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                                                                     EXHIBIT 1.2

                            ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT


                         dated as of November 13, 1997,


                                 by and between

                           ANACOMP, INC., as Purchaser

                                       and

                          INTERSCIENCE COMPUTER CORP.,
                    together with its wholly-owned subsidiary
                         LASER SUPPORT AND ENGINEERING,
                                    as Seller



               With Respect to the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance
                            Business Assets of Seller


                                  Exhibit 1.2

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

               This Table of Contents is not part of the Agreement to which it
is attached but is inserted for convenience only.

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ARTICLE I.      SALE OF ASSETS AND CLOSING

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        1.01  Assets  .....................................................................  1
        1.02  Liabilities..................................................................  5
        1.03  Purchase Price; Allocation; Earnout Payments.................................  6
        1.04  Closing .....................................................................  7
        1.05  Further Assurances...........................................................  7
        1.06  Third-Party Consents.........................................................  8
        1.07  Insurance Proceeds............................................................ 9

ARTICLE II.     REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER

        2.01  Organization of Seller........................................................ 9
        2.02  Authority..................................................................... 9
        2.03  No Conflicts................................................................. 10
        2.04  Governmental Approvals and Filings........................................... 10
        2.05  Books and Records............................................................ 11
        2.06  Absence of Changes........................................................... 11
        2.07  Legal Proceedings............................................................ 11
        2.08  Employees.................................................................... 12
        2.09  Intellectual Property Rights................................................. 12
        2.010 Manuals; Diagnostic/Software Fees............................................ 12
        2.011 Contracts.................................................................... 13
        2.012 Licenses..................................................................... 14
        2.013 Environmental Matters........................................................ 15
        2.014 Taxes.  ..................................................................... 16
        2.015 Substantial Customers and Suppliers.......................................... 16
        2.016 Inventory.................................................................... 16
        2.017 No Guarantees................................................................ 17
        2.018 Entire Business.............................................................. 17
        2.019 Disclosure................................................................... 17
        2.020 Prepaid Expenses............................................................. 17

ARTICLE III.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER

        3.01  Organization................................................................. 18
        3.02  Authority.................................................................... 18
        3.03  No Conflicts................................................................. 18
        3.04  Governmental Approvals and Filings........................................... 18
        3.05  Legal Proceedings............................................................ 19
        3.06  Financial Ability to Perform................................................. 19
        3.07  Resale Number................................................................ 19
        3.08  Noncompetition............................................................... 19

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ARTICLE IV.     COVENANTS OF SELLER

        4.01  Regulatory and Other Approvals............................................... 19
        4.02  Due Diligence Investigation by Purchaser..................................... 20
        4.03  Solicitation of Competing Offers;
                      Payment of Purchaser's Expenses
                      in Event of Successful Overbid....................................... 20
        4.04  Conduct of Business.......................................................... 20
        4.05  Certain Restrictions......................................................... 21
        4.06  Delivery of Books and Records, etc.;
                      Removal of Property.................................................. 22
        4.07  Noncompetition............................................................... 22
        4.08  Notice and Cure.............................................................. 23
        4.09  Fulfillment of Conditions.................................................... 24
        4.010 Taxes   ......................................................................24

ARTICLE V.      CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER

        5.01  Representations and Warranties............................................... 24
        5.02  Performance.................................................................. 25
        5.03  Orders and Laws.............................................................. 25
        5.04  Regulatory Consents and Approvals............................................ 25
        5.05  Third Party Consents......................................................... 25
        5.06  Deliveries................................................................... 26
        5.07  Proceedings.................................................................. 26
        5.08  Approval of Board of Directors of Purchaser.................................. 26
        5.09  Bankruptcy Court Order....................................................... 26

ARTICLE VI.     SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES,
                            COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS

        6.01  Survival of Representations, Warranties,
                      Covenants and Agreements............................................. 27


ARTICLE VII.    INDEMNIFICATION

        7.01  Indemnification.............................................................. 28

ARTICLE VIII.   TERMINATION

        8.01  Termination.................................................................. 28
        8.02  Effect of Termination........................................................ 29

ARTICLE IX.     DEFINITIONS

        9.01  Definitions.................................................................. 29

ARTICLE X.      MISCELLANEOUS

        10.01  Notices..................................................................... 35
        10.02  Bulk Sales Act.............................................................. 36
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        10.03  Entire Agreement............................................................ 36
        10.04  Expenses.................................................................... 37
        10.05  Public Announcements........................................................ 37
        10.06  Confidentiality............................................................. 37
        10.07  Waiver ..................................................................... 38
        10.08  Amendment................................................................... 38
        10.09  No Third Party Beneficiary.................................................. 38
        10.010 No Assignment; Binding Effect............................................... 39
        10.011 Headings.................................................................... 39
        10.012 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process.............................. 39
        10.013 Invalid Provisions.......................................................... 40
        10.014 Governing Law............................................................... 40
        10.015 Counterparts................................................................ 40

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                      This Asset Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement")
dated as of November 13, 1997, is made and entered into by and between Anacomp,
Inc., an Indiana corporation ("Purchaser"), on the one hand, and Interscience
Computer Corp., a California corporation ("Interscience") and its wholly-owned
subsidiary Laser Support and Engineering, a California corporation ("LSE") (LSE
and Interscience, each individually and jointly and severally, "Seller"), on the
other hand. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set
forth in Section 9.01.

               WHEREAS, Seller is engaged in the business of servicing and
maintaining laser printers (and the sale of consumable products in connection
therewith) through maintenance contracts with its customers (the "Business")
including the service and maintenance of Xerox laser printers (the "Xerox Laser
Printer Maintenance Business"); and

               WHEREAS, Interscience filed its chapter 11 petition for relief
under the Bankruptcy Code on March 6, 1997 (the "Petition Date"), and its
chapter 11 case, Case No. 97 13095-AG currently is pending in the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, San Fernando Division,
the Honorable Arthur M. Greenwald presiding (the "Bankruptcy Court"); and

               WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell, transfer and assign to
Purchaser, and Purchaser desires to purchase and acquire from Seller, certain of
the assets of Seller relating to the operation of the Business and specifically
those assets that comprise the Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance
Business, and in connection therewith, Purchaser has agreed to assume certain of
the liabilities of Seller relating to Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance
Business, all on the terms set forth herein;

               NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements set forth in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I.

                           SALE OF ASSETS AND CLOSING

               I.01 Assets. (a) Assets Transferred. On the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Seller will sell, transfer, convey,
assign and deliver to Purchaser, and Purchaser will purchase and pay for, at the
Closing, all of Seller's right, title and interest in, to and under the
following Assets of Seller used or held for use in connection with Seller's
Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business, as the same shall exist on the Closing
Date (collectively, the "Assets"):


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               (i) Business Contracts With Customers. All maintenance contracts,
        purchase orders, licenses and other contracts, and the personal property
        leases listed on attached Schedule A hereto, to which Seller and the
        customers of Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business are
        parties and which are utilized in or part and parcel of the conduct of
        Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business, including without
        limitation contracts relating to service representatives, suppliers,
        sales representatives, distributors, and marketing arrangements utilized
        in the conduct of Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business (the
        "Business Contracts"); and with respect only to those Business Contracts
        listed on attached Schedule B (which Business Contracts are utilized by,
        or are for the benefit of, Seller's businesses in addition to the Xerox
        Laser Printer Maintenance Business), the rights and obligations under
        such Business Contracts shall be to the extent practicable allocated
        between the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business and such other
        businesses of Seller in a fair and equitable manner that is reasonably
        satisfactory to the parties.

               (ii) Accounts Receivable. All trade accounts receivable and the
        proceeds thereof arising from the conduct of Seller's Xerox Laser
        Printer Maintenance Business on and after November 1, 1997, all payments
        to and collections by Seller on such trade accounts receivable from
        November 1, 1997, to the Closing Date, all payments to and collections
        by Seller on such trade accounts receivable after the Closing Date, and
        all notes, bonds and other evidences of Indebtedness of and rights to
        receive payments arising out of sales and services occurring in the
        conduct of the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business of Seller on and
        after November 1, 1997, and the security agreements related thereto,
        including any rights of Seller with respect to any third party
        collection procedures or any other Actions or Proceedings which have
        been commenced in connection therewith on and after November 1, 1997
        (the "Accounts Receivable");

               (iii) Deposits and Advances. All deposits or advances by or on
        behalf of Seller in connection with Seller's Xerox Laser Printer
        Maintenance Business;

               (iv) Inventory. (a) The Xerox laser printer field inventory in
        the possession of Seller's engineers or field or service
        representatives, located at customer sites, or in transit from or to the
        Seller's sites and the customer's sites, in each case including but not
        limited to demonstration equipment, office and other supplies, parts,
        packaging materials and other accessories related thereto; (b) those
        seven replacement Xerox laser printers (located at customer sites) and
        those twenty laser cores and twenty



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        roller cores (in the possession of vendors) listed on attached Schedule
        C; (c) any of the foregoing in (a) and (b) purchased subject to any
        conditional sales or title retention agreement in favor of any other
        Person; and (d) all rights of Seller against suppliers of such
        inventories in (a), (b), (c) or otherwise (the "Inventory");

               (v) Diagnostic Equipment. The tool kits, diagnostic software and
        equipment in the possession or care of the service engineers and field
        representatives employed by Seller in Seller's Xerox Laser Printer
        Maintenance Business, including any of the foregoing purchased subject
        to any conditional sales or title retention agreement in favor of any
        other Person) (the "Diagnostic Equipment");

               (vi) Intangible Personal Property. All Intellectual Property used
        or held for use in the conduct of the Seller's Xerox Laser Printer
        Maintenance Business (including Seller's goodwill therein) and all
        rights, privileges, claims, causes of action and options relating or
        pertaining to the Assets described in this Section 1.01, including
        without limitation all rights of Interscience to conduct its Xerox Laser
        Printer Maintenance Business acquired as successor to the rights of
        Laser Support and Engineering, but not including any patents or licenses
        in which Seller has an interest and which Seller requires for use in the
        conduct of its Seimens and other non-Xerox laser printer maintenance and
        consumables sales business (the "Non-Xerox Business") (the "Intangible
        Personal Property");

               (vii) Books and Records. Copies of all Books and Records used or
        held for use relating to the Assets and requested by Purchaser,
        including copies of all maintenance and other technical manuals used in
        Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business, other than the
        Excluded Books and Records (as provided in Section 1.01(b)) (the
        "Business Books and Records"); and to the extent any of the Business
        Books and Records are items susceptible to duplication and are either
        (x) used in connection with any of Seller's businesses other than the
        Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business or (y) are required by law to
        be retained by Seller, Seller may deliver photostatic copies or other
        reproductions from which, in the case of Business Books and Records
        referred to herein, information solely concerning Seller's businesses
        other than the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business has been
        deleted;

               (viii) Cash. Cash (including checks received prior to the close
        of business on the Closing Date, whether or not deposited or cleared
        prior to the close of business on the Closing Date), commercial paper,
        certificates of deposit and other bank deposits, treasury bills and
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        equivalents (all of the foregoing, collectively "Cash and Cash
        Equivalents") that represents (x) the gross revenues and proceeds of
        sales and services provided by Seller in the conduct of Seller's Xerox
        Laser Printer Maintenance Business on and after November 1, 1997, minus
        (y) those ordinary course of business expenses listed on the attached
        Schedule D and incurred by Seller in connection with sales and services
        provided by Seller in the conduct of Seller's Xerox Laser Printer
        Maintenance Business between November 1, 1997, and the Closing Date,
        which amount shall be paid by Seller to Purchaser no later than thirty
        days after the Closing Date; and

               (ix) Other Assets and Properties. All other Assets and Properties
        of Seller used or held for use in connection with the Seller's Xerox
        Laser Printer Maintenance Business, except the Excluded Assets (as
        defined in Section 1.01(b)) (the "Other Assets").

        (b) Excluded Assets. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, the following Assets and Properties of Seller, including even as they
may relate to the Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business (the
"Excluded Assets") shall be excluded from and shall not constitute Assets:

            (i) Cash. Cash and Cash Equivalents that represent the revenues and
        proceeds of sales and services provided by Seller in the conduct of
        Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business prior to November 1,
        1997, and in the conduct of Seller's Non-Xerox Business at any time;

            (ii) Excluded Accounts Receivable. All trade accounts receivable and
        the proceeds thereof that represent the revenues and proceeds of sales
        and services provided by Seller in the conduct of Seller's Xerox Laser
        Printer Maintenance Business prior to November 1, 1997, and in the
        conduct of Seller's Non-Xerox Business at any time;

            (iii) Insurance. Life insurance policies of officers and other
        employees of Seller and all other insurance policies relating to the
        operation of the Business;

            (iv)  Employee Benefit Plans.  All assets owned or held by any
        Benefit Plans;

            (v)  Tax Refunds.  All refunds or credits, if any, of Taxes due to
        or from Seller;

            (vi) Excluded Books and Records. The minute books, stock transfer
        books and corporate seal of Seller and any other Books and Records
        relating to the Excluded Assets, the

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        Retained Liabilities or the Non-Xerox Business (the "Excluded
        Books and Records");

            (vii) Excluded Inventory. All inventory of Seller's Non-Xerox
        Business plus the inventory used in Seller's Xerox Laser Printer
        Maintenance Business that is not in the possession of Seller's engineers
        or field or service representatives, not located at customer sites, and
        not in transit from or to the Seller's sites and the customer's sites
        (the "Excluded Inventory"); and

            (viii) Seller's rights under this Agreement and the related
        Operative Agreements.

               I.02 Liabilities. (a) Assumed Liabilities. In connection with the
sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and delivery of the Assets pursuant to
this Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, at the Closing, Purchaser will assume and agree to pay, perform and
discharge when due the following obligations of Seller arising in connection
with the operation of Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business, as the
same shall exist on the Closing Date (the "Assumed Liabilities"), and no others:

            (i) Obligations under Contracts and Licenses. With respect to the
        Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business, all obligations of
        Seller under the Business Contracts to be performed on or after the
        Closing Date, and excluding any such obligations arising or to be
        performed
        prior to the Closing Date;

            (ii) Returned Parts. All obligations of Seller for replacement of,
        or refund for, damaged, defective or returned parts related to the
        Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business, but only to the
        extent such parts are subject to full return privileges from the
        supplier thereof;

               (b) Retained Liabilities. Except for the Assumed Liabilities,
Purchaser shall not assume by virtue of this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby, and shall have no liability for, any Liabilities of Seller
(including, without limitation, those related to the Business) of any kind,
character or description whatsoever (the "Retained Liabilities"). Seller shall
discharge in a timely manner or shall make adequate provision for all of the
Retained Liabilities, provided that Seller shall have the ability to contest, in
good faith, any such claim of liability asserted in respect thereof by any
Person other than Purchaser and its Affiliates.

               I.03  Purchase Price; Allocation; Earnout Payments.
(a) Purchase Price.  The purchase price for the Assets is
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in immediately available United States funds at the Closing in the manner
provided in Section 1.04. In addition, Purchaser will make certain payments to
Seller after the Closing Date pursuant to the earnout provisions in Section
1.03(c) below. $300,000 of the Purchase Price, plus all of the earnout payments,
is allocable to, and deemed to be in consideration of the covenant of Seller
contained in Section 4.07; $20,000 of the Purchase Price is allocable to, and
deemed to be in consideration of the Diagnostic Equipment; $450,000 of the
Purchase Price is allocable to, and deemed to be in consideration of the
Inventory. The entirety of the Purchase Price, including the earnout payments,
shall be allocated and distributed amongst Seller as eighty three percent (83%)
to Interscience and seventeen percent (17%) to LSE.

               (b) Further Allocation of Purchase Price. If requested in writing
by any party hereto, Purchaser and Seller shall negotiate in good faith prior to
the Closing Date and determine any additional allocation of the consideration
paid by Purchaser for the Assets. Each party hereto agrees (i) that any such
allocation shall be consistent with the requirements of Section 1060 of the
Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder, (ii) to complete jointly
and to file separately Form 8594 with its Federal income Tax Return consistent
with such allocation for the tax year in which the Closing Date occurs and (iii)
that no party will take a position on any income, transfer or gains Tax Return,
before any Governmental or Regulatory Authority charged with the collection of
any such Tax or in any judicial proceeding, that is in any manner inconsistent
with the terms of any such allocation without the consent of the other party.

               (c) Adjustment of Purchase Price Pursuant to Earnout. (i) On the
first Business Day after the thirtieth day of the full thirteenth month
following the Closing Date, Purchaser shall pay to Seller in immediately
available United States funds forty five (45%) percent of the revenues over
$1,700,000 and up to $2,800,000 billed by Purchaser during the twelve full
calendar months immediately following the Closing Date to the Interscience
Customers of the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business. For the purpose of
this Section 1.03, "Interscience Customers" shall mean: (x) the customers as of
November 1, 1997, acquired as part of the Assets (the "Current Customers"); and
(y) those customers that are not Current Customers and are referred by Seller to
Purchaser by written referrals after the Closing Date, including former
customers of Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business not doing
business with Seller as of November 1, 1997, but not including any of
Purchaser's current customers (the "New Customers"). The maximum amount payable
to Seller under this earnout provision is $495,000 (45% of [$2,800,000 minus
$1,700,000]). (ii) In addition to any earnout payments due under the immediately
preceding Section 1.03(c)(i), in the event that the revenues billed by Purchaser
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calendar months after the Closing Date from the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance
Business exceed $2,800,000, then as to only such revenues that are (x) in excess
of the $2,800,000 and (y) are billed by Purchaser during such twelve month
period to New Customers (meaning by way of written referrals from Seller), on
the first Business Day after the thirtieth day of the full thirteenth month
following the Closing Date, Purchaser shall pay to Seller in immediately
available United States funds fifteen percent (15%) of any such revenues billed
over $2,800,000 (i.e., 15% of the revenues in excess of $2,8000,000 that are
billed by Purchaser to New Customers during such twelve month period).

               I.04 Closing. The Closing will take place at the offices of
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in Los Angeles, California, or at such other
place as Purchaser and Seller mutually agree, at 10:00 A.M. local time, on the
Closing Date. At the Closing, Purchaser will pay the Purchase Price by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to such account as Seller may reasonably
direct by written notice delivered to Purchaser by Seller at least two (2)
Business Days before the Closing Date. Simultaneously, (a) Seller will assign
and transfer to Purchaser all of its right, title and interest in and to the
Assets, free and clear of any and all liens, claims and encumbrances, by
delivery of (i) a General Assignment and Bill of Sale substantially in the form
of Exhibit A hereto (the "General Assignment"), duly executed by Seller, (ii) an
assignment of the Intellectual Property in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Purchaser, and (iii) such other good and sufficient instruments
of conveyance, assignment and transfer, in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to Purchaser's counsel, as shall be effective to vest in Purchaser
good title to the Assets (the General Assignment and the other instruments
referred to in clauses (ii) and (iii) being collectively referred to herein as
the "Assignment Instruments"). At the Closing, there shall also be delivered to
Seller and Purchaser the contracts, documents and instruments required to be
delivered to consummate this Agreement.

               I.05 Further Assurances; Post-Closing Cooperation. (a) At any
time or from time to time after the Closing, at Purchaser's request and without
further consideration, Seller shall execute and deliver to Purchaser such other
instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and confirmation, provide
such materials and information and take such other actions as Purchaser may
reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order more effectively to transfer,
convey and assign to Purchaser, and to confirm Purchaser's title to, all of the
Assets, and, to the full extent permitted by Law, to put Purchaser in actual
possession and operating control of Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance
Business and the Assets and to assist Purchaser in exercising all rights with
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fulfill its obligations under this Agreement and the Operative
Agreements.

               (b) Effective on the Closing Date, Seller hereby constitutes and
appoints Purchaser the true and lawful attorney of Seller, with full power of
substitution, in the name of Seller or Purchaser, but on behalf of and for the
benefit of Purchaser: (i) to demand and receive from time to time any and all
the Assets and to make endorsements and give receipts and releases for and in
respect of the same and any part thereof; (ii) to institute, prosecute,
compromise and settle any and all Actions or Proceedings that Purchaser may deem
proper in order to collect, assert or enforce any claim, right or title of any
kind in or to the Assets; (iii) to defend or compromise any or all Actions or
Proceedings in respect of any of the Assets; and (iv) to do all such acts and
things in relation to the matters set forth in the preceding clauses (i) through
(iii) as Purchaser shall deem desirable. Seller hereby acknowledges that the
appointment hereby made and the powers hereby granted are coupled with an
interest and are not and shall not be revocable by it in any manner or for any
reason. Seller shall deliver to Purchaser at Closing an acknowledged power of
attorney to the foregoing effect executed by Seller. Purchaser shall indemnify
and hold harmless Seller from any and all Losses caused by or arising out of any
breach of Law by Purchaser in its exercise of such power of attorney.

               (c) Following the Closing, Seller will afford Purchaser, its
counsel and its accountants, during normal business hours, reasonable access to
the books, records and other data relating to Seller's Xerox Laser Printer
Maintenance Business in its possession with respect to periods prior to the
Closing and the right to make copies and extracts therefrom, to the extent that
such access may be reasonably required by Purchaser in connection with (i) the
preparation of Tax Returns, (ii) the determination or enforcement of rights and
obligations under this Agreement, (iii) compliance with the requirements of any
Governmental or Regulatory Authority, (iv) the determination or enforcement of
the rights and obligations of any party to this Agreement or any of the
Operative Agreements or (v) in connection with any actual or threatened Action
or Proceeding.

               I.06 Third-Party Consents. To the extent that any Business
Contract is not assignable without the consent of another party, this Agreement
shall not constitute an assignment or an attempted assignment thereof if such
assignment or attempted assignment would constitute a breach thereof or a
default thereunder. Seller and Purchaser shall use their best efforts to obtain
the consent of such other party to the assignment of any such Business Contract
to Purchaser in all cases in which such consent is or may be required for such
assignment. If any such consent shall not be obtained, Seller shall cooperate
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Purchaser the benefits intended to be assigned to Purchaser under the relevant
Business Contract including enforcement at the cost and for the account of
Purchaser of any and all rights of Seller against the other party thereto
arising out of the breach or cancellation thereof by such other party or
otherwise. If and to the extent that such arrangement cannot be made, Purchaser
shall have no obligation pursuant to Section 1.02 or otherwise with respect to
any such Business Contract. The provisions of this Section 1.06 shall not affect
the right of Purchaser not to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement if the condition to its obligations hereunder contained in Section
5.06 has not been fulfilled.

               I.07 Insurance Proceeds. If any of the Assets are destroyed or
damaged or taken in condemnation, the insurance proceeds or condemnation award
with respect thereto shall be an Asset.


                                   ARTICLE II.

                    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER

               Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser as follows:

               II.01 Organization of Seller. Interscience is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of
California, and has full corporate power and authority to conduct the Business
as and to the extent now conducted and to own, use and lease the Assets. LSE is
a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
Laws of the State of California, and has full corporate power and authority to
conduct the Business as and to the extent now conducted and to own, use and
lease the Assets. Interscience is the owner of one hundred percent of the common
stock of LSE.

               II.02 Authority. Subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court
of this Agreement, Seller has full corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and the Operative Agreements to which it is a party, to
perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including without limitation to
sell and transfer (pursuant to this Agreement) the Assets. The execution and
delivery by Seller of this Agreement and the Operative Agreements to which it is
a party, and the performance by Seller of its obligations hereunder and
thereunder, have been duly and validly authorized by the Board of Directors of
Seller, no other corporate action on the part of Seller or its stockholders
being necessary. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered
by Seller and constitutes, and upon Bankruptcy court approval of this Agreement
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delivery by Seller of the Operative Agreements to which it is a party, such
Operative Agreements will constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations of
Seller enforceable against Seller in accordance with their terms.

               II.03 No Conflicts. The execution and delivery and performance by
Seller of this Agreement and the Operative Agreements will not: (A) conflict
with or result in a violation or breach of any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of any (i) certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws or other
comparable corporate charter documents of Seller, (ii) any Business Contract, or
(ii) any court order, consent decree or similar agreement approved by a court of
which Seller has knowledge and to which Seller or any of its affiliates is a
party and that is material to any of the Assets being transferred by Seller to
Purchaser; or (B) with respect to any Business Contract (i) constitute (with or
without notice or lapse of time or both) a default, (ii) require Seller to
obtain any consent, approval or action of, make any filing with or give any
notice to any Person (other than the filings with and approval of the Bankruptcy
Court and any consents of creditors that the Bankruptcy Court may require) or
(iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the Assets,
provided, except, however, that this Section 2.03 shall not apply to the
contractual right of any party to a Business Contract to terminate such Business
Contract without cause upon the giving of notice, with or without a waiting
period.

               II.04 Governmental Approvals and Filings. Other than the express
approval of the Bankruptcy Court of this Agreement, Seller is not aware of any
consent, approval or action of, filing with or notice to any Governmental or
Regulatory Authority on the part of Seller that is required in connection with
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or any of the
Operative Agreements to which it is a party or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

               II.05 Books and Records. None of the Business Books and Records
is recorded, stored, maintained, operated or otherwise wholly or partly
dependent upon or held by any means (including any electronic, mechanical or
photographic process, whether computerized or not) which (including all means of
access thereto and therefrom) are not under the exclusive ownership and direct
control of Seller.

               II.06 Absence of Changes. Except for the execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the transactions to take place pursuant hereto on or prior
to the Closing Date, since October 31, 1997, there has not occurred, to the date
hereof, (i) any entering into, amendment, modification, termination (partial or
complete) or granting of a waiver under or giving any consent with respect to
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(ii) any other transaction of Seller involving or affecting the Xerox Laser
Printer Maintenance Business or the Assets outside the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice.

               II.07 Legal Proceedings. (a) Except as disclosed in writing by
the Seller to Purchaser and attached hereto as Schedule E: (i) other than the
pending chapter 11 bankruptcy case of Seller, there are no Actions or
Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened against, relating
to or affecting Seller with respect to the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance
Business or any of the Assets which (A) could reasonably be expected to result
in the issuance of an Order restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting or
making illegal the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or any of the Operative Agreements or otherwise result in a material
diminution of the benefits contemplated by this Agreement or any of the
Operative Agreements to Purchaser, or (B) if determined adversely to Seller,
could reasonably be expected to result in (x) any injunction or other equitable
relief that would interfere in any material respect with the Business or (y)
Losses by Seller, individually or in the aggregate with Losses in respect of
other such Actions or Proceedings, exceeding $25,000; and (b) there are no facts
or circumstances known to Seller that could reasonably be expected to give rise
to any Action or Proceeding that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to
clause (i) of this Section 2.07(a).

               (b) Either: (i) the plaintiffs in the action filed against Seller
on or about August 6, 1996, in the Superior Court of the State of California for
the County of Orange with regard to Seller's acquisition of all of the common
stock of Laser Support and Engineering (the "LSE Action") do not object to this
Agreement and the terms hereof and will inform the Bankruptcy Court in writing
that they do not object to Purchaser acquiring the Assets free and clear of any
claims they have or may assert in the future in connection with the facts giving
rise to the LSE Action; or (ii) the Bankruptcy Court has entered an order under
Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9019 which provides for a settlement and
mutual general release of the claims asserted in the LSE Action and the
settlement documents and attendant Bankruptcy Court order contain an express
release of claims against any assignee of the Assets.

               (c) Prior to the execution of this Agreement by Seller, to the
best of Seller's knowledge, Seller has delivered to Purchaser all responses of
counsel (that are in Seller's possession and control) to auditors' requests for
information delivered in connection with Seller's most recently prepared audited
financial statements (together with any updates provided by counsel) regarding
Actions or Proceedings pending or threatened against, relating to or affecting
the Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business, and Seller will use its
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obtain copies of any such responses of counsel that are not currently in its
possession or control and will deliver same to Purchaser.

               II.08 Employees. (a) Purchaser is not acquiring a division of the
Seller nor any obligations to or with respect to (i) any of Seller's employees
with respect to continuing employment of and compensation of any sort to any
such employees, or (ii) any Benefit Plans, including but not limited to life,
medical, pension or health plans. The order of the Bankruptcy Court approving
this Agreement shall provide expressly that Purchaser is not acquiring a
division or substantially all of the business assets of Seller and that
Purchaser's acquisition is free and clear of any claims against Seller or the
Assets and that all claims against the Seller or the Assets shall attach, if at
all, to the proceeds of the Purchase Price.

               (b) Seller consents without qualification to Purchaser's
employment of any Employee of Seller currently or previously employed in
Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business and, as to current employees,
named in the attached
Schedule F.

               II.09 Intellectual Property Rights. To the best of Seller's
knowledge, there are no restrictions on the direct or indirect transfer of any
Business Contract, or any interest therein, held by Seller in respect of any
Intellectual Property. Seller has not received notice that Seller is infringing
any Intellectual Property of any other Person in connection with the conduct of
the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business, no claim is pending or, to the
Knowledge of Seller, has been made to such effect that has not been resolved
and, to the Knowledge of Seller, Seller is not infringing any Intellectual
Property of any other Person in connection with the conduct of Seller's Xerox
Laser Printer Maintenance Business.

               II.010 Manuals; Diagnostic/Software Fees. Prior to Closing,
Seller will identify for Purchaser (i) the manuals used in connection with
Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business that Seller copied from
original manuals and will provide copies of same to Purchaser, and (ii) which
Diagnostic Equipment requires payment of diagnostic software fees to Xerox and
whether or not and to what extent such fees have been paid.


               II.011 Contracts. (a) Seller has provided Purchaser with a true
and complete list of each of the following Contracts or other arrangements (true
and complete copies thereof, or, if none, reasonably complete and accurate
written descriptions of which, together with all amendments and supplements
thereto and all waivers of any terms thereof, have been delivered to Purchaser
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party in connection with the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business or by
which any of the Assets is bound:

               (i) (A) all Contracts (excluding Benefit Plans) providing for a
        commitment of employment or consultation services in connection with the
        Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business for a specified or unspecified
        term to, or otherwise relating to employment or the termination of
        employment of, any Employee, the name, position and rate of compensation
        of each Employee who is a party to such a Contract and the expiration
        date of each such Contract; and (B) any written or unwritten
        representations, commitments, promises, communications or courses of
        conduct (excluding Benefit Plans) involving an obligation of Seller to
        make payments in any year, other than with respect to salary or
        incentive compensation payments in the ordinary course of business, to
        any Employee exceeding $10,000 or any group of Employees exceeding
        $25,000 in the aggregate in connection with the Xerox Laser Printer
        Maintenance Business;

            (ii) all Contracts with any Person containing any provision or
        covenant prohibiting or limiting the ability of Seller to engage in any
        business activity or compete with any Person in connection with the
        Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business or prohibiting or limiting the
        ability of any Person to compete with Seller in connection with the
        Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business;

           (iii) all partnership, joint venture, shareholders' or other similar
        Contracts with any Person in connection with the Xerox Laser Printer
        Maintenance Business;

            (iv) all Contracts with distributors, dealers, manufacturer's
        representatives, sales agencies or franchises with whom Seller deals in
        connection with the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business;

            (v) all other Contracts in connection with the Xerox Laser Printer
        Maintenance Business that (A) involve the payment or potential payment,
        pursuant to the terms of any such Contract, by or to Seller of more than
        $10,000 annually and (B) cannot be terminated within 30 days after
        giving notice of termination without resulting in any material cost or
        penalty to Seller.

               (b) Each Business Contract required to be disclosed is in full
force and effect and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, of each party thereto; and neither
Seller nor, to the Knowledge of Seller, any other party to such Business
Contract is, or has received notice that it is, in violation or breach of or
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or both, would be in violation or breach of or default under any such Business
Contract) in any material respect.

               (c) Except with respect to the contractual right of any party to
a Business Contract to terminate such Business Contract without cause upon the
giving of notice, with or without a waiting period, the execution, delivery and
performance by Seller of this Agreement and the Operative Agreements to which it
is a party, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, will not (A) result in or give to any Person any right of termination,
cancellation, acceleration or modification in or with respect to, (B) result in
or give to any Person any additional rights or entitlement to increased,
additional, accelerated or guaranteed payments under, or (C) result in the
creation or imposition of any Lien upon Seller or any of its Assets and
Properties under any Business Contract in connection with the Xerox Laser
Printer Maintenance Business.

               II.012 Licenses. Seller has provided Purchaser with a true and
complete list of all material Licenses used or held for use in the Xerox Laser
Printer Maintenance Business (and all pending applications for any such
Licenses), setting forth the grantor, the grantee, the function and the
expiration and renewal date of each. Prior to the execution of this Agreement,
Seller has delivered to Purchaser true and complete copies of all such Licenses.
With respect to the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business:

               (i)  Seller owns or validly holds all Licenses that are
        material thereto;

            (ii) each such License is valid, binding and in full force and
        effect;

           (iii) Seller is not, nor has it received any notice that it is, in
        default (or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would be
        in default) under any License; and

            (iv) except with respect to the contractual right of any party to a
        Business Contract to terminate such Business Contract without cause upon
        the giving of notice, with or without a waiting period, the execution,
        delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement and the Operative
        Agreements to which it is a party, and the consummation of the
        transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will not (A) result in or
        give to any Person any right of termination, cancellation, acceleration
        or modification in or with respect to, (B) result in or give to any
        Person any additional rights or entitlement to increased, additional,
        accelerated or guaranteed payments under, or (C) result in the creation
        or imposition of any Lien upon Seller or any of its Assets and
        Properties under, any License.



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               II.013 Environmental Matters. Seller has obtained all Licenses
which are required under applicable Environmental Laws in connection with the
conduct of the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business or the Assets. Each of
such Licenses is in full force and effect. Seller has conducted the Business in
compliance in all material respects with the terms and conditions of all such
Licenses and with any applicable Environmental Law. In addition:

               (a) No Order has been issued, no Environmental Claim has been
filed, no penalty has been assessed and no investigation or review is pending
or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened by any Governmental or Regulatory
Authority with respect to any alleged failure by Seller to have any License
required under applicable Environmental Laws in connection with the conduct of
the Xerox Laser Printer Business or with respect to any generation, treatment,
storage, recycling, transportation, discharge, disposal or Release of any
Hazardous Material in connection with the Xerox Laser Printer business, and to
the Knowledge of Seller there are no facts or circumstances in existence which
could reasonably be expected to form the basis for any such Order, Environmental
Claim, penalty or investigation.

               (b) Seller has not transported or arranged for the transportation
of any Hazardous Material in connection with the operation of the Xerox Laser
Printer Maintenance Business to any location that is (i) listed on the NPL under
CERCLA, (ii) listed for possible inclusion on the NPL by the Environmental
Protection Agency in CERCLIS or on any similar state or local list or (iii) the
subject of enforcement actions by federal, state or local Governmental or
Regulatory Authorities that may lead to Environmental Claims against Seller or
the Business.

               II.014 Taxes. Seller has timely filed (or will timely file) all
Tax Returns required to be filed by applicable law prior to the Closing related
to the Business or the Assets. Other than as disclosed on attached Schedule G,
Seller has timely paid (or will timely pay) all Taxes that are due, or claimed
or asserted by any taxing authority to be due, for the periods covered by the
Tax Returns that relate to the Business or the Assets. Tax liens on the Assets
do not exceed the Purchase Price and Seller will use the first proceeds of the
Purchase Price to pay any Tax liens upon the Assets. Seller has complied (and
until the Closing will comply) with all applicable laws, rules and regulations
relating to the payment of withholding Taxes (including withholding and
reporting requirements under Code sections 1441 through 1464, 3401 through 3406,
6041 and 6049 and similar provisions under any other laws) and have, within the
time and in the manner prescribed by law, withheld from employee wages and paid
over to the proper governmental authorities all required amounts.


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               II.015 Substantial Customers and Suppliers. Seller has provided
Purchaser with a list of the customers and suppliers of Seller's Xerox Laser
Printer Maintenance Business and the revenues generated by such customer in the
12 months prior to the date of this Agreement. As of the date hereof, Seller is
not aware of (i) any legal or other impediment to Purchaser's ability to acquire
additional inventory from Xerox on substantially the same terms and conditions
as Seller, or (ii) any objection of Xerox to Purchaser's acquisition of the
Assets or to the continued operation of the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance
Business by Purchaser.

               II.016 Inventory. (a) All the Inventory consists of a quality and
quantity usable and salable in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice. Seller has good title to the Inventory, and all items included in
the Inventory are the property of Seller, are not held by Seller on consignment
from others and conform in all material respects to all standards applicable to
such inventory or its use or sale imposed by Governmental or Regulatory
Authorities. Seller has restocked with substantially equivalent quantities any
replacement Inventory used at customer sites after October 31, 1997, through the
Closing Date.

               (b) As of the Closing Date, eighty-five percent (85%) of the
aggregate Xerox list price of the Inventory is not less than six hundred
thousand dollars ($600,000). In the event that Purchaser reasonably determines
that eighty-five percent (85%) of the aggregate Xerox list price of the usable
Inventory is less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), Seller will
supply Purchaser, at no cost to Purchaser and in timely fashion, with usable
Inventory of the type reasonably requested by Purchaser such that eighty-five
percent (85%) of the aggregate Xerox list price of the usable Inventory will
equal at least five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). For the purpose of this
Section 2.016(b), "usable Inventory" means Inventory that is not faulty,
damaged, broken or defective for use in the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance
Business.

               II.017 No Guarantees. None of the Liabilities of the Business or
of Seller incurred in connection with the conduct of Seller's Xerox Laser
Printer Maintenance Business is guaranteed by or subject to a similar contingent
obligation of any other Person, nor has Seller guaranteed or become subject to a
similar contingent obligation in respect of the Liabilities of any customer,
supplier or other Person to whom Seller sells goods or provides services or with
whom Seller otherwise has significant business relationships in the conduct of
Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business.

               II.018  Entire Business.  Except for the Excluded Assets 
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the Non-Xerox Business), the sale of the Assets by Seller to Purchaser pursuant
to this Agreement will effectively convey to Purchaser the entirety of Seller's
Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business and all of the tangible and intangible
property used by Seller (whether owned, leased or held under license by Seller,
by any of Seller's Affiliates or by others) in connection with the conduct of
Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business heretofore conducted by
Seller.

               II.019 Disclosure. All material facts relating to the condition
of Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business have been disclosed to
Purchaser in or in connection with this Agreement. No representation or warranty
contained in this Agreement, and no statement contained in any certificate, list
or other writing furnished to Purchaser pursuant to any provision of this
Agreement, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements herein or therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

               II.020 Prepaid Expenses. As of the Closing Date, there were no
prepaid expenses relating to the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business of
Seller, as the term "prepaid expenses" is used in the ordinary course of
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                                  ARTICLE III.

                   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER

               Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to Seller as follows:

               III.01 Organization. Purchaser is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Indiana.
Purchaser has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement
and the Operative Agreements to which it is a party, to perform its obligations
hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby.

               III.02 Authority. The execution and delivery by Purchaser of this
Agreement and the Operative Agreements to which it is a party, and the
performance by Purchaser of its obligations hereunder and thereunder, have been
duly and validly authorized by the Board of Directors of Purchaser, no other
corporate action on the part of Purchaser or its stockholders being necessary.
This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Purchaser and
constitutes, and upon the execution and delivery by Purchaser of the Operative
Agreements to which it is a party, such Operative Agreements will constitute,
legal, valid and binding obligations of Purchaser enforceable against Purchaser
in accordance with their terms.

               III.03 No Conflicts. The execution and delivery by Purchaser of
this Agreement does not, and the execution and delivery by Purchaser of the
Operative Agreements to which it is a party, the performance by Purchaser of its
obligations under this Agreement and such Operative Agreements and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not
conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any of the terms, conditions
or provisions of the certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws or
other comparable corporate charter document of Purchaser or constitute (with or
without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, require Purchaser to
obtain any consent, approval or action of, make any filing with or give any
notice to any Person as a result or under the terms of, any Contract or License
to which Purchaser is a party.

               III.04 Governmental Approvals and Filings. No consent, approval
or action of, filing with or notice to any Governmental or Regulatory Authority
on the part of Purchaser is required in connection with the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement or the Operative Agreements to which it is a
party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.


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               III.05 Legal Proceedings. There are no Actions or Proceedings
pending or, to the knowledge of Purchaser, threatened against, relating to or
affecting Purchaser or any of its Assets and Properties which could reasonably
be expected to result in the issuance of an Order restraining, enjoining or
otherwise prohibiting or making illegal the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Operative Agreements.

               III.06 Financial Ability to Perform. Purchaser has the financial
wherewithal to make full payment of the Purchase Price on the Closing Date as
required in Section 1.04 and to make all of the earnout payments required under
Section 1.03(c).

               III.07 Resale Number. Purchaser is authorized under Law to sell
the Inventory in the ordinary course of its business and has provided Seller
with its applicable resale number.

               III.08 Noncompetition. Purchaser is not presently engaged in the
Seimens laser printer maintenance business and will not use the Assets acquired
pursuant to this Agreement to engage in the Seimens laser printer maintenance
business in competition with Seller.


                                   ARTICLE IV.

                               COVENANTS OF SELLER

               Seller covenants and agrees with Purchaser that, at all times
from and after the date hereof until the Closing and, with respect to any
covenant or agreement by its terms to be performed in whole or in part after the
Closing, for the period specified therein or, if no period is specified therein,
indefinitely, Seller will comply with all covenants and provisions of this
Article IV, except to the extent Purchaser may otherwise consent in writing.

               IV.01 Regulatory and Other Approvals. Seller will, as promptly as
practicable, (a) take all commercially reasonable steps necessary or desirable
to obtain all consents, approvals or actions of, make all filings with and give
all notices to Governmental or Regulatory Authorities or any other Person
required of Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and by the
Operative Agreements, and (b) provide such other information and communications
to such Governmental or Regulatory Authorities or other Persons as Purchaser or
such Governmental or Regulatory Authorities or other Persons may reasonably
request in connection therewith. Seller will provide prompt notification to
Purchaser when any such consent, approval, action, filing or notice referred to
in clause (a) above is obtained, taken, made or given, as applicable, and will
advise

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Purchaser of any communications (and, unless precluded by Law, provide copies of
any such communications that are in writing) with any Governmental or Regulatory
Authority or other Person regarding any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or any of the Operative Agreements.

               IV.02 Due Diligence Investigation by Purchaser. To the extent not
already provided by Seller, until the Closing Date, Seller will (a) provide
Purchaser and its officers, directors, employees, agents, counsel, accountants,
financial advisors, consultants and other representatives (collectively,
"Representatives") with reasonable access, upon reasonable prior notice and
during normal business hours, to the Employees and such other officers,
employees and agents of Seller who have any responsibility for the conduct of
Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business, to Seller's accountants and
to the Assets, and (b) furnish Purchaser and such other Persons with all such
information and data (including without limitation copies of Business Contracts,
and other Business Books and Records) concerning Seller's Xerox Laser Printer
Maintenance Business, the Assets and the Assumed Liabilities as Purchaser or any
of such other Persons reasonably may request in connection with such
investigation.

               IV.03 Solicitation of Competing Offers; Payment of Purchaser's
Expenses in Event of Successful Overbid. (a) Until the conclusion of the hearing
at which the Bankruptcy Court approves this Agreement, if Seller receives from
any Person an offer, inquiry or request to acquire any or all of Seller's Xerox
Laser Printer Maintenance Business, Seller will promptly, orally and in writing,
advise Purchaser of such offer, inquiry or request and deliver a copy of same to
Purchaser.

               (b) In the event that the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement are not consummated because a Person other than Purchaser acquires
Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business by making an overbid on
Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business or on substantially all of the
Business of Seller, Seller agrees to pay Purchaser twenty five thousand dollars
($25,000) to cover Purchaser's legal and due diligence expenses incurred in
connection with this Agreement. Such payment shall be made by Seller within
three business days of the closing of the sale to such Person other than
Purchaser. The provisions of this Section 4.03(b) shall be disclosed in Seller's
moving papers seeking approval of this Agreement.

               IV.04 Conduct of Business. Until the Closing Date, Seller will
operate its Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business only in the ordinary course
consistent with past practice. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
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               (a) use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) preserve intact
the present business organization and reputation of the Xerox Laser Printer
Maintenance Business, (ii) keep available (subject to dismissals and retirements
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) the services
of the Employees, (iii) maintain the Assets in good working order and condition,
ordinary wear and tear excepted, (iv) maintain the good will of customers,
suppliers, lenders and other Persons to whom Seller sells goods or provides
services or with whom Seller otherwise has significant business relationships in
connection with the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business and (v) continue
all current sales, marketing and promotional activities relating to Seller's
Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business;

               (b) except to the extent required by applicable Law, (i) cause
the Business Books and Records to be maintained in the usual, regular and
ordinary manner, and (ii) not permit any material change in any pricing,
investment, accounting, financial reporting, inventory, credit, allowance or Tax
practice or policy of Seller that would adversely affect Seller's Xerox Laser
Printer Maintenance Business or the Assets; and

               (c) comply, in all material respects, with all Laws and Orders
applicable to Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business and promptly
following receipt thereof to give Purchaser copies of any notice received from
any Governmental or Regulatory Authority or other Person alleging any violation
of any such Law
or Order.

               IV.05  Certain Restrictions.  Until the Closing Date,
Seller will refrain from:

               (a) acquiring or disposing of any Assets and Properties used or
held for use in the conduct of the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business,
other than Inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, or creating or incurring any Lien any Assets used or held for use in
the conduct of Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business;

               (b) entering into, amending, modifying, terminating (partially or
completely), granting any waiver under or giving any consent with respect to any
Business Contract;

               (c) violating, breaching or defaulting under in any material
respect, or taking or failing to take any action that (with or without notice or
lapse of time or both) would constitute a material violation or breach of, or
default under, any term or provision of any Business Contract;

               (d) engaging with any Person in any Business Combination, unless
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form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser to adopt and comply with
the terms and conditions of this Agreement as though such Person was an original
signatory hereto;

               (e) engaging in any transaction with respect to Seller's Xerox
Laser Printer Maintenance Business with any officer, director or Affiliate of
Seller, either outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice or other than on an arm's-length basis; or

               (f) entering into any Contract to do or engage in any of the
foregoing.

               IV.06 Delivery of Books and Records, etc.; Removal of Property.
(a) On the Closing Date, Seller will deliver or make available to Purchaser at
the locations at which the Business is conducted all of the Business Books and
Records and such other Assets as are in Seller's possession at other locations,
and if at any time after the Closing Seller discovers in its possession or under
its control any other Business Books and Records or other Assets, it will
forthwith deliver such Business Books and Records or other Assets to Purchaser.

               IV.07 Noncompetition. (a) Seller will, for a period of five years
from the Closing Date, refrain from, either alone or in conjunction with any
other Person, or directly or indirectly through its present or future
Affiliates:

               (i) employing, engaging or seeking to employ or engage any Person
        who within the prior twelve months had been an employee of Purchaser or
        any of its Affiliates engaged in the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance
        Business, unless such employee (A) resigns voluntarily (without any
        solicitation from Seller or any of its Affiliates) or (B) is terminated
        by Purchaser or any of its Affiliates after the Closing Date;

            (ii) causing or attempting to cause (A) any client, customer or
        supplier of Purchaser's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business to
        terminate or materially reduce its business with Purchaser or any of its
        Affiliates or (B) any officer, employee or consultant of Purchaser or
        any of its Affiliates engaged in the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance
        Business to resign or sever a relationship with Purchaser or any of its
        Affiliates;

           (iii) disclosing (unless compelled by judicial or administrative
        process) or using any confidential or secret information relating to
        Purchaser's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business or any client,
        customer or supplier of Purchaser's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance
        Business; or


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            (iv) participating or engaging in (other than through the ownership
        of five percent (5%) or less of any class of securities registered under
        the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), or otherwise lending
        assistance (financial or otherwise) to any Person participating or
        engaged in, any of the lines of business which comprised Seller's Xerox
        Laser Printer Maintenance Business on the Closing Date in any
        jurisdiction in which Seller participates or engages in such lines of
        business on the Closing Date.

               (b) The parties hereto recognize that the Laws and public
policies of the various states of the United States may differ as to the
validity and enforceability of covenants similar to those set forth in this
Section. It is the intention of the parties that the provisions of this Section
be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the Laws and policies of
each jurisdiction in which enforcement may be sought, and that the
unenforceability (or the modification to conform to such Laws or policies) of
any provisions of this Section shall not render unenforceable, or impair, the
remainder of the provisions of this Section. Accordingly, if any provision of
this Section shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity
or unenforceability shall be deemed to apply only with respect to the operation
of such provision in the particular jurisdiction in which such determination is
made and not with respect to any other provision or jurisdiction.

               (c) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any remedy at
Law for any breach of the provisions of this Section would be inadequate, and
Seller hereby consents to the granting by any court of an injunction or other
equitable relief, without the necessity of actual monetary loss being proved, in
order that the breach or threatened breach of such provisions may be effectively
restrained.

               IV.08 Notice and Cure. Seller will notify Purchaser in writing
of, and contemporaneously will provide Purchaser with true and complete copies
of any and all information or documents relating to, and will use all
commercially reasonable efforts to cure before the Closing, any event,
transaction or circumstance, as soon as practicable after it becomes Known to
Seller, occurring after the date of this Agreement that causes or will cause any
covenant or agreement of Seller under this Agreement to be breached or that
renders or will render untrue any representation or warranty of Seller contained
in this Agreement as if the same were made on or as of the date of such event,
transaction or circumstance. No notice given pursuant to this Section shall have
any effect on the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained
in this Agreement for purposes of determining satisfaction of any condition
contained herein or shall in any way limit Purchaser's right to seek indemnity
under Article IX.

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               IV.09 Fulfillment of Conditions. Seller will execute and deliver
at the Closing each Operative Agreement that Seller is required hereby to
execute and deliver as a condition to the Closing, will take all commercially
reasonable steps necessary or desirable and proceed diligently and in good faith
to satisfy each other condition to the obligations of Purchaser contained in
this Agreement and will not take or fail to take any action that could
reasonably be expected to result in the nonfulfillment of any such condition.

               IV.010 Taxes. (a) With respect to any Taxes payable by Purchaser
with respect to the Assets or the Business for a Tax period beginning before the
Closing and ending after the Closing, Seller will pay to Purchaser at least
three Business Days prior to the due date for the payment of such Tax in an
amount equal to the amount that would have resulted had the last day of the
period been the Closing Date and had the books of Seller been closed on that
date. Taxes not measured by income or transactions for which the last day of a
taxable period is not the Closing will be allocated pro rata per day between the
period ending on the Closing and the period commencing after the Closing.

               (b) Seller shall pay all sales, use, transfer, real property
transfer, recording, stock transfer and other similar taxes and fees ("Transfer
Taxes") arising out of or in connection with the transactions effected pursuant
to this Agreement and shall indemnity Purchaser on an after-Tax basis with
respect to such Transfer Taxes. Seller shall file all necessary documentation
and Returns with respect to such Transfer Taxes.


                                   ARTICLE V.

                     CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER

               The obligations of Purchaser hereunder to purchase the Assets and
to assume and to pay, perform and discharge the Assumed Liabilities are subject
to the fulfillment, at or before the Closing, of each of the following
conditions (all or any of which may be waived in whole or in part by Purchaser
in its sole discretion):

               V.01 Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations
and warranties made by Seller in this Agreement (other than those made as of a
specified date earlier than the Closing Date) shall be true and correct in all
material respects on and as of the Closing Date as though such representation or
warranty was made on and as of the Closing Date, and any representation or
warranty made as of a specified date earlier than the Closing Date shall have
been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date.

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               V.02 Performance. Seller shall have performed and complied with,
in all material respects, each agreement, covenant and obligation required by
this Agreement to be so performed or complied with by Seller at or before the
Closing.

               V.03 Orders and Laws. There shall not be in effect on the Closing
Date any Order or Law restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting or making
illegal the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or any of the Operative Agreements or which could reasonably be
expected to otherwise result in a material diminution of the benefits of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Operative Agreements
to Purchaser, and there shall not be pending or threatened on the Closing Date
any Action or Proceeding in, before or by any Governmental or Regulatory
Authority which could reasonably be expected to result in the issuance of any
such Order or the enactment, promulgation or deemed applicability to Purchaser
or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Operative
Agreements of any such Law.

               V.04 Regulatory Consents and Approvals. All consents, approvals
and actions of, filings with and notices to any Governmental or Regulatory
Authority necessary to permit Purchaser and Seller to perform their obligations
under this Agreement and the Operative Agreements and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (a) shall have been duly obtained,
made or given, (b) shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Purchaser, (c) shall not be subject to the satisfaction of any condition that
has not been satisfied or waived and (d) shall be in full force and effect, and
all terminations or expirations of waiting periods imposed by any Governmental
or Regulatory Authority necessary for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Operative Agreements shall have occurred.

               V.05 Third Party Consents. All consents (or in lieu thereof
waivers) to the performance by Purchaser and Seller of their obligations under
this Agreement and the Operative Agreements or to the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby as are required under any Contract
to which Purchaser or Seller is a party or by which any of their respective
Assets and Properties are bound (a) shall have been obtained, (b) shall be in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser, (c) shall not be
subject to the satisfaction of any condition that has not been satisfied or
waived and (d) shall be in full force and effect, except where the failure to
obtain any such consent (or in lieu thereof waiver) could not reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate with other such failures, to
materially adversely affect Purchaser, the Assets, the Assumed Liabilities or
Seller's Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business or otherwise result in a
material diminution of the benefits of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement

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and the Operative Agreements to Purchaser. The foregoing shall not apply to the
executory contracts and unexpired leases that are assumed by Seller and assigned
to Purchaser pursuant to the order of the Bankruptcy Court approving this
Agreement, or to the consents or waivers given or deemed given in the course of
the Bankruptcy Court proceedings that led up to the Bankruptcy Court order
approving this Agreement.

               V.06 Deliveries. Seller shall have delivered to Purchaser the
General Assignment and the other Assignment Instruments.

               V.07 Proceedings. (a) All proceedings to be taken on the part of
Seller in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
all documents incident thereto shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall have received copies of all such
documents and other evidences as Purchaser may reasonably request in order to
establish the consummation of such transactions and the taking of all
proceedings in connection therewith.

               (b) Seller has disclosed to the Bankruptcy Court in its moving
papers seeking approval of this Agreement that a director of the Seller acted as
a broker in this transaction and is entitled to receive a brokerage fee from
Purchaser separate and apart from the consideration paid by Purchaser to Seller
under this Agreement, and the amount of the brokerage fee also shall be
disclosed in the same manner.

               V.08 Approval of Board of Directors of Purchaser. The Board of
Directors shall have approved this Agreement.

               V.09 Bankruptcy Court Order. (a) (i) The Bankruptcy Court shall
have entered an order in form and substance satisfactory to Purchaser that
provides for, among other things: approval of the sale of the Assets to
Purchaser pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Section 363; a finding that the sale of
the Assets to Purchaser shall be free and clear of all liens, claims and
encumbrances of any nature whatsoever; a finding that Purchaser purchased the
Assets in good faith for the purposes of Bankruptcy Code Section 363(m);
approval pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Section 365 of the assumption by Seller and
assignment to Purchaser of each of the Business Contracts of Interscience; and
(ii) the time for the filing of a motion for reconsideration or an appeal of the
order approving this Agreement shall have passed and no such motion or appeal is
pending, except however that (iii) Purchaser may waive the requirement of (ii)
above and Seller agrees that in the event of such waiver, Seller will cooperate
with Purchaser's requested Closing Date.

               (b) In addition to the provisions of Section 5.010(a) above, the
Bankruptcy Court order approving this Agreement and the

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sale of the Assets to Purchaser shall provide expressly that all rights of
Seller to conduct its Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business acquired as
successor to the rights of LSE, whether those rights are contractual or pursuant
to court order, are assumed by Interscience and transferred and assigned to
Purchaser without limitation pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Sections 363 and 365.


                                   ARTICLE VI.

                    SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES,
                            COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS

               VI.01 Survival of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and
Agreements. Notwithstanding any right of Purchaser (whether or not exercised) to
investigate the Business or any right of any party (whether or not exercised) to
investigate the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other
party contained in this Agreement, Purchaser and Seller have the right to rely
fully upon the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the
other contained in this Agreement. The representations, warranties, covenants
and agreements of Purchaser and Seller contained in this Agreement will survive
the Closing (a) for one year with respect to (i) the representations and
warranties contained in Section 2.02 and Section 3.02 (Authority) and 2.21
(Disclosure) and (ii) the covenants and agreements contained in Sections 1.01
(Assets), 1.02 (Liabilities), 1.05 (Further Assurances), 10.04 (Expenses) and
10.06 (Confidentiality), and (b) with respect to all other covenants,
representations and warranties, until sixty (60) days following the last date on
which such covenant or agreement is to be performed or, if no such date is
specified, one year; provided that any representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement that would otherwise terminate in accordance with clause (a), or (b)
above will continue to survive if an Indemnity Notice shall have been timely
given on or prior to such termination date, until the related claim for
indemnification has been satisfied or otherwise resolved. ARTICLE VII.

                                 INDEMNIFICATION

               VII.01  Indemnification.

               (a) Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser in respect of, and hold
Purchaser harmless from and against, any and all Losses suffered, incurred or
sustained by Purchaser or to which Purchaser becomes subject, resulting from,
arising out of or relating to (i) any breach of representation or warranty or
nonfulfillment of or failure to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of
Seller contained in this Agreement (determined in all cases as if the terms
"material" or "materially" were not included therein) or (ii) the Retained
Liabilities. Solely to the

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extent permitted under the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable law, Purchaser
shall have the right to set off its indemnity claims hereunder against its
payments obligations under the earnout provisions of Section 1.03(c).

               (b) Purchaser shall indemnify Seller in respect of, and hold
Seller harmless from and against, any and all Losses suffered, incurred or
sustained by Seller or to which Seller becomes subject, resulting from, arising
out of or relating to (i) any breach of representation or warranty or
nonfulfillment of or failure to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of
Purchaser contained in this Agreement (determined in all cases as if the terms
"material" or "materially" were not included therein) or (ii) the Assumed
Liabilities.


                                  ARTICLE VIII.

                                   TERMINATION

               VIII.01 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated, and the
transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned:

               (a)  at any time before the Closing, by mutual written
agreement of Seller and Purchaser;

               (b) at any time before the Closing, by Purchaser, in the event
(i) of a material breach hereof by the non-terminating party if such
non-terminating party fails to cure such breach within five (5) Business Days
following notification thereof by the terminating party or (ii) upon
notification of the non-terminating party by the terminating party that the
satisfaction of any condition to the terminating party's obligations under this
Agreement becomes impossible or impracticable with the use of commercially
reasonable efforts if the failure of such condition to be satisfied is not
caused by a breach hereof by the terminating party; or

               (c) at any time after November , 1997, by Seller or Purchaser
upon notification of the non-terminating party by the terminating party if the
Closing shall not have occurred on or before such date and such failure to
consummate is not caused by a breach of this Agreement by the terminating party.

               VIII.02 Effect of Termination. If this Agreement is validly
terminated pursuant to Section 8.01, this Agreement will forthwith become null
and void, and there will be no liability or obligation on the part of Seller or
Purchaser (or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or
other representatives or Affiliates), except as provided in the next succeeding
sentence and except that the provisions with respect to

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expenses in Section 10.04 and confidentiality in Section 10.06 will continue to
apply following any such termination. Notwithstanding any other provision in
this Agreement to the contrary, upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Section 8.01 (b) or (c), Seller will remain liable to Purchaser for any willful
breach of this Agreement by Seller existing at the time of such termination, and
Purchaser will remain liable to Seller for any willful breach of this Agreement
by Purchaser existing at the time of such termination, and Seller or Purchaser
may seek such remedies, including damages and fees of attorneys, against the
other with respect to any such breach as are provided in this Agreement or as
are otherwise available at Law or in equity.


                                   ARTICLE IX.

                                   DEFINITIONS

               IX.01  Definitions. (a)  Defined Terms.  As used in
this Agreement, the following defined terms have the meanings
indicated below:

               "Actions or Proceedings" means any action, suit, proceeding,
arbitration or Governmental or Regulatory Authority investigation or audit.

               "Affiliate" means any Person that directly, or indirectly through
one of more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with the Person specified. For purposes of this definition, control of a
Person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of
the management and policies of such Person whether by Contract or otherwise and,
in any event and without limitation of the previous sentence, any Person owning
ten percent (10%) or more of the voting securities of another Person shall be
deemed to control that Person.

               "Agreement" means this Asset Purchase Agreement and the Exhibits,
and Schedules hereto and the certificates delivered in accordance herewith, as
the same shall be amended from time to time.

               "Assets and Properties" of any Person means all assets and
properties of every kind, nature, character and description (whether real,
personal or mixed, whether tangible or intangible, whether absolute, accrued,
contingent, fixed or otherwise and wherever situated), including the goodwill
related thereto, operated, owned or leased by such Person, including without
limitation cash, cash equivalents, accounts and notes receivable, Investment
Assets, chattel paper, documents, instruments, general intangibles, real estate,
equipment, inventory, goods and Intellectual Property.

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               "Benefit Plan" means any Plan established by Seller, or any
predecessor or Affiliate of Seller, existing at the Closing Date or prior
thereto, to which Seller contributes or has contributed on behalf of any
Employee, former Employee or director, or under which any Employee, former
Employee or director of Seller or any beneficiary thereof is covered, is
eligible for coverage or has benefit rights.

               "Books and Records" of any Person means all files, documents,
instruments, papers, books and records relating to the business, operations,
condition of (financial or other), results of operations and Assets and
Properties of such Person, including without limitation financial statements,
Tax Returns and related work papers and letters from accountants, budgets,
pricing guidelines, ledgers, journals, deeds, title policies, minute books,
stock certificates and books, stock transfer ledgers, Contracts, Licenses,
customer lists, computer files and programs, retrieval programs, operating data
and plans and environmental studies and plans.

               "Business" has the meaning ascribed to it in the
recitals to this Agreement.

               "Business Combination" means with respect to any Person, any
merger, consolidation or combination to which such Person is a party, any sale,
dividend, split or other disposition of capital stock or other equity interests
of such Person or any sale, dividend or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Assets and Properties of such Person.

               "Business Day" means a day other than Saturday, Sunday or any day
on which banks located in the State[s] of [location of Seller's principal
executive offices] and [location of Purchaser's principal executive offices] are
authorized or obligated to close.

               "CERCLA" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.

               "CERCLIS" means the Comprehensive Environmental
Response and Liability Information System, as provided for by
40 C.F.R. ?300.5.

               "Closing" means the closing of the transactions
contemplated by Section 1.04.

               "Closing Date" means (a) November 26, 1997, or (b) such other
date as Purchaser and Seller mutually agree upon in writing.

               "Contract" means any agreement, lease, license, evidence of
Indebtedness, mortgage, indenture, security agreement or other contract (whether
written or oral).

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               "Employee" means, as of the Closing Date, each current and former
employee, officer or consultant of Seller.

               "Environmental Claim" means, with respect to any Person, any
written or oral notice, claim, demand or other communication (collectively, a
"claim") by any other Person alleging or asserting such Person's liability for
investigatory costs, cleanup costs, Governmental or Regulatory Authority
response costs, damages to natural resources or other property, personal
injuries, fines or penalties arising out of, based on or resulting from (a) the
presence, or Release into the environment, of any Hazardous Material at any
location, whether or not owned by such Person, or (b) circumstances forming the
basis of any violation, or alleged violation, of any Environmental Law. The term
"Environmental Claim" shall include, without limitation, any claim by any
Governmental or Regulatory Authority for enforcement, cleanup, removal,
response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any applicable
Environmental Law, and any claim by any third party seeking damages,
contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief
resulting from the presence of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged
injury or threat of injury to health, safety or the environment.

               "Environmental Law" means any Law or Order relating to the
regulation or protection of human health, safety or the environment or to
emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of pollutants,
contaminants, chemicals or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes
into the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, soil, surface
water, ground water, wetlands, land or subsurface strata), or otherwise relating
to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants, chemicals or industrial,
toxic or hazardous substances or wastes.

               "Governmental or Regulatory Authority" means any court, tribunal,
arbitrator, authority, agency, commission, official or other instrumentality of
the United States, any foreign country or any domestic or foreign state, county,
city or other political subdivision.

               "Hazardous Material" means (A) any petroleum or petroleum
products, flammable explosives, radioactive materials, asbestos in any form that
is or could become friable, urea formaldehyde foam insulation and transformers
or other equipment that contain dielectric fluid containing levels of
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); (B) any chemicals or other materials or
substances which are now or hereafter become defined as or included in the
definition of "hazardous substances," "hazardous wastes," "hazardous materials,"
"extremely hazardous wastes," "restricted hazardous wastes," "toxic substances,"
"toxic pollutants" or words of similar import under any Environmental

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Law; and (C) any other chemical or other material or substance, exposure to
which is now or hereafter prohibited, limited or regulated by any Governmental
or Regulatory Authority under any Environmental Law.

               "Indebtedness" of any Person means all obligations of such Person
(i) for borrowed money, (ii) evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar
instruments, (iii) for the deferred purchase price of goods or services (other
than trade payables or accruals incurred in the ordinary course of business),
(iv) under capital leases and (v) in the nature of guarantees of the obligations
described in clauses (i) through (iv) above of any other Person.

               "Indemnity Notice" means written notification of a claim for
indemnity under Article IX, specifying the nature of and basis for such claim,
together with the amount or, if not then reasonably determinable, the estimated
amount, determined in good faith, of the Loss arising from such claim.

               "Intellectual Property" means all patents and patent rights,
trademarks and trademark rights, trade names and trade name rights, service
marks and service mark rights, service names and service name rights, brand
names, inventions, processes, formulae, copyrights and copyright rights, trade
dress, business and product names, logos, slogans, trade secrets, industrial
models, processes, designs, methodologies, computer programs (including all
source codes) and related documentation, technical information, manufacturing,
engineering and technical drawings, know-how and all pending applications for
and registrations of patents, trademarks, service marks and copyrights.

               "Investment Assets" means all debentures, notes and other
evidences of Indebtedness, stocks, securities (including rights to purchase and
securities convertible into or exchangeable for other securities), interests in
joint ventures and general and limited partnerships, mortgage loans and other
investment or portfolio assets owned of record or beneficially by Seller (other
than trade receivables generated in the ordinary course of business of the
Seller).

               "IRS" means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

               "Knowledge of Seller" or "Known to Seller" means the knowledge of
any officer, director or employee of Seller.

               "Laws" means all laws, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances
and other pronouncements having the effect of law of the United States, any
foreign country or any domestic or foreign state, county, city or other
political subdivision or of any Governmental or Regulatory Authority.

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               "Liabilities" means all Indebtedness, obligations and other
liabilities of a Person (whether absolute, accrued, contingent, fixed or
otherwise, or whether due or to become due).

               "Licenses" means all licenses, permits, certificates of
authority, authorizations, approvals, registrations, franchises and similar
consents granted or issued by any Governmental or Regulatory Authority.

               "Liens" means any mortgage, pledge, assessment, security
interest, lease, lien, adverse claim, levy, charge or other encumbrance of any
kind, or any conditional sale Contract, title retention Contract or other
Contract to give any of the foregoing.

               "Loss" means any and all damages, fines, fees, penalties,
deficiencies, losses and expenses (including without limitation interest, court
costs, fees of attorneys, accountants and other experts or other expenses of
litigation or other proceedings or of any claim, default or assessment).

               "NPL" means the National Priorities List under CERCLA.

               "Operative Agreements" means, collectively, the General
Assignment and the other Assignment Instruments, and any support or other
agreements to be entered into in connection with the transaction.

               "Order" means any writ, judgment, decree, injunction or similar
order of any Governmental or Regulatory Authority (in each such case whether
preliminary or final).

               "Person" means any natural person, corporation, limited liability
company, general partnership, limited partnership, proprietorship, other
business organization, trust, union, association or Governmental or Regulatory
Authority.

               "Plan" means any bonus, incentive compensation, deferred
compensation, pension, profit sharing, retirement, stock purchase, stock option,
stock ownership, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock, leave of absence,
layoff, vacation, day or dependent care, legal services, cafeteria, life,
health, accident, disability, workmen's compensation or other insurance,
severance, separation or other employee benefit plan, practice, policy or
arrangement of any kind, whether written or oral, including, but not limited to,
any "employee benefit plan" within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

               "Release" means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping,
injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into
the indoor or outdoor environment,

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including, without limitation, the movement of Hazardous Materials through
ambient air, soil, surface water, ground water, wetlands, land or subsurface
strata.

               "Taxes" means any federal, state, county, local or foreign taxes,
charges, fees, levies, other assessments, or withholding taxes or charges
(including, without limitation) income, gross receipts, ad valorem, real or
personal property, license, payroll, wage withholding, employment, social
security, or occupation tax) imposed by any governmental entity, and includes
any interest and penalties (civil or criminal) on or additions to any taxes and
any expenses incurred in connection with the determination, settlement or
litigation of any Tax liability.

               "Tax Return" means a report, return or other information
(including any amendments) required to be supplied to a governmental entity by
the Company with respect to Taxes including, where permitted or required,
combined or consolidated returns for any group of entities that includes Seller.

               (b) Construction of Certain Terms and Phrases. Unless the context
of this Agreement otherwise requires, (i) words of any gender include each other
gender; (ii) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural
or singular number, respectively; (iii) the terms "hereof," "herein," "hereby"
and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement; (iv) the terms
"Article" or "Section" refer to the specified Article or Section of this
Agreement; and (v) the phrases "ordinary course of business" and "ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice" refer to the business and
practice of Seller in connection with the Business. Whenever this Agreement
refers to a number of days, such number shall refer to calendar days unless
Business Days are specified. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly
defined herein shall have the meanings given to them under GAAP. All other terms
used herein and not expressly defined herein shall have the meanings given to
them under title 11 of the United States Code, the Bankruptcy Code.


                                   ARTICLE X.

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

               X.01 Notices. All notices, requests and other communications
hereunder must be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given only if
delivered personally or by facsimile transmission or mailed (first class postage
prepaid) to the parties at the following addresses or facsimile numbers:

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               If to Purchaser, to:
               --------------------
               Anacomp, Inc.
               12365 Crosthwaite Circle
               Poway, CA 92064
               Telephone No. (619) 679-9736
               Facsimile No. (619) 679-8359
               Attn:  Mr. Ralph W. Koehrer
                        President and Chief Executive Officer

               with a required copy to:
               ------------------------
               Anacomp, Inc.
               12365 Crosthwaite Circle
               Poway, CA 92064
               Telephone No. (619) 679-9736
               Facsimile No. (619) 748-8729
               Attn:  George C. Gaskin, Esq.
                        Senior Vice President,
                        General Counsel and Secretary


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               with a required copy to:
               ------------------------

               Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
               Thirtieth Floor
               601 South Figueroa Street
               Los Angeles, CA 90017
               Facsimile No.:  213/629-5063
               Attn:  Robert J. Moore, Esq.

               If to Seller, to:
               -----------------

               Interscience Computer Corp.
               5171 Clareton Drive
               Agoura Hills, CA 91301
               Attn:  Water Kornbluh

               with a required copy to:
               ------------------------

               Biegenzahn Weinberg
               21031 Ventura Blvd.
               Suite 905
               Woodland Hills, CA 91364
               Facsimile No.:  (818) 594-8828
               Attn:  Joel Weinberg, Esq.

All such notices, requests and other communications will (i) if delivered
personally to the address as provided in this Section, be deemed given upon
delivery, (ii) if delivered by facsimile transmission to the facsimile number as
provided in this Section, be deemed given upon receipt, and (iii) if delivered
by mail in the manner described above to the address as provided in this
Section, be deemed given upon receipt (in each case regardless of whether such
notice, request or other communication is received by any other Person to whom a
copy of such notice, request or other communication is to be delivered pursuant
to this Section). Any party from time to time may change its address, facsimile
number or other information for the purpose of notices to that party by giving
notice specifying such change to the other party hereto.

               X.02 Bulk Sales Act. The parties hereby waive compliance with the
bulk sales act or comparable statutory provisions of each applicable
jurisdiction.

               X.03 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Operative
Agreements supersede all prior discussions and agreements between the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, including without
limitation that certain letter from Purchaser to Seller dated October 14, 1997,
and countersigned by Seller on October 14, 1997, and contains the sole and
entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof and thereof.

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               X.04 Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated,
each party will pay its own costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
negotiation, execution and closing of this Agreement and the Operative
Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

               X.05 Public Announcements. Except with respect to those
disclosures that Interscience is required to make in its capacity as a chapter
11 debtor, and those disclosures Seller or Purchaser is required to make as a
publicly reporting company, at all times at or before the Closing, Seller and
Purchaser will not issue or make any reports, statements or releases to the
public or generally to the employees, customers, suppliers or other Persons to
whom Seller sells goods or provides services in connection with the Xerox Laser
Printer Maintenance Business or with whom Seller otherwise has significant
business relationships in connection with the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance
Business with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby
without the consent of the other, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld. If either party is unable to obtain the approval of its public report,
statement or release from the other party and such report, statement or release
is, in the opinion of legal counsel to such party, required by Law in order to
discharge such party's disclosure obligations, then such party may make or issue
the legally required report, statement or release and promptly furnish the other
party with a copy thereof. Seller and Purchaser will also obtain the other
party's prior approval of any press release to be issued immediately following
the Closing announcing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.

               X.06 Confidentiality. Except with respect to those disclosures
that Interscience is required to make in its capacity as a chapter 11 debtor,
and those disclosures Seller or Purchaser is required to make as a publicly
reporting company, each party hereto will hold, and will use its best efforts to
cause its Affiliates, and their respective Representatives to hold, in strict
confidence from any Person unless (i) compelled to disclose by judicial or
administrative process (including without limitation in connection with
obtaining the necessary approvals of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby of Governmental or Regulatory Authorities) or by other
requirements of Law or (ii) disclosed in an Action or Proceeding brought by a
party hereto in pursuit of its rights or in the exercise of its remedies
hereunder, all documents and information concerning the other party or any of
its Affiliates furnished to it by the other party or such other party's
Representatives in connection with this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby, except to the extent that such documents or information can
be shown to have been (a) previously known by the party receiving such documents
or information, (b) in the public domain (either prior to or after the
furnishing of such documents or information hereunder) through

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no fault of such receiving party or (c) later acquired by the receiving party
from another source if the receiving party is not aware that such source is
under an obligation to another party hereto to keep such documents and
information confidential. Following the Closing, the foregoing restrictions will
not apply to Purchaser's use of documents and information concerning the Xerox
Laser Printer Maintenance Business, the Assets or the Assumed Liabilities
furnished by Seller hereunder; except, however, that Purchaser shall maintain
the confidentiality of any information regarding Seller's Non-Xerox Business
obtained by Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement. In the event the transactions
contemplated hereby are not consummated, upon the request of the other party,
each party hereto will, and will cause its Affiliates and their respective
Representatives to, promptly (and in no event later than five (5) Business Days
after such request) redeliver or cause to be redelivered all copies of documents
and information furnished by the other party in connection with this Agreement
or the transactions contemplated hereby and destroy or cause to be destroyed all
notes, memoranda, summaries, analyses, compilations and other writings related
thereto or based thereon prepared by the party furnished such documents and
information or its Representatives.

               X.07 Waiver. Any term or condition of this Agreement may be
waived at any time by the party that is entitled to the benefit thereof, but no
such waiver shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument duly
executed by or on behalf of the party waiving such term or condition. No waiver
by any party of any term or condition of this Agreement, in any one or more
instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a waiver of the same or any
other term or condition of this Agreement on any future occasion. All remedies,
either under this Agreement or by Law or otherwise afforded, will be cumulative
and not alternative.

               X.08 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended, supplemented or
modified only by a written instrument duly executed by or on behalf of each
party hereto.

               X.09 No Third Party Beneficiary. The terms and provisions of this
Agreement are intended solely for the benefit of each party hereto and their
respective successors or permitted assigns, and it is not the intention of the
parties to confer third-party beneficiary rights upon any other Person other
than any Person entitled to indemnity under Article IX.

               X.010 No Assignment; Binding Effect. Neither this Agreement nor
any right, interest or obligation hereunder may be assigned by any party hereto
without the prior written consent of the other party hereto and any attempt to
do so will be void, except (a) for assignments and transfers by operation of Law
and (b) that Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights, interests and
obligations hereunder (including without limitation its rights

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under Article IX) to (i) an Affiliate or wholly-owned subsidiary, provided that
any such Affiliate or subsidiary agrees in writing to be bound by all of the
terms, conditions and provisions contained herein, (ii) any post-Closing
purchaser of the Xerox Laser Printer Maintenance Business or a substantial part
of the Assets or (iii) any financial institution providing purchase money or
other financing to Purchaser from time to time as collateral security for such
financing, but no such assignment referred to in clause (i) or (ii) shall
relieve Purchaser of its obligations hereunder. Subject to the preceding
sentence, this Agreement is binding upon, inures to the benefit of and is
enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

               X.011 Headings. The headings used in this Agreement have been
inserted for convenience of reference only and do not define or limit the
provisions hereof.

               X.012 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process. Seller and
Purchaser hereby appoint the persons or entities named on the attached Schedule
H to serve as their lawful agent and attorney to accept and acknowledge service
of any and all process against it in any action, suit or proceeding arising out
of or relating to this Agreement or any of the Operative Agreements or any of
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby and upon whom such process may
be served, with the same effect as if such party were a resident of the State of
California and had been lawfully served with such process in such jurisdiction,
and waives all claims of error by reason of such service, provided that in the
case of any service upon such agent and attorney, the party effecting such
service shall also deliver a copy thereof to the other party at the address and
in the manner specified in Section 10.01. Seller and Purchaser will enter into
such agreements with such agents as may be necessary to constitute and continue
the appointment of such agents hereunder. In the event that such agent and
attorney resigns or otherwise becomes incapable of acting as such, such party
will appoint a successor agent and attorney within fifteen days reasonably
satisfactory to the other party, with like powers. Each party hereby irrevocably
submits to the jurisdiction of (a) the Bankruptcy Court in such action, suit or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the Operative
Agreements or any of the transactions contemplated hereby and agrees that any
such action, suit or proceeding shall be brought only in such court, provided,
except, however, that in the event the Bankruptcy Court declines or abstains
from accepting jurisdiction over such action, suit or proceeding, then, (b) the
District Courts for the Central or Southern Districts of California or any court
of the State of California located in the County of Los Angeles or County of San
Diego , provided, however, that such consent to jurisdiction is solely for the
purpose referred to in this Section and shall not be deemed to be a general
submission to the jurisdiction of said courts or in the State of California
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Each party hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law,
any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of
any such action, suit or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that
any such action, suit or proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in
an inconvenient forum.

               X.013 Invalid Provisions. If any provision of this Agreement is
held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under any present or future Law,
and if the rights or obligations of any party hereto under this Agreement will
not be materially and adversely affected thereby, (a) such provision will be
fully severable, (b) this Agreement will be construed and enforced as if such
illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part hereof
and (c) the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and
effect and will not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provision or by its severance herefrom.

               X.014 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of California applicable to a
contract executed and performed in such State, without giving effect to the
conflicts of laws principles thereof.

               X.015 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which
together will constitute one and the same instrument.

               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the duly authorized officer of each party as of the date first
above written.

                                    INTERSCIENCE COMPUTER CORP.,
                                    a California corporation, Seller



                                    By:
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                                       Name:
                                       Title:

                                    LASER SUPPORT AND ENGINEERING,
                                    a California corporation, Seller



                                    By:
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                                       Name:
                                       Title:


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                                    ANACOMP, INC.,
                                    an Indiana corporation, Purchaser



                                    By:
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                                       Name:
                                       Title:


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