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                             DATATEC INDUSTRIES, INC

                INVENTORY AND WORKING CAPITAL FINANCING AGREEMENT

                                Table of Contents

Section 1.  DEFINITIONS; ATTACHMENTS                                        1
1.1.   Special Definitions.                                                 1
1.2.   Other Defined Terms.                                                 8
1.3.   Attachments.                                                         8
Section 2.  CREDIT LINE/FINANCE CHARGES/OTHER CHARGES                       9
2.1.   Credit Line.                                                         9
2.2.   Product Advances.                                                    9
2.3.   A/R Advances.                                                       10
2.4.   Term Loan Advances                                                  11
2.5.   Finance and Other Charges.                                          12
2.6.   Customer Account Statements.                                        12
2.7.   Shortfall.                                                          12
2.8.   Application of Payments.                                            13
2.9.   Prepayment and Reborrowing By Customer.                             13
Section 3. CREDIT LINE ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS                               13
3.1.   Ineligible Accounts.                                                13
3.2.   Reimbursement for Charges.                                          15
3.3.   Lockbox and Special Account.                                        15
3.4.   Collections.                                                        15
3.5.   Application of Remittances and Credits.                             15
3.6.   Power of Attorney.                                                  15
3.7.   Concentration Accounts.                                             16
Section 4.  SECURITY -- COLLATERAL                                         16
4.1.   Grant.                                                              16
4.2.   Further Assurances.                                                 17
Section 5.  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT                                           17
5.1.   Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of this Agreement.        17
5.2.   Conditions Precedent to Each Advance.                               18
Section 6.  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES                                 19
6.1.   Organization and Qualifications.                                    19
6.2.   Rights in Collateral; Priority of Liens.                            19
6.3.   No Conflicts.                                                       19
6.4.   Enforceability.                                                     19
6.5.   Locations of Offices, Records and Inventory.                        19
6.6.   Fictitious Business Names.                                          19
6.7.   Organization.                                                       20
6.8.   No Judgments or Litigation.                                         20
6.9.   No Defaults.                                                        20
6.10.   Labor Matters.                                                     20
6.11.   Compliance with Law.                                               20
6.12.   ERISA.                                                             20
6.13.   Compliance with Environmental Laws.                                20
6.14.   Intellectual Property.                                             21
6.15.   Licenses and Permits.                                              21


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6.16.   Investment Company.                                                21
6.17.   Taxes and Tax Returns.                                             21
6.18.   Status of Accounts.                                                21
6.19.   Affiliate/Subsidiary Transactions.                                 21
6.20.   Accuracy and Completeness of Information.                          21
6.21.   Recording Taxes.                                                   22
6.22.   Indebtedness.                                                      22
Section 7.  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS                                          22
7.1.   Financial and Other Information.                                    22
7.2.   Location of Collateral.                                             24
7.3.   Changes in Customer.                                                24
7.4.   Legal Entity Existence.                                             24
7.5.   ERISA.                                                              24
7.6.   Environmental Matters.                                              24
7.7.   Collateral Books and Records/Collateral Audit.                      24
7.8.   Insurance; Casualty Loss.                                           25
7.9.   Taxes.                                                              26
7.10.   Compliance With Laws.                                              26
7.11.   Fiscal Year.                                                       26
7.12.   Intellectual Property.                                             26
7.13.   Maintenance of Property.                                           26
7.14.   Collateral.                                                        26
7.15.   Subsidiaries.                                                      27
7.16.   Financial Covenants; Additional Covenants.                         27
Section 8.  NEGATIVE COVENANTS                                             27
8.1.   Liens.                                                              27
8.2.   Disposition of Assets.                                              27
8.3.   Legal Entity Changes.                                               27
8.4.   Guaranties.                                                         27
8.5.   Restricted Payments.                                                28
8.6.   Investments.                                                        28
8.7.   Affiliate/Subsidiary Transactions.                                  28
8.8.   ERISA.                                                              28
8.9.   Additional Negative Pledges.                                        29
8.10.   Storage of Collateral with Bailees and Warehousemen.               29
8.11.   Use of Proceeds.                                                   29
8.12.   Accounts.                                                          29
8.13.   Indebtedness.                                                      29
8.14.   Loans.                                                             29
Section 9.  DEFAULT                                                        29
9.1.   Event of Default.                                                   29
9.2.   Acceleration.                                                       31
9.3.   Remedies.                                                           31
9.4.   Waiver.                                                             32
Section 10.  MISCELLANEOUS                                                 32
10.1.   Term; Termination.                                                 32
10.2.   Indemnification.                                                   32
10.3.   Additional Obligations.                                            32
10.4.   LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.                                           33
10.5.   Alteration/Waiver.                                                 33
10.6.   Severability.                                                      33
10.7.   One Loan.                                                          33
10.8.   Additional Collateral.                                             33
10.9.   No Merger or Novations.                                            34


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10.10.   Paragraph Titles.                                                 34
10.11.   Binding Effect; Assignment.                                       34
10.12.   Notices; E-Business Acknowledgment.                               34
10.13.   Counterparts.                                                     35
10.14.   ATTACHMENT A MODIFICATIONS.                                       35
10.15.   SUBMISSION AND CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND CHOICE OF LAW.         35
10.16.   JURY TRIAL WAIVER.                                                36

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                          INVENTORY AND WORKING CAPITAL
                               FINANCING AGREEMENT

            This INVENTORY AND WORKING CAPITAL FINANCING  AGREEMENT (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise  modified from time to time, this  "Agreement") and is
hereby  made  this  10th  day of  November,  2000,  by and  between  IBM  Credit
Corporation,  a Delaware  corporation with a place of business at 1500 RiverEdge
Parkway,  Atlanta, GA 30328, ("IBM Credit"), and Datatec Industries,  Inc., duly
organized  under the laws of the State of Delaware,  with its principal place of
business at 23 Madison Road, Fairfield, NJ 07004 ("Customer").

                                   WITNESSETH

            WHEREAS, in the course of Customer's operations, Customer intends to
purchase from Persons approved in writing by IBM Credit for the purposes of this
Agreement (the "Authorized  Suppliers")  computer hardware and software products
manufactured  or  distributed  by or bearing any trademark or trade name of such
Authorized  Suppliers  (the  "Products")  (as of the date hereof the  Authorized
Suppliers are as set forth on Attachment E hereto);

            WHEREAS, Customer has requested that IBM Credit finance its purchase
of Products from such Authorized Suppliers and its working capital requirements,
and IBM Credit is willing to provide such  financing to Customer  subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

            NOW, THEREFORE,  in consideration of the premises and for other good
and  valuable  consideration,  the receipt and  sufficiency  of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

                       Section 1. DEFINITIONS; ATTACHMENTS

1.1.  Special  Definitions.   The  following  terms  shall  have  the  following
respective meanings in this Agreement (such meanings to be equally applicable to
both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

"A/R  Advance":  any loan or advance of funds made by IBM Credit to or on behalf
of Customer pursuant to Section 2.3 of this Agreement, including, as the context
may require, a WCO Advance, a PRO Advance and a Takeout Advance.

"A/R  Advance  Date":  the Business Day on which IBM Credit makes an A/R Advance
under this Agreement.

"A/R Advance  Term":  shall be the  collective or individual  reference,  as the
context may require, to a PRO Advance Term and a WCO Advance Term.

"A/R Finance Charges": as defined on Attachment A.

"Accounts": as defined in the U.C.C.

"Advance":  any loan or other  extension of credit by IBM Credit to or on behalf
of Customer  pursuant  to this  Agreement  including,  without  limitation,  (i)
Product Advances, (ii) A/R Advances and (iii) the Term Loan.

"Affiliate":  with  respect to any Person,  any other  Person (the  "Affiliate")
meeting  one of the  following:  (i) at least 10% of the  Affiliate's  equity is
owned,  directly  or  indirectly,  by such  Person;  (ii) at  least  10% of such
Person's equity is owned, directly or indirectly,  by the Affiliate; or (iii) at
least 10% of such Person's equity and at least 10% of the Affiliate's  equity is
owned, directly or indirectly,  by the same Person or Persons.

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All of Customer's officers,  directors, joint venturers, and partners shall also
be deemed to be Affiliates of Customer for purposes of this Agreement.

"Agreement":  as defined in the caption.

"Auditors":  a  nationally  recognized  firm  of  independent  certified  public
accountants selected by Customer and satisfactory to IBM Credit.

"Authorized Suppliers": as defined in the recitals of this Agreement.

"Available  Credit":  at any time (1) the  Maximum  Advance  Amount less (2) the
Outstanding Advances, other than the Outstanding Term Loan at such time.

"Average Daily Balance": for each Advance for a given period of time, the sum of
the unpaid  principal of such Advance as of each day during such period of time,
divided by the number of days in such period of time.

"Bank": as defined in Section 3.3.

"Borrowing Base": as defined in Attachment A.

"Business  Day":  any day other  than a  Saturday,  Sunday or other day on which
commercial  banks in New  York,  New York are  generally  closed or on which IBM
Credit is closed.

"Closing Date": the date on which the conditions  precedent to the effectiveness
of this  Agreement  set forth in Section 5.1 hereof are  satisfied  or waived in
writing by IBM Credit.

"Code": the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or any successor statute.

"Collateral": as defined in Section 4.1.

"Collateral  Management  Report":  a report to be  delivered  by Customer to IBM
Credit from time to time,  as  provided  herein,  signed by the chief  executive
officer or chief financial  officer of Customer,  substantially  in the form and
detail of Attachment F hereto,  detailing and  certifying,  among other items: a
summary of Customer's  inventory on hand  financed by IBM Credit and  Customer's
Eligible  Accounts,  the  amounts  and  aging  of  all of  Customer's  Accounts,
Customer's  inventory on hand financed by IBM Credit by quantity,  type,  model,
Authorized  Supplier's  invoice price to Customer and the total of the line item
values  for all  inventory  listed  on the  report,  the  amounts  and  aging of
Customer's accounts payable as of a specified date, all of Customer's IBM Credit
borrowing  activity during a specified period and the total amount of Customer's
Borrowing  Base as well as  Customer's  Outstanding  A/R  Advances,  Outstanding
Product  Advances,  Available  Credit and any Shortfall Amount as of a specified
date.

"Common  Due  Date":  (1) the  fifth  day of a  calendar  month  if the  Product
Financing  Period or A/R Advance Term,  whichever is applicable,  expires on the
first through tenth of such calendar month;  (2) the fifteenth day of a calendar
month  if the  Product  Financing  Period  or A/R  Advance  Term,  whichever  is
applicable,  expires on the eleventh  through  twentieth of such calendar month;
and (3) the twenty-fifth day of a calendar month if the Product Financing Period
or A/R  Advance  Term,  whichever  is  applicable,  expires on the  twenty-first
through the last day of such calendar month.

"Compliance Certificate":  a certificate substantially in the form of Attachment
C.

"Concentration Accounts": shall mean an Eligible Account that, individually,  or
when aggregated with all other  outstanding  Accounts of the same Account debtor
and such Account debtor's Affiliates,  constitute more than ten percent (10%) of
the net  outstanding  balance of all  Eligible  Accounts  of the  Customer  then
outstanding for all Account debtors.



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"Concentration  Account  Debtor":  shall mean, at any time,  any Account  debtor
obligated  to  Customer  with  respect  to, or on  account  of, a  Concentration
Account.

"Credit Line": as defined in Section 2.1.

"Customer": as defined in the caption.

"Default":  either (1) an Event of Default or (2) any event or condition  which,
but for the requirement  that notice be given or time lapse or both, would be an
Event of Default.

"Delinquency Fee Rate": as defined on Attachment A.

"Eligible Accounts": as defined in Section 3.1.

"Environmental  Laws":  all statutes,  laws,  judicial  decisions,  regulations,
ordinances,  and other  governmental  restrictions  relating to  pollution,  the
protection of the environment,  occupational health and safety, or to emissions,
discharges  or release of  pollutants,  contaminants,  hazardous  substances  or
wastes into the environment.

"Environmental  Liability":  any  claim,  demand,  obligation,  cause of action,
allegation,  order,  violation,  injury,  judgment,  penalty  or  fine,  cost or
expense,  resulting from the violation or alleged violation of any Environmental
Laws or the imposition of any Lien pursuant to any Environmental Laws.

"ERISA": the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any
successor statutes.

"Event of Default": as defined in Section 9.1.

"Financial  Statements":  the  consolidated  and  consolidating  balance  sheets
(including, without limitation, securities such as stocks and investment bonds),
statements of operations,  statements of cash flows and statements of changes in
shareholder's  equity of Customer and its Subsidiaries for the period specified,
prepared in accordance with GAAP and consistent with prior practices.

"Floor  Plan  Lender":  any Person  who now or  hereinafter  provides  inventory
financing  to  Customer,  provided  that such Person  executes an  Intercreditor
Agreement  (as  defined in Section  5.1 of this  Agreement)  or a  subordination
agreement with IBM Credit in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit.

"Free Financing Period":  for each Product Advance, the period, if any, in which
IBM  Credit  does not charge  Customer  a  financing  charge.  IBM Credit  shall
calculate the Customer's Free Financing  Period  utilizing a methodology that is
consistent with the methodologies  used for similarly  situated customers of IBM
Credit.  The Customer  understands  that IBM Credit may not offer, may change or
may cease to offer a Free  Financing  Period  for the  Customer's  purchases  of
Products.

"Free Financing Period Exclusion Fee": as defined in Attachment A.

"GAAP":  generally  accepted  accounting  principles  in the United States as in
effect from time to time.

"Governmental Authority": any nation or government, any state or other political
subdivision thereof, and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
regulatory or administrative  functions of or pertaining to government,  and any
corporation  or other  entity  owned or  controlled  (through  stock or  capital
ownership or otherwise) by any of the foregoing.

"Hazardous  Substances":  all  substances,  wastes or  materials,  to the extent
subject to regulation as "hazardous  substances" or "hazardous  waste" under any
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"HTO"; as defined in Section 2.3.

"IBM Credit": as defined in the caption.

"Indebtedness":  with respect to any Person,  (1) all obligations of such Person
for borrowed  money or for the deferred  purchase  price of property or services
(other than trade  liabilities  incurred in the ordinary  course of business and
payable in accordance with customary practices) or which is evidenced by a note,
bond, debenture or similar instrument,  (2) all obligations of such Person under
capital leases (including  obligations under any leases Customer may enter into,
now or in the future,  with IBM Credit),  (3) all  obligations of such Person in
respect of letters of credit, banker's acceptances or similar obligations issued
or created for the account of such Person,  (4)  liabilities  arising  under any
interest  rate  protection,  future,  option  swap,  cap or hedge  agreement  or
arrangement  under  which  such  Person  is a  party  or  beneficiary,  (5)  all
obligations  under guaranties by such Person and (6) all liabilities  secured by
any Lien on any  property  owned by such  Person even though such Person has not
assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof.

"Intellectual Property": as defined in Section 6.14.

"Investment": with respect to any Person (the "Investor"), (1) any investment by
the Investor in any other Person,  whether by means of share  purchase,  capital
contribution,  purchase or other  acquisition  of a partnership or joint venture
interest,  loan, time deposit, demand deposit or otherwise, and (2) any guaranty
by the Investor of any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person.

"Lien(s)":  any lien, claim, charge, pledge,  security interest,  deed of trust,
mortgage,  other encumbrance or other arrangement having the practical effect of
the  foregoing,  including  the  interest  of  a  vendor  or  lessor  under  any
conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement.

"Lockbox"; as defined in Section 3.3.

"Material  Adverse  Effect":  a material  adverse  effect  (1) on the  business,
operations,  results  of  operations,  assets,  or  financial  condition  of the
Customer,  (2) on the aggregate value of the Collateral or the aggregate  amount
which IBM  Credit  would be likely to receive  (after  giving  consideration  to
reasonably  likely delays in payment and reasonable costs of enforcement) in the
liquidation of such Collateral to recover the Obligations in full, or (3) on the
rights and remedies of IBM Credit under this Agreement.

"Maximum Advance Amount": at any time, the lesser of (1) the Credit Line and (2)
the Borrowing Base at such time.

"Obligations": all covenants,  agreements,  warranties, duties, representations,
loans, advances, interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of
any  petition  in   bankruptcy,   or  the   commencement   of  any   insolvency,
reorganization or like proceeding,  relating to Customer, whether or not a claim
for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding),  fees,
reasonable expenses,  indemnities,  liabilities and Indebtedness of any kind and
nature whatsoever now or hereafter arising,  owing, due or payable from Customer
to IBM Credit.

"Other Charges": as set forth in Attachment A.

"Other Documents":  all security  agreements,  mortgages,  leases,  instruments,
documents, guarantees, schedules of assignment, contracts and similar agreements
executed by Customer and delivered to IBM Credit,  pursuant to this Agreement or
otherwise,  and all  amendments,  supplements  and  other  modifications  to the
foregoing from time to time.

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"Outstanding Advances": at any time of determination,  the sum of (1) the unpaid
principal  amount of all Advances made by IBM Credit under this  Agreement,  and
(2) any finance charge, fee, expense or other amount related to Advances charged
to Customer's account with IBM Credit.

"Outstanding  A/R Advances":  at any time of  determination,  the sum of (1) the
unpaid  principal  amount of all A/R  Advances  made by IBM  Credit  under  this
Agreement;  and (2) any finance charge,  fee, expense or other amount related to
A/R Advances charged to Customer's account with IBM Credit.

"Outstanding Product Advances": at any time of determination, the sum of (1) the
unpaid  principal  amount of all Product  Advances made by IBM Credit under this
Agreement;  and (2) any finance charge,  fee, expense or other amount related to
Product Advances charged to Customer's account with IBM Credit.

"Outstanding Term Loan": at any time of determination, the sum of (1) the unpaid
principal  amount of the Term Loan made by IBM Credit under this Agreement;  and
(2) any finance  charge,  fee,  expense or other amount related to the Term Loan
charged to  Customer's  account with IBM Credit.  "PBGC":  as defined in Section
6.12.

"Permitted  Discretion":  discretion  exercised  in  a  commercially  reasonable
manner.

"Permitted Indebtedness": any of the following:

(1)         Indebtedness to IBM Credit;

(2)         Indebtedness described in Section VII of Attachment B;

(3)         Indebtedness to any Floor Plan Lender;

(4)         Purchase Money Indebtedness;

(5)         guaranties in favor of IBM Credit; and

(6)         other  Indebtedness  consented to by IBM Credit in writing  prior to
incurring such Indebtedness.

"Permitted Liens":  any of the following:

(1)         Liens which are the subject of an Intercreditor Agreement, in effect
from time to time between IBM Credit and any other secured creditor;

(2)         Purchase Money Security Interests;

(3)         Liens described in Section I of Attachment B;

(4) Liens of warehousemen,  mechanics,  materialmen,  workers, repairmen, common
carriers,  landlords  and other  similar  Liens  arising by  operation of law or
otherwise,  not waived in connection herewith,  for amounts that are not yet due
and payable or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly
instituted and diligently  conducted if an adequate reserve or other appropriate
provisions  shall have been made therefor as required to be in  conformity  with
GAAP and an adverse  determination in such  proceedings  could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(5) attachment or judgment Liens  individually or in the aggregate not in excess
of  $250,000  (exclusive  of  (A)  any  amounts  that  are  duly  bonded  to the
satisfaction  of IBM Credit or (B) any amount  fully  covered by insurance as to
which the insurance company has acknowledged its obligation to pay such judgment
in full);

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(6)  easements,  rights-of-way,  restrictions  and  other  similar  encumbrances
incurred in the ordinary  course of business  which,  in the aggregate,  are not
substantial in amount and which do not materially  detract from the value of the
property  subject thereto or materially  interfere with the ordinary  conduct of
the business of Customer;

(7) extensions and renewals of the foregoing Permitted Liens;  provided that (A)
the  aggregate  amount of such  extended  or  renewed  Liens do not  exceed  the
original principal amount of the Indebtedness  which it secures,  (B) such Liens
do not extend to any property other than property already  previously subject to
the Lien and (C) such extended or renewed  Liens are on terms and  conditions no
more  restrictive  than the terms and  conditions of the Liens being extended or
renewed;

(8) Liens arising from deposits or pledges to secure bids,  tenders,  contracts,
leases,  surety and appeal bonds and other obligations of like nature arising in
the ordinary course of the Customer's business;

(9) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges not delinquent or being
contested,  in good faith, by appropriate  proceedings  promptly  instituted and
diligently  conducted  if an adequate  reserve or other  appropriate  provisions
shall have been made therefor as required in order to be in conformity with GAAP
and an  adverse  determination  in such  proceedings  could  not  reasonably  be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(10) Liens  arising out of deposits in connection  with  workers'  compensation,
unemployment insurance or other social security or similar legislation;

(11) Liens arising pursuant to this Agreement; and

(12) other Liens  consented to by IBM Credit in writing prior to incurring  such
Lien.

"Person": any individual,  association, firm, corporation,  partnership,  trust,
unincorporated organization or other entity whatsoever.

"Plans": as defined in Section 6.12.

"Policies":  all policies of  insurance  required to be  maintained  by Customer
under this Agreement or any of the Other Documents.

"Prime  Rate":  as of the date of  determination,  the  average  of the rates of
interest  announced by Citibank,  N.A., Chase Manhattan Bank and Bank of America
National Trust &amp; Savings Association (or any other bank which IBM Credit uses in
its normal course of business of determining  Prime Rate) as their prime or base
rate, as of the last Business Day of the calendar  month  immediately  preceding
the date of  determination,  whether or not such announced  rates are the actual
rates charged by such banking institutions to their most creditworthy borrowers.

"PRO Advance":  an A/R Advance,  with a PRO Advance Term,  made by IBM Credit to
itself on behalf of Customer to repay all or a portion of a Product Advance that
is due and payable.

"PRO Advance Term": for each PRO Advance, a period, in increments of ten days as
specified  by Customer in the Request for A/R Advance  with  respect to such PRO
Advance, but in no event in excess of thirty days, commencing on the A/R Advance
Date for such PRO Advance.

"Products": as defined in the recitals of this Agreement.

"Product  Advance":  any  advance of funds made or  committed  to be made by IBM
Credit for the account of Customer  to an  Authorized  Supplier in respect of an
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Authorized  Supplier to IBM Credit  describing  Products  purchased by Customer,
including  any such  advance  made or committed to be made as of the date hereof
pursuant to the Financing Agreement.

"Product Financing Charge": as defined on Attachment A.

"Product Financing Period":  for each Product Advance, a period of days equal to
that set forth in Attachment A from time to time, commencing on the invoice date
of such Product Advance.

"Purchase  Money  Indebtedness":  any  Indebtedness  (including  capital leases)
incurred to finance the acquisition of assets (other than assets manufactured or
distributed  by or  bearing  any  trademark  or  trade  name  of any  Authorized
Supplier) to be used in the Customer's  business not to exceed the lesser of (1)
the  purchase  price or  acquisition  cost of such asset and (2) the fair market
value of such asset.

"Purchase Money Security  Interest":  any security  interest  securing  Purchase
Money  Indebtedness,  which security  interest  applies solely to the particular
asset acquired with the Purchase Money Indebtedness.

"Request for A/R Advance": as defined in Section 2.3.

"Request for Term Loan Advance": as defined in Section 2.4 of this Agreement.

"Requirement  of Law":  as to any  Person,  the  articles of  incorporation  and
by-laws of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination
of an  arbitrator  or a court  or other  governmental  authority,  in each  case
applicable  to or binding  upon such  Person or any of its  property or to which
such Person or any of its property is subject.

"Shortfall Amount":  as defined in Section 2.7.

"Shortfall Transaction Fee": as defined in Attachment A.

"Special Account": as defined in Section 3.3.

"Subsidiary":  with respect to any Person,  any  corporation  or other entity of
which  securities or other ownership  interests  having ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the board of directors or other Persons  performing  similar
functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person.

"Supplier Credits": as defined in Section 2.2.

"Takeout  Advance":  upon request by Customer,  an A/R Advance made, only on the
Closing  Date,  to existing  creditors of Customer on behalf of Customer,  in an
amount sufficient to discharge Customer's indebtedness to such creditor.

"Term Loan":  the loan or advance of funds made by IBM Credit to or on behalf of
Customer pursuant to Section 2 .4 of the Agreement.

"Term Loan Commencement Date": as defined in Section 2 .4 of the Agreement.

"Term Loan Commitment": as defined in Schedule A.

"Term Loan Finance Charge": as defined in Schedule A.

"Term Loan Stated Maturity Date": as set forth in Schedule A.

"Termination  Date":  shall  mean  the  third  anniversary  of the  date of this
Agreement  or such other date as IBM Credit and  Customer may agree to from time
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"Voting Stock":  securities, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence
of  contingencies,  entitled  to  elect  the  corporate  directors  (or  persons
performing similar functions).

"WCO Advance": an A/R Advance, with a WCO Advance Term.

"WCO Advance Term":  for each WCO Advance,  a period of one hundred eighty (180)
days commencing on the A/R Advance Date for such WCO Advance.

1.2. Other Defined Terms.  Terms not otherwise  defined in this Agreement  which
are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York
(the "U.C.C.") shall have the meanings assigned to them therein.

1.3. Attachments. All attachments, exhibits, schedules and other addenda hereto,
including,  without limitation,  Attachment A and Attachment B, are specifically
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              Section 2. CREDIT LINE/FINANCE CHARGES/OTHER CHARGES

2.1.  Credit  Line.  Subject  to the  terms  and  conditions  set  forth in this
Agreement,  on and after the Closing Date to but not  including the date that is
the earlier of (x) the date on which this  Agreement is  terminated  pursuant to
Section  10. and (y) the date on which IBM  Credit  terminates  the Credit  Line
pursuant  to Section  9., IBM Credit  agrees to extend to the  Customer a credit
line  ("Credit  Line") in the amount set forth in Attachment A pursuant to which
IBM Credit will make to the Customer,  from time to time,  Product  Advances and
A/R Advances in an aggregate  amount at any one time  outstanding  not to exceed
the Maximum Advance Amount.  Notwithstanding any other term or provision of this
Agreement,  IBM  Credit  may,  at any time and  from  time to time,  in its sole
discretion  (x)  temporarily  increase  the amount of the Credit  Line above the
amount set forth in Attachment A and decrease the amount of the Credit Line back
to the amount of the Credit  Line set forth in  Attachment  A, in each case upon
written  notice to the Customer  and (y) make Product  Advances and A/R Advances
pursuant to this Agreement  upon the request of Customer in an aggregate  amount
at any one time outstanding in excess of the Credit Line.

2.2.  Product  Advances.  (A)  Subject  to the  terms  and  conditions  of  this
Agreement,  IBM Credit shall make Product Advances in connection with Customer's
purchase of Products  from  Authorized  Suppliers  upon at least a two-day prior
written notice from Authorized Suppliers. Customer hereby authorizes and directs
IBM Credit to pay the proceeds of Product  Advances  directly to the  applicable
Authorized  Supplier  in respect of  invoices  delivered  to IBM Credit for such
Products by such Authorized  Supplier and acknowledges  that (i) any delivery to
IBM Credit of an invoice by an Authorized  Supplier shall be deemed as a request
for  a  Product  Advance  by  Customer,  and  (ii)  each  such  Product  Advance
constitutes  a loan by IBM Credit to Customer  pursuant to this  Agreement as if
the  Customer  received the proceeds of the Product  Advance  directly  from IBM
Credit.  IBM Credit may,  upon written  notice to  Customer,  cease to include a
supplier as an Authorized Supplier.

            (B) No finance charge shall accrue on any Product Advance during the
Free Financing Period, if any, applicable to such Product Advance.  Each Product
Advance  shall be due and  payable  on the  Common  Due  Date  for such  Product
Advance.  Customer may, at its option,  repay each Product Advance by requesting
IBM Credit to apply all or any part of the principal amount of an A/R Advance to
the Outstanding Product Advances.  Customer's request for such application shall
be made in accordance with Section 2. When so requested and subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, IBM Credit shall apply the amount so requested
to the  amounts  due in respect of the  Outstanding  Product  Advances.  Nothing
contained  herein shall  relieve  Customer of its  obligation  to repay  Product
Advances  when due. Each Product  Advance  shall accrue a finance  charge on the
Average Daily  Balance  thereof from and including the first (1st) day following
the end of the Free Financing Period, if any, for such Product Advance, or if no
such Free  Financing  Period shall be in effect,  from and including the date of
invoice for such Product  Advance,  in each case, to and including the date such
Product  Advance  shall become due and payable in  accordance  with the terms of
this  Agreement,  at a per annum  rate  equal to the  lesser of (a) the  finance
charge set forth in  Attachment A to this  Agreement  as the "Product  Financing
Charge" and (b) the highest rate from time to time permitted by applicable law.

In addition,  for any Product  Advance  with  respect to which a Free  Financing
Period  shall  not be in  effect,  Customer  shall pay a Free  Financing  Period
Exclusion Fee. Such fee shall be due and payable on the Common Due Date for such
Product Advance. If it is determined that amounts received from Customer were in
excess of the highest rate permitted by law, then the amount  representing  such
excess shall be considered reductions to principal of Advances.

            (C)  Customer  acknowledges  that IBM Credit  does not  warrant  the
Products.  Customer  shall be  obligated  to pay IBM  Credit in full even if the
Products  are  defective  or fail to conform to the  warranties  extended by the
Authorized  Supplier.  The  Obligations of Customer shall not be affected by any
dispute  Customer  may have with any  manufacturer,  distributor  or  Authorized
Supplier.  Customer  will not  assert

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any claim or defense which it may have against any manufacturer,  distributor or
Authorized Supplier against IBM Credit.

            (D) Customer hereby  authorizes IBM Credit to collect  directly from
any Authorized Supplier any credits,  rebates, bonuses or discounts owed by such
Authorized  Supplier to Customer  ("Supplier  Credits").  Any  Supplier  Credits
received by IBM Credit may be applied by IBM Credit to the Outstanding Advances.
Any Supplier Credits  collected by IBM Credit shall in no way reduce  Customer's
debt to IBM Credit in respect of the  Outstanding  Advances  until such Supplier
Credits are applied by IBM Credit; provided, however, that in the event any such
Supplier Credits must be returned or disgorged or are otherwise  unavailable for
application,  then Customer's Obligations will be reinstated as if such Supplier
Credits had never been applied.

            (E) IBM Credit may apply any payments and Supplier  Credits received
by IBM Credit to reduce finance  charges first and then to principal  amounts of
Advances owed by Customer. IBM Credit may apply principal payments to the oldest
(earliest)  invoices (and related Product Advances) first, but, in any case, all
principal  payments  will be  applied  in  respect  of the  Outstanding  Product
Advances  made for  Products  which have been  sold,  lost,  stolen,  destroyed,
damaged or otherwise disposed of prior to any other application thereof.

            (F) Customer will  indemnify  and hold IBM Credit  harmless from and
against any claims or demands asserted by any Person relating to or arising from
the Products  for any reason  whatsoever,  including,  without  limitation,  the
condition of the Products,  any misrepresentation made about the Products by any
representative  of Customer,  or any act or failure to act by Customer except to
the extent such  claims or demands are  directly  attributable  to IBM  Credit's
gross negligence or willful misconduct. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall
impair  any  rights  or  claims   which  the   Customer  may  have  against  any
manufacturer, distributor or Authorized Supplier.

2.3. A/R Advances.  (A) Whenever  Customer shall desire IBM Credit to provide an
A/R Advance,  Customer  shall deliver to IBM Credit written notice of Customer's
request for such an Advance  ("Request for A/R Advance").  For any requested A/R
Advance  pursuant to which  monies will be  disbursed  to Customer or any Person
other than IBM  Credit,  a Request  for A/R Advance  shall be  delivered  to IBM
Credit on or prior to 1:00 p.m.  (eastern  time) one  Business  Day prior to the
requested  A/R Advance  Date.  The Request for A/R Advance shall specify (i) the
requested A/R Advance Date; (ii) the amount of the requested A/R Advance;  (iii)
whether such A/R Advance is a WCO Advance or a PRO Advance;  (iv) if applicable,
the PRO Advance Term for such A/R Advance;  (v) for each PRO Advance, the month,
day and year of the  Common  Due  Date,  as set forth in  Customer's  applicable
billing  statement  from IBM Credit,  for the  Product  Advance to which the PRO
Advance is to be applied;  and (vi) if  applicable,  the amount of the requested
A/R Advance that should be applied to the Outstanding Product Advances (provided
that all PRO  Advances  shall  be  applied  to  Outstanding  Product  Advances).
Customer  may deliver a Request for A/R Advance via  facsimile.  Any Request for
A/R Advance  delivered to IBM Credit shall be irrevocable.  Notwithstanding  any
other provision of this Agreement,  Customer shall not (i) request more than one
PRO Advance in respect of any Product  Advance;  and (ii)  request a PRO Advance
for any Common Due Date on which  Customer  will take a discount  offered by IBM
Credit for invoice  amounts paid in full within fifteen days of the invoice date
under IBM Credit's High Turnover Option ("HTO") Program.

            (B) Subject to the terms and  conditions of this  Agreement,  on the
A/R Advance Date  specified in a Request for A/R Advance,  IBM Credit shall make
the  principal  amount  of  each  A/R  Advance  available  to  the  Customer  in
immediately available funds to an account maintained by Customer (or in the case
of a Takeout Advance,  as directed by Customer).  If IBM Credit is making an A/R
Advance  hereunder on a day on which  Customer is to repay all or any part of an
Outstanding  Advance (or any other  amount  owing  hereunder),  IBM Credit shall
apply the proceeds of the A/R Advance to such repayment and only an amount equal
to the difference,  if any, between the amount of the A/R Advance and the amount
being repaid shall be made available to Customer as provided in the  immediately
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            (C) Each A/R Advance  shall  accrue a finance  charge on the Average
Daily  Balance  thereof,  from and including the date of each A/R Advance to and
including  the date such A/R Advance is due and payable in  accordance  with the
terms of this  Agreement,  at a per annum  rate  equal to the  lesser of (a) the
finance  charge set forth in  Attachment A to this  Agreement  under the caption
"A/R Finance Charge" for such type of A/R Advance, and (b) the highest rate from
time to time  permitted  by  applicable  law. If it is  determined  that amounts
received from the Customer were in excess of such highest rate,  then the amount
representing  such  excess  shall  be  considered  reductions  to  principal  of
Advances.

            (D) Unless  otherwise due and payable at an earlier date, the unpaid
principal amount of each A/R Advance, other than a Takeout Advance, shall be due
and payable on the  applicable  Common Due Date.  Unless  otherwise  notified by
Customer  in writing  prior to the day the  principal  amount of any WCO Advance
becomes due and  payable,  the  Customer  shall be deemed to have  provided  IBM
Credit with a Request for A/R Advance  requesting  a WCO Advance on the day such
principal  amount is due and payable in an amount equal to the unpaid  principal
amount of the WCO Advance so due.  Subject to the terms and  conditions  of this
Agreement,  the principal amount of such WCO Advance shall  automatically  renew
for an additional WCO Advance Term.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement,  a Takeout Advance may only be requested on the Closing Date and such
Takeout  Advance  shall be  limited to an amount  sufficient  to  discharge  the
indebtedness that is the subject of a Takeout Advance.

Unless otherwise  agreed in writing,  a Takeout Advance shall be due pursuant to
the Schedule of Repayments in Attachment D to this Agreement.

2.4.  Term  Loan  Advances:  (A)  Subject  to the terms  and  conditions  of the
Agreement, IBM Credit shall make loans (the "Term Loans") in a principal amounts
not to exceed in  aggregate  the Term Loan  Commitment  to Customer on the dates
(the "Term Loan Commencement  Date") specified in written requests to IBM Credit
by Customer for such Term Loans ("Request for Term Loan Advance") in the form of
Schedule B attached  hereto.  Customer  shall deliver each Request for Term Loan
Advance on or prior to 1:00 p.m.  (eastern  time) one (1)  Business Day prior to
each Term Loan  Commencement  Date. Each Request for Term Loan Advance shall set
forth the  principal  amount of the Term Loan.  Customer may deliver the Request
for Term Loan Advance via facsimile.

            (B)  Subject  to the terms and  conditions  of this  Agreement,  IBM
Credit shall make the principal amount of the Term Loan available to Customer on
the Term Loan  Commencement  Date in immediately  available  funds to an account
maintained by Customer or as directed by Customer.

            (C) (i) The Term Loan  shall  accrue a finance  charge on the unpaid
principal amount thereof,  from and including the Term Loan Commencement Date to
and including  the date such Term Loan is repaid in full in accordance  with the
terms of this Agreement or as otherwise agreed to in writing by IBM Credit, at a
per annum rate equal to the lesser of (a) the Term Loan  Finance  Charge and (b)
the highest rate from time to time permitted by applicable law.

            (ii) If it is  determined  that the amounts  received  from Customer
pursuant to this  subparagraph  (C) shall  otherwise be in excess of the highest
rate permitted by applicable law, then the amount representing such excess shall
be considered reductions to principal of Advances.

            (iii) The finance  charges accrued on the Term Loan shall be paid in
accordance with Section 2.5(C) of the Agreement.

            (D)  Customer  shall pay the  principal  of each draw under the Term
Loan Commitment in equal monthly  installments based upon the number of complete
months  remaining  between the Term Loan  Commencement  Date and the Termination
Date of the Term Loan, and in any event,  shall pay in full the Outstanding Term
Loan on the Term Loan Stated  Maturity  Date (or, such earlier date as such Term
Loan may become or be  declared  due and  payable  pursuant  to Section 9 of the
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            (E)  Except  for (a) any sale of  stock  to  Intel  as a  result  of
negotiations in process prior to the execution of this Agreement or (b) sales of
securities  by  e-Deploy.com  or (c) sales which result in proceeds of less than
$5,000,000.00,  in the event of,  and  within  three (3) days after (i) a public
offering  or  private  placement  of shares  of  Customer  or any of  Customer's
subsidiaries or (ii) an offering of public or private debt by Customer or any of
Customer's subsidiaries,  Customer shall make a mandatory prepayment of all or a
portion of the Term Loan in an aggregate  amount equal to the net cash  proceeds
received from such offering or private placement,  net of reasonable transaction
costs (including,  without limitation, income taxes estimated to be payable as a
result of such  offering or  placement,  any  underwriting,  brokerage  or other
customary selling commissions and reasonable legal,  advisory and other fees and
expenses), but not to exceed the Outstanding Term Loan.

2.5.  Finance  and Other  Charges.  (A)  Finance  charges  for an Advance  for a
calendar  month  shall be  equal to (i) one  twelfth  (1/12)  of the  applicable
Product  Financing  Charge or A/R Finance Charge  multiplied by (ii) the Average
Daily  Balance of such Advance for the period when such finance  charge  accrues
during such calendar month  multiplied by (iii) the actual number of days during
such  calendar  month when such finance  charge  accrues  divided by (iv) thirty
(30).

Late charges pursuant to subsection (D) of this Section 2.5 for an Advance for a
calendar month shall be equal to (i) one twelfth (1/12) of the  Delinquency  Fee
Rate multiplied by (ii) the Average Daily Balance of such Advance for the period
when such Advance is past due during such calendar month multiplied by (iii) the
actual number of days during such  calendar  month when such Advance is past due
divided by (iv) thirty (30).

            (B) The Customer  hereby agrees to pay to IBM Credit the charges set
forth as "Other  Charges" in  Attachment  A. The Customer also agrees to pay IBM
Credit  additional  charges for any  returned  items of payment  received by IBM
Credit. The Customer hereby  acknowledges that any such charges are not interest
but that such  charges,  if  unpaid,  will  constitute  part of the  Outstanding
Advances.

            (C) The finance charges and Other Charges owed under this Agreement,
and any  charges  hereafter  agreed to in writing by the  parties,  are  payable
monthly on receipt of IBM Credit's bill or statement therefor or IBM Credit may,
in its sole  discretion,  add unpaid  finance  charges and Other  Charges to the
Customer's Outstanding Advances.

            (D) If any  amount  owed under this  Agreement,  including,  without
limitation,  any  Advance,  is not  paid  when  due  (whether  at  maturity,  by
acceleration  or  otherwise),  the unpaid amount thereof will bear a late charge
from and  including  the day  after  such  Advance  was due and  payable  to and
including  the date IBM Credit  receives  payment  thereof,  at a per annum rate
equal  to the  lesser  of (a) the  amount  set  forth  in  Attachment  A to this
Agreement  as the  "Delinquency  Fee Rate" and (b) the highest rate from time to
time permitted by applicable law. In addition, if any Shortfall Amount shall not
be paid when due pursuant to Section 2.7 hereof, Customer shall pay IBM Credit a
Shortfall  Transaction  Fee. If it is  determined  that  amounts  received  from
Customer were in excess of such highest rate, then the amount  representing such
excess shall be considered reductions to principal of Advances.

2.6.  Customer  Account  Statements.  IBM Credit  will send  statements  of each
transaction  hereunder as well as monthly  billing  statements  to Customer with
respect to Advances and other charges due on Customer's account with IBM Credit.
Each statement of transaction  and monthly  billing  statement  shall be deemed,
absent manifest error, to be correct and shall constitute an account stated with
respect to each transaction or amount described  therein unless within seven (7)
Business  Days after such  statement  of  transaction  or billing  statement  is
received by Customer, Customer provides IBM Credit written notice objecting that
such amount or transaction is incorrectly  described  therein and specifying the
error(s),  if any,  contained  therein.  IBM Credit may at any time  adjust such
statements of  transaction or billing  statements to comply with  applicable law
and this Agreement.

2.7.  Shortfall.  If, on any  date,  the  Outstanding  Advances  other  than the
Outstanding Term Loan shall exceed the Maximum Advance Amount (such excess,  the
"Shortfall Amount"), then the Customer shall on

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such date prepay the Outstanding  Advances other than the Outstanding  Term Loan
in an amount equal to such Shortfall Amount.

2.8.  Application  of Payments.  The Customer  hereby agrees that all checks and
other instruments  delivered to IBM Credit on account of Customer's  Obligations
shall constitute  conditional payment until such items are actually collected by
IBM Credit.  The Customer  waives the right to direct the application of any and
all payments at any time or times hereafter received by IBM Credit on account of
the  Customer's  Obligations.  Customer  agrees  that IBM Credit  shall have the
continuing  exclusive  right to apply and reapply  any and all such  payments to
Customer's  Obligations  in  such  manner  as  IBM  Credit  may  deem  advisable
notwithstanding any entry by IBM Credit upon any of its books and records.

2.9.  Prepayment  and  Reborrowing  By  Customer.  (A)  Customer may at any time
prepay,  without notice or penalty,  in whole or in part amounts owed under this
Agreement.  IBM Credit may apply payments made to it (whether by the Customer or
otherwise) to pay finance  charges and other amounts owing under this  Agreement
first and then to the principal amount owed by the Customer.

            (B) The Term Loan may not be reborrowed by Customer  notwithstanding
repayment or  prepayment  thereof.  Subject to the terms and  conditions of this
Agreement,  any  amount  prepaid  or repaid  to IBM  Credit  in  respect  to the
Outstanding  Advances other than the Outstanding  Term Loan may be reborrowed by
Customer in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

                  Section 3. CREDIT LINE ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

3.1.  Ineligible  Accounts.  IBM Credit and Customer agree that IBM Credit shall
have the right in its Permitted Discretion to determine  eligibility of Accounts
from an Account debtor for purposes of determining the Borrowing Base;  however,
without  limiting  such  right,  the  following  Accounts  will be  deemed to be
ineligible for purposes of determining the Borrowing Base:

            (A) Accounts  created from the sale of goods and/or  performance  of
services  on  non-standard  terms or that allow for payment to be made more than
thirty (30) days from the date of such sale or performance of services;

            (B) Accounts unpaid more than ninety (90) days from date of invoice,
except for International Business Machines Corporation Accounts,  which shall be
deemed ineligible if unpaid more than one hundred twenty (120) days from date of
invoice;

            (C) Accounts  payable by an Account debtor if fifty percent (50%) or
more of the aggregate outstanding balance of all such Accounts remain unpaid for
more than ninety (90) days from the date of  invoice,  except for  International
Business  Machines  Corporation  Accounts,  which shall be deemed  ineligible if
fifty percent (50%) or more of the  outstanding  balance is unpaid for more than
one hundred twenty (120) days from date of invoice;

            (D)  Accounts  payable by an Account  debtor that is an Affiliate of
Customer, or an officer, employee, agent, guarantor,  stockholder of Customer or
an Affiliate of Customer, or is related to or has common shareholders,  officers
or directors with Customer;

            (E) Accounts arising from consignment sales;

            (F)   Except  for  state,   local  and  United   States   government
institutions and public educational institutions, Accounts with respect to which
the payment by the Account debtor is or may be conditional;

            (G)   Except  for  state,   local  and  United   States   government
institutions  and public  educational  institutions,  Accounts  with  respect to
which:

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                        (ii) the Account  debtor is not a resident of the United
States;

            (H) Accounts  payable by any Account  debtor to which Customer is or
may become liable for goods sold or services  rendered by such Account debtor to
Customer;

            (I) Accounts arising from the sale or lease of goods purchased for a
personal, family or household purpose;

            (J)  Accounts  arising from the sale or other  disposition  of goods
that  have  been  used for  demonstration  purposes  or  loaned or leased by the
Customer to another party;

            (K) Accounts which are progress payment accounts or contra accounts;

            (L) Accounts upon which IBM Credit does not have a valid, perfected,
first priority security interest;

            (M) Accounts  payable by an Account debtor that is or Customer knows
will become,  subject to proceedings under United States Bankruptcy Law or other
law for the relief of debtors;

            (N) Accounts that are not payable in US dollars;

            (O) Accounts  payable by any Account  debtor that is a remarketer of
computer  hardware and software  products and whose  purchases of such  products
from Customer have been financed by another person,  other than IBM Credit,  who
pays the  proceeds  of such  financing  directly  to  Customer on behalf of such
debtor  ("Third Party  Financer")  unless (i) such Third Party Financer does not
have a separate  financing  relationship  with Customer or (ii) such Third Party
Financer has a separate financing  relationship with Customer and has waived its
right to set off its obligations to Customer;

            (P)  Accounts  arising  from the sale or  lease of goods  which  are
billed to any Account debtor but have not yet been shipped by Customer;

            (Q) Accounts with respect to which  Customer has permitted or agreed
to any extension,  compromise or settlement,  or made any change or modification
of any kind or nature, including, but not limited to, any change or modification
to the terms relating thereto;

            (R)  Accounts   that  do  not  arise  from   undisputed   bona  fide
transactions  completed in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in
the invoices, purchase orders and contracts relating thereto;

            (S) Accounts that are discounted for the full payment term specified
in Customer's terms and conditions with its Account  debtors,  or for any longer
period of time;

            (T) Accounts on cash on delivery (C.O.D.) terms;

            (U) Accounts arising from maintenance or service  contracts that are
billed in advance of full performance of service;

            (V) Accounts arising from bartered transactions;

            (W) Accounts arising from incentive  payments,  rebates,  discounts,
credits, and refunds from a supplier; and

            (X) Any  and all  other  Accounts  that  IBM  Credit  deems,  in its
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The aggregate of all Accounts that are not ineligible Accounts shall hereinafter
be referred to as "Eligible Accounts".

3.2.  Reimbursement  for  Charges.  Customer  agrees  to pay for all  costs  and
expenses of  Customer's  bank in respect to collection of checks and other items
of payment,  all fees relating to the use and maintenance of the Lockbox and the
Special  Account and with  respect to  remittances  of proceeds of the  Advances
hereunder.

3.3.  Lockbox  and  Special  Account.  Customer  shall  establish  and  maintain
lockbox(es)  (each,  a "Lockbox") at the  address(es)  set forth in Attachment A
with the  financial  institution(s)  listed  in  Attachment  A (each,  a "Bank")
pursuant  to an  agreement  between  the  Customer  and  each  Bank in form  and
substance satisfactory to IBM Credit. Customer shall also establish and maintain
a deposit  account  which shall  contain only  proceeds of  Customer's  Accounts
("Special  Account")  with each Bank.  Customer  shall enter into and maintain a
blocked  account  agreement with each Bank for the benefit of IBM Credit in form
and substance  satisfactory to IBM Credit pursuant to which, among other things,
such Bank shall agree that, upon notice from IBM Credit,  disbursements from the
Special Account shall be made only as IBM Credit shall direct.

3.4. Collections.  Customer shall instruct all Account debtors to remit payments
directly to a Lockbox. In addition, Customer shall have such instruction printed
in  conspicuous  type on all  invoices.  Customer  shall  instruct  such Bank to
deposit  all  remittances  to such  Bank's  Lockbox  into its  Special  Account.
Customer  further  agrees  that it shall not  deposit or permit any  deposits of
funds other than  remittances  paid in respect of the Accounts  into the Special
Account(s)  or permit  any  commingling  of funds with such  remittances  in any
Lockbox or Special Account.

Without limiting the Customer's foregoing obligations, if, at any time, Customer
receives a remittance  directly from an Account debtor, then Customer shall make
entries on its books and records in a manner that shall reasonably identify such
remittances  and  shall  keep a  separate  account  on its  record  books of all
remittances  so received and deposit the same into a Special  Account.  Until so
deposited into the Special Account, Customer shall keep all remittances received
in respect of Accounts separate and apart from Customer's other property so that
they are  capable of  identification  as the  proceeds  of Accounts in which IBM
Credit has a security interest.

3.5.   Application  of  Remittances  and  Credits.   Customer  shall  apply  all
remittances  against the aggregate of Customer's  outstanding  Accounts no later
than the end of the Business Day on which such  remittances  are deposited  into
the Special Account.  Customer also agrees to apply each remittance  against its
respective  Account  no later than  three (3)  Business  Days from the date such
remittance is deposited into the Special  Account.  In addition,  Customer shall
promptly apply any credits owing in respect to any Account when due.

3.6. Power of Attorney.  Customer hereby irrevocably  appoints IBM Credit,  with
full power of substitution,  as its true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  with full
power, in good faith and in compliance with commercially  reasonable  standards,
in the discretion of IBM Credit, to:

            (A) sign the name of Customer on any document or instrument that IBM
Credit shall deem necessary or appropriate to perfect and maintain perfected the
security  interest in the Collateral  contemplated  under this Agreement and the
Other Documents;

            (B) endorse the name of Customer upon any of the items of payment of
proceeds  and deposit the same in the account of IBM Credit for  application  to
the Obligations; and

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            (C) demand  payment,  enforce  payment and  otherwise  exercise  all
Customer's rights and remedies with respect to the collection of any Accounts;

            (D) settle, adjust, compromise, extend or renew any Accounts;

            (E) settle,  adjust or compromise any legal  proceedings  brought to
collect any Accounts;

            (F) sell or assign any  Accounts  upon such terms,  for such amounts
and at such time or times as IBM Credit may deem advisable;

            (G) discharge and release any Accounts;

            (H) prepare,  file and sign Customer's name on any Proof of Claim in
Bankruptcy or similar document against any Account debtor;

            (I) prepare,  file and sign  Customer's  name on any notice of lien,
claim of mechanic's lien, assignment or satisfaction of lien or mechanic's lien,
or similar document in connection with any Accounts;

            (J) endorse the name of Customer upon any chattel  paper,  document,
instrument,  invoice,  freight  bill,  bill of lading  or  similar  document  or
agreement relating to any Account or goods pertaining thereto;

            (K) endorse the name of Customer upon any of the items of payment of
proceeds  and deposit the same in the account of IBM Credit for  application  to
the Obligation;

            (L)  sign the name of  Customer  to  requests  for  verification  of
Accounts and notices thereof to Account debtors;

            (M) sign the name of Customer on any document or instrument that IBM
Credit shall deem  necessary or  appropriate  to enforce any and all remedies it
may have under this Agreement, at law or otherwise;

            (N) make,  settle and adjust  claims under the Policies with respect
to the Collateral and endorse Customer's name on any check, draft, instrument or
other  item of payment  of the  proceeds  of the  Policies  with  respect to the
Collateral; and

            (O) take  control in any  manner of any term of payment or  proceeds
and for such purpose to notify the postal  authorities to change the address for
delivery  of mail  addressed  to  Customer  to such  address  as IBM  Credit may
designate.

The power of attorney  granted by this  Section is for value and coupled with an
interest  and is  irrevocable  so long as this  Agreement  is in  effect  or any
Obligations  remain  outstanding.  Nothing  done by IBM Credit  pursuant to such
power  of  attorney  will  reduce  any  of  Customer's  Obligations  other  than
Customer's payment Obligations to the extent IBM Credit has received monies.

3.7.  Concentration  Accounts.  Without limiting IBM Credit's other rights,  IBM
Credit  reserves  the right to, from time to time in its  Permitted  Discretion,
modify the percentage of the amount of Customer's Concentration Accounts used in
calculating  Customer's  Borrowing Base or eliminate  Concentration  Accounts in
calculating Customer's Borrowing Base.

                        Section 4. SECURITY -- COLLATERAL

4.1.  Grant. To secure  Customer's full and punctual  payment and performance of
the Obligations (including obligations under any leases Customer may enter into,
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Credit) when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise),
Customer  hereby  grants  IBM Credit a security  interest  in all of  Customer's
right, title and interest in and to the following property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired or existing and wherever located:

            (A) all inventory and equipment, and all parts thereof, attachments,
accessories and accessions thereto, products thereof and documents therefor;

            (B) all  accounts,  contract  rights,  chattel  paper,  instruments,
deposit  accounts,  obligations  of any kind owing to  Customer,  whether or not
arising out of or in connection with the sale or lease of goods or the rendering
of services and all books,  invoices,  documents  and other  records in any form
evidencing or relating to any of the foregoing;

            (C) general intangibles;

            (D) all rights now or  hereafter  existing in and to all  mortgages,
security agreements, leases or other contracts securing or otherwise relating to
any of the foregoing; and

            (E) all substitutions and replacements for all of the foregoing, all
proceeds of all of the foregoing and, to the extent not otherwise included,  all
payments  under  insurance or any  indemnity,  warranty or guaranty,  payable by
reason of loss or damage to or otherwise with respect to any of the foregoing.

All  of  the  above  assets  shall  be   collectively   defined  herein  as  the
"Collateral".  Customer  covenants  and  agrees  with IBM Credit  that:  (a) the
security  constituted  to by this Agreement is in addition to any other security
from time to time held by IBM Credit and (b) the  security  hereby  created is a
continuing  security  interest  and will  cover and  secure  the  payment of all
Obligations both present and future of Customer to IBM Credit.

4.2. Further  Assurances.  Customer shall, from time to time upon the request of
IBM  Credit,  execute and  deliver to IBM  Credit,  or cause to be executed  and
delivered,  at such  time or times as IBM  Credit  may  request  such  other and
further  documents,  certificates  and  instruments  that  IBM  Credit  may deem
necessary to perfect and maintain  perfected IBM Credit's security  interests in
the  Collateral  and in  order  to  fully  consummate  all  of the  transactions
contemplated  under this Agreement and the Other Documents.  Customer shall make
appropriate  entries on its books and records  disclosing IBM Credit's  security
interests in the Collateral.

                         Section 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

5.1.  Conditions   Precedent  to  the  Effectiveness  of  this  Agreement.   The
effectiveness  of this  Agreement is subject to the receipt by IBM Credit of, or
waiver in writing by IBM Credit of compliance  with,  the  following  conditions
precedent:

            (A) this  Agreement  executed  and  delivered  by  Customer  and IBM
Credit;

            (B) a favorable opinion of counsel for Customer in substantially the
form of Attachment H;

            (C) a  certificate  of the  secretary or an  assistant  secretary of
Customer,  substantially  in the form and  substance  of  Attachment  I  hereto,
certifying  that,  among other items,  (i) Customer is duly organized  under the
laws of the State of its  organization  or  incorporation  and has its principal
place of business as stated  therein,  (ii)  Customer is  registered  to conduct
business in specified  states and localities,  (iii) true and complete copies of
the articles of incorporation,  or corresponding  organizational  documents,  as
applicable,  and by-laws of Customer are delivered therewith,  together with all
amendments  and  addenda  thereto  as in  effect on the date  thereof,  (iv) the
resolution as stated in the certificate is a true, accurate and compared copy of
the resolution adopted by the Customer's Board of Directors or, if Customer is a
limited liability company,  by Customer's  authorized  members,  authorizing the
execution,  delivery and  performance  of this Agreement and each Other Document
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connection  herewith,  and (v) the names and true  signatures of the officers of
Customer authorized to sign this Agreement and the Other Documents;

            (D)  certificates  dated as of a recent date from the  Secretary  of
State or other appropriate authority evidencing the good standing of Customer in
the jurisdiction of its organization  and in each other  jurisdiction  where the
ownership or lease of its property or the conduct of its business requires it to
qualify to do business;

            (E) copies of all approvals  and consents  from any Person,  in each
case in form and  substance  satisfactory  to IBM Credit,  which are required to
enable Customer to authorize, or required in connection with, (a) the execution,
delivery or performance of this Agreement and each of the Other  Documents,  and
(b) the legality,  validity,  binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement
and each of the Other Documents;

            (F) a lockbox agreement  executed by Customer and each Bank, in form
and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit;

            (G) a contingent  blocked account agreement executed by Customer and
each Bank in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit;

            (H) intercreditor agreements  ("Intercreditor  Agreement"),  in form
and  substance  satisfactory  to IBM  Credit,  executed  by each  other  secured
creditor of Customer as set forth in Attachment A;

            (I) UCC-1  financing  statements  for each  jurisdiction  reasonably
requested by IBM Credit  executed by Customer and each guarantor  whose guaranty
to IBM Credit is intended to be secured by a pledge of its assets;

            (J) Guaranties, in form and substance acceptable to IBM Credit, from
each  domestic  Subsidiary  of Customer  or Datatec  Systems,  Inc.,  other than
eDeploy.com, Inc.;

            (K) the statements, certificates,  documents, instruments, financing
statements,  agreements and information set forth in Attachment A and Attachment
B; and

            (L) all such other statements, certificates, documents, instruments,
financing  statements,  agreements  and other  information  with  respect to the
matters  contemplated  by this  Agreement  as IBM Credit  shall have  reasonably
requested.

5.2.  Conditions  Precedent to Each  Advance.  No Advance will be required to be
made or renewed by IBM Credit under this Agreement unless, on and as of the date
of such Advance,  the following  statements shall be true to the satisfaction of
IBM Credit:

            (A) The representations  and warranties  contained in this Agreement
or in any document,  instrument or agreement executed in connection herewith are
true and correct in all material  respects on and as of the date of such Advance
as though made on and as of such date;

            (B) No event has occurred and is  continuing  or after giving effect
to such Advance or the  application  of the proceeds  thereof would result in or
would constitute a Default;

            (C) No event has occurred and is continuing  which could  reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

            (D) Both  before  and  after  giving  effect  to the  making of such
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Except as Customer has  otherwise  disclosed  to IBM Credit in writing  prior to
each request, each request (or deemed request pursuant to Section 2.2 (A) or 2.3
(D)) for an  Advance  hereunder  and the  receipt  (or  deemed  receipt)  by the
Customer  of the  proceeds  of any  Advance  hereunder  shall be  deemed to be a
representation  and  warranty  by Customer  that,  as of and on the date of such
Advance,  the statements set forth in (A) through (D) above are true statements.
No such  disclosures  by Customer to IBM Credit shall in any manner be deemed to
satisfy the  conditions  precedent  to each  Advance  that are set forth in this
Section 5.2.

                    Section 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce IBM  Credit to enter  into this  Agreement,  Customer  represents  and
warrants to IBM Credit as follows:

6.1. Organization and Qualifications.  Customer and each of its Subsidiaries (i)
is duly organized,  validly  existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction  of its  organization,  (ii) has the power and authority to own its
properties  and assets and to transact the  businesses  in which it presently is
engaged and (iii) is duly  qualified  and is authorized to do business and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction where it presently is engaged in business and
is required to be so qualified.

6.2.  Rights  in  Collateral;  Priority  of  Liens.  Customer  and  each  of its
Subsidiaries  owns the property  granted by it respectively as Collateral to IBM
Credit, free and clear of any and all Liens in favor of third parties except for
the Liens otherwise  permitted pursuant to Section 8.1. The Liens granted by the
Customer and each of its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement, the Guaranties
and the Other  Documents in the Collateral  constitute the valid and enforceable
first,  prior and perfected  Liens on the  Collateral,  except to the extent any
Liens  that  are  prior  to  IBM  Credit's  Liens  are  (i)  the  subject  of an
Intercreditor  Agreement or (ii) Purchase Money Security Interests in product of
a brand that is not financed by IBM Credit.

6.3. No Conflicts.  The execution,  delivery and performance by Customer of this
Agreement  and each of the Other  Documents  (i) are  within  its  corporate  or
limited  liability  company  power;  (ii) are duly  authorized  by all necessary
corporate or limited liability  company actions;  (iii) are not in contravention
in any respect of any  Requirement  of Law or any  indenture,  contract,  lease,
agreement,  instrument or other commitment to which it is a party or by which it
or  any  of  its  properties  are  bound;  (iv)  do  not  require  the  consent,
registration  or  approval of any  Governmental  Authority  or any other  Person
(except such as have been duly  obtained,  made or given,  and are in full force
and effect);  and (v) will not,  except as  contemplated  herein,  result in the
imposition of any Liens upon any of its properties.

6.4. Enforceability.  This Agreement and all of the other documents executed and
delivered  by the  Customer  in  connection  herewith  are the legal,  valid and
binding  obligations of Customer,  and are  enforceable in accordance with their
terms,  except  as such  enforceability  may be  limited  by the  effect  of any
applicable  bankruptcy,  insolvency,   reorganization,   fraudulent  conveyance,
moratorium or similar laws affecting  creditors' rights generally or the general
equitable principles relating thereto.

6.5. Locations of Offices,  Records and Inventory.  The address of the principal
place of  business  and chief  executive  office of  Customer is as set forth on
Attachment  B or on any notice  provided by  Customer to IBM Credit  pursuant to
Section 7.7(C) of this Agreement.  The books and records of Customer, and all of
its chattel paper (other than the chattel paper delivered to IBM Credit pursuant
to Section 7.14(E)) and records of Accounts,  are maintained exclusively at such
location.

There  is no  jurisdiction  in  which  Customer  has any  assets,  equipment  or
inventory  (except for vehicles and inventory in transit for  processing)  other
than those jurisdictions identified on Attachment B or on any notice provided by
Customer to IBM Credit pursuant to Section 7.7(C) of this Agreement.  Attachment
B, as amended from time to time by any notice provided by Customer to IBM Credit
in accordance  with Section 7.7(C) of this  Agreement,  also contains a complete
list of the legal names and addresses of each  warehouse at which the Customer's
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any  warehouseman  states that the goods covered  thereby are to be delivered to
bearer or to the order of a named  person or to a named  person  and such  named
person's assigns.

6.6. Fictitious Business Names.  Customer has not used any company or fictitious
name during the five (5) years preceding the date of this Agreement,  other than
those listed on Attachment B.

6.7. Organization.  If Customer is a corporation, all of the outstanding capital
stock of Customer has been validly issued, is fully paid and nonassessable.

6.8.  No  Judgments  or  Litigation.  Except  as set forth on  Attachment  B, no
judgments,  orders,  writs or decrees are  outstanding  against  Customer nor is
there now pending or, to the best of  Customer's  knowledge  after due  inquiry,
threatened,  any litigation,  contested claim,  investigation,  arbitration,  or
governmental proceeding by or against Customer.

6.9.  No  Defaults.  The  Customer  is not in  default  under  any  term  of any
indenture,  contract, lease, agreement,  instrument or other commitment to which
it is a party or by which it, or any of its properties  are bound.  Customer has
no knowledge  of any dispute  regarding  any such  indenture,  contract,  lease,
agreement,  instrument or other  commitment.  No Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.

6.10.  Labor Matters.  Except as set forth on any notice provided by Customer to
IBM Credit pursuant to Section 7.1(I) of this  Agreement,  the Customer is not a
party  to any  labor  dispute.  There  are  no  strikes  or  walkouts  or  labor
controversies  pending or threatened against the Customer which could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.11.  Compliance  with Law.  Customer has not violated or failed to comply with
any Requirement of Law or any requirement of any self regulatory organization.

6.12.  ERISA.  Each "employee  benefit plan",  "employee  pension benefit plan",
"defined  benefit plan", or  "multi-employer  benefit plan",  which Customer has
established, maintained, or to which it is required to contribute (collectively,
the "Plans") is in compliance  with all  applicable  provisions of ERISA and the
Code and the rules and  regulations  thereunder  as well as the Plan's terms and
conditions.  There have been no  "prohibited  transactions"  and no  "reportable
event" has occurred within the last 60 months with respect to any Plan. Customer
has no "multi- employer benefit plan".

As used in this Agreement the terms "employee  benefit plan",  "employee pension
benefit plan",  "defined benefit plan", and  "multi-employer  benefit plan" have
the  respective  meanings  assigned  to  them  in  Section  3 of  ERISA  and any
applicable rules and regulations  thereunder.  The Customer has not incurred any
"accumulated  funding  deficiency"  within the meaning of ERISA or incurred  any
liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the "PBGC") in connection
with a Plan (other than for premiums due in the ordinary course).

6.13.  Compliance  with  Environmental  Laws.  Except as otherwise  disclosed in
Attachment B:

            (A) The Customer has obtained all government approvals required with
respect to the operation of their businesses under any Environmental Law.

            (B) (i) the Customer has not  generated,  transported or disposed of
any  Hazardous  Substances;  (ii)  the  Customer  is not  currently  generating,
transporting or disposing of any Hazardous Substances; (iii) the Customer has no
knowledge that (a) any of its real property (whether owned, leased, or otherwise
directly or indirectly controlled) has been used for the disposal of or has been
contaminated by any Hazardous Substances,  or (b) any of its business operations
have contaminated lands or waters of others with any Hazardous Substances;  (iv)
the  Customer  and its  respective  assets are not subject to any  Environmental
Liability  and,  to  the  best  of  the  Customer's  knowledge,  any  threatened
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Liability;  (v) the Customer has not received any notice of or otherwise learned
of any  governmental  investigation  evaluating  whether any remedial  action is
necessary  to  respond  to a release  or  threatened  release  of any  Hazardous
Substances  for which the  Customer  may be liable;  (vi) the Customer is not in
violation  of  any  Environmental   Law;  (vii)  there  are  no  proceedings  or
investigations pending against Customer with respect to any violation or alleged
violation  of  any  Environmental  Law;  provided  however,   that  the  parties
acknowledge  that any generation,  transportation,  use, storage and disposal of
certain such Hazardous  Substances in Customer's or its  Subsidiaries'  business
shall be excluded from  representations (i) and (ii) above,  provided,  further,
that Customer is at all times generating,  transporting,  utilizing, storing and
disposing   such  Hazardous   Substances  in  accordance   with  all  applicable
Environmental  Laws and in a manner  designed to minimize the risk of any spill,
contamination,  release  or  discharge  of  Hazardous  Substances  other than as
authorized by Environmental Laws.

6.14. Intellectual Property.  Customer possesses such assets, licenses, patents,
patent  applications,  copyrights,  service marks,  trademarks,  trade names and
trade  secrets  and all rights and other  property  relating  thereto or arising
therefrom ("Intellectual Property") as are necessary or advisable to continue to
conduct its present and proposed business activities.

6.15.  Licenses and  Permits.  Customer has obtained and holds in full force and
effect all franchises, licenses, leases, permits, certificates,  authorizations,
qualifications,  easements,  rights of way and other rights and approvals  which
are  necessary  for the  operation of its  businesses  as  presently  conducted.
Customer is not in violation of the terms of any such franchise, license, lease,
permit, certificate, authorization, qualification, easement, right of way, right
or approval.

6.16.  Investment  Company.  The Customer is not (i) an investment  company or a
company controlled by an investment company within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940,  as amended,  (ii) a holding  company or a subsidiary  of a
holding  company,  or an Affiliate of a holding  company or of a subsidiary of a
holding company, within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, as amended,  or (iii) subject to any other law which  purports to regulate
or  restrict  its  ability to borrow  money or to  consummate  the  transactions
contemplated  by  this  Agreement  or the  Other  Documents  or to  perform  its
obligations hereunder or thereunder.

6.17. Taxes and Tax Returns.  Customer has timely filed all federal,  state, and
local tax returns and other reports which it is required by law to file, and has
either duly paid all taxes, fees and other governmental  charges indicated to be
due on the basis of such  reports  and  returns or  pursuant  to any  assessment
received  by the  Customer,  or  made  provision  for  the  payment  thereof  in
accordance  with GAAP.  The charges and reserves on the books of the Customer in
respect of taxes or other  governmental  charges are in accordance with GAAP. No
tax liens have been filed against Customer or any of its property.

6.18. Status of Accounts.  Each Account is based on an actual and bona fide sale
and delivery of goods or rendition of services to  customers,  made by Customer,
in the ordinary  course of its business;  the goods and inventory being sold and
the  Accounts  created are its  exclusive  property and are not and shall not be
subject to any Lien, consignment arrangement,  encumbrance, security interest or
financing  statement  whatsoever  (other than Permitted  Liens).  The Customer's
customers  have accepted  goods or services and owe and are obligated to pay the
full  amounts  stated in the invoices  according  to their  terms.  There are no
proceedings or actions known to Customer which are pending or threatened against
any Material Account Debtor (as defined in Section 7.14(B) of this Agreement) of
any of the Accounts  which could  reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect on the debtor's ability to pay the full amounts due to Customer.

6.19. Affiliate/Subsidiary Transactions.  Customer is not a party to or bound by
any agreement or arrangement (whether oral or written) to which any Affiliate or
Subsidiary  of the Customer is a party except (i) in the ordinary  course of and
pursuant to the  reasonable  requirements  of Customer's  business and (ii) upon
fair and reasonable  terms no less favorable to Customer than it could obtain in
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6.20.  Accuracy  and  Completeness  of  Information.   All  factual  information
furnished  by or on behalf of the  Customer  to IBM Credit or the  Auditors  for
purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any Other  Document,  or any
transaction  contemplated  hereby or thereby is or will be true and  accurate in
all  material  respects  on the date as of which  such  information  is dated or
certified and not incomplete by omitting to state any material fact necessary to
make such information not misleading at such time.

6.21.  Recording  Taxes. All recording  taxes,  recording fees,  filing fees and
other  charges  payable in  connection  with the filing  and  recording  of this
Agreement  have either been paid in full by  Customer  or  arrangements  for the
payment of such amounts by Customer  have been made to the  satisfaction  of IBM
Credit.

6.22.  Indebtedness.  Customer  (i) has no  Indebtedness,  other than  Permitted
Indebtedness;  and (ii) has not guaranteed  the  obligations of any other Person
(except as permitted by Section 8.4).

                        Section 7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Until   termination  of  this  Agreement  and  the   indefeasible   payment  and
satisfaction of all Obligations:

7.1.  Financial  and Other  Information.  Customer  shall  cause  the  following
information to be delivered to IBM Credit within the following time periods:

            (A) as soon as available  and in any event  within  ninety (90) days
after the end of each fiscal year of Customer (i) audited  Financial  Statements
(provided  that,  to the  extent not  otherwise  audited  by the  Auditors,  the
consolidating  Financial  Statements  may be  unaudited)  as of the close of the
fiscal year and for the fiscal year, together with a comparison to the Financial
Statements for the prior year, in each case accompanied by (a) either an opinion
of the Auditors without a "going concern" or like qualification or exception, or
qualification  arising  out of the scope of the audit  or, if so  qualified,  an
opinion which shall be in scope and  substance  reasonably  satisfactory  to IBM
Credit,  (b) such  Auditors'  "Management  Letter" to  Customer,  if any,  (c) a
written  statement  signed by the  Auditors  stating  that in the  course of the
regular  audit of the  business of Customer and its  consolidated  Subsidiaries,
which audit was conducted by the Auditors in accordance with generally  accepted
auditing  standards,  the  Auditors  have  not  obtained  any  knowledge  of the
existence  of any Default  under any  provision of this  Agreement,  or, if such
Auditors  shall have obtained from such  examination  any such  knowledge,  they
shall  disclose in such written  statement  the existence of the Default and the
nature thereof,  it being understood that such Auditors shall have no liability,
directly or  indirectly,  to anyone for failure to obtain  knowledge of any such
Default;  and  (ii)  a  Compliance   Certificate  along  with  a  schedule,   in
substantially  the form of  Attachment  C hereto,  of the  calculations  used in
determining,  as of  the  end  of  such  fiscal  year,  whether  Customer  is in
compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Attachment A;

            (B) as soon as  available  and in any event within  forty-five  (45)
days after the end of each fiscal  quarter of Customer (i) Financial  Statements
as of the end of such  period and for the fiscal year to date,  together  with a
comparison to the Financial  Statements  for the same periods in the prior year,
all in reasonable  detail and duly certified  (subject to normal  year-end audit
adjustments  and except for the  absence of  footnotes)  by the chief  executive
officer or chief  financial  officer of  Customer  as having  been  prepared  in
accordance with GAAP; and (ii) a Compliance  Certificate  along with a schedule,
in substantially  the form of Attachment C hereto,  of the calculations  used in
determining,  as of the end of  such  fiscal  quarter,  whether  Customer  is in
compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Attachment A;

            (C) as soon as available  and in any event  within  thirty (30) days
after the end of each fiscal month of Customer (i)  Financial  Statements  as of
the end of  such  period  and for the  fiscal  year  to  date,  together  with a
comparison to the Financial  Statements  for the same periods in the prior year,
all in reasonable  detail and duly certified  (subject to normal  year-end audit
adjustments  and except for the  absence of  footnotes)  by the chief  executive
officer or chief  financial  officer of  Customer  as having  been



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prepared in accordance with GAAP; and (ii) a Compliance Certificate along with a
schedule,  in substantially the form of Attachment C hereto, of the calculations
used in determining,  as of the end of such fiscal month, whether Customer is in
compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Attachment A;

            (D) as soon as  available  and in any event  within  sixty (60) days
after  the  end  of  each  fiscal  year  of  Customer  (i)  projected  Financial
Statements,  broken down by quarter,  for the current and following fiscal year;
and  (ii) if  composed,  a  narrative  discussion  relating  to  such  projected
Financial Statements;

            (E) as soon as available  and in any event  within  thirty (30) days
after the end of each fiscal quarter of Customer,  revised  projected  Financial
Statements,  broken  down by quarter,  for (i) the current  fiscal year from the
beginning of such fiscal  quarter to the fiscal year end and (ii) the  following
fiscal year;

            (F) promptly after Customer obtains  knowledge of (i) the occurrence
of a Default or Event of Default,  or (ii) the  existence  of any  condition  or
event which would  result in the  Customer's  failure to satisfy the  conditions
precedent  to  Advances  set  forth in  Section  5, a  certificate  of the chief
executive officer or chief financial  officer of Customer  specifying the nature
thereof and the Customer's proposed response thereto, each in reasonable detail;

            (G)  promptly   after   Customer   obtains   knowledge  of  (i)  any
proceeding(s)  being  instituted  or  threatened  to be instituted by or against
Customer in any federal,  state, local or foreign court or before any commission
or other regulatory body (federal,  state, local or foreign), or (ii) any actual
or prospective change,  development or event which, in any such case, has had or
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, a certificate of
the chief executive  officer or chief financial  officer of Customer  specifying
the  nature  thereof  and the  Customer's  proposed  response  thereto,  each in
reasonable detail;

            (H) promptly  after Customer  obtains  knowledge that (i) any order,
judgment  or decree  in  excess of  $250,000  shall  have been  entered  against
Customer  or any of its  properties  or  assets,  or  (ii) it has  received  any
notification  of a  material  violation  of  any  Requirement  of Law  from  any
Governmental  Authority,  a certificate of the chief executive  officer or chief
financial  officer of Customer  specifying the nature thereof and the Customer's
proposed response thereto, each in reasonable detail;

            (I) promptly after Customer  learns of any material labor dispute to
which  Customer may become a party,  any strikes or walkouts  relating to any of
its plants or other  facilities,  and the  expiration  of any labor  contract to
which  Customer is a party or by which it is bound,  a certificate  of the chief
executive officer or chief financial  officer of Customer  specifying the nature
thereof and the Customer's proposed response thereto, each in reasonable detail;

            (J) within five (5) Business Days after  request by IBM Credit,  any
written  certificates,  schedules  and  reports  together  with  all  supporting
documents as IBM Credit may reasonably request relating to the Collateral or the
Customer's or any guarantor's business affairs and financial condition;

            (K) by the fifth (5th) day of each month, or as otherwise  agreed in
writing,  a Collateral  Management  Report as of a date no earlier than the last
day of the immediately preceding month;

            (L) along with the Financial  Statements set forth in Section 7.1(A)
and (B),  the name,  address and phone  number of each of its  Account  debtors'
primary  contacts for each Account on the Accounts aging report contained in its
most recent Collateral Management Report; and

            (M)  within  five (5) days  after the same are  sent,  copies of all
Financial  Statements and reports which Customer sends to its stockholders,  and
within  five  (5)  days  after  the  same are  filed,  copies  of all  Financial
Statements  and reports which Customer may make to, or file with, the Securities
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Each  certificate,  schedule and report provided by Customer to IBM Credit shall
be signed by an authorized  officer of Customer,  and which  signature  shall be
deemed a  representation  and warranty  that the  information  contained in such
certificate, schedule or report is true and accurate in all material respects on
the date as of which such  certificate,  schedule or report is made and does not
omit to  state a  material  fact  necessary  in  order  to make  the  statements
contained  therein  not  misleading  at  such  time.  Each  Financial  Statement
delivered pursuant to this Section 7.1 shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP
applied  consistently  throughout the periods  reflected  therein and with prior
periods.  Customer shall cause the audited Financial Statements and accompanying
documents  set  forth in  Section  7.1(A)(i)  to be  delivered  directly  by the
Auditors to IBM Credit only via first class mail.

7.2.  Location  of  Collateral.  The  inventory,  equipment  and other  tangible
Collateral  shall be kept or sold at the  addresses as set forth on Attachment B
or on any notice  provided by Customer to IBM Credit in accordance  with Section
7.7(C). Such locations shall be certified quarterly to IBM Credit  substantially
in the form of Attachment G.

7.3. Changes in Customer.  Customer shall provide thirty (30) days prior written
notice to IBM Credit of any change in Customer's  name,  chief executive  office
and principal place of business,  organization,  form of ownership or structure;
provided,  however,  that  Customer's  compliance  with this covenant  shall not
relieve it of any of its other  obligations or any other  provisions  under this
Agreement or any Other Document  limiting  actions of the type described in this
Section.

7.4.  Legal  Entity  Existence.  Customer  shall (A)  maintain  its legal entity
existence,  maintain in full force and effect all licenses,  bonds,  franchises,
leases and  qualifications  to do business,  and all  contracts and other rights
necessary to the profitable conduct of its business,  (B) continue in, and limit
its operations to, the same general lines of business as presently  conducted by
it unless  otherwise  permitted in writing by IBM Credit and (C) comply with all
Requirements of Law.

7.5. ERISA. Customer shall promptly notify IBM Credit in writing after it learns
of the occurrence of any event which would constitute a "reportable event" under
ERISA or any  regulations  thereunder with respect to any Plan, or that the PBGC
has   instituted  or  will   institute   proceedings   to  terminate  any  Plan.
Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  the Customer shall have no obligation to notify
IBM  Credit  as  to  any  "reportable  event"  as to  which  the  30-day  notice
requirement of Section  4043(b) has been waived by the PBGC,  until such time as
such Customer is required to notify the PBGC of such reportable event.

Such notification  shall include a certificate of the chief financial officer of
Customer  setting  forth  details as to such  "reportable  event" and the action
which Customer  proposes to take with respect  thereto,  together with a copy of
any notice of such "reportable event" which may be required to be filed with the
PBGC,  or any notice  delivered by the PBGC  evidencing  its intent to institute
such proceedings.  Upon request of IBM Credit,  Customer shall furnish, or cause
the plan administrator to furnish,  to IBM Credit the most recently filed annual
report for each Plan.

7.6.  Environmental  Matters. (A) Customer and any other Person under Customer's
control  (including,  without  limitation,  agents  and  Affiliates  under  such
control) shall (i) comply with all Environmental  Laws in all material respects,
and (ii)  undertake  to use  commercially  reasonable  efforts  to  prevent  any
unlawful  release of any  Hazardous  Substance  by Customer or such Person into,
upon, over or under any property now or hereinafter  owned,  leased or otherwise
controlled (directly or indirectly) by Customer.

            (B) Customer  shall notify IBM Credit,  promptly  upon its obtaining
knowledge of (i) any non-routine proceeding or investigation by any Governmental
Authority with respect to the presence of any Hazardous  Substances on or in any
property now or hereinafter owned, leased or otherwise  controlled  (directly or
indirectly)  by Customer,  (ii) all claims made or  threatened  by any Person or
Governmental  Authority against Customer or any of Customer's assets relating to
any loss or injury  resulting  from any Hazardous  Substance,  (iii)  Customer's
discovery of evidence of unlawful disposal of or environmental  contamination by
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otherwise  controlled  (directly  or  indirectly)  by  Customer,  and  (iv)  any
occurrence or condition which could constitute a violation of any  Environmental
Law.

7.7.  Collateral  Books and  Records/Collateral  Audit.  (A) Customer  agrees to
maintain books and records pertaining to the Collateral in such detail, form and
scope as is consistent with good business  practice,  and agrees that such books
and records will reflect IBM Credit's interest in the Accounts.

            (B) Customer agrees that IBM Credit or its agents may enter upon the
premises of Customer at any time and from time to time,  during normal  business
hours and upon reasonable notice under the circumstances, and at any time at all
on and after the  occurrence  and during the  continuance of an Event of Default
for the  purposes of (i)  inspecting  the  Collateral,  (ii)  inspecting  and/or
copying (at Customer's  expense) any and all records pertaining  thereto,  (iii)
discussing  the affairs,  finances and business of Customer  with any  officers,
employees  and  directors of Customer or with the  Auditors  and (iv)  verifying
Eligible  Accounts  and other  Collateral.  Customer  also agrees to provide IBM
Credit with such reasonable  information and documentation that IBM Credit deems
necessary to conduct the foregoing  activities,  including,  without limitation,
reasonably  requested  samplings of purchase  orders,  invoices and evidences of
delivery or other performance.

Upon the occurrence and during the  continuance of an Event of Default which has
not been  waived by IBM Credit in  writing,  IBM Credit may  conduct  any of the
foregoing activities in any manner that IBM Credit deems reasonably necessary.

            (C) Customer  shall give IBM Credit  thirty (30) days prior  written
notice of any change in the  location  of any  Collateral,  the  location of its
books and records or in the location of its chief  executive  office or place of
business  from the  locations  specified  in  Attachment  B, and will execute in
advance of such change and cause to be filed and/or  delivered to IBM Credit any
financing  statements,  landlord  or other  lien  waivers,  or  other  documents
reasonably  required  by  IBM  Credit,  all in  form  and  substance  reasonably
satisfactory to IBM Credit.

            (D) Customer  agrees to advise IBM Credit  promptly,  in  reasonably
sufficient detail, of any substantial  change relating to the type,  quantity or
quality of the  Collateral,  or any event which could  reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect on the value of the Collateral or on the security
interests granted to IBM Credit therein.

7.8. Insurance;  Casualty Loss. (A) Customer agrees to maintain with financially
sound and reputable insurance companies:  (i) insurance on its properties,  (ii)
public  liability  insurance  against  claims for personal  injury or death as a
result  of the use of any  products  sold  by it and  (iii)  insurance  coverage
against other business risks, in each case, in at least such amounts and against
at least such risks as are usually  and  prudently  insured  against in the same
general geographical area by companies of established repute engaged in the same
or a similar  business.  Customer  will furnish to IBM Credit,  upon its written
request, the insurance certificates with respect to such insurance. In addition,
all Policies so maintained  are to name IBM Credit as an  additional  insured as
its interest may appear.

            (B) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Customer shall
keep and maintain, at its sole expense, the Collateral insured for an amount not
less than the amount set forth on  Attachment  A from time to time  opposite the
caption  "Collateral  Insurance Amount" against all loss or damage under an "all
risk" Policy with companies mutually acceptable to IBM Credit and Customer, with
a lender's loss payable  endorsement  or mortgagee  clause in form and substance
reasonably  satisfactory  to  IBM  Credit  designating  that  any  loss  payable
thereunder with respect to such Collateral shall be payable to IBM Credit.  Upon
receipt  of  proceeds  by IBM Credit the same shall be applied on account of the
Customer's  Outstanding  Product  Advances  first,  then to the  Outstanding A/R
Advances.  Customer  agrees to  instruct  each  insurer to give IBM  Credit,  by
endorsement upon the Policy issued by it or by independent instruments furnished
to IBM Credit,  at least ten (10) days written notice before any Policy shall be
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to recover  under the  Policies.  Customer  hereby agrees to direct all insurers
under the Policies to pay all proceeds with respect to the  Collateral  directly
to IBM Credit.

If Customer fails to pay any cost, charges or premiums,  or if Customer fails to
insure the Collateral,  IBM Credit may pay such costs, charges or premiums.  Any
amounts paid by IBM Credit hereunder shall be considered an additional debt owed
by Customer to IBM Credit and are due and payable immediately upon receipt of an
invoice by IBM Credit.

7.9.  Taxes.  Customer  agrees to pay,  when due, all taxes  lawfully  levied or
assessed  against  Customer  or any of the  Collateral  before  any  penalty  or
interest accrues thereon unless such taxes are being  contested,  in good faith,
by appropriate  proceedings  promptly instituted and diligently conducted and an
adequate  reserve or other  appropriate  provisions  have been made  therefor as
required in order to be in conformity with GAAP and an adverse  determination in
such  proceedings  could not  reasonably be expected to have a Material  Adverse
Effect.

7.10.  Compliance With Laws.  Customer agrees to comply with all Requirements of
Law applicable to the Collateral or any part thereof, or to the operation of its
business.

7.11. Fiscal Year.  Customer agrees to maintain its fiscal year as a year ending
April 30 unless  Customer  provides  IBM Credit at least  thirty (30) days prior
written notice of any change thereof.

7.12.  Intellectual Property.  Customer shall do and cause to be done all things
necessary  to preserve  and keep in full force and effect all  registrations  of
Intellectual  Property  which  the  failure  to do or  cause  to be  done  could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

7.13.  Maintenance  of  Property.  Customer  shall  maintain all of its material
properties  (business and otherwise) in good condition and repair (ordinary wear
and tear  excepted) and pay and  discharge  all costs of repair and  maintenance
thereof and all rental and  mortgage  payments  and related  charges  pertaining
thereto and not commit or permit any waste with  respect to any of its  material
properties.

7.14. Collateral. Customer shall:

            (A) from time to time upon request of IBM Credit, provide IBM Credit
with  access  to copies  of all  invoices,  delivery  evidences  and other  such
documents relating to each Account;

            (B) promptly upon Customer's obtaining knowledge thereof, furnish to
and  inform IBM  Credit of all  material  adverse  information  relating  to the
financial  condition of any Account  debtor  whose  outstanding  obligations  to
Customer  constitute  two percent  (2%) or more of the  Accounts at such time (a
"Material Account Debtor");

            (C) promptly upon Customer's learning thereof,  notify IBM Credit in
writing of any event  which  would cause any  obligation  of a Material  Account
Debtor to become an Ineligible Account;

            (D) keep all goods  rejected or  returned by any Account  debtor and
all goods  repossessed or stopped in transit by Customer from any Account debtor
segregated  from other  property of Customer,  holding the same in trust for IBM
Credit until Customer applies a credit against such Account debtor's outstanding
obligations to Customer or sells such goods in the ordinary  course of business,
whichever occurs earlier;

            (E) stamp or otherwise mark chattel paper and  instruments now owned
or  hereafter  acquired  by it in  conspicuous  type to show  that  the same are
subject to IBM Credit's security interest and immediately  thereafter deliver or
cause such chattel  paper and  instruments  to be delivered to IBM Credit or any
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            (F) use  commercially  reasonable  efforts to collect  all  Accounts
owed;

            (G) promptly notify IBM Credit of any loss,  theft or destruction of
or damage to any of the Collateral. Customer shall diligently file and prosecute
its claim for any award or payment  in  connection  with any such  loss,  theft,
destruction  of or damage to  Collateral.  Customer  shall,  upon  demand of IBM
Credit,  make,  execute  and  deliver  any  assignments  and  other  instruments
sufficient for the purpose of assigning any such award or payment to IBM Credit,
free of any encumbrances of any kind whatsoever;

            (H) consistent  with  reasonable  commercial  practice,  observe and
perform  all  matters  and things  necessary  or  expedient  to be  observed  or
performed  under or by virtue of any lease,  license,  concession  or  franchise
forming part of the  Collateral  in order to preserve,  protect and maintain all
the rights of IBM Credit thereunder;

            (I) consistent with reasonable  commercial practice,  maintain,  use
and operate the Collateral and carry on and conduct its business in a proper and
efficient  manner so as to preserve and protect the Collateral and the earnings,
incomes, rents, issues and profits thereof; and

            (J) at any time  and from  time to  time,  upon the  request  of IBM
Credit,  and at the sole expense of Customer,  Customer  will  promptly and duly
execute and deliver such further instruments and documents and take such further
action as IBM Credit may  reasonably  request  for the purpose of  obtaining  or
preserving  the full  benefits  of this  Agreement  and of the rights and powers
herein granted,  including,  without limitation,  the filing of any financing or
continuation  statements  under  the  Uniform  Commercial  Code in effect in any
jurisdiction  with  respect to the  security  interests  granted  herein and the
payment of any and all recording taxes and filing fees in connection therewith.

7.15.  Subsidiaries.  IBM Credit may require that any domestic  Subsidiaries  of
Customer or Datatec Systems, Inc., other than eDeploy.com,  Inc., become parties
to this  Agreement  or any other  agreement  executed  in  connection  with this
Agreement  as  guarantors  or  sureties.  Customer  will  comply,  and cause all
domestic  Subsidiaries  of  Customer  or  Datatec  Systems,   Inc.,  other  than
eDeploy.com, Inc., to comply with Sections 7 and 8 of this Agreement, as if such
sections applied directly to such Subsidiaries.

7.16.  Financial  Covenants;  Additional  Covenants.  Customer  acknowledges and
agrees that Customer shall maintain the financial  covenants and other covenants
set forth in the  attachments,  exhibits and other addenda  incorporated in this
Agreement.

                          Section 8. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Until   termination  of  this  Agreement  and  the   indefeasible   payment  and
satisfaction of all Obligations hereunder:

8.1.  Liens.  The Customer will not,  directly or indirectly  mortgage,  assign,
pledge, transfer, create, incur, assume, permit to exist or otherwise permit any
Lien or judgment  to exist on any of its  property,  assets,  revenues or goods,
whether real, personal or mixed, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except
for Permitted Liens.

8.2. Disposition of Assets. The Customer will not, directly or indirectly, sell,
lease, assign,  transfer or otherwise dispose of any assets other than (i) sales
of  inventory  in the  ordinary  course of  business  and short  term  rental of
inventory  as  demonstrations  in amounts  not  material to  Customer,  and (ii)
voluntary dispositions of individual assets and obsolete or worn out property in
the ordinary course of business,  provided, that the aggregate book value of all
such assets and  property so sold or disposed of under this  section 8.2 (ii) in
any fiscal year shall not exceed 5% of the  consolidated  assets of the Customer
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8.3.  Legal Entity  Changes.  The Customer  will not,  without the prior written
consent of IBM Credit, directly or indirectly,  merge,  consolidate,  liquidate,
dissolve  or enter  into or  engage  in any  operation  or  activity  materially
different from that presently being conducted by Customer.

8.4.  Guaranties.  The  Customer  will  not,  directly  or  indirectly,  assume,
guaranty,  endorse, or otherwise become liable upon the obligations of any other
Person,  except (i) by the endorsement of negotiable  instruments for deposit or
collection or similar  transactions in the ordinary course of business,  (ii) by
the giving of  indemnities  in  connection  with the sale of  inventory or other
asset dispositions permitted hereunder, and (iii) for guaranties in favor of IBM
Credit.

8.5.  Restricted  Payments.  The Customer will not, directly or indirectly:  (i)
declare or pay any dividend (other than dividends payable solely in common stock
of Customer or membership  interest if Customer is a limited liability  company)
on, or make any  payment  on  account  of, or set apart  assets for a sinking or
other analogous fund for, the purchase,  redemption,  defeasance,  retirement or
other  acquisition  of, any shares of any class of capital  stock of Customer or
any warrants,  options or rights to purchase any such capital stock, whether now
or hereafter  outstanding,  or make any other  distribution in respect  thereof,
either directly or indirectly,  whether in cash or property or in obligations of
Customer;  or (ii) make any  optional  payment or  prepayment  on or  redemption
(including,  without  limitation,  by making  payments to a sinking or analogous
fund) or  repurchase  of any  Indebtedness  (other  than the  Obligations).  The
foregoing  restrictions shall not apply to domestic Subsidiaries making any such
payments to Customer. With respect to any such payments made by eDeploy.com Inc.
to Cisco  Systems,  Inc.,  eDeploy.com  Inc shall be permitted to make  dividend
payments equal to a rate of 6% on its Series A Preferred Stock.

8.6. Investments.  The Customer will not, directly or indirectly, make, maintain
or acquire any Investment in any Person other than:

            (A) interest  bearing deposit  accounts  (including  certificates of
deposit) which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC")
or a similar federal insurance program;

            (B) direct  obligations  of the  government  of the United States of
America or any agency or instrumentality thereof or obligations guaranteed as to
principal and interest by the United States of America or any agency thereof;

            (C) stock or obligations  issued to Customer in settlement of claims
against  others by  reason of an event of  bankruptcy  or a  composition  or the
readjustment of debt or a reorganization of any debtor of Customer; and

            (D) commercial paper of any company  organized under the laws of any
State of the  United  States or any bank  organized  or  licensed  to  conduct a
banking business under the laws of the United States or any State thereof having
the short-term highest rating then given by Moody's Investor's Services, Inc. or
Standard &amp; Poor's Corporation.

8.7.  Affiliate/Subsidiary  Transactions.  The  Customer  will not,  directly or
indirectly,  enter  into any  transaction  with  any  Affiliate  or  Subsidiary,
including, without limitation, the purchase, sale or exchange of property or the
rendering of any service to any Affiliate or  Subsidiary  of Customer  except in
the ordinary  course of business and pursuant to the reasonable  requirements of
Customer's business upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to Customer
than  could  be  obtained  in a  comparable  arm's-length  transaction  with  an
unaffiliated Person.

8.8.  ERISA.  The  Customer  will  not (A)  terminate  any Plan so as to incur a
material  liability  to  the  PBGC,  (B)  permit  any  "prohibited  transaction"
involving  any Plan (other than a  "multi-employer  benefit  plan")  which would
subject the Customer to a material tax or penalty on  "prohibited  transactions"
under the Code or ERISA, (C) fail to pay to any Plan any contribution which they
are  obligated to pay under the terms of such Plan, if such failure would result
in a material "accumulated funding deficiency", whether or not waived, (D) allow
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condition, which presents a material risk of termination by the PBGC of any Plan
(other than a  "multi-employer  benefit plan"), or (E) fail to notify IBM Credit
as required in Section 7.5. As used in this  Agreement,  the terms  "accumulated
funding  deficiency" and "reportable  event" shall have the respective  meanings
assigned to them in ERISA, and the term "prohibited  transaction" shall have the
meaning  assigned to it in the Code and ERISA. For purposes of this Section 8.8,
the  terms  "material  liability",   "tax",   "penalty",   "accumulated  funding
deficiency"  and "risk of  termination"  shall mean a liability,  tax,  penalty,
accumulated  funding deficiency or risk of termination which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

8.9.  Additional  Negative  Pledges.  Customer will not, directly or indirectly,
create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any contractual
obligation  which may restrict or inhibit IBM Credit's rights or ability to sell
or otherwise  dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof after the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default.

8.10. Storage of Collateral with Bailees and Warehousemen.  Collateral shall not
be stored with a bailee, warehouseman or similar party without the prior written
consent of IBM Credit unless  Customer will,  concurrently  with the delivery of
such  Collateral  to such  party,  cause such party to issue and  deliver to IBM
Credit,  warehouse  receipts in the name of IBM Credit evidencing the storage of
such Collateral.

8.11. Use of Proceeds. The Customer shall not use any portion of the proceeds of
any Advances  (other than the Term Loan).  other than to acquire  Products  from
Authorized Suppliers and for its general working capital requirements.

8.12.  Accounts.  The  Customer  shall  not  permit  or agree to any  extension,
compromise  or  settlement  or make any  change or  modification  of any kind or
nature with respect to any Account, including any of the terms relating thereto,
which would  affect IBM  Credit's  ability to collect  payment on any Account in
whole or in part, except for such extensions, compromises or settlements made by
Customer in the ordinary  course of its business,  provided,  however,  that the
aggregate amount of such extensions,  compromises or settlements does not exceed
five percent (5%) of the Customer's Accounts at any time.

8.13.  Indebtedness.  The Customer will not create,  incur,  assume or permit to
exist any Indebtedness, except for Permitted Indebtedness.

8.14.  Loans. The Customer will not make any loans,  advances,  contributions or
payments of money or goods to any Subsidiary,  Affiliate or parent company or to
any officer,  director or stockholder of Customer or of any such company (except
for  compensation  for  personal   services  actually   rendered),   except  for
transactions expressly authorized in this Agreement.

                               Section 9. DEFAULT

9.1. Event of Default.  Any one or more of the following events shall constitute
an  Event  of  Default  by the  Customer  under  this  Agreement  and the  Other
Documents:

            (A) The failure to make  timely  payment of the  Obligations  or any
part thereof when due and payable,  if such failure shall remain  unremedied for
five (5) days after written  notice thereof shall have been given to Customer by
IBM Credit or ten (10) days after such  payment is due,  whichever  is  earlier,
during which period Customer shall be charged the Delinquency Fee Rate set forth
in Attachment A beginning on the day after the payment was due and including the
day payment is received;

            (B) Customer  fails to comply with or observe any term,  covenant or
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            (C) Any representation,  warranty,  statement, report or certificate
made or delivered by or on behalf of Customer or any of its officers,  employees
or agents or by or on behalf of any  guarantor  to IBM  Credit  was false in any
material respect at the time when made or deemed made;

            (D)  The  occurrence  of  any  event  or  circumstance  which  could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

            (E) Customer,  any Subsidiary or any guarantor  shall  generally not
pay its debts as such debts  become  due,  become or  otherwise  declare  itself
insolvent,  file a voluntary  petition  for  bankruptcy  protection,  have filed
against it any involuntary bankruptcy petition,  cease to do business as a going
concern,  make any  assignment  for the benefit of  creditors,  or a  custodian,
receiver, trustee, liquidator, administrator or person with similar powers shall
be  appointed  for  Customer,  any  Subsidiary  or any  guarantor  or any of its
respective  properties  or  have  any of its  respective  properties  seized  or
attached,  or take any action to authorize,  or for the purpose of effectuating,
the foregoing, provided, however, that Customer, any Subsidiary or any guarantor
shall  have a period of  forty-five  (45) days  within  which to  discharge  any
involuntary petition for bankruptcy or similar proceeding;

            (F) The  use of any  funds  borrowed  from  IBM  Credit  under  this
Agreement for any purpose other than as provided in this Agreement;

            (G) The entry of any judgment  against  Customer or any guarantor in
an amount in excess of $250,000 and such judgment is not  satisfied,  dismissed,
stayed or  superseded  by bond  within  thirty  (30) days after the day of entry
thereof (and in the event of a stay or  supersedeas  bond,  such judgment is not
discharged  within thirty (30) days after  termination of any such stay or bond)
or such  judgment is not fully  covered by insurance  as to which the  insurance
company has acknowledged its obligation to pay such judgment in full;

            (H) The  dissolution  or  liquidation  of Customer,  any  Subsidiary
(excluding  Subsidiaries that are not a guarantor) or any guarantor, or Customer
or any  guarantor  or its  directors  or  stockholders  shall take any action to
dissolve or liquidate Customer or any guarantor;

            (I) Any "going  concern"  or like  qualification  or  exception,  or
qualification  arising out of the scope of an audit by an Auditor of its opinion
relative  to  any  Financial  Statement  delivered  to  IBM  Credit  under  this
Agreement;

            (J) The issuance of a warrant of distress for any rent or taxes with
respect to any premises occupied by Customer in or upon which the Collateral, or
any part thereof,  may at any time be situated and such warrant  shall  continue
for a period of ten (10) Business Days from the date such warrant is issued;

            (K)         Customer suspends business;

            (L) The occurrence of any event or condition that permits the holder
of any Indebtedness arising in one or more related or unrelated transactions, in
an aggregate principal amount exceeding $250,000.00,  to accelerate the maturity
thereof or the failure of Customer to pay when due any such Indebtedness;

            (M)  Any  guaranty  of any or  all  of  the  Customer's  Obligations
executed  by any  guarantor  in favor of IBM  Credit,  shall at any time for any
reason  cease to be in full force and effect or shall be declared to be null and
void by a court of  competent  jurisdiction  or the  validity or  enforceability
thereof  shall  be  contested  or  denied  by any  such  guarantor,  or any such
guarantor shall deny that it has any further liability or obligation  thereunder
or any such  guarantor  shall fail to comply  with or observe  any of the terms,
provisions or conditions contained in any such guaranty;

            (N) Customer is in default  under the  material  terms of any of the
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            (O) There shall occur a "reportable event" with respect to any Plan,
or any Plan shall be subject to termination  proceedings  (whether  voluntary or
involuntary) and there shall result from such "reportable  event" or termination
proceedings a liability of Customer to the PBGC which in the reasonable  opinion
of IBM Credit will have a Material Adverse Effect;

            (P) Any "person" (as defined in Section  13(d)(3) of the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) acquires a beneficial  interest in 50% or more
of the Voting Stock of Customer.

9.2. Acceleration. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default  which has not been waived in writing by IBM Credit,  IBM Credit may, in
its sole discretion, take any or all of the following actions, without prejudice
to any other  rights it may have at law or under this  Agreement  to enforce its
claims against the Customer:  (a) declare all  Obligations to be immediately due
and payable  (except  with  respect to any Event of Default set forth in Section
9.1(E)  hereof,  in  which  case  all  Obligations  shall  automatically  become
immediately due and payable without the necessity of any notice or other demand)
without  presentment,  demand,  protest or any other action or obligation of IBM
Credit; and (b) immediately terminate and reduce to zero the Credit Line and the
Term Loan Commitment hereunder.

9.3.  Remedies.  (A) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event
of Default  which has not been waived in writing by IBM  Credit,  IBM Credit may
exercise  all rights and  remedies of a secured  party under the U.C.C.  Without
limiting the  generality of the  foregoing,  IBM Credit may: (i) remove from any
premises where same may be located any and all documents, instruments, files and
records (including the copying of any computer records),  and any receptacles or
cabinets  containing same,  relating to the Accounts,  or IBM Credit may use (at
the expense of the  Customer)  such of the  supplies or space of the Customer at
Customer's  place of  business or  otherwise,  as may be  necessary  to properly
administer  and  control  the  Accounts  or  the  handling  of  collections  and
realizations thereon; (ii) bring suit, in the name of the Customer or IBM Credit
and generally shall have all other rights  respecting  said Accounts,  including
without  limitation  the  right to  accelerate  or extend  the time of  payment,
settle,  compromise,  release  in  whole  or in part  any  amounts  owing on any
Accounts  and issue  credits in the name of the  Customer or IBM  Credit;  (iii)
sell, assign and deliver the Accounts and any returned, reclaimed or repossessed
merchandise, with or without advertisement, at public or private sale, for cash,
on credit or  otherwise,  at IBM Credit's  sole option and  discretion,  and IBM
Credit may bid or become a purchaser at any such sale;  and (iv)  foreclose  the
security  interests created pursuant to this Agreement by any available judicial
procedure,  or to  take  possession  of any or  all  of the  Collateral  without
judicial  process and to enter any premises  where any Collateral may be located
for the purpose of taking possession of or removing the same.

            (B) Upon the occurrence  and during the  continuance of any Event of
Default  which has not been  waived in writing by IBM Credit,  IBM Credit  shall
have the right to sell,  lease,  or otherwise  dispose of all or any part of the
Collateral,  whether  in its then  condition  or after  further  preparation  or
processing,  in the name of Customer or IBM Credit, or in the name of such other
party as IBM Credit may  designate,  either at public or private  sale or at any
broker's  board,  in lots or in bulk,  for cash or for  credit,  with or without
warranties or  representations,  and upon such other terms and conditions as IBM
Credit in its sole discretion may deem advisable,  and IBM Credit shall have the
right to purchase at any such sale.

If IBM Credit,  in its sole  discretion  determines  that any of the  Collateral
requires  rebuilding,  repairing,  maintenance or preparation,  IBM Credit shall
have the right, at its option, to do such of the aforesaid as it deems necessary
for the purpose of putting such  Collateral  in such saleable form as IBM Credit
shall deem  appropriate.  The Customer hereby agrees that any disposition by IBM
Credit  of any  Collateral  pursuant  to and in  accordance  with the terms of a
repurchase  agreement  between IBM Credit and the  manufacturer  or any supplier
(including  any   Authorized   Supplier)  of  such   Collateral   constitutes  a
commercially reasonable sale. The Customer agrees, at the request of IBM Credit,
to assemble  the  Collateral  and to make it  available  to IBM Credit at places
which IBM Credit  shall  select,  whether at the  premises  of the  Customer  or
elsewhere,  and to make  available to IBM Credit the premises and  facilities of
the Customer for the purpose of IBM Credit's  taking  possession of, removing or
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saleable  form. If notice of intended  disposition of any Collateral is required
by law,  it is  agreed  that ten (10)  Business  Days  notice  shall  constitute
reasonable notification.

            (C) Unless expressly prohibited by the licensor thereof, if any, IBM
Credit is hereby granted,  upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Event of  Default  which  has not been  waived  in  writing  by IBM  Credit,  an
irrevocable,  non-exclusive  license to use,  assign,  license or sublicense all
computer  software  programs,  data bases,  processes and materials  used by the
Customer in its businesses or in connection with any of the Collateral.

            (D) The net cash proceeds  resulting  from IBM Credit's  exercise of
any of the foregoing  rights (after  deducting all charges,  costs and expenses,
including  reasonable  attorneys'  fees)  shall be  applied by IBM Credit to the
payment of Customer's  Obligations,  whether due or to become due, in such order
as IBM Credit may in it sole discretion  elect.  Customer shall remain liable to
IBM  Credit  for any  deficiencies,  and IBM  Credit in turn  agrees to remit to
Customer or its successors or assigns, any surplus resulting therefrom.

            (E) The  enumeration  of the foregoing  rights is not intended to be
exhaustive  and the exercise of any right shall not preclude the exercise of any
other rights, all of which shall be cumulative.

9.4. Waiver.  If IBM Credit seeks to take possession of any of the Collateral by
any court process Customer hereby  irrevocably waives to the extent permitted by
applicable law any bonds,  surety and security  relating thereto required by any
statute,  court rule or  otherwise  as an  incident to such  possession  and any
demand for possession of the Collateral prior to the commencement of any suit or
action to recover possession thereof. In addition, Customer waives to the extent
permitted  by  applicable  law all  rights of set-off  it may have  against  IBM
Credit.  Customer  further  waives to the extent  permitted  by  applicable  law
presentment,  demand and protest,  and notices of non-payment,  non-performance,
any right of contribution, dishonor, and any other demands, and notices required
by law.

                            Section 10. MISCELLANEOUS

10.1.  Term;  Termination.  (A) This  Agreement  shall remain in force until the
earlier of (i) the Termination Date, (ii) the date specified in a written notice
by the Customer that they intend to terminate this Agreement which date shall be
no less than  ninety  (90) days  following  the  receipt  by IBM  Credit of such
written  notice,  and (iii)  termination  by IBM Credit after the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default. Upon the date that this Agreement
is  terminated,  all of  Customer's  Obligations  shall be  immediately  due and
payable in their entirety, even if they are not yet due under their terms.

            (B)  Until the  indefeasible  payment  in full of all of  Customer's
Obligations,  no  termination  of this  Agreement or any of the Other  Documents
shall in any way  affect or impair  (i)  Customer's  Obligations  to IBM  Credit
including,  without limitation,  any transaction or event occurring prior to and
after  such  termination,  or (ii) IBM  Credit's  rights  hereunder,  including,
without  limitation IBM Credit's  security  interest in the  Collateral.  On and
after a Termination Date IBM Credit may, but shall not be obligated to, upon the
request of Customer, continue to provide Advances hereunder.

10.2. Indemnification. The Customer hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
IBM  Credit  and  each  of  its   officers,   directors,   agents  and   assigns
(collectively,  the "Indemnified Persons") against all losses, claims,  damages,
liabilities or other expenses  (including  reasonable  attorneys' fees and court
costs now or hereinafter  arising from the  enforcement of this  Agreement,  the
"Losses") to which any of them may become  subject  insofar as such Losses arise
out of or are based upon any event,  circumstance  or condition (a) occurring or
existing  on or before  the date of this  Agreement  relating  to any  financing
arrangements  IBM Credit may from time to time have with (i) Customer,  (ii) any
Person that shall be acquired by Customer or (iii) any Person that  Customer may
acquire  all  or  substantially  all of  the  assets  of,  or  (b)  directly  or
indirectly, relating to the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or to any
of the  Collateral  or to any act or  omission  of the  Customer  in  connection
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not be obligated to indemnify  IBM Credit for any Losses  incurred by IBM Credit
which are a result of IBM Credit's gross negligence or willful  misconduct.  The
indemnity provided herein shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

10.3.  Additional  Obligations.  IBM Credit,  without  waiving or releasing  any
Obligation  or Default of the  Customer,  may  perform  any  Obligations  of the
Customer  that the Customer  shall fail or refuse to perform and IBM Credit may,
at any time or times hereafter,  but shall be under no obligation to do so, pay,
acquire or accept any assignment of any security interest,  lien, encumbrance or
claim against the Collateral asserted by any person. All sums paid by IBM Credit
in performing in  satisfaction  or on account of the foregoing and any expenses,
including  reasonable  attorney's  fees, court costs, and other charges relating
thereto,  shall be a part of the  Obligations,  payable on demand and secured by
the Collateral.

10.4.  LIMITATION  OF  LIABILITY.  NEITHER IBM CREDIT NOR ANY OTHER  INDEMNIFIED
PERSON  SHALL HAVE ANY  LIABILITY  WITH  RESPECT  TO ANY  SPECIAL,  INDIRECT  OR
CONSEQUENTIAL  DAMAGES  SUFFERED BY CUSTOMER IN CONNECTION  WITH THIS AGREEMENT,
ANY OTHER AGREEMENT, ANY DELAY, OMISSION OR ERROR IN THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
OR RECEIPT OF ANY E-DOCUMENT,  OR ANY CLAIMS IN ANY MANNER RELATED THERETO.  NOR
SHALL IBM CREDIT OR ANY OTHER INDEMNIFIED  PERSON HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO CUSTOMER
OR ANY OTHER  PERSON FOR ANY  ACTION  TAKEN OR OMITTED TO BE TAKEN BY IT OR THEM
HEREUNDER,  EXCEPT FOR ITS OR THEIR OWN GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL  MISCONDUCT.
IN THE EVENT  CUSTOMER  REQUESTS IBM CREDIT TO EFFECT A  WITHDRAWAL  OR DEBIT OF
FUNDS FROM AN ACCOUNT OF  CUSTOMER,  THEN IN NO EVENT SHALL IBM CREDIT BE LIABLE
FOR ANY AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF ANY AMOUNT INCORRECTLY DEBITED,  EXCEPT IN THE EVENT
OF IBM CREDIT'S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT. NO PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE
FOR ANY FAILURE TO PERFORM ITS  OBLIGATIONS IN CONNECTION  WITH ANY  E-DOCUMENT,
WHERE  SUCH  FAILURE  RESULTS  FROM ANY ACT OF GOD OR OTHER  CAUSE  BEYOND  SUCH
PARTY'S  REASONABLE  CONTROL  (INCLUDING,  WITHOUT  LIMITATION,  ANY MECHANICAL,
ELECTRONIC  OR   COMMUNICATIONS   FAILURE)   WHICH   PREVENTS  SUCH  PARTY  FROM
TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING E-DOCUMENTS.

10.5.  Alteration/Waiver.  This  Agreement  and the Other  Documents  may not be
altered or amended  except by an agreement in writing signed by the Customer and
by IBM  Credit.  No delay or  omission  of IBM Credit to  exercise  any right or
remedy  hereunder,  whether  before  or after  the  occurrence  of any  Event of
Default,  shall  impair  any such  right or remedy or shall  operate as a waiver
thereof  or as a waiver of any such  Event of  Default.  In the  event  that IBM
Credit  at any time or from time to time  dispenses  with any one or more of the
requirements  specified in this  Agreement or any of the Other  Documents,  such
dispensation may be revoked by IBM Credit at any time and shall not be deemed to
constitute a waiver of any such  requirement  subsequent  thereto.  IBM Credit's
failure at any time or times to require strict compliance and performance by the
Customer   of  any   undertakings,   agreements,   covenants,   warranties   and
representations of this Agreement or any Other Document shall not waive,  affect
or diminish any right of IBM Credit  thereafter to demand strict  compliance and
performance  thereof.  Any waiver by IBM Credit of any  Default by the  Customer
under this Agreement or any of the Other Documents shall not waive or affect any
other  Default  by the  Customer  under  this  Agreement  or  any  of the  Other
Documents, whether such Default is prior or subsequent to such other Default and
whether of the same or a different type. None of the  undertakings,  agreements,
warranties,  covenants,  and  representations  of the Customer contained in this
Agreement or the Other  Documents and no Default by the Customer shall be deemed
waived by IBM Credit  unless such waiver is in writing  signed by an  authorized
representative of IBM Credit.

10.6. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the Other Documents or
the  application  thereof  to any  Person or  circumstance  is held  invalid  or
unenforceable,  the remainder of this Agreement and the Other  Documents and the
application  of such  provision to other  Persons or  circumstances  will not be
affected thereby, the provisions of this Agreement and the Other Documents being
severable in any such instance.

10.7. One Loan. All Advances  heretofore,  now or at any time or times hereafter
made by IBM Credit to the Customer under this  Agreement or the Other  Documents
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by IBM Credit's  security  interests in the Collateral and by all other security
interests, liens and encumbrances heretofore, now or from time to time hereafter
granted by the Customer to IBM Credit or any assignor of IBM Credit.

10.8.  Additional  Collateral.  All monies,  reserves and  proceeds  received or
collected  by IBM Credit  with  respect to  Accounts  and other  property of the
Customer in possession  of IBM Credit at any time or times  hereafter are hereby
pledged by  Customer to IBM Credit as  security  for the  payment of  Customer's
Obligations  and shall be  applied  promptly  by IBM  Credit on  account  of the
Customer's  Obligations;  provided,  however,  IBM  Credit  may  release  to the
Customer such  portions of such monies,  reserves and proceeds as IBM Credit may
from time to time determine, in its sole discretion.

10.9.  No Merger or Novations.  (A)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained in any
document to the contrary,  it is  understood  and agreed by the Customer and IBM
Credit that the claims of IBM Credit  arising  hereunder  and existing as of the
date hereof  constitute  continuing  claims  arising out of the  Obligations  of
Customer  under  the  Financing  Agreement  and  any  Other  Document.  Customer
acknowledges and agrees that such Obligations  outstanding as of the date hereof
have not been satisfied or discharged and that this Agreement is not intended to
effect a novation of the Customer's Obligations under the Financing Agreement or
any Other Document.

            (B) Neither the  obtaining  of any  judgment nor the exercise of any
power of seizure or sale shall  operate to  extinguish  the  Obligations  of the
Customer  to IBM Credit  secured by this  Agreement  and shall not  operate as a
merger of any covenant in this  Agreement,  and the acceptance of any payment or
alternate  security  shall not constitute or create a novation and the obtaining
of a judgment or judgments under a covenant  herein  contained shall not operate
as a merger of that covenant or affect IBM Credit's rights under this Agreement.

10.10. Paragraph Titles. The Section titles used in this Agreement and the Other
Documents  are for  convenience  only and do not define or limit the contents of
any Section.

10.11. Binding Effect; Assignment.  This Agreement and the Other Documents shall
be binding  upon and inure to the  benefit of IBM  Credit and the  Customer  and
their respective successors and assigns;  provided, that the Customer shall have
no right to assign  this  Agreement  or any of the Other  Documents  without the
prior written consent of IBM Credit.

10.12.  Notices;  E-Business  Acknowledgment.  (A) Except as otherwise expressly
provided in this Agreement,  any notice required or desired to be served,  given
or  delivered  hereunder  shall be in writing,  and shall be deemed to have been
validly  served,  given or delivered (i) upon receipt if deposited in the United
States mails,  first class mail, with proper postage prepaid,  (ii) upon receipt
of  confirmation or answerback if sent by telecopy,  or other similar  facsimile
transmission,  (iii) one Business Day after  deposit with a reputable  overnight
courier with all charges prepaid,  or (iv) when delivered,  if hand-delivered by
messenger,  all of which shall be properly addressed to the party to be notified
and sent to the address or number indicated as follows:

(i)  If to IBM Credit at:                     (ii) If to Customer at:
               IBM Credit Corporation                   Datatec Industries, Inc.
               1500 RiverEdge Parkway                   23 Madison Road
               Atlanta, GA                              Fairfield, New Jersey 07004
               Attention:  Region Manager               Attention:  Chief Financial Officer
               Facsimile:                               Facsimile:

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            (B) (i) Each party may  electronically  transmit to or receive  from
the other party certain documents set forth in Attachment J ("E-Documents")  via
the Internet or electronic data  interchange  ("EDI").  Any transmission of data
which is not an  E-Document  shall have no force or effect  between the parties.
EDI  transmissions  may be sent  directly  or through  any third  party  service
provider ("Provider") with which either party may contract.  Each party shall be
liable for the acts or omissions of its Provider while handling  E-Documents for
such  party,  provided,  that  if  both  parties  use  the  same  Provider,  the
originating  party shall be liable for the acts or omissions of such Provider as
to such  E-Document.  Some  information to be made available to Customer will be
specific to Customer and will require  Customer's  registration  with IBM Credit
before  access is  provided.  After IBM Credit  has  approved  the  registration
submitted by  Customer,  IBM Credit shall  provide an ID and  password(s)  to an
individual  designated  by Customer  ("Customer  Recipient").  Customer  accepts
responsibility  for  the  designated  individual's  distribution  of  the ID and
password(s)  within its organization and Customer will take reasonable  measures
to  ensure  that   passwords  are  not  shared  or  disclosed  to   unauthorized
individuals.  Customer will conduct an annual review of all IDs and passwords to
ensure  they are  accurate  and  properly  authorized.  IBM CREDIT MAY CHANGE OR
DISCONTINUE USE OF AN ID OR PASSWORD AT ITS DISCRETION AT ANY TIME.  E-Documents
shall not be deemed to have been properly received, and no E-Document shall give
rise to any obligation,  until accessible to the receiving party at such party's
receipt  computer at the address  specified  herein.  Upon proper  receipt of an
E-Document,   the  receiving   party  shall   promptly   transmit  a  functional
acknowledgment   in  return.  A  functional   acknowledgment   shall  constitute
conclusive  evidence  that an  E-Document  has been  properly  received.  If any
transmitted  E-Document is received in an  unintelligible  or garbled form,  the
receiving  party shall  promptly  notify the  originating  party in a reasonable
manner. In the absence of such a notice, the originating  party's records of the
contents of such E-Document shall control.

(ii) Each  party  shall  use  those  security  procedures  which are  reasonably
sufficient to ensure that all transmissions of E-Documents are authorized and to
protect its  business  records and data from  improper  access.  Any  E-Document
received  pursuant  to this  Section  10.12 shall have the same effect as if the
contents of the E-Document had been sent in paper rather than  electronic  form.
The conduct of the parties  pursuant to this Section 10.12 shall,  for all legal
purposes,  evidence a course of dealing and a course of performance  accepted by
the parties.  The parties agree not to contest the validity or enforceability of
E-Documents  under the  provisions  of any  applicable  law  relating to whether
certain  agreements  are to be in  writing  or  signed  by the party to be bound
thereby.  The parties agree, as to any E-Document  accompanied by the Customer's
ID,  that IBM Credit can  reasonably  rely on the fact that such  E-Document  is
properly authorized by Customer. E-Documents, if introduced as evidence on paper
in any judicial,  arbitration,  mediation or administrative proceedings, will be
admissible  as  between  the  parties  to the same  extent  and  under  the same
conditions as other  business  records  originated and maintained in documentary
form.  Neither party shall contest the  admissibility  of copies of  E-Documents
under  either the  business  records  exception  to the hearsay rule or the best
evidence  rule  on the  basis  that  the  E-Documents  were  not  originated  or
maintained in documentary form.

CUSTOMER RECIPIENT INFORMATION for Internet transmissions:

(PLEASE PRINT)
Name of Customer's Designated Central Contact Authorized to Receive IDs and Passwords:

e-mail Address:
                --------------------------------------------------------------
Phone Number:
             -----------------------------------------------------------------

10.13.   Counterparts.   This  Agreement  may  be  executed  in  any  number  of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the
signatures thereto were upon the same instrument.

10.14.  ATTACHMENT A MODIFICATIONS.  IBM Credit may modify the Product Financing
Period set forth in  Attachment A from time to time if on at least two occasions
during any three-month  period a Shortfall Amount has become due and payable and
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in Attachment A from time to time,  in each case,  by providing  Customer with a
new  Attachment  A. Any such new  Attachment A shall be effective as of the date
specified in the new Attachment A.

10.15.  SUBMISSION AND CONSENT TO JURISDICTION  AND CHOICE OF LAW. TO INDUCE IBM
CREDIT TO ACCEPT THIS  AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER  DOCUMENTS,  THE CUSTOMER  HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY:

            (A)  SUBMITS  ITSELF  AND  ITS  PROPERTY  IN  ANY  LEGAL  ACTION  OR
PROCEEDING  RELATING  TO THIS  AGREEMENT  AND  ANY  OTHER  DOCUMENT,  OR FOR THE
RECOGNITION  AND  ENFORCEMENT  OF  ANY  JUDGMENT  IN  RESPECT  THEREOF,  TO  THE
NON-EXCLUSIVE  GENERAL  JURISDICTION  OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND
ANY FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT IN NEW YORK.

            (B) CONSENTS  THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR  PROCEEDING  MAY BE BROUGHT IN
SUCH COURTS AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREINAFTER  HAVE TO THE
VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR  PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM
THE SAME.

            (C) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR  PROCEEDING
MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY  REGISTERED  OR CERTIFIED  MAIL (OR
ANY  SUBSTANTIALLY  SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL),  POSTAGE PREPAID,  TO CUSTOMER AT ITS
ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SECTION  10.12 OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH IBM CREDIT
SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED PURSUANT THERETO;

            (D) AGREES  THAT  NOTHING  HEREIN  SHALL  AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT
SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT
TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

            (E) AGREES THAT THE VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS
AGREEMENT  SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS  (WITHOUT  GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICT OF
LAW PROVISIONS) OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

10.16. JURY TRIAL WAIVER. EACH OF IBM CREDIT AND THE CUSTOMER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY  ACTION OR  PROCEEDING  (INCLUDING  ANY
COUNTERCLAIM) OF ANY TYPE IN WHICH IBM CREDIT AND THE CUSTOMER ARE PARTIES AS TO
ALL  MATTERS  ARISING  DIRECTLY  OR  INDIRECTLY  OUT OF  THIS  AGREEMENT  OR ANY
DOCUMENT, INSTRUMENT OR AGREEMENT EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Customer has read this entire Agreement, and
has caused its  authorized  representatives  to execute this  Agreement  and has
caused its  corporate  seal,  if any, to be affixed  hereto as of the date first
written above.


IBM Credit Corporation                           Datatec Industries, Inc.

By:  /s/ Stanton Clark                           By:  /s/  Issac Gaon
    ---------------------------------------          -------------------------------------
Print Name:   Stanton Clark                      Print Name: Issac Gaon
            -------------------------------                 ------------------------------
Title:  Region Credit Manager                    Title:  Chairman of the Board/CEO
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                                   SCHEDULE A


(A)   Term Loan Commitment:  Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00);

(B)   Term Loan Finance Charge:  Prime Rate plus 0.75%;

(C)   Term Loan Minimum Draw Amount: Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00);

(D)   Term Loan Minimum Prepayment Amount:  Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00);

(E)   Term Loan Stated Maturity Date:  The Termination Date of the Agreement;

(F)   Term Loan Finance Charges are due monthly and as set forth in Section 2.5 of the Agreement;

(G)   Term Loan Principal Payment Schedule:  as set forth in Section 2.4 (D) of the Agreement.




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                                   SCHEDULE B

                          REQUEST FOR TERM LOAN ADVANCE



CUSTOMER NAME: Datatec Industries, Inc.

IBM CREDIT CUSTOMER NUMBER: 55004


REQUESTED TERM LOAN ADVANCE AMOUNT: $               ($250,000 minimum draw)
                                     --------------
REQUESTED DATE OF ACH TRANSFER:
                                  --------------

Datatec  Industries,  Inc. hereby requests  approval of a Term Loan Advance from
IBM Credit  Corporation ("IBM Credit") in the amount shown above pursuant to the
Inventory and Working Capital Financing  Agreement dated as of _____________ (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Agreement").

By my signature below, I certify to IBM Credit that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, as of the date hereof, there as occurred no Event of Default nor any
event  which,  with the passage of time would  create an Event of Default as set
forth in the Agreement.


BY:                                             DATE:
    -----------------------------------------         -------------

PRINT NAME:
            --------------------------------

TITLE:
       --------------------------------------





ACCEPTANCE BY IBM CREDIT CORPORATION:

----------------------      --------------        ------------------------------
REGION MANAGER                  DATE              $ AMOUNT OF TERM LOAN ADVANCE




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