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EXHIBIT 10-19

NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF
THIS WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(the "Act"). NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR SUCH SHARES MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED,
PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 4 OF THE WARRANT TO
PURCHASE COMMON STOCK OF THE COMPANY EXPIRING JULY 29, 2002, A COPY OF WHICH IS
ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE COMPANY.

Issued as of                                   Void after July 29, 2002
July 29, 1997

                        WARRANT TO PURCHASE 25,000 SHARES

                                 OF COMMON STOCK

                                       OF

                       EXECUTONE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.

                       (incorporated under the Laws of the
                            Commonwealth of Virginia)

        THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT, LOUIS K. ADLER ("Adler") or his permitted
registered assigns (Adler and such assigns sometimes hereinafter being referred
to as the "Holder"), is entitled, subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, and further subject to an adjustment as hereinafter provided, to
purchase from EXECUTONE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., a Virginia corporation (the
"Company"), an aggregate of Twenty-Five Thousand (25,000) fully paid and
nonassessable shares (the "Underlying Shares") of the common stock of the
Company, $0.01 par value ("Common Stock"), upon payment of the purchase price of
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000.00) or TWO DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($2.00) per
Underlying Share (the "Purchase Price"), and also is entitled to exercise the
other appurtenant rights, powers and privileges hereinafter set forth at any
time from and after 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) July 29, 1997 and on or
before 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), on July 29, 2002.

        This Warrant (the "Warrant") entitles the Holder hereof to purchase up
to an aggregate of 25,000 shares of Common Stock, which right shall vest ratably
over a period of three (3) years, one-third on July 29, 1998, one-third on July
29, 1999 and one-third on July 29, 2000; provided, however, that if Adler ceases
to be a director of the Company, either voluntarily or because he has not been
reelected by the Shareholders of the Company, then Adler's vesting of rights
shall terminate as of the date he is no longer a director of the Company.

                  THE EXERCISE AND TRANSFER OF THIS WARRANT ARE
                RESTRICTED BY THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 4 HEREOF

Exercise of Warrant.

        This Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part by the Holder hereof,
by delivery to the Company at its principal office at 478 Wheelers Farms Road,
Milford, CT 06460 of (a) a written notice to the Holder, in substantially the
form of the Subscription Notice attached hereto as Exhibit "A", of such Holder's
election to exercise this Warrant, which notice shall specify the number of
Underlying Shares to be purchased, (b) a check payable to the Company in an
amount equal to the aggregate Current Price (as defined below) of the number of
shares of Common Stock being purchased and (c) this Warrant. The Company shall,
as soon as reasonably practicable, execute and deliver or cause to be delivered
to Holder, in accordance with such notice, one or more certificates representing
the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock specified in such notice. The
stock certificate(s) so delivered shall be issued in the name of the Holder or
such other name as shall be designated in such notice. Such certificate(s) shall
be deemed to have been issued and the Holder or any other person so designated
to be named therein shall be deemed for all purposes to have become a Holder of
record of such Underlying Shares as of the date such notice is received by the
Company. If this Warrant shall have been exercised only in part, the Company
shall, at the time of delivery of said certificate(s), deliver to the Holder a
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Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the remaining shares of
Common Stock called for by this Warrant (stated in Shares), which new Warrant
shall in all other respects be identical to this Warrant, or, at the request of
the Holder, appropriate notation may be made on this Warrant and the same
returned to the Holder.

2.      Fractional Shares.

        This Warrant is only exercisable with respect to whole Underlying Shares
and not fractions thereof unless the Company otherwise agrees. Accordingly, the
Company shall not be required to issue certificates representing fractions of
Underlying Shares upon any exercise of this Warrant; provided, however, in
respect of any final fraction of a share it may, at its sole option, in lieu of
delivering a fractional share, make a payment in cash based upon the then fair
market value of such fraction of the Underlying Shares.

3.      Transfer, Division and Combination.

        No Warrant granted under this Agreement shall be transferable by Adler
otherwise than by Will or the laws of descent and distribution and, during the
lifetime of Adler, shall not be exercisable by any other person, but only by
him. The Company agrees to maintain at its principal office in Milford,
Connecticut, books for the registration and transfer of the Warrants and,
subject to the provisions of this paragraph and Section 4 hereof, this Warrant
and all rights hereunder are transferable ONLY with respect to (i) Adler's heirs
and devisees, or (ii) Adler's Estate in whole or in part, on such books upon
surrender of this Warrant at such office, together with a written assignment of
this Warrant duly executed by the Holder hereof or his agent or attorney, and
with funds sufficient to pay any stock transfer taxes payable upon the making of
such transfer. Upon surrender and payment, the Company shall execute and deliver
a new Warrant(s) in the name of the assignee of Holder and in the denominations
specified in such instrument of assignment, and this Warrant shall be canceled
promptly. If and when this Warrant is assigned in blank, the Company may, but
shall not be obligated to, treat the bearer hereof as the absolute owner of this
Warrant for all purposes and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to
the contrary. A warrant may be exercised by a Holder for the purchase of shares
of Common Stock without having a new Warrant issued.

        The Company shall pay all expenses, taxes (other than stock transfer
taxes and any of Holder's income taxes, if any, incurred as a result of the
transfer) and other charges payable in connection with the preparation, issue
and delivery of Warrants hereunder.

        4. Restriction on Exercise and Transfer of Warrants and Transfer of
Warrants and Common Stock.

        Except as otherwise provided herein, this Warrant and the certificates
representing the Underlying Shares shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with
a legend substantially in the following form:

               "Neither this Warrant nor the shares of Common Stock issuable
        upon exercise of this Warrant have been registered under the Securities
        Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). Neither this Warrant nor such
        Shares may be sold, transferred, pledged or hypothecated except as
        provided in Section 4 of the Warrant to purchase Common Stock of the
        Company expiring July 29, 2002, a copy of which is on file at the
        principal office of the Company."

        This Warrant shall be exercisable (1) only if the issue of Underlying
Shares issuable upon exercise is exempt from the requirements of registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act") (or any similar statute
then in effect) and any applicable state securities law or (2) upon registration
of such Underlying Shares in compliance therewith. This Warrant shall be
transferable only (i) with the prior written consent of the Company, or (ii) by
will or the laws of descent and distribution, and in either event only if the
Warrant is registered or the transfer is exempt from the requirements of
registration under the Act (or any similar statute then in effect) and any
applicable state securities law.

5.      Acknowledgment by the Holder of Restrictions.

        The Holder of this Warrant and certificates representing the Underlying
Shares, by acceptance hereof and thereof, acknowledges and agrees that: (a) the
Warrant and the Underlying Shares have not been registered under the Act in
reliance upon exemptions from the registration provisions of the Act set forth
therein, or in the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (and there is no
obligation on the part of the Company to register the Warrant or the Underlying
Shares under the Act); and (b) the Warrant and the Underlying Shares will not be
freely tradeable. The Holder represents that he fully understands the
restrictions on his ability to transfer this Warrant and the Underlying Shares.
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understands that if he presently desired to sell Underlying Shares pursuant to
the exemption from the registration provisions of the Act contained in Rule 144
(the "Rule") promulgated under the Act, as presently constituted, such
Underlying Shares might be sold by him pursuant to the Rule only after a minimum
holding period of two (2) years (computed in accordance with the Rule) and,
thereafter, only in the limited amounts, in the manner and under the limited
circumstances prescribed by the Rule.

6.      Change in Control.

        The Warrant that is outstanding on a Control Change Date, as hereinafter
defined, shall be exercisable in whole or in part on that date and thereafter
during the remainder of the Warrant period stated in this Warrant Agreement (the
"Agreement"). A Change in Control occurs if, after the date of this Agreement,
(i) any person, including a "group" as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), becomes the owner or
beneficial owner of Company securities having twenty percent (20%) or more of
the combined voting power of the then outstanding Company securities that may be
cast for the election of the Company's directors (other than as a result of an
issuance of securities initiated by the Company, or open market purchases
approved in advance by the board, as long as the majority at the time the
purchases are made are directors who were members of the Board immediately prior
to the purchases being made and approved such purchases); or (ii) as the direct
or indirect result of, or in connection with, a cash tender or exchange offer, a
merger or other business combination, a sale of assets, a contested election, or
any combination of these transactions, the persons who were directors of the
Company before such transactions cease to constitute a majority of the Company's
Board, or any successor's board, within two (2) years of the last of such
transactions. For purposes of this Agreement, the Control Change Date is the
date on which an event described in (i) or (ii) occurs. If a Change in Control
occurs on account of a series of transactions, the Control Change Date is the
date of the last of such transactions.

7.      Change in Management.

        Notwithstanding any specified vesting or applicable early exercise
Warrant prices, if this Warrant is outstanding on the date Adler's directorship
with the Company is terminated or constructively terminated (as described
herein) as a direct or indirect result of the occurrence of one of the events
specified in subsections (i) or (ii) of this paragraph, this Warrant shall be
exercisable, in whole or in part, at the lowest Warrant price available during
the term of the Warrant, on that date and thereafter during the remainder of the
Warrant period stated herein. Such exercisability will occur if after the date
of the Agreement, (i) any person, including a "group" as defined in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, becomes the owner or beneficial owner of Company
securities having twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power of
the then outstanding Company securities that may be cast for the election of the
Company's directors (other than as a result of an issuance of securities
initiated by the Company); or (ii) the Company is the subject of a successful
cash tender or exchange offer, is a party to a merger or other business
combination, sells a substantial portion of its assets, experiences a change in
management brought about by a contested election or participates in any
combination of these transactions. For purposes of this paragraph, the
Transaction Date is the date on which an event described in subsections (i) or
(ii) hereof occurs. The date upon which Adler is no longer a member of the Board
of Directors of the Company either through resignation, a majority of the
shareholders of the Company not voting for Adler as a director or voting for his
earlier removal with or without cause or through his removal by a majority of
the members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a constructive
termination of Adler's directorship with the Company within the meaning of this
paragraph.

        In the event Adler's service as a director of the Company terminates for
any other reason or due to any other cause, including death, or a resignation or
removal that is not a direct or indirect result of the events described above,
then this Warrant shall be exercisable, to the same extent it was exercisable at
the date of termination, for a period of seven months following the date of
termination, provided that in no event shall this Warrant be exercisable after
July 29, 2001.

8.      Current Price: Adjustments.

        As used in this Warrant, "Current Price" (per share of Underlying Stock)
at any date shall mean the amount equal to the quotient resulting from dividing
(i) the purchase price per Share provided herein by (ii) the number of shares
(including any fractional share) of Underlying Shares comprising a Share on such
date. A "Share" shall consist initially of one share of Common Stock of the
Company as such stock is constituted on the date of this Agreement. The Purchase
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        In the event that the outstanding Common Stock of the Company is
hereafter changed by reason of reorganization, merger, consolidation,
recapitalization, reclassification, stock split-up, combination of Shares, stock
dividends or the like, an appropriate adjustment shall be made by the Board of
Directors in the aggregate number of Underlying Shares available under this
Warrant and in the number of Underlying Shares and price per Underlying Share
subject to outstanding Warrants. If the Company shall be reorganized,
consolidated or merged with another corporation, or if all or substantially all
of the assets of the Company shall be sold or exchanged, the Holder of the
Warrant shall, at the time of issuance of the stock under such corporate event,
be entitled to receive upon the exercise of the Holder's Warrant the same number
and kind of shares of stock or the same amount of property, cash or securities
as the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of any such
corporate event as if the Holder had been, immediately prior to such event, the
Holder of the number of Underlying Shares covered by the Holder's Warrant.

        Any adjustment in the number of Underlying Shares shall apply
proportionately to only the unexercised portion of the Warrant granted
hereunder. If a fraction of a share would result from any such adjustment, the
adjustment shall be revised to the next lower whole number of Underlying Shares.

9.      Reservation of Shares.

        The Company covenants and agrees that (a) so long as this Warrant is
outstanding, it has or will reserve and keep available out of its authorized but
unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuing Underlying Shares from
time to time upon the exercise of this Warrant, an adequate number of Shares of
Common Stock for delivery at the times and in the manner provided herein upon
exercise of this Warrant; (b) the Underlying Shares delivered upon exercise of
this Warrant shall be validly issued and outstanding and fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock, free from any preemptive rights; and (c)
it will pay when due any and all Federal and state original issue taxes which
may be payable with respect to the issuance of the Warrant or of any Shares of
Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant. The Company shall not, however, be
required (i) to pay any transfer tax which may be payable with respect to any
transfer of the Warrant, the issuance of certificates of Common Stock in a name
other than that of the Holder or any transfer of Underlying Shares or (ii) to
pay any Federal or state income taxes of Holder which may occur as a result of
the exercise of the Warrant or (iii) to issue or deliver the Warrant or any
certificate for Underlying Shares until any such taxes shall have been paid by
the Holder.

10.     No Rights of Shareholders; Limitation of Liability.

        No Holder shall, based on being a holder of this Warrant, be entitled to
vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of Common Stock or any other
security of the Company which may at any time be issuable on the exercise hereof
for any purpose, nor shall anything contained herein be construed to confer upon
the Holder, as such, any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company or any
right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to
shareholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any
corporate action (whether upon any recapitalization, issue of stock,
reclassification of stock, change to or of par value, consolidation, merger,
conveyance or otherwise) or to receive notice of meetings, or to receive
dividends or subscription rights or otherwise until this Warrant shall have been
exercised in accordance with Section 1 hereof. No provisions hereof, in the
absence of affirmative action by the Holder hereof to purchase shares of Common
Stock, and no mere enumeration herein of rights or privileges of the Holder
hereof, shall give rise to any liability of such Holder for the purchase price
or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the
Company, creditors of the Company or others.

11.     Replacement of Securities.

        Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the
loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificates evidencing ownership
of this Warrant and in the event of any such loss, theft or destruction upon
delivery of an indemnity agreement or, if the Holder so elects, a surety bond
reasonably satisfactory to the Company or, in the case of any such mutilation,
upon surrender and cancellation of any such certificate, the Company shall
forthwith execute and deliver in lieu thereof a new Warrant of like tenor.

12.     Negotiability.

        Every Holder of this Warrant, by accepting the same, consents and agrees
with the Company that (a) this Warrant is transferable, in whole or in part,
only upon compliance with the conditions set forth herein by the registered
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Company as provided herein; (b) this Warrant may be transferred by the Holder
only with respect to that portion of the Warrant to which the Holder is vested
at the time of such transfer; and (c) the Company may deem and treat the person
in whose name this Warrant is registered as the absolute, true and lawful owner
for all purposes whatsoever, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice
to the contrary.

13.     Change; Waiver; Applicable Law.

        This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or
terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom
enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. This
Warrant shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the
Commonwealth of Virginia.

14.     Notices.

        Any notice to be given to the Company under the terms hereof shall be
addressed to the Company in care of its President at 478 Wheelers Farms Road,
Milford, Connecticut 06820, and any notice to the Holder shall be addressed to
his address as reflected on the records of the Company, or at such other address
as the Company, the Holder and his successors or assigns may hereafter designate
in writing to the other. Any such notice shall have been deemed given upon
personal delivery or on the third business day after being enclosed in a
properly sealed envelope or wrapper properly addressed, registered or certified
and deposited (postage and registry or certification fee prepaid) in post office
or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States Government.

15.     Forms of Election to Exercise or Transfer Warrant.

        The form to be used in the event the Holder hereof desires to exercise
or transfer the Warrant is attached hereto as Exhibit "A".

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed in
its name by its President or a duly authorized Vice President.

DATED this 29th day of July, 1997

                           COMPANY:
                           EXECUTONE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.,
                           a Virginia corporation

                           By:  Alan Kessman
                                _____________
                                Alan Kessman
                                Its: President

 [CORPORATE SEAL]

ATTEST:



Barbara C. Anderson
___________________
Barbara C. Anderson
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

                                            HOLDER:

                                            By
                                               ______________________
                                                Louis K. Adler





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