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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.33

                                 PROMISSORY NOTE

                           $250,000 September 30, 1999

                                                              Irvine, California

        The undersigned, General Automation, Inc., a Delaware corporation, for
value received, promises to pay to Boundless Technologies, Inc., a Delaware
corporation formerly known as SunRiver Data Systems, or order (the "Holder"),
the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000), together with interest
on unpaid principal as provided below.

        The following is a statement of the rights of the Holder of this Note
and the conditions to which this Note is subject:

        1. INTEREST. The unpaid principal balance of this Note outstanding from
time to time shall bear interest from the date hereof until paid at the rate of
ten percent (10%) per annum, compounded quarterly.

        2. PAYMENTS. The entire principal amount of this Note, together with all
accrued interest thereon, shall be due and payable on the fifth anniversary of
the date of this Note.

        3. ACCELERATION. Notwithstanding Section 2 above, if any of the events
specified in this Section 3 shall occur, the Holder may, so long as such
condition exists, declare the entire principal and unpaid accrued interest
hereon immediately due and payable, by notice in writing to the undersigned:

            (a) The institution by the undersigned of proceedings to be
adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the undersigned to
institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against the undersigned, or
the filing by the undersigned of a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or release under the federal Bankruptcy Act, or any other
applicable federal or state law, or the consent by the undersigned to the filing
of any such petition, or the making by the undersigned of an assignment for the
benefit of creditors; or

            (b) If, within sixty (60) days after the commencement of an action
against the undersigned (and service of process in connection therewith on the
undersigned) seeking any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar relief under any
present or future statute, law or regulation, such action shall not have been
resolved in favor of the undersigned or all orders or proceedings thereunder
affecting the undersigned stayed, or if the stay of any such order or proceeding
shall thereafter be set aside, or if, within sixty (60) days after the
appointment without the consent or acquiescence of the undersigned of any
trustee, receiver or liquidator of all or any substantial part of the properties
of the undersigned, such appointment shall not have been vacated.

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        4. PREPAYMENT. The undersigned may at any time prepay this Note in whole
or in part. All payments made on this Note shall be applied first to accrued
interest, and the balance of such payment, if any, shall be applied to
principal, and interest shall thereupon cease upon the principal so credited.

        5. HEADINGS. The headings of this Note have been inserted as a matter of
convenience and shall not affect the construction hereof.

        6. APPLICABLE LAW. This Note shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware.

        7. ATTORNEYS' FEES. In the event of any action, suit, counterclaim,
appeal, arbitration, or mediation for any relief, declaratory or otherwise,
pertaining to enforcement of the terms of this Note or to the declaration of
rights hereunder (collectively, an "Action"), the losing party shall pay to the
prevailing party a reasonable sum for attorneys' fees and costs (at the
prevailing party's attorneys' then-prevailing rates) incurred in bringing and
prosecuting such Action and/or enforcing any judgment, order, ruling, or award
(collectively, a "Decision") granted therein, all of which shall be deemed to
have accrued on the commencement of such Action and shall be paid whether or not
such Action is prosecuted to a Decision. Any Decision entered in such Action
shall contain a specific provision providing for the recovery of attorneys' fees
and costs incurred in enforcing such Decision. The court or arbitrator may fix
the amount of reasonable attorneys' fees and costs on the request of either
party. For the purposes of this section, attorneys' fees shall include, without
limitation, fees incurred in the following: postjudgment motions and collection
actions; contempt proceedings; garnishment, levy, and debtor and third party
examinations; discovery; and bankruptcy litigation. "Prevailing party" within
the meaning of this section includes a party who agrees to dismiss an Action on
the other party's payment of the sums allegedly due or performance of the
covenants allegedly breached, or who obtains substantially the relief sought by
it.

        8. WAIVER. The payor and any guarantors and endorsers hereof expressly
waive diligence, presentment, protest and demand, and notice of protest, demand,
dishonor and nonpayment of this Note.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, General Automation, Inc., has
executed this Note.

                                            GENERAL AUTOMATION, INC.

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