Exhibit 3.2
                                                              1903757
                                                     ENDORSED - FILED
                                       In the Office of the Secretary
                                                             of State
                                           of the State of California
                                                         SEP 0 3 1996
                                             BILL JONES, Secretary of State


                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                             ADVANTAGE SYSTEMS, INC.

         FIRST: The name of this corporation is

                ADVANTAGE SYSTEMS, INC.


         SECOND:  The purpose of the  corporation is to engage in any lawful act
or  activity  for  which  a  corporation  may be  organized  under  the  General
Corporation Law of California  other than the banking business the trust company
business,  or the practice of a profession  permitted to be  incorporated by the
California Corporations Code.

         THIRD:  The  name  and  address  in the  State  of  California  of this
corporation's  initial  agent for service of process is Keith  Avinger,  1001 S.
Saratoga-Sunnyvale Rd., San Jose, CA 95129

         FOURTH:  This  corporation  is  authorized  to issue  only one class of
shares of stock;  and the total number of such shares which the  corporation  is
authorized to issue is 100,000 shares.

         FIFTH:  The liability of the directors of the  corporation for monetary
damages

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shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under California law.


         SIXTH:  The  corporation  is authorized to provide  indemnification  of
agents (as defined in Section 317 of the Corporations  Code.) for breach of duty
to the  corporation  and its  stockholders  through bylaw  provisions or through
agreements with agents, or otherwise, in excess of the indemnification otherwise
permitted by Section 317 of the Corporations Code, subject to the limits of such
excess indemnification set forth in Section 204 of the Corporations Code.

         I declare  that I am the  person who  executed  the above  Articles  of
Incorporation, and that this instrument is any act and deed.


                                               /s/ Steven Mehlman
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                                               Incorporator, Steven Mehlman


















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                                                                A498575
                                                         E N D 0 R S E D
                                                               F I L E D
                                        In the office Of the Secretary of State
                                        of the State of California
                                                             OCT 10 1997
                                                BILL JONES, Secretary of State

                           CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF
                          ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
                             ADVANTAGE SYSTEMS, INC.

The undersigned certify that:


1. They are the president and the secretary respectively,  of ADVANTAGE SYSTEMS,
INC., a California Corporation.

2.  Article  FOURTH of the  Articles of  Incorporation  of this  corporation  is
amended to read as follows:

         "FOURTH  This  corporation  is  authorized  to issue  only one class of
         shares of stock;  and the total number of shares which the  corporation
         is authorized to issue is 10,000,000 shares."

3. The  foregoing  amendment  of the  Articles  of  Incorporation  has been duly
approved by the board of directors.

4. The  foregoing  amendment  of the  Articles  of  Incorporation  has been duly
approved by the required vote of  shareholders  in accordance  with Section 902,
California  Corporations  Code.  The total number of  outstanding  shares of the
corporation  is 90,000.  The number of shares  voting in favor of the  amendment
equaled or exceeded the vote  required.  The  percentage  vote required was more
than 50%.

We further  declare  under  penalty  of  perjury  under the laws of the State of
California  that the matters set forth in this  certificate are true and correct
of our own knowledge.

Date: September 30, 1997

                                               /s/ Keith Avinger
                                               --------------------------
                                               Keith Avinger, President


                                               /s/ Kenney Noel
                                               --------------------------
                                               Kenney Noel, Secretary




                           CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF
                          ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
                             ADVANTAGE SYSTEMS, INC.

The undersigned certify that:

1. They are the president and the secretary, respectively, of ADVANTAGE SYSTEMS,
INC., California Corporation.

2.  Article  FOURTH of the  Articles of  Incorporation  of this  corporation  is
amended to read as follows:

         "FOURTH  This  corporation  is  authorized  to issue  only one class of
         shares of stock;  and the total number of shares which the  corporation
         is authorized to issue is 10,000,000 shares."

3. The  foregoing  amendment  of the  Articles  of  Incorporation  has been duly
approved by the board of directors.

4. The  foregoing  amendment  of the  Articles  of  Incorporation  has been duly
approved by the required vote of  shareholders  in accordance  with Section 902,
California  Corporations  Code.  The total number of  outstanding  shares of the
corporation  is 90,000.  The number of shares  voting in favor of the  amendment
equaled or exceeded the vote  required.  The  percentage  vote required was more
than 50%.

We further  declare  under  penalty  of  perjury  under the laws of the State of
California  that the matters set forth in this  certificate are true and correct
of our own knowledge.

Date: September 19 , 1997

                                               /s/ Keith Avinger
                                               --------------------------
                                               Keith Avinger, President


                                               --------------------------
                                               Kenney Noel, Secretary