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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10(ll)

                                PROMISSORY NOTE

$7,840,000                       DALLAS, TEXAS                 DECEMBER 30, 1997


     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, MACFARLAN REALTY PARTNERS, L.L.C., a Texas limited
liability company having its principal place of business at Two Turtle Creek
Village, 3838 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 400, Dallas, Texas 75219 referred to herein
as "Borrower," promises to pay to the order of COMPUCOM SYSTEMS, INC., a
Delaware corporation having its principal place of business at 7171 Forest Lane,
Dallas, Texas 75230 referred to herein as the "Lender," the principal sum of
Seven Million Eight Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($7,840,000), or, if less,
such amount as may have been advanced and be outstanding hereunder, together
with interest on the unpaid principal balance as set forth below. All sums
hereunder are payable to the Lender at its principal office at 7171 Forest Lane,
Dallas, Texas 75230.

     1.   DEFINITIONS. Unless the context hereof otherwise requires or provides,
the terms used herein defined in that certain Deed of Trust (with Security
Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Leases and Financing Statement), made by the
Borrower in favor of Frederick J. Fowler, as Trustee for the use and benefit of
the Lender dated as of December 30, 1997, as the same has been or may be amended
or supplemented from time to time (the "Agreement") have the same meanings.

     2.   INTEREST RATE. The principal balance from the date hereof until
maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) shall bear interest at the rate
of 6.8% per annum. Interest shall be calculated at a daily rate equal to 1/365th
of the rate per annum herein provided. All past-due payments of principal and
interest under this Note shall bear interest at the rate of 15% per annum from
maturity until paid.

     3.   PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. The principal and accrued interest
of this Note shall be due and payable in one installment of $8,285,484 on
October 31, 1998. The principal and interest due hereunder shall be evidenced by
the Lender's records which, absent manifest error, shall be conclusive evidence
of the computation of principal and interest balances owed by the Borrower to
the Lender.

     4.   DEFAULT. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default described in
Section 7.4 of the Agreement, the entire principal of and accrued interest on
this Note shall forthwith be due and payable without demand, presentment for
payment, notice of nonpayment, protest, notice of protest, notice of intent to
accelerate, notice of acceleration and all other notices and further actions of
any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower. Should any
other Event of Default occur and be continuing, the holder of this Note may,
without demand or notice of its election declare the entire unpaid balance of
this Note, or any part thereof, immediately due and payable, whereupon the
principal of and accrued interest on such Note shall be forthwith due and
payable without demand, presentment for payment, notice of nonpayment, protest,
notice of protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration and
all other notices and further actions of any kind, all of which are hereby
expressly waived by the Borrower.

     5.   PREPAYMENT. The Borrower may at any time prepay in whole or in part
the unpaid principal of this Note without premium or penalty, and the interest
shall immediately cease on any amounts so prepaid. Prepayments of principal
shall be applied in the inverse order of maturity.

     6.   WAIVER. Each surety, endorser, guarantor and any other party now or
hereafter liable for the payment of this Note in whole or in part ("Surety") and
the Borrower hereby severally (a) waive grace, demand, presentment for
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or dishonor, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration and all
other notices (except as provided in the Agreement), filing of suit and
diligence in collecting this Note or enforcing any other security with respect
to same, (b) agree to any substitution, surrender, subordination, waiver,
modification, change, exchange or release of any security or the release of the
liability of any parties primarily or secondarily liable hereon, (c) agree that
the Lender is not required first to institute suit or exhaust its remedies
hereon against the Borrower, any Surety or others liable or to become liable
hereon or to enforce its rights against them or any security with respect to
same or to join any of them in any suit against any others of them, and (d)
consent to any extension or postponement of time of payment of this Note and to
any other indulgence with respect hereto without notice thereof to any of them.
No failure of delay on the part of the Lender in exercising any right, power or
privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof.

     7.   ATTORNEYS' FEES. If this Note is not paid at maturity, regardless of
how such maturity may be brought about, or is collected or attempted to be
collected through the initiation or prosecution of any suit or through any
probate, bankruptcy or any other judicial proceedings, or is placed in the hands
of an attorney for collection, the Borrower shall pay, in addition to all other
amounts owing hereunder, all actual expenses of collection, all court costs and
reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the holder thereof.

     8.   LIMITATION ON AGREEMENTS. All agreements between the Borrower and the
Lender, whether now existing or hereafter arising, are hereby limited so that in
no event shall the amount paid, or agreed to be paid to or charged or demanded
by the Lender for the use, forbearance, or detention of money or for the payment
or performance of any covenant or obligation contained herein or in any other
document evidencing, securing or pertaining to this Note, exceed the Maximum
Rate. If any circumstance otherwise would cause the amount paid, charged or
demanded to exceed the Maximum Rate, the amount paid or agreed to be paid to or
charged or demanded by the Lender shall be reduced to the Maximum Rate, and if
the Lender ever receives interest which otherwise would exceed the Maximum Rate,
such amount which would be excessive interest shall be applied to the reduction
of the principal of this Note and not to the payment of interest, or if such
excessive interest otherwise would exceed the unpaid balance of principal of
this Note such excess shall be applied first to other indebtedness of the
Borrower to the Lender, and the balance, if any, shall be refunded to the
Borrower. In determining whether the interest paid, agreed to be paid, charged
or demanded hereunder exceeds the highest amount permitted by applicable law,
all sums paid or agreed to be paid to or charged or demanded by the Lender for
the use, forbearance or detention of the indebtedness of the Borrower to the
Lender shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (i) be amortized,
prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full term of such indebtedness
until payment in full so that the actual rate of interest on account of such
indebtedness is uniform through such term, (ii) be characterized as a fee,
expense or other charge other than interest, and (iii) exclude any voluntary
prepayments and the effects thereof. The terms and provisions of this paragraph
shall control and supersede every other provision of all agreements between the
Lender and the Borrower in control herewith.

     9.   GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE. This Note and the rights and obligations of
the parties hereunder shall be governed by the laws of the United States of
America and by the laws of the State of Texas, and is performable in Dallas
County, Texas. Chapter 346 of the Texas Finance Code does not apply to this
Note.

     10.  AGREEMENT. This Note is the Note referred to in Section 1.1 of the
Agreement, and is entitled to the benefits thereof and the security as provided
therein. Reference is made to the Agreement and the Loan Documents for a
statement of the rights and obligations of the Borrower, a


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description of the nature and extent of the security and the rights of the
parties in respect to such security, and a statement of the terms and conditions
under which the due date of this Note may be accelerated.



                                       MACFARLAN REALTY PARTNERS, L.L.C.



                                       By /s/JOHN L. JENKINS
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                                         John L. Jenkins
                                         President

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