      regarding   its  comments  to  the   statements   made  by
                      Registrant in Item 4 of  Registrant's  Form 8-K filed with
                      the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on February 25,
                      1998  (incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit 16.1 to the
                      Registrant's Form 8-K/A filed on March 5, 1998).

     16.3             Letter  of  Deloitte  &  Touche  LLP  dated  May  8,  1998
                      regarding   its  comments  to  the   statements   made  by
                      Registrant in Item 4 of  Registrant's  Form 8-K filed with
                      the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on April 30, 1998
                      (incorporated   by   reference  to  Exhibit  16.1  to  the
                      Registrant's Form 8-K/A filed on May 21, 1998).

     21.1             List of Subsidiaries (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                      21 to the  Registrant's  Form  10-K  for  the  year  ended
                      October 27, 1996).

     23.1*            Consent of Counsel  (included in opinion  filed as Exhibit
                      5.1).

     23.2*            Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants

     24.1*            Power of Attorney  (included in the signature page of this
                      Registration Statement).

     99.1             The  Datametrics  Employee  Savings  Plan  And  The  Trust
                      Agreement  Pursuant To The  Datametrics  Employee  Savings
                      Plan   (incorporated   by   reference  to  Exhibit  28  to
                      Registrant's  Statement  on Form S-8 filed on November 12,
                      1985 SEC File No. 33- 01469.

     99.2             The  Amended  and  Restated  1993  Stock  Option  Plan  of
                      Datametrics  Corporation  (incorporated  by  reference  to
                      Exhibit 28.2 to Registrant's  Form 10-K for the year ended
                      October 31, 1993).




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     99.3             The 1986 Stock Option Plan of Datametrics Corporation,  as
                      amended  (incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit  28.1 to
                      Registrant's  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 filed on
                      June 10, 1987,  SEC File No.  33-14969 and Exhibit 28.5 to
                      Registrant's  Form  10-K for the year  ended  October  29,
                      1988).

     99.4             The 1982 Stock Option Plan of Datametrics Corporation,  as
                      amended  (incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit  28.2 to
                      Registrant's  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 filed on
                      June 10, 1987, SEC File No. 33-14969).

     99.5             The 1993 Directors' Option Plan of Datametrics Corporation
                      (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 28.5 to Registrant's
                      Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 1993).

     99.6             Datametrics Corporation  Supplemental Executive Retirement
                      Plan and Master Trust Agreement (incorporated by reference
                      to  Exhibit  28.6 to  Registrant's  From 10-K for the year
                      ended October 30, 1994).

     99.7             The 1995  Stock  Option  Plan of  Datametrics  Corporation
                      (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 28.7 to Registrant's
                      Form S-8 Filed May 30, 1996, SEC File No. 333-04815).

     99.8             The  Datametrics   Corporation  Employee  Qualified  Stock
                      Purchase Plan  (incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 28.8
                      to  Registrant's  Form S-8 filed on May 30, 1996, SEC File
                      No. 333-04815).
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     * Filed with this Registration Statement.

ITEM 28.  UNDERTAKINGS

A.       The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to:

         (i)  Include  any  prospectus  required  by  Section  10(a)(3)  of  the
Securities Act;

         (ii)Reflect in the  prospectus any facts or events which,  individually
or together,  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement; and

         (iii)Include  any  material  information  with  respect  to the plan of
distribution  not  previously  disclosed  in the  registration  statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;

         (2) That,  for the  purpose  of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration  statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering  therein,  and the  offering of such  securities  at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.



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         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective  amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

B.       Undertaking required by Regulation S-B, Item 512(e).

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors,  officers or controlling  persons pursuant to
the foregoing provisions,  or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange  Commission such  indemnification  is
against  public  policy as expressed in the  Securities  Act and is,  therefore,
unenforceable.  In the  event  that a claim  for  indemnification  against  such
liabilities  (other than the payment by the  Registrant of expenses  incurred or
paid by a  director,  officer or  controlling  person of the  Registrant  in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as  expressed  in the  Securities  Act and will be  governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.

 C.      Undertaking Required by Regulation S-B, Item 512(f).

         The  undersigned  Registrant  hereby  undertakes  that, for purposes of
determining  any  liability  under  the  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that is  incorporated  by reference in the  registration  statement shall be
deemed to be a new  registration  statement  relating to the securities  offered
therein,  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
initial bona fide offering thereof.




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SIGNATURES

         In accordance  with the  requirements  of the Securities Act of 1933the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the  requirements  for filing on Form SB-2 and authorized  this  registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  in the city of Florham
Park, State of New Jersey on September 15, 1999.

                                                  DATAMETRICS CORPORATION
                                                  (Registrant)

                                                  /s/ Daniel P. Ginns
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                  Daniel P. Ginns,
                                                  Chairman of Board of Directors
                                                  and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature
appears below  constitutes  and appoints Daniel P. Ginns, as his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact  and agent with full power of substitution and  resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
or all amendments  (including  post-effective  amendments) to this  Registration
Statement,  and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange Commission,  granting
unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
foregoing,  as  fully to all  intents  and  purposes  as he might or could do in
person,  hereby  ratifying and  confirming  all that said  attorney-in-fact  and
agent, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
registration  statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates stated.




Signature*                                             Title                                Date
- ---------                                              -----                                ----
                                                                                     
/*/ ADRIEN A. MAUGHT                                   Chief Operating Officer,             September 15, 1999
- ----------------------------------------------         President and Director
Adrien A. Maught

/*/ WILLIAM B. PANDOS                                  Chief Financial Officer and          September 15, 1999
- ----------------------------------------------         Treasurer
William B. Pandos

/*/ DOUGLAS S. FRIEDENBERG                             Director                             September 15, 1999
- ----------------------------------------------
Douglas S. Friedenberg

/*/ JOHN W. O'LEARY                                    Director                             September 15, 1999
- ----------------------------------------------
John W. O'Leary

/*/ RICHARD J. LOVE                                    Director                             September 15, 1999
- --------------------------------------------
Richard J. Love

/*/ VINCENT J. CAHILL                                  Director                             September 15, 1999
- --------------------------------------------
Vincent J. Cahill

* By Daniel P. Ginns, Attorney-In-Fact



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