EXHIBIT 10.M


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                          CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

                                 BY AND BETWEEN

                        MICRO COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                                       AND

                          NORWEST BUSINESS CREDIT, INC.

                         Dated as of: FEBRUARY 17, 1998


                                 [LOGO] NORWEST


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                                Table of Contents

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ARTICLE I  DEFINITIONS............................................................................1
     Section 1.1  Definitions.....................................................................1
     Section 1.2  Cross References................................................................8

ARTICLE II  AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE CREDIT FACILITY...............................................9
     Section 2.1  Revolving Advances..............................................................9
     Section 2.2  Letters of Credit...............................................................9
     Section 2.3  Requests for Advances and Letters of Credit.....................................9
     Section 2.4  Payment of Amounts Drawn Under Letters of Credit; Obligation of 
     Reimbursement...............................................................................11
     Section 2.5  Special Account................................................................12
     Section 2.6  Obligations Absolute...........................................................12
     Section 2.7  Interest; Default Interest; Participations; Usury..............................13
     Section 2.8  Fees...........................................................................13
     Section 2.9  Computation of Interest and Fees; When Interest Due and Payable................15
     Section 2.10  Capital Adequacy; Increased Costs and Reduced Return..........................16
     Section 2.11  Discretionary Nature of this Facility; Termination by the Lender; Automatic
     Renewal.....................................................................................17
     Section 2.12  Voluntary Prepayment; Termination of the Credit Facility by the Borrower......17
     Section 2.13  Termination Fees; Waiver of Termination Fees..................................17
     Section 2.14  Mandatory Prepayment..........................................................18
     Section 2.15  Payment.......................................................................18
     Section 2.16  Payment on Non-Banking Days...................................................18
     Section 2.17  Use of Proceeds...............................................................18
     Section 2.18  Liability Records.............................................................18

ARTICLE III  SECURITY INTEREST; OCCUPANCY; SETOFF................................................19
     Section 3.1  Grant of Security Interest.....................................................19
     Section 3.2  Notification of Account Debtors and Other Obligors.............................19
     Section 3.3  Assignment of Insurance........................................................19
     Section 3.4  Occupancy......................................................................20
     Section 3.5  License........................................................................20
     Section 3.6  Financing Statement............................................................20
     Section 3.7  Setoff.........................................................................21

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ARTICLE IV  CONDITIONS OF WILLINGNESS TO CONSIDER LENDING........................................21
     Section 4.1  Conditions Precedent to  Lender's Willingness to Consider Making the Initial
     Revolving Advance and the Initial Letter of Credit..........................................21
     Section 4.2  Conditions Precedent to All Advances and Letters of Credit.....................23

ARTICLE V  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES........................................................23
     Section 5.1  Corporate Existence and Power; Name; Chief Executive Office; Inventory and 
     Equipment Locations; Tax Identification Number..............................................23
     Section 5.2  Authorization of Borrowing; No Conflict as to Law or Agreements................24
     Section 5.3  Legal Agreements...............................................................24
     Section 5.4  Subsidiaries...................................................................24
     Section 5.5  Financial Condition; No Adverse Change.........................................24
     Section 5.6  Litigation.....................................................................24
     Section 5.7  Regulation U...................................................................25
     Section 5.8  Taxes..........................................................................25
     Section 5.9  Titles and Liens...............................................................25
     Section 5.10  Plans.........................................................................25
     Section 5.11  Default.......................................................................26
     Section 5.12  Environmental Matters.........................................................26
     Section 5.13  Submissions to Lender.........................................................27
     Section 5.14  Financing Statements..........................................................27
     Section 5.15  Rights to Payment.............................................................27
     Section 5.16  Financial Solvency............................................................27

ARTICLE VI  BORROWER'S AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.....................................................28
     Section 6.1  Reporting Requirements.........................................................28
     Section 6.2  Books and Records; Inspection and Examination..................................31
     Section 6.3  Account Verification...........................................................31
     Section 6.4  Compliance with Laws...........................................................31
     Section 6.5  Payment of Taxes and Other Claims..............................................32
     Section 6.6  Maintenance of Properties......................................................32
     Section 6.7  Insurance......................................................................32
     Section 6.8  Preservation of Existence......................................................33
     Section 6.9  Delivery of Instruments, etc...................................................33
     Section 6.10  Collateral Account............................................................33
     Section 6.11  Performance by the Lender.....................................................33
     Section 6.12  Minimum Tangible Net Worth....................................................34
     Section 6.13  Maximum Net Loss..............................................................34
     Section 6.14  New Covenants.................................................................34

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ARTICLE VII  NEGATIVE COVENANTS..................................................................35
     Section 7.1  Liens..........................................................................35
     Section 7.2  Indebtedness...................................................................35
     Section 7.3  Guaranties.....................................................................36
     Section 7.4  Investments and Subsidiaries...................................................36
     Section 7.5  Dividends......................................................................36
     Section 7.6  Sale or Transfer of Assets; Suspension of Business Operations..................36
     Section 7.7  Intellectual Property..........................................................37
     Section 7.8  Consolidation and Merger; Asset Acquisitions...................................37
     Section 7.9  Sale and Leaseback.............................................................37
     Section 7.10  Restrictions on Nature of Business............................................37
     Section 7.11  Capital Expenditures..........................................................37
     Section 7.12  Accounting....................................................................37
     Section 7.13  Discounts, etc................................................................37
     Section 7.14  Defined Benefit Pension Plans.................................................37
     Section 7.15  Other Defaults................................................................38
     Section 7.16  Place of Business; Name.......................................................38
     Section 7.17  Organizational Documents......................................................38
     Section 7.18  Salaries......................................................................38

ARTICLE VIII  EVENTS OF DEFAULT, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.............................................38
     Section 8.1  Events of Default..............................................................38
     Section 8.2  Rights and Remedies............................................................41
     Section 8.3  Certain Notices................................................................42

ARTICLE IX  MISCELLANEOUS........................................................................42
     Section 9.1  No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.................................................42
     Section 9.2  Amendments, Etc................................................................42
     Section 9.3  Addresses for Notices, Etc.....................................................42
     Section 9.4  Further Documents..............................................................43
     Section 9.5  Collateral.....................................................................43
     Section 9.6  Costs and Expenses.............................................................43
     Section 9.7  Indemnity......................................................................44
     Section 9.8  Participants...................................................................45
     Section 9.9  Execution in Counterparts......................................................45
     Section 9.10  Binding Effect; Assignment; Complete Agreement; Exchanging Information........45
     Section 9.11  Severability of Provisions....................................................45
     Section 9.12  Headings......................................................................45
     Section 9.13  Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial......................45

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                          CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

                          Dated as of February 17, 1998

            MICRO COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY, INC., a Minnesota corporation (the
"Borrower"), and NORWEST BUSINESS CREDIT, INC., a Minnesota corporation (the
"Lender"), hereby agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

                                   Definitions

            Section 1.1 Definitions. For all purposes of this Agreement, except
as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

            (a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
      them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular; and

            (b) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
      meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP.

            "Accounts" means all of the Borrower's accounts, as such term is
      defined in the UCC, including without limitation the aggregate unpaid
      obligations of customers and other account debtors to the Borrower arising
      out of the sale or lease of goods or rendition of services by the Borrower
      on an open account or deferred payment basis.

            "Advance" means a Revolving Advance.

            "Affiliate" or "Affiliates" means MCT International, Inc.; Micro
      Component Technology Asia Rte. Ltd; MCT Asia (Penang) Sdn. Bhd.; MCT (HK)
      Limited; Beijing Micro Component Technology Co. Ltd.; and any other Person
      controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Borrower,
      including (without limitation) any Subsidiary of the Borrower. For
      purposes of this definition, "control," when used with respect to any
      specified Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of
      such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of
      voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

            "Agreement" means this Credit and Security Agreement, as amended,
      supplemented or restated from time to time.

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            "Availability" means the difference of (i) the Borrowing Base and
      (ii) the sum of (A) the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving
      Note and (B) the L/C Amount.

            "Banking Day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day
      on which banks are generally not open for business in Minneapolis,
      Minnesota.

            "Base Rate" means the rate of interest publicly announced from time
      to time by Norwest Bank as its "base rate" or, if such bank ceases to
      announce a rate so designated, any similar successor rate designated by
      the Lender.

            "Borrowing Base" means, at any time and subject to change from time
      to time in the Lender's sole discretion, the lesser of:

            (a)   the Maximum Line less the Norwest Bank Revolving Advances and
                  the Norwest Bank L/C Amount; or

            (b)   80% of Eligible Accounts.

            "Capital Expenditures" for a period means any expenditure of money
      for the purchase or construction of assets, or for improvements or
      additions thereto, which are capitalized on the Borrower's balance sheet
      as fixed assets.

            "Collateral" means all of the Borrower's Equipment, General
      Intangibles, Inventory, Receivables, Investment Property, all sums on
      deposit in any Collateral Account or other account of the Borrower, money,
      and any items in any Lockbox; together with (i) all substitutions and
      replacements for and products of any of the foregoing; (ii) proceeds of
      any and all of the foregoing; (iii) in the case of all tangible goods, all
      accessions; (iv) all accessories, attachments, parts, equipment and
      repairs now or hereafter attached or affixed to or used in connection with
      any tangible goods; and (v) all warehouse receipts, bills of lading and
      other documents of title now or hereafter covering such goods.

            "Collateral Account" has the meaning given in the Collateral Account
      Agreement.

            "Collateral Account Agreement" means the Collateral Account
      Agreement of even date herewith by and among the Borrower, Norwest Bank
      and the Lender.

            "Controlled Disbursement Account" means the Borrower's zero balance
      account No. 499 0015 057 maintained with Norwest Bank Montana, National
      Association.

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            "Credit Facility" means the discretionary credit facility being made
      available to the Borrower by the Lender pursuant to Article II.

            "Debt" of any Person means all items of indebtedness or liability
      which in accordance with GAAP would be included in determining total
      liabilities as shown on the liabilities side of a balance sheet of that
      Person as at the date as of which Debt is to be determined. For purposes
      of determining a Person's aggregate Debt at any time, "Debt" shall also
      include the aggregate payments required to be made by such Person at any
      time under any lease that is considered a capitalized lease under GAAP.

            "Default" means an event that, with giving of notice or passage of
      time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

            "Default Period" means any period of time beginning on the first day
      of any month during which a Default or Event of Default has occurred and
      ending on the date the Lender notifies the Borrower in writing that such
      Default or Event of Default has been cured or waived.

            "Default Rate" means an annual rate equal to two percent (2%) over
      the Floating Rate, which rate shall change when and as the Floating Rate
      changes.

            "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
      as amended.

            "Eligible Accounts" means all unpaid Accounts, net of any credits,
      except the following shall not in any event be deemed Eligible Accounts:

                  (i) That portion of Accounts unpaid 90 days or more after the
            invoice date;

                  (ii) That portion of Accounts that is disputed or subject to a
            claim of offset or a contra account;

                  (iii) That portion of Accounts not yet earned by the final
            delivery of goods or rendition of services, as applicable, by the
            Borrower to the customer;

                  (iv) Accounts owed by any unit of government, whether foreign
            or domestic (provided, however, that there shall be included in
            Eligible Accounts that portion of Accounts owed by such units of
            government for which the Borrower has provided evidence satisfactory
            to the Lender that (A) the Lender has a first priority perfected
            security interest and (B) such Accounts may be enforced by the
            Lender directly against such unit of government under all applicable
            laws);

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                  (v) Accounts owed by an account debtor located outside the
            United States which are not (A) backed by a bank letter of credit
            naming the Lender as beneficiary or assigned to the Lender, in the
            Lender's possession and acceptable to the Lender in all respects, in
            its sole discretion, or (B) covered by a foreign receivables
            insurance policy acceptable to the Lender in its sole discretion;

                  (vi) Accounts owed by an account debtor that is insolvent, the
            subject of bankruptcy proceedings or has gone out of business;

                  (vii) Accounts owed by a shareholder, Subsidiary, Affiliate,
            officer or employee of the Borrower; 

                  (viii) Accounts not subject to a duly perfected security
            interest in the Lender's favor or which are subject to any lien,
            security interest or claim in favor of any Person other than the
            Lender including without limitation any payment or performance bond;

                  (ix) That portion of Accounts that has been restructured,
            extended, amended or modified;

                  (x) That portion of Accounts that constitutes advertising,
            finance charges, service charges or sales or excise taxes;

                  (xi) For any account debtor that has entered into a prepaid
            service contract with the Borrower, that portion of Accounts owed by
            such account debtor in a amount equal to the value of the prepaid
            service contract for future periods under the contract;

                  (xii) Accounts owed by an account debtor, regardless of
            whether otherwise eligible, if 10% or more of the total amount due
            under Accounts from such debtor is ineligible under clauses (i),
            (ii) or (ix) above; and

                  (xiii) Accounts, or portions thereof, otherwise deemed
            ineligible by the Lender in its sole discretion.

            "Environmental Laws" has the meaning specified in Section 5.12.

            "Equipment" means all of the Borrower's equipment, as such term is
      defined in the UCC, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, including but
      not limited to all present and future machinery, vehicles, furniture,
      fixtures, manufacturing equipment, shop equipment, office and
      recordkeeping equipment, parts, tools, supplies, and including
      specifically (without limitation) the goods described in any equipment
      schedule or list herewith or hereafter furnished to the Lender by the
      Borrower.

            "Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 8.1.

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            "Floating Rate" means an annual rate equal to the sum of the Base
      Rate plus one-half percent (0.5%), which annual rate shall change when and
      as the Base Rate changes.

            "Funding Date" has the meaning given in Section 2.1.

            "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles, applied on a
      basis consistent with the accounting practices applied in the financial
      statements described in Section 5.5.

            "General Intangibles" means all of the Borrower's general
      intangibles, as such term is defined in the UCC, whether now owned or
      hereafter acquired, including (without limitation) all present and future
      patents, patent applications, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, trade
      secrets, customer or supplier lists and contracts, manuals, operating
      instructions, permits, franchises, the right to use the Borrower's name,
      and the goodwill of the Borrower's business.

            "Hazardous Substance" has the meaning given in Section 5.12.

            "Inventory" means all of the Borrower's inventory, as such term is
      defined in the UCC, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, whether
      consisting of whole goods, spare parts or components, supplies or
      materials, whether acquired, held or furnished for sale, for lease or
      under service contracts or for manufacture or processing, and wherever
      located.

            "Investment Property" means all of the Borrower's investment
      property, as such term is defined in the UCC, whether now owned or
      hereafter acquired, including but not limited to all securities, security
      entitlements, securities accounts, commodity contracts, commodity
      accounts, stocks, bonds, mutual fund shares, money market shares and U.S.
      Government securities.

            "Issuer" means the issuer of any Letter of Credit.

            "L/C Amount" means the sum of (i) the aggregate face amount of any
      issued and outstanding Letters of Credit and (ii) the unpaid amount of the
      Obligation of Reimbursement.

            "L/C Application" means an application and agreement for letters of
      credit in a form acceptable to the Issuer and the Lender.

            "Letter of Credit" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2.

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            "Loan Documents" means this Agreement, the Note and the Security
      Documents.

            "Lockbox" has the meaning given in the Lockbox Agreement.

            "Lockbox Agreement" means the Lockbox Agreement by and among the
      Borrower, Norwest Bank and the Lender of even date herewith.

            "Maturity Date" has the meaning given in Section 2.11.

            "Maximum Line" means $5,000,000.

            "Net Loss" means fiscal year-to-date after-tax net loss as
      determined in accordance with GAAP.

            "Norwest Bank" means Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, a
      national banking association.

            "Norwest Bank Availability" means Availability, as defined in the
      Norwest Bank Credit Agreement.

            "Norwest Bank Credit Agreement" means that certain Credit and
      Security Agreement of even date herewith by and between the Borrower and
      Norwest Bank, as the same may hereafter be amended, supplemented or
      restated from time to time.

            "Norwest Bank Credit Facility" means the credit facility extended to
      the Borrower pursuant to the Norwest Bank Credit Agreement.

            "Norwest Bank L/C Amount" means the L/C Amount as defined in the
      Norwest Bank Credit Agreement.

            "Norwest Bank Revolving Advances" means the Revolving Advances as
      defined in the Norwest Bank Credit Agreement, or as the context requires,
      the outstanding principal balance thereof.

            "Note" means the Revolving Note.

            "Obligations" means the Note and each and every other debt,
      liability and obligation of every type and description which the Borrower
      may now or at any time hereafter owe to the Lender, whether such debt,
      liability or obligation now exists or is hereafter created or incurred,
      whether it arises in a transaction involving the Lender alone or in a
      transaction involving other creditors of the Borrower, and whether it is
      direct or indirect, due or to become due, absolute or contingent, primary
      or secondary, 

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      liquidated or unliquidated, or sole, joint, several or joint and several,
      and including specifically, but not limited to, the Obligation of
      Reimbursement and all indebtedness of the Borrower arising under this
      Agreement, the Note, any L/C Application completed by the Borrower, or any
      other loan or credit agreement or guaranty between the Borrower and the
      Lender, whether now in effect or hereafter entered into.

            "Obligation of Reimbursement" has the meaning given in Section
      2.4(a).

            "Operating Account" means the Borrower's account No. 6355 046 814
      maintained with Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association.

            "Original Maturity Date" means February 16, 2001.

            "Permitted Lien" has the meaning given in Section 7.1.

            "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
      venture, limited liability company, association, joint-stock company,
      trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
      political subdivision thereof.

            "Plan" means an employee benefit plan or other plan maintained for
      the Borrower's employees and covered by Title IV of ERISA.

            "Premises" means all premises where the Borrower conducts its
      business and has any rights of possession, including (without limitation)
      the premises legally described in Exhibit C attached hereto.

            "Receivables" means each and every right of the Borrower to the
      payment of money, whether such right to payment now exists or hereafter
      arises, whether such right to payment arises out of a sale, lease or other
      disposition of goods or other property, out of a rendering of services,
      out of a loan, out of the overpayment of taxes or other liabilities, or
      otherwise arises under any contract or agreement, whether such right to
      payment is created, generated or earned by the Borrower or by some other
      person who subsequently transfers such person's interest to the Borrower,
      whether such right to payment is or is not already earned by performance,
      and howsoever such right to payment may be evidenced, together with all
      other rights and interests (including all liens and security interests)
      which the Borrower may at any time have by law or agreement against any
      account debtor or other obligor obligated to make any such payment or
      against any property of such account debtor or other obligor; all
      including but not limited to all present and future accounts, contract
      rights, loans and obligations receivable, chattel papers, bonds, notes and
      other debt instruments, tax refunds and rights to payment in the nature of
      general intangibles.

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            "Reportable Event" shall have the meaning assigned to that term in
      Title IV of ERISA.

            "Revolving Advance" has the meaning given in Section 2.1.

            "Revolving Note" means the Borrower's revolving promissory note,
      payable to the order of the Lender in substantially the form of Exhibit A
      hereto and any note or notes issued in substitution therefor, as the same
      may hereafter be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

            "Security Documents" means this Agreement, the Collateral Account
      Agreement, the Lockbox Agreement and any other document delivered to the
      Lender from time to time to secure the Obligations, as the same may
      hereafter be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

            "Security Interest" has the meaning given in Section 3.1.

            "Special Account" means a specified cash collateral account
      maintained by a financial institution acceptable to the Lender in
      connection with Letters of Credit, as contemplated by Section 2.5.

            "Subsidiary" means any corporation of which more than 50% of the
      outstanding shares of capital stock having general voting power under
      ordinary circumstances to elect a majority of the board of directors of
      such corporation, irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any
      other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of
      the happening of any contingency, is at the time directly or indirectly
      owned by the Borrower, by the Borrower and one or more other Subsidiaries,
      or by one or more other Subsidiaries.

            "Tangible Net Worth" means the difference between (i) the tangible
      assets of the Borrower, which, in accordance with GAAP are tangible
      assets, after deducting adequate reserves in each case where, in
      accordance with GAAP, a reserve is proper and (ii) all Debt of the
      Borrower; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing in no
      event shall there be included as such tangible assets patents, trademarks,
      trade names, copyrights, licenses, goodwill, receivables from Affiliates,
      directors, officers or employees, prepaid expenses, deposits, deferred
      charges or treasury stock or any securities or Debt of the Borrower or any
      other securities unless the same are readily marketable in the United
      States of America or entitled to be used as a credit against federal
      income tax liabilities, non-compete agreements and any other assets
      designated from time to time by the Lender, in its sole discretion.

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            "Termination Date" means the earliest of (i) the Maturity Date, (ii)
      the date the Borrower terminates the Credit Facility, or (iii) the date
      the Lender demands payment of the Obligations .

            "UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to
      time in the state designated in Section 9.13 as the state whose laws shall
      govern this Agreement, or in any other state whose laws are held to govern
      this Agreement or any portion hereof.

            Section 1. 2 Cross References. All references in this Agreement to
Articles, Sections and subsections, shall be to Articles, Sections and
subsections of this Agreement unless otherwise explicitly specified.

                                   ARTICLE II

                     Amount and Terms of the Credit Facility

            Section 2.1 Revolving Advances. The Lender may, in its sole
discretion, make advances to the Borrower from time to time from the date all of
the conditions set forth in Section 4.1 are satisfied (the "Funding Date") to
the Termination Date, on the terms and subject to the conditions herein set
forth (the "Revolving Advances"). The Lender shall not consider making a
Revolving Advance to the extent that the amount thereof would exceed
Availability. The Borrower's obligation to pay the Revolving Advances shall be
evidenced by the Revolving Note and shall be secured by the Collateral as
provided in Article III. Within the limits set forth in this Section 2.1, the
Borrower may request Revolving Advances, prepay pursuant to Section 2.12 and
request additional Revolving Advances.

            Section 2.2 Letters of Credit.

            (a) The Lender may, in its sole discretion, cause an Issuer to
      issue, from the Funding Date to the Termination Date, one or more
      irrevocable standby or documentary letters of credit (each, a "Letter of
      Credit") for the Borrower's account. The Lender shall have no obligation
      to cause an Issuer to issue any Letter of Credit if the face amount of the
      Letter of Credit to be issued, would exceed the lesser of:

                  (i) $5,000,000 less the L/C Amount, or

                  (ii) the Borrowing Base less the sum of (A) all outstanding
            and unpaid Revolving Advances and (B) the L/C Amount.

      Each Letter of Credit, if any, shall be issued pursuant to a separate L/C
      Application entered into by the Borrower and the Lender for the benefit of
      the Issuer, completed in a manner satisfactory to the Lender and the
      Issuer. The terms and conditions set forth

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      in each such L/C Application shall supplement the terms and conditions
      hereof, but if the terms of any such L/C Application and the terms of this
      Agreement are inconsistent, the terms hereof shall control.

            (b) No Letter of Credit shall be issued with an expiry date later
      than the Termination Date in effect as of the date of issuance.

            (c) Any request to cause an Issuer to issue a Letter of Credit under
      this Section 2.2 shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower
      that the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 have been satisfied as of the
      date of the request.

            Section 2. 3 Requests for Advances and Letters of Credit. The
following procedures shall apply in requesting Revolving Advances and Letters of
Credit:

            (a)   BORROWER REQUESTED ADVANCES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT.

                  (i) The Borrower shall make each request for a Revolving
            Advance to the Lender before 11:00 a.m. (Minneapolis, Minnesota
            time) of the Banking Day of the requested Revolving Advance, and
            shall make each request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit
            before 11:00 a.m. (Minneapolis, Minnesota time) at least three (3)
            Banking Days before the requested Letter of Credit is to be issued.
            Requests for Revolving Advances may be made in writing or by
            telephone, specifying the date of the requested Revolving Advance
            and the amount thereof. Requests for Letters of Credit must be
            written and delivered by a means acceptable to the Lender and the
            Issuer. Each request shall be by (i) any officer of the Borrower; or
            (ii) any person designated as the Borrower's agent by any officer of
            the Borrower in a writing delivered to the Lender; or (iii) any
            person whom the Lender reasonably believes to be an officer of the
            Borrower or such a designated agent.

                  (ii) Upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth
            in Article IV, the Lender shall disburse the proceeds of the
            requested Revolving Advance by crediting the same to the Operating
            Account unless the Lender and the Borrower shall agree in writing to
            another manner of disbursement. Upon the Lender's request, the
            Borrower shall promptly confirm each telephonic request for an
            Advance by executing and delivering an appropriate confirmation
            certificate to the Lender. The Borrower shall repay all Advances
            even if the Lender does not receive such confirmation and even if
            the person requesting an Advance was not in fact authorized to do
            so. Any request for an Advance, whether written or telephonic, shall
            be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the conditions
            set forth in Section 4.2 have been satisfied as of the time of the
            request.

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            (b)   AUTOMATICALLY REQUESTED ADVANCES.

                  (i) In the Lender's sole discretion, on each Banking Day,
            other than during a Default Period, when the sum of Availability and
            Norwest Bank Availability is greater than $500,000, the Lender's
            loan administrator will strive to determine the debits from the
            Controlled Disbursement Account and determine the amount necessary
            (the "Necessary Amount") to ensure that the Operating Account
            balance is at least $25,000 assuming payment of all items presented
            through 11 a.m. of that Banking Day.

                  (ii) Provided the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 and in
            Section 4.2 of the Norwest Bank Credit Agreement are satisfied, the
            Borrower shall be deemed to have made a request for a Revolving
            Advance and a Norwest Bank Revolving Advance in equal amounts (or as
            close thereto as possible Availability and Norwest Bank Availability
            permitting) that in the aggregate equal the Necessary Amount (an
            "Automatically Requested Advance"). If the Lender, in its sole
            discretion, chooses not to make a Revolving Advance, or, in its
            capacity as servicer under the Norwest Bank Credit Facility, chooses
            not to make a Norwest Bank Revolving Advance, the Lender shall
            strive to promptly so notify the Borrower.

                  (iii) The proceeds of each Automatically Requested Advance
            that is made shall be credited to the Operating Account. ANY
            DISBURSEMENT OF AN AUTOMATICALLY REQUESTED ADVANCE SHALL BE DEEMED
            TO BE A REPRESENTATION BY THE BORROWER THAT THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH
            IN SECTION 4.2 HAVE BEEN SATISFIED AS OF THE TIME OF THE
            DISBURSEMENT AND THAT ANY PORTION OF THE AUTOMATICALLY REQUESTED
            ADVANCE THAT IS FUNDED UNDER THE NORWEST BANK CREDIT FACILITY SHALL
            BE USED IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THAT FACILITY.

                  (iv) The Borrower acknowledges that the Lender is offering to
            consider making the Automatically Requested Advances as an
            accommodation to the Borrower. The Lender shall not be liable under
            any circumstances whatsoever for making or failing to make an
            Automatically Requested Advance.

            Section 2.4 Payment of Amounts Drawn Under Letters of Credit;
Obligation of Reimbursement. The Borrower acknowledges that the Lender will be
liable to the Issuer for reimbursement of any and all draws under Letters of
Credit and for all other amounts required to be paid under the applicable L/C
Application. Accordingly, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Lender any and all
amounts required to be paid under the applicable L/C

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Application, when and as required to be paid thereby, and the amounts designated
below, when and as designated:

            (a) The Borrower hereby agrees to pay the Lender on the day a draft
      is honored under any Letter of Credit a sum equal to all amounts drawn
      under such Letter of Credit plus any and all reasonable charges and
      expenses that the Issuer or the Lender may pay or incur relative to such
      draw and the applicable L/C Application, plus interest on all such
      amounts, charges and expenses as set forth below (the Borrower's
      obligation to pay all such amounts is herein referred to as the
      "Obligation of Reimbursement").

            (b) Whenever a draft is submitted under a Letter of Credit, the
      Lender shall make a Revolving Advance in the amount of the Obligation of
      Reimbursement and shall apply the proceeds of such Revolving Advance
      thereto. Such Revolving Advance shall be repayable in accordance with and
      be treated in all other respects as a Revolving Advance hereunder.

            (c) If a draft is submitted under a Letter of Credit when the
      Borrower is unable, because a Default Period then exists or for any other
      reason, to obtain a Revolving Advance to pay the Obligation of
      Reimbursement, the Borrower shall pay to the Lender on demand and in
      immediately available funds, the amount of the Obligation of Reimbursement
      together with interest, accrued from the date of the draft until payment
      in full at the Default Rate. Notwithstanding the Borrower's inability to
      obtain a Revolving Advance for any reason, the Lender is irrevocably
      authorized, in its sole discretion, to make a Revolving Advance in an
      amount sufficient to discharge the Obligation of Reimbursement and all
      accrued but unpaid interest thereon.

            (d) The Borrower's obligation to pay any Revolving Advance made
      under this Section 2.4, shall be evidenced by Revolving Note and shall
      bear interest as provided in Section 2.7.

            Section 2.5 Special Account. If the Credit Facility is terminated
for any reason whatsoever while any Letter of Credit is outstanding, the
Borrower shall thereupon pay the Lender in immediately available funds for
deposit in the Special Account an amount equal to the L/C Amount. The Special
Account shall be an interest bearing account maintained for the Lender by any
financial institution acceptable to the Lender. Any interest earned on amounts
deposited in the Special Account shall be credited to the Special Account.
Amounts on deposit in the Special Account may be applied by the Lender at any
time or from time to time to the Obligations in the Lender's sole discretion,
and shall not be subject to withdrawal by the Borrower so long as the Lender
maintains a security interest therein. The Lender agrees to transfer any balance
in the Special Account to the Borrower at such

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time as the Lender is required to release its security interest in the Special
Account under applicable law.

            Section 2.6 Obligations Absolute. The Borrower's obligations
arising under Section 2.4 shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and
shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of Section 2.4, under all
circumstances whatsoever, including (without limitation) the following
circumstances:

            (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit
      or any other agreement or instrument relating to any Letter of Credit
      (collectively the "Related Documents");

            (b) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all
      or any of the Related Documents;

            (c) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which
      the Borrower may have at any time, against any beneficiary or any
      transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any persons or entities for whom
      any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), or other
      person or entity, whether in connection with this Agreement, the
      transactions contemplated herein or in the Related Documents or any
      unrelated transactions;

            (d) any statement or any other document presented under any Letter
      of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any
      respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect
      whatsoever;

            (e) payment by or on behalf of the Issuer or the Lender under any
      Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate which does
      not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or

            (f) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not
      similar to any of the foregoing.

            Section 2.7 Interest; Default Interest; Participations; Usury.
Interest accruing on the Note shall be due and payable in arrears on the first
day of each month.

            (a) REVOLVING NOTE. Except as set forth in Sections 2.7(b) and
      2.7(d), the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Note shall bear
      interest at the Floating Rate.

            (b) DEFAULT INTEREST RATE. At any time during any Default Period, in
      the Lender's sole discretion and without waiving any of its other rights
      and remedies, the principal of the Revolving Advances outstanding from
      time to time shall bear interest

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      at the Default Rate, effective for any periods designated by the Lender
      from time to time during that Default Period.

            (c) PARTICIPATIONS. If any Person shall acquire a participation in
      the Advances under this Agreement, the Borrower shall be obligated to the
      Lender to pay the full amount of all interest calculated under Section
      2.7(a), along with all other fees, charges and other amounts due under
      this Agreement, regardless if such Person elects to accept interest with
      respect to its participation at a lower rate than the Floating Rate, or
      otherwise elects to accept less than its prorata share of such fees,
      charges and other amounts due under this Agreement.

            (d) USURY. In any event no rate change shall be put into effect
      which would result in a rate greater than the highest rate permitted by
      law.

            Section 2.8 Fees.

            (a) FACILITY FEE. The Borrower shall pay the Lender a fully earned
      and non-refundable facility fee of $25,000, due and payable upon the
      execution of this Agreement, provided that the sum of this fee and the
      facility fee under the Norwest Bank Credit Facility shall not exceed
      $25,000. In addition, if the Norwest Bank Credit Facility is renewed, the
      Borrower shall pay the Lender the sum of (i) the fee required for renewal
      under the Norwest Bank Credit Facility, and (ii) $5000.

            (b) UNUSED LINE FEE. For the purposes of this Section 2.8(b),
      "Credit Exposure" means the sum of (i) outstanding Revolving Advances,
      (ii) the L/C Amount, (iii) outstanding Norwest Bank Revolving Advances and
      (iv) the Norwest Bank L/C Amount. The Borrower shall pay to the Lender an
      unused line fee based on the average daily Credit Exposure during each
      month, due and payable monthly in arrears on the first day of the month
      and on the Termination Date, at the following rate:

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       Average Daily Credit Exposure               Monthly Unused Line Fee
       -----------------------------               -----------------------

                   $-0-                                    $2,500

      greater than $-0- but less than       $2,500 less the average daily Credit
                $1,000,000                    Exposure multiplied by 0.03, and
                                                       divided by 12

             $1,000,000 or more                              $0

            (c) LETTER OF CREDIT FEES. The Borrower agrees to pay the Lender a
      fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, if any, accruing on a daily
      basis and computed at the annual rate of two percent (2%) of the aggregate
      amount that may then be drawn on all issued and outstanding Letters of
      Credit assuming compliance with all conditions for drawing thereunder (the
      "Aggregate Face Amount"), from and including the date of issuance of such
      Letter of Credit until such date as such Letter of Credit shall terminate
      by its terms or be returned to the Lender, due and payable monthly in
      arrears on the first day of each month and on the Termination Date;
      provided, however that during Default Periods, in the Lender's sole
      discretion and without waiving any of its other rights and remedies, such
      fee shall increase to four percent (4%) of the Aggregate Face Amount. The
      foregoing fee shall be in addition to any and all fees, commissions and
      charges of any Issuer of a Letter of Credit with respect to or in
      connection with such Letter of Credit.

            (d) LETTER OF CREDIT ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. The Borrower agrees to pay
      the Lender, on written demand, the administrative fees charged by the
      Issuer in connection with the honoring of drafts under any Letter of
      Credit, amendments thereto, transfers thereof and all other activity with
      respect to the Letters of Credit at the then-current rates published by
      the Issuer for such services rendered on behalf of customers of the Issuer
      generally.

            (e) AUDIT FEES. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay the Lender, on
      demand, audit fees in connection with any audits or inspections conducted
      by the Lender of any Collateral or the Borrower's operations or business
      at the rates established from time to time by the Lender as its audit fees
      (which fees are currently $62.50 per hour per auditor), together with all
      actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in conducting any such
      audit or inspection.

            Section 2.9 Computation of Interest and Fees; When Interest Due and
Payable. Interest accruing on the outstanding principal balance of the Advances
and fees

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hereunder outstanding from time to time shall be computed on the basis of actual
number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. Interest shall be payable in
arrears on the first day of each month and on the Termination Date.

            Section 2.10 Capital Adequacy; Increased Costs and Reduced Return.
If any Related Lender determines at any time that its Return has been reduced as
a result of any Rule Change, such Related Lender may require the Borrower to pay
it the amount necessary to restore its Return to what it would have been had
there been no Rule Change. For purposes of this Section 2.10:

            (a) "Capital Adequacy Rule" means any law, rule, regulation,
      guideline, directive, requirement or request regarding capital adequacy,
      or the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental or
      regulatory authority, central bank or comparable agency, whether or not
      having the force of law, that applies to any Related Lender. Such rules
      include rules requiring financial institutions to maintain total capital
      in amounts based upon percentages of outstanding loans, binding loan
      commitments and letters of credit.

            (b) "L/C Rule" means any law, rule, regulation, guideline,
      directive, requirement or request regarding letters of credit, or the
      interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental or regulatory
      authority, central bank or comparable agency, whether or not having the
      force of law, that applies to any Related Lender. Such rules include rules
      imposing taxes, duties or other similar charges, or mandating reserves,
      special deposits or similar requirements against assets of, deposits with
      or for the account of, or credit extended by any Related Lender, on
      letters of credit.

            (c) "Related Lender" includes (but is not limited to) the Lender,
      the Issuer, , any parent corporation of the Lender or the Issuer and any
      assignee of any interest of the Lender hereunder and any participant in
      the loans made hereunder.

            (d) "Return", for any period, means the return as determined by a
      Related Lender on the Advances and Letters of Credit based upon its total
      capital requirements and a reasonable attribution formula that takes
      account of the Capital Adequacy Rules and L/C Rules then in effect, costs
      of issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit and amounts received or
      receivable under this Agreement or the Notes with respect to any Advance
      or Letter of Credit. Return may be calculated for each calendar quarter
      and for the shorter period between the end of a calendar quarter and the
      date of termination in whole of this Agreement.

            (e) "Rule Change" means any change in any Capital Adequacy Rule or
      L/C Rule occurring after the date of this Agreement, but the term does not
      include any

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      changes in applicable requirements that at the Closing Date are scheduled
      to take place under the existing Capital Adequacy Rules or L/C Rules or
      any increases in the capital that any Related Lender is required to
      maintain to the extent that the increases are required due to a regulatory
      authority's assessment of the financial condition of such Related Lender.

The Lender will promptly notify the Borrower of any event of which it has
knowledge, occurring after the date hereof, which will entitle the Lender to
compensation pursuant to this Section 2.10. Certificates of any Related Lender
sent to the Borrower from time to time claiming compensation under this Section
2.10, stating the reason therefor and setting forth in reasonable detail the
calculation of the additional amount or amounts to be paid to the Related Lender
hereunder to restore its Return shall be conclusive absent manifest error. In
determining such amounts, the Related Lender may use any reasonable averaging
and attribution methods.

            Section 2.11 Discretionary Nature of this Facility; Termination by
the Lender; Automatic Renewal. This Agreement contains the terms and conditions
upon which the Lender presently expects to make Advances to and to cause the
Issuer to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower. EACH ADVANCE
BY THE LENDER TO THE BORROWER AND EACH LETTER OF CREDIT ISSUED FOR THE
BORROWER'S ACCOUNT SHALL BE IN THE LENDER'S SOLE DISCRETION, AND THE LENDER NEED
NOT SHOW THAT AN ADVERSE CHANGE HAS OCCURRED IN THE BORROWER'S CONDITION,
FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE, OR THAT ANY OF THE CONDITIONS OF ARTICLE IV HAVE NOT
BEEN MET, IN ORDER TO REFUSE TO MAKE ANY REQUESTED ADVANCE, CAUSE THE ISSUER TO
ISSUE ANY LETTER OF CREDIT OR TO DEMAND PAYMENT OF THE OBLIGATIONS. THE LENDER
MAY AT ANY TIME TERMINATE THE CREDIT FACILITY WHEREUPON THE LENDER SHALL NO
LONGER CONSIDER REQUESTS FOR ADVANCES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. Unless terminated by
the Lender at any time or by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.12, the Credit
Facility shall remain in effect until the Original Maturity Date and,
thereafter, shall automatically renew for successive one year periods (the
Original Maturity Date and each anniversary date thereof which is at the end of
any year for which the Credit Facility has been automatically renewed, is herein
referred to as a "Maturity Date").

            Section 2.12 Voluntary Prepayment; Termination of the Credit
Facility by the Borrower. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Borrower may
prepay the Revolving Advances in whole at any time or from time to time in part.
The Borrower may terminate the Credit Facility at any time if it (i) gives the
Lender at least 30 days' prior written notice and (ii) pays the Lender the
prepayment or reduction fees in accordance with Section 2.13. If the Borrower
terminates the revolving Credit Facility, all Obligations shall be immediately
due and payable. Upon termination of the Credit Facility and payment and
performance of all

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Obligations, the Lender shall release or terminate the Security Interest and the
Security Documents to which the Borrower is entitled by law.

            Section 2.13 Termination Fees; Waiver of Termination Fees.

            (a) TERMINATION FEES. If the Credit Facility is terminated for any
      reason as of a date other than the Maturity Date the Borrower shall pay
      the Lender a fee in an amount equal to a percentage of the Maximum Line as
      follows: (i) two percent (2%) if the termination occurs on or before the
      first anniversary of the Funding Date; (ii) one percent (1%) if the
      termination or reduction occurs after the first anniversary of the Funding
      Date but before the Maturity Date.

            (b) WAIVER OF TERMINATION FEES. The Borrower will not be required to
      pay the termination fees otherwise due under this Section 2.13 if such
      termination is made because of refinancing by an affiliate of the Lender
      or if the Norwest Bank Credit Facility is not renewed.

            Section 2.14 Mandatory Prepayment. Without notice or demand, if the
sum of the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Advances plus the L/C
Amount shall at any time exceed the Borrowing Base, the Borrower shall (i)
first, immediately prepay the Revolving Advances to the extent necessary to
eliminate such excess; and (ii) if prepayment in full of the Revolving Advances
is insufficient to eliminate such excess, pay to the Lender in immediately
available funds for deposit in the Special Account an amount equal to the
remaining excess. Any payment received by the Lender under this Section 2.14 or
under Section 2.12 may be applied to the Obligations, in such order and in such
amounts as the Lender, in its discretion, may from time to time determine.

            Section 2.15 Payment. All payments to the Lender shall be made in
immediately available funds and shall be applied to the Obligations two (2)
Banking Days after receipt by the Lender. Notwithstanding anything in Section
2.1, the Borrower hereby authorizes the Lender, in its discretion at any time or
from time to time without the Borrower's request and even if the conditions set
forth in Section 4.2 would not be satisfied, to make a Revolving Advance in an
amount equal to the portion of the Obligations from time to time due and
payable.

            Section 2.16 Payment on Non-Banking Days. Whenever any payment to be
made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day which is not a Banking Day,
such payment may be made on the next succeeding Banking Day, and such extension
of time shall in such case be included in the computation of interest on the
Advances or the fees hereunder, as the case may be.

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            Section 2.17 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall use the proceeds of
Advances, and each Letter of Credit, if any, for ordinary working capital
purposes.

            Section 2.18 Liability Records. The Lender may maintain from time to
time, at its discretion, liability records as to the Obligations. All entries
made on any such record shall be presumed correct until the Borrower establishes
the contrary. Upon the Lender's demand, the Borrower will admit and certify in
writing the exact principal balance of the Obligations that the Borrower then
asserts to be outstanding. Any billing statement or accounting rendered by the
Lender shall be conclusive and fully binding on the Borrower unless the Borrower
gives the Lender specific written notice of exception within 30 days after
receipt.

                                   ARTICLE III

                      Security Interest; Occupancy; Setoff

            Section 3.1 Grant of Security Interest. The Borrower hereby pledges,
assigns and grants to the Lender a security interest (collectively referred to
as the "Security Interest") in the Collateral, as security for the payment and
performance of the Obligations.

            Section 3.2 Notification of Account Debtors and Other Obligors. The
Lender may at any time (whether or not a Default Period then exists) notify any
account debtor or other person obligated to pay the amount due that such right
to payment has been assigned or transferred to the Lender for security and shall
be paid directly to the Lender. The Borrower will join in giving such notice if
the Lender so requests. At any time after the Borrower or the Lender gives such
notice to an account debtor or other obligor, the Lender may, but need not, in
the Lender's name or in the Borrower's name, (a) demand, sue for, collect or
receive any money or property at any time payable or receivable on account of,
or securing, any such right to payment, or grant any extension to, make any
compromise or settlement with or otherwise agree to waive, modify, amend or
change the obligations (including collateral obligations) of any such account
debtor or other obligor; and (b) as the Borrower's agent and attorney-in-fact,
notify the United States Postal Service to change the address for delivery of
the Borrower's mail to any address designated by the Lender, otherwise intercept
the Borrower's mail, and receive, open and dispose of the Borrower's mail,
applying all Collateral as permitted under this Agreement and holding all other
mail for the Borrower's account or forwarding such mail to the Borrower's last
known address.

            Section 3.3 Assignment of Insurance. As additional security for the
payment and performance of the Obligations, the Borrower hereby assigns to the
Lender any and all monies (including, without limitation, proceeds of insurance
and refunds of unearned premiums) due or to become due under, and all other
rights of the Borrower with respect to, any and all policies of insurance now or
at any time hereafter covering the Collateral or any

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evidence thereof or any business records or valuable papers pertaining thereto,
and the Borrower hereby directs the issuer of any such policy to pay all such
monies directly to the Lender. At any time, whether or not a Default Period then
exists, the Lender may (but need not), in the Lender's name or in the Borrower's
name, execute and deliver proof of claim, receive all such monies, endorse
checks and other instruments representing payment of such monies, and adjust,
litigate, compromise or release any claim against the issuer of any such policy.

            Section 3.4 Occupancy.

            (a) The Borrower hereby irrevocably grants to the Lender the right
      to take possession of the Premises at any time during a Default Period.

            (b) The Lender may use the Premises only to hold, process,
      manufacture, sell, use, store, liquidate, realize upon or otherwise
      dispose of goods that are Collateral and for other purposes that the
      Lender may in good faith deem to be related or incidental purposes.

            (c) The Lender's right to hold the Premises shall cease and
      terminate upon the earlier of (i) payment in full and discharge of all
      Obligations, and (ii) final sale or disposition of all goods constituting
      Collateral and delivery of all such goods to purchasers.

            (d) The Lender shall not be obligated to pay or account for any rent
      or other compensation for the possession, occupancy or use of any of the
      Premises; provided, however, that if the Lender does pay or account for
      any rent or other compensation for the possession, occupancy or use of any
      of the Premises, the Borrower shall reimburse the Lender promptly for the
      full amount thereof. In addition, the Borrower will pay, or reimburse the
      Lender for, all taxes, fees, duties, imposts, charges and expenses at any
      time incurred by or imposed upon the Lender by reason of the execution,
      delivery, existence, recordation, performance or enforcement of this
      Agreement or the provisions of this Section 3.4.

            Section 3.5 License. The Borrower hereby grants to the Lender a
non-exclusive, worldwide and royalty-free license to use or otherwise exploit
all trademarks, franchises, trade names, copyrights and patents of the Borrower
for the purpose of selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of any or all
Collateral during any Default Period.

            Section 3.6 Financing Statement. A carbon, photographic or other
reproduction of this Agreement or of any financing statements signed by the
Borrower is sufficient as a financing statement and may be filed as a financing
statement in any state to

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perfect the security interests granted hereby. For this purpose, the following
information is set forth:

            Name and address of Debtor:

            Micro Component Technology, Inc.
            2340 West County Road C
            St. Paul, MN 55113-2528
            Federal Tax Identification No. 41-0985960

            Name and address of Secured Party:

            Norwest Business Credit, Inc.
            Norwest Center
            Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue
            Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479-0152
            Federal Tax Identification No. 41-1237652

            Section 3.7 Setoff. The Borrower agrees that the Lender may at any
time or from time to time, at its sole discretion and without demand and without
notice to anyone, setoff any liability owed to the Borrower by the Lender,
whether or not due, against any Obligation, whether or not due. In addition,
each other Person holding a participating interest in any Obligations shall have
the right to appropriate or setoff any deposit or other liability then owed by
such Person to the Borrower, whether or not due, and apply the same to the
payment of said participating interest, as fully as if such Person had lent
directly to the Borrower the amount of such participating interest.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                  Conditions of Willingness to Consider Lending

            Section 4.1 Conditions Precedent to Lender's Willingness to Consider
Making the Initial Revolving Advance and the Initial Letter of Credit. The
Lender's willingness to consider making the initial Revolving Advance or to
cause to be issued the initial Letter of Credit hereunder shall be subject to
the condition precedent that the Lender shall have received all of the
following, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender:

            (a) This Agreement, properly executed by the Borrower.

            (b) The Note, properly executed by the Borrower.

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            (c) A true and correct copy of any and all leases pursuant to which
      the Borrower is leasing Premises where Collateral is located, together
      with a landlord's disclaimer and consent with respect to each such lease.

            (d) The Patent Security Agreement executed by the Borrower and duly
      filed in the offices necessary to perfect the Security Interest, to the
      extent the Security Interest is capable of being perfected by filing.

            (e) The Collateral Account Agreement, properly executed by the
      Borrower and Norwest Bank.

            (f) The Lockbox Agreement, properly executed by the Borrower and
      Norwest Bank.

            (g) Current searches of appropriate filing offices showing that (i)
      no state or federal tax liens have been filed and remain in effect against
      the Borrower, (ii) no financing statements have been filed and remain in
      effect against the Borrower except those financing statements relating to
      Permitted Liens or to liens held by Persons who have agreed in writing
      that upon receipt of proceeds of the Advances, they will deliver UCC
      releases and/or terminations satisfactory to the Lender, and (iii) the
      Lender has duly filed all financing statements necessary to perfect the
      Security Interest, to the extent the Security Interest is capable of being
      perfected by filing.

            (h) A certificate of the Borrower's secretary or assistant secretary
      certifying as to (i) the resolutions of the Borrower's directors and if
      required, shareholders, authorizing the execution, delivery and
      performance of the Loan Documents, (ii) the Borrower's articles of
      incorporation and bylaws, and (iii) the signatures of the Borrower's
      officers or agents authorized to execute and deliver the Loan Documents
      and other instruments, agreements and certificates, including Advance
      requests, on the Borrower's behalf.

            (i) A current certificate issued by the Secretary of State of
      Minnesota, certifying that the Borrower is in compliance with all
      applicable organizational requirements of the State of Minnesota.

            (j) Evidence that the Borrower is duly licensed or qualified to
      transact business in all jurisdictions where the character of the property
      owned or leased or the nature of the business transacted by it makes such
      licensing or qualification necessary.

            (k) An opinion of counsel to the Borrower, addressed to the Lender.

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            (l) Certificates of the insurance required hereunder, with all
      hazard insurance containing a lender's loss payable endorsement in the
      Lender's favor and with all liability insurance naming the Lender as an
      additional insured.

            (m) Payment of the fees and commissions due through the date of the
      initial Advance or Letter of Credit under Section 2.8 and expenses
      incurred by the Lender through such date and required to be paid by the
      Borrower under Section 9.6, including all legal expenses incurred through
      the date of this Agreement.

            (n) Evidence that on the date of the initial Revolving Advance or
      issuance of the initial Letter of Credit, the Borrower has a minimum of
      $300,000 of excess Availability after paying out trade payables older than
      60 days from invoice date and any book or bank overdrafts.

            (o) Evidence that not later than simultaneously with the initial
      Advance, all conditions precedent to the initial Norwest Bank Revolving
      Advance shall be satisfied.

            (p) A list of all Collateral locations in the US, provided within 10
      days before the date of the initial Advance.

            (q) Such other documents as the Lender in its sole discretion may
      require.

            Section 4.2 Conditions Precedent to All Advances and Letters of
Credit. The Lender will not consider any request for an Advance or to cause the
Issuer to issue any Letter of Credit unless on such date:

            (a) the representations and warranties contained in Article V are
      correct on and as of the date of such Advance or issuance of Letter of
      Credit as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that
      such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date; and

            (b) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from
      such Advance or the issuance of such Letter of Credit, as the case may be,
      which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default.

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                                    ARTICLE V

                         Representations and Warranties

            The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lender as follows:

            Section 5.1 Corporate Existence and Power; Name; Chief Executive
Office; Inventory and Equipment Locations; Tax Identification Number. The
Borrower is a corporation , duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Minnesota and is duly licensed or
qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions where the character of the
property owned or leased or the nature of the business transacted by it makes
such licensing or qualification necessary. No dissolution or termination of the
Borrower has occurred, and no notice of dissolution or articles of termination
have been filed with respect to the Borrower. The Borrower has all requisite
power and authority, corporate or otherwise, to conduct its business, to own its
properties and to execute and deliver, and to perform all of its obligations
under, the Loan Documents. During the five years prior to the Closing Date, the
Borrower has done business solely under the names set forth in Schedule 5.1
hereto. The Borrower's chief executive office and principal place of business is
located at the address set forth in Schedule 5.1 hereto, and all of the
Borrower's records relating to its business or the Collateral are kept at that
location. All Inventory and Equipment is located at that location or at one of
the other locations set forth in Schedule 5.1 hereto. The Borrower's tax
identification number is correctly set forth in Section 3.6 hereto.

            Section 5.2 Authorization of Borrowing; No Conflict as to Law or
Agreements. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Loan
Documents and the borrowings from time to time hereunder have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not (i) require
any consent or approval of the Borrower's shareholders; (ii) require any
authorization, consent or approval by, or registration, declaration or filing
with, or notice to, any governmental department, commission, board, bureau,
agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, or any third party, except such
authorization, consent, approval, registration, declaration, filing or notice as
has been obtained, accomplished or given prior to the date hereof; (iii) violate
any provision of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation,
Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or of any
order, writ, injunction or decree presently in effect having applicability to
the Borrower or of the Borrower's articles of incorporation and bylaws; (iv)
result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture or loan or
credit agreement or any other material agreement, lease or instrument to which
the Borrower is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound or
affected; or (v) result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any
mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien, security interest or other charge or
encumbrance of any nature (other than the Security

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Interest) upon or with respect to any of the properties now owned or hereafter
acquired by the Borrower.

            Section 5.3 Legal Agreements. This Agreement constitutes and, upon
due execution by the Borrower, the other Loan Documents will constitute the
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against the
Borrower in accordance with their respective terms.

            Section 5.4 Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.4
hereto, the Borrower has no Subsidiaries.

            Section 5.5 Financial Condition; No Adverse Change. The Borrower has
heretofore furnished to the Lender its audited financial statements for its
fiscal year ended June 30, 1997 and its unaudited financial statements for the
fiscal year-to-date period ended September 30, 1997 and those statements fairly
present the Borrower's financial condition on the dates thereof and the results
of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended and were prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Since the date of the
most recent financial statements, there has been no material adverse change in
the Borrower's business, properties or condition (financial or otherwise).

            Section 5.6 Litigation. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure
submitted by the Borrower in connection with the Norwest Credit Agreement, there
are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Borrower's knowledge,
threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or the
properties of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates before any court or
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality,
domestic or foreign, which, if determined adversely to the Borrower or any of
its Affiliates, would have a material adverse effect on the financial condition,
properties or operations of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates.

            Section 5.7 Regulation U. The Borrower is not engaged in the
business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin
stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System), and no part of the proceeds of any Advance will be used
to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock.

            Section 5.8 Taxes. The Borrower and its Affiliates have paid or
caused to be paid to the proper authorities when due all federal, state and
local taxes required to be withheld by each of them. The Borrower and its
Affiliates have filed all federal, state and local tax returns which to the
knowledge of the officers of the Borrower or any Affiliate, as the case may be,
are required to be filed, and the Borrower and its Affiliates have paid or
caused to be paid to the respective taxing authorities all taxes as shown on
said returns or on any assessment received by any of them to the extent such
taxes have become due.

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            Section 5.9 Titles and Liens. The Borrower has good and absolute
title to all Collateral described in the collateral reports provided to the
Lender and all other Collateral, properties and assets reflected in the latest
financial statements referred to in Section 5.5 and all proceeds thereof, free
and clear of all mortgages, security interests, liens and encumbrances, except
for Permitted Liens. No financing statement naming the Borrower as debtor is on
file in any office except to perfect only Permitted Liens.

            Section 5.10 Plans. Except as disclosed to the Lender in writing
prior to the date hereof, neither the Borrower nor any of its Affiliates
maintains or has maintained any Plan. Neither the Borrower nor any Affiliate has
received any notice or has any knowledge to the effect that it is not in full
compliance with any of the requirements of ERISA. No Reportable Event or other
fact or circumstance which may have an adverse effect on the Plan's tax
qualified status exists in connection with any Plan. Neither the Borrower nor
any of its Affiliates has:

            (a) Any accumulated funding deficiency within the meaning of ERISA;
      or

            (b) Any liability or knows of any fact or circumstances which could
      result in any liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the
      Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or any participant in
      connection with any Plan (other than accrued benefits which or which may
      become payable to participants or beneficiaries of any such Plan).

            Section 5.11 Default. The Borrower is in compliance with all
provisions of all agreements, instruments, decrees and orders to which it is a
party or by which it or its property is bound or affected, the breach or default
of which could have a material adverse effect on the Borrower's financial
condition, properties or operations.

            Section 5.12 Environmental Matters.

            (a) Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
      shall have the following meanings:

                  (i) "Environmental Law" means any federal, state, local or
            other governmental statute, regulation, law or ordinance dealing
            with the protection of human health and the environment.

                  (ii) "Hazardous Substances" means pollutants, contaminants,
            hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, petroleum and fractions
            thereof, and all other chemicals, wastes, substances and materials
            listed in, regulated by or identified in any Environmental Law.

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            (b) To the Borrower's best knowledge, there are not present in, on
      or under the Premises any Hazardous Substances in such form or quantity as
      to create any liability or obligation for either the Borrower or the
      Lender under common law of any jurisdiction or under any Environmental
      Law, and no Hazardous Substances have ever been stored, buried, spilled,
      leaked, discharged, emitted or released in, on or under the Premises in
      such a way as to create any such liability, except as previously disclosed
      to the Lender.

            (c) To the Borrower's best knowledge, the Borrower has not disposed
      of Hazardous Substances in such a manner as to create any liability under
      any Environmental Law.

            (d) Except as previously disclosed to the Lender, there are not and
      there never have been any requests, claims, notices, investigations,
      demands, administrative proceedings, hearings or litigation, relating in
      any way to the Premises or the Borrower, alleging liability under,
      violation of, or noncompliance with any Environmental Law or any license,
      permit or other authorization issued pursuant thereto. To the Borrower's
      best knowledge, no such matter is threatened or impending.

            (e) To the Borrower's best knowledge, the Borrower's businesses are
      and have in the past always been conducted in accordance with all
      Environmental Laws and all licenses, permits and other authorizations
      required pursuant to any Environmental Law and necessary for the lawful
      and efficient operation of such businesses are in the Borrower's
      possession and are in full force and effect. No permit required under any
      Environmental Law is scheduled to expire within 12 months and there is no
      threat that any such permit will be withdrawn, terminated, limited or
      materially changed.

            (f) To the Borrower's best knowledge, the Premises are not and never
      have been listed on the National Priorities List, the Comprehensive
      Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System or
      any similar federal, state or local list, schedule, log, inventory or
      database.

            (g) The Borrower has delivered to Lender all environmental
      assessments, audits, reports, permits, licenses and other documents
      describing or relating in any way to the Premises or Borrower's
      businesses.

            Section 5.13 Submissions to Lender. All financial and other
information provided to the Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower in connection
with the Borrower's request for the credit facilities contemplated hereby is
true and correct in all material respects

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and, as to projections, valuations or proforma financial statements, present a
good faith opinion as to such projections, valuations and proforma condition and
results.

            Section 5.14 Financing Statements. The Borrower has provided to the
Lender signed financing statements sufficient when filed to perfect the Security
Interest and the other security interests created by the Security Documents.
When such financing statements are filed in the offices noted therein, the
Lender will have a valid and perfected security interest in all Collateral and
all other collateral described in the Security Documents which is capable of
being perfected by filing financing statements. None of the Collateral or other
collateral covered by the Security Documents is or will become a fixture on real
estate, unless a sufficient fixture filing is in effect with respect thereto.

            Section 5.15 Rights to Payment. Each right to payment and each
instrument, document, chattel paper and other agreement constituting or
evidencing Collateral or other collateral covered by the Security Documents is
(or, in the case of all future Collateral or such other collateral, will be when
arising or issued) the valid, genuine and legally enforceable obligation,
subject to no defense, setoff or counterclaim, of the account debtor or other
obligor named therein or in the Borrower's records pertaining thereto as being
obligated to pay such obligation.

            Section 5.16 Financial Solvency. Both before and after giving effect
to all of the transactions contemplated in the Loan Documents, none of the
Borrower or its Affiliates:

            (a) was or will be insolvent, as that term is used and defined in
      Section 101(32) of the United States Bankruptcy Code and Section 2 of the
      Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act;

            (b) has unreasonably small capital or is engaged or about to engage
      in a business or a transaction for which any remaining assets of the
      Borrower or such Affiliate are unreasonably small;

            (c) by executing, delivering or performing its obligations under the
      Loan Documents or other documents to which it is a party or by taking any
      action with respect thereto, intends to, nor believes that it will, incur
      debts beyond its ability to pay them as they mature;

            (d) by executing, delivering or performing its obligations under the
      Loan Documents or other documents to which it is a party or by taking any
      action with respect thereto, intends to hinder, delay or defraud either
      its present or future creditors; and

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            (e) at this time contemplates filing a petition in bankruptcy or for
      an arrangement or reorganization or similar proceeding under any law any
      jurisdiction, nor, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, is the subject
      of any actual, pending or threatened bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
      proceedings under any law of any jurisdiction.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                        Borrower's Affirmative Covenants

            So long as the Obligations shall remain unpaid, or the Credit
Facility shall remain outstanding, the Borrower will comply with the following
requirements, unless the Lender shall otherwise consent in writing:

            Section 6.1 Reporting Requirements. The Borrower will deliver, or
cause to be delivered, to the Lender each of the following, which shall be in
form and detail acceptable to the Lender:

            (a) as soon as available, and in any event within 90 days after the
      end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the Borrower's audited financial
      statements with the unqualified opinion of independent certified public
      accountants selected by the Borrower and acceptable to the Lender, which
      annual financial statements shall include the Borrower's balance sheet as
      at the end of such fiscal year and the related statements of the
      Borrower's income, retained earnings and cash flows for the fiscal year
      then ended, prepared, if the Lender so requests, on a consolidating and
      consolidated basis to include any Affiliates, all in reasonable detail and
      prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with (i) copies of all
      management letters prepared by such accountants; (ii) a report signed by
      such accountants stating that in making the investigations necessary for
      said opinion they obtained no knowledge, except as specifically stated, of
      any Default or Event of Default hereunder and all relevant facts in
      reasonable detail to evidence, and the computations as to, whether or not
      the Borrower is in compliance with the requirements set forth in Sections
      6.12, 6.13, 7.11 and 7.18; and (iii) a certificate of the Borrower's chief
      financial officer stating that such financial statements have been
      prepared in accordance with GAAP, fairly represent the Borrower's
      financial position and the results of its operations, and whether or not
      such officer has knowledge of the occurrence of any Default or Event of
      Default hereunder and, if so, stating in reasonable detail the facts with
      respect thereto;

            (b) as soon as available and in any event within 20 days after the
      end of each month, and within 45 after the end of each quarter, an
      unaudited/internal balance sheet and statement of income and retained
      earnings of the Borrower as at the end of

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      and for such month and for the year to date period then ended, prepared
      consistently with the Borrower's usual accounting practices, and each such
      balance sheet and statement of income and retained earnings for a fiscal
      quarter of the Borrower then ended, prepared in accordance with GAAP,
      subject to year-end audit adjustments; and accompanied by a certificate of
      the Borrower's chief financial officer, substantially in the form of
      Exhibit B hereto stating (i) that such financial statements have been
      prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments,
      and fairly represent the Borrower's financial position and the results of
      its operations, (ii) whether or not such officer has knowledge of the
      occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder not theretofore
      reported and remedied and, if so, stating in reasonable detail the facts
      with respect thereto, and (iii) all relevant facts in reasonable detail to
      evidence, and the computations as to, whether or not the Borrower is in
      compliance with the requirements set forth in Sections 6.12, 6.13, 7.11
      and 7.18;

            (c) within 15 days after the end of each month or more frequently if
      the Lender so requires, agings of the Borrower's accounts receivable and
      its accounts payable, an inventory certification report, and a calculation
      of the Borrower's Accounts, Eligible Accounts, Inventory and Eligible
      Inventory as at the end of such month or shorter time period;

            (d) at least 30 days before the beginning of each fiscal year of the
      Borrower, the projected balance sheets and income statements for each
      month of such year, each in reasonable detail, representing the Borrower's
      good faith projections and certified by the Borrower's chief financial
      officer as being the most accurate projections available and identical to
      the projections used by the Borrower for internal planning purposes,
      together with such supporting schedules and information as the Lender may
      in its discretion require;

            (e) immediately after the commencement thereof, notice in writing of
      all litigation and of all proceedings before any governmental or
      regulatory agency affecting the Borrower of the type described in Section
      5.12 or which seek a monetary recovery against the Borrower in excess of
      $100,000;

            (f) as promptly as practicable (but in any event not later than five
      business days) after an officer of the Borrower obtains knowledge of the
      occurrence of any breach, default or event of default under any Security
      Document or any event which constitutes a Default or Event of Default
      hereunder, notice of such occurrence, together with a detailed statement
      by a responsible officer of the Borrower of the steps being taken by the
      Borrower to cure the effect of such breach, default or event;

            (g) as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after the
      Borrower knows or has reason to know that any Reportable Event with
      respect to any Plan has

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      occurred, the statement of the Borrower's chief financial officer setting
      forth details as to such Reportable Event and the action which the
      Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of
      the notice of such Reportable Event to the Pension Benefit Guaranty
      Corporation;

            (h) as soon as possible, and in any event within 10 days after the
      Borrower fails to make any quarterly contribution required with respect to
      any Plan under Section 412(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
      amended, the statement of the Borrower's chief financial officer setting
      forth details as to such failure and the action which the Borrower
      proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of any notice
      of such failure required to be provided to the Pension Benefit Guaranty
      Corporation;

            (i) promptly upon knowledge thereof, notice of (i) any disputes or
      claims by the Borrower's customers, which the Borrower reasonably believes
      will not be resolved through service or warranty means and that exceed
      $50,000 individually or $100,000 in the aggregate during any fiscal year;
      (ii) credit memos; (iii) any goods returned to or recovered by the
      Borrower; and (iv) any change in the persons constituting the Borrower's
      executive officers and directors;

            (j) promptly upon knowledge thereof, notice of any loss of or
      material damage to any Collateral or other collateral covered by the
      Security Documents or of any substantial adverse change in any Collateral
      or such other collateral or the prospect of payment thereof;

            (k) promptly upon their distribution, copies of all financial
      statements, reports and proxy statements which the Borrower shall have
      sent to its stockholders;

            (l) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all
      regular and periodic reports which the Borrower shall file with the
      Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange;

            (m) promptly upon knowledge thereof, notice of the Borrower's
      violation of any law, rule or regulation, the non-compliance with which
      could materially and adversely affect the Borrower's business or its
      financial condition; and

            (n) from time to time, with reasonable promptness, any and all
      receivables schedules, collection reports, deposit records, equipment
      schedules, copies of invoices to account debtors, shipment documents,
      sales journals, credit memo journals and delivery receipts for goods sold,
      and such other material, reports, records or information as the Lender may
      request.

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            Section 6.2 Books and Records; Inspection and Examination. The
Borrower will keep accurate books of record and account for itself pertaining to
the Collateral and pertaining to the Borrower's business and financial condition
and such other matters as the Lender may from time to time request in which true
and complete entries will be made in accordance with GAAP and, upon the Lender's
request, will permit any officer, employee, attorney or accountant for the
Lender to audit, review, make extracts from or copy any and all corporate and
financial books and records of the Borrower at all times during ordinary
business hours, to send and discuss with account debtors and other obligors
requests for verification of amounts owed to the Borrower, and to discuss the
Borrower's affairs with any of its directors, officers, employees or agents. The
Borrower will permit the Lender, or its employees, accountants, attorneys or
agents, to examine and inspect any Collateral, other collateral covered by the
Security Documents or any other property of the Borrower at any time during
ordinary business hours.

            Section 6.3 Account Verification. The Lender may at any time and
from time to time send or require the Borrower to send requests for verification
of accounts or notices of assignment to account debtors and other obligors. The
Lender may also at any time and from time to time telephone account debtors and
other obligors to verify accounts.

            Section 6.4 Compliance with Laws.

            (a) The Borrower will (i) comply with the requirements of applicable
      laws and regulations, the non-compliance with which would materially and
      adversely affect its business or its financial condition and (ii) use and
      keep the Collateral, and require that others use and keep the Collateral,
      only for lawful purposes, without violation of any federal, state or local
      law, statute or ordinance.

            (b) Without limiting the foregoing undertakings, the Borrower
      specifically agrees that it will comply with all applicable Environmental
      Laws and obtain and comply with all permits, licenses and similar
      approvals required by any Environmental Laws, and will not generate, use,
      transport, treat, store or dispose of any Hazardous Substances in such a
      manner as to create any liability or obligation under the common law of
      any jurisdiction or any Environmental Law.

            Section 6.5 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Borrower will pay
or discharge, when due, (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges
levied or imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, upon any properties
belonging to it (including, without limitation, the Collateral) or upon or
against the creation, perfection or continuance of the Security Interest, prior
to the date on which penalties attach thereto, (b) all federal, state and local
taxes required to be withheld by it, and (c) all lawful claims for labor,
materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien or charge
upon any properties of the Borrower; provided, that the Borrower shall not be
required to pay any such tax, assessment,

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charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which proper reserves have been
made.

            Section 6.6 Maintenance of Properties.

            (a) The Borrower will keep and maintain the Collateral, the other
      collateral covered by the Security Documents and all of its other
      properties necessary or useful in its business in good condition, repair
      and working order (normal wear and tear excepted) and will from time to
      time replace or repair any worn, defective or broken parts; provided,
      however, that nothing in this Section 6.6 shall prevent the Borrower from
      discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of its properties if
      such discontinuance is, in the Lender's judgment, desirable in the conduct
      of the Borrower's business and not disadvantageous in any material respect
      to the Lender.

            (b) The Borrower will defend the Collateral against all claims or
      demands of all persons (other than the Lender) claiming the Collateral or
      any interest therein.

            (c) The Borrower will keep all Collateral and other collateral
      covered by the Security Documents free and clear of all security
      interests, liens and encumbrances except Permitted Liens.

            Section 6.7 Insurance. The Borrower will obtain and at all times
maintain insurance with insurers believed by the Borrower to be responsible and
reputable, in such amounts and against such risks as may from time to time be
required by the Lender, but in all events in such amounts and against such risks
as is usually carried by companies engaged in similar business and owning
similar properties in the same general areas in which the Borrower operates.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower will at all times
maintain business interruption insurance including coverage for force majeure
and keep all tangible Collateral insured against risks of fire (including
so-called extended coverage), theft, collision (for Collateral consisting of
motor vehicles) and such other risks and in such amounts as the Lender may
reasonably request, with any loss payable to the Lender to the extent of its
interest, and all policies of such insurance shall contain a lender's loss
payable endorsement for the Lender's benefit acceptable to the Lender. All
policies of liability insurance required hereunder shall name the Lender as an
additional insured.

            Section 6.8 Preservation of Existence. The Borrower will preserve
and maintain its existence and all of its rights, privileges and franchises
necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business and shall conduct
its business in an orderly, efficient and regular manner.

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            Section 6.9 Delivery of Instruments, etc. Upon request by the
Lender, the Borrower will promptly deliver to the Lender in pledge all
instruments, documents and chattel papers constituting Collateral, duly endorsed
or assigned by the Borrower.

            Section 6.10 Collateral Account.

            (a) If, notwithstanding the instructions to debtors to make payments
      to the Lockbox, the Borrower receives any payments on Receivables, the
      Borrower shall deposit such payments into the Collateral Account. Until so
      deposited, the Borrower shall hold all such payments in trust for and as
      the property of the Lender and shall not commingle such payments with any
      of its other funds or property.

            (b) All deposits in the Collateral Account shall constitute proceeds
      of Collateral and shall not constitute payment of the Obligations. The
      Lender from time to time at its discretion may, after allowing two (2)
      Banking Days, apply deposited funds in the Collateral Account to the
      payment of the Obligations, in any order or manner of application
      satisfactory to the Lender, by transferring such funds to the Lender's
      general account.

            (c) All items deposited in the Collateral Account shall be subject
      to final payment. If any such item is returned uncollected, the Borrower
      will immediately pay the Lender, or, for items deposited in the Collateral
      Account, the bank maintaining such account, the amount of that item, or
      such bank at its discretion may charge any uncollected item to the
      Borrower's commercial account or other account. The Borrower shall be
      liable as an endorser on all items deposited in the Collateral Account,
      whether or not in fact endorsed by the Borrower.

            Section 6.11 Performance by the Lender. If the Borrower at any time
fails to perform or observe any of the foregoing covenants contained in this
Article VI or elsewhere herein, and if such failure shall continue for a period
of ten calendar days after the Lender gives the Borrower written notice thereof
(or in the case of the agreements contained in Sections 6.5, 6.7 and 6.10
immediately upon the occurrence of such failure, without notice or lapse of
time), the Lender may, but need not, perform or observe such covenant on behalf
and in the name, place and stead of the Borrower (or, at the Lender's option, in
the Lender's name) and may, but need not, take any and all other actions which
the Lender may reasonably deem necessary to cure or correct such failure
(including, without limitation, the payment of taxes, the satisfaction of
security interests, liens or encumbrances, the performance of obligations owed
to account debtors or other obligors, the procurement and maintenance of
insurance, the execution of assignments, security agreements and financing
statements, and the endorsement of instruments); and the Borrower shall
thereupon pay to the Lender on demand the amount of all monies expended and all
costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and legal expenses)
incurred by the Lender in connection with or

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as a result of the performance or observance of such agreements or the taking of
such action by the Lender, together with interest thereon from the date expended
or incurred at the Floating Rate. To facilitate the Lender's performance or
observance of such covenants of the Borrower, the Borrower hereby irrevocably
appoints the Lender, or the Lender's delegate, acting alone, as the Borrower's
attorney in fact (which appointment is coupled with an interest) with the right
(but not the duty) from time to time to create, prepare, complete, execute,
deliver, endorse or file in the name and on behalf of the Borrower any and all
instruments, documents, assignments, security agreements, financing statements,
applications for insurance and other agreements and writings required to be
obtained, executed, delivered or endorsed by the Borrower under this Section
6.11.

            Section 6.12 Minimum Tangible Net Worth. The Borrower will maintain
its Tangible Net Worth determined as at the end of each fiscal quarter, at an
amount not less than the amount set forth opposite such fiscal quarter:

                  fiscal quarter ending            Minimum Tangible
                  ---------------------            ----------------
                                                       Net Worth
                                                       ---------
                    December 31, 1997                 $10,700,000

                     March 31, 1998                   $10,500,000

                      June 30, 1998                   $10,500,000

                   September 30, 1998                 $11,000,000

            December 31, 1998 and thereafter          $11,000,000

            Section 6.13 Maximum Net Loss. The Borrower will achieve Net Loss
determined as at the end of each month, of not more than $3,000,000.

            Section 6.14 New Covenants. On or before November 30, 1998, the
Borrower and the Lender shall agree on new covenant levels for Sections 6.12,
6.13 and 7.11 for periods after such date. The new covenant levels will be based
on the Borrower's projections for such periods and shall be no less stringent
than the present levels.

                                   ARTICLE VII

                               Negative Covenants

            So long as the Obligations shall remain unpaid, or the Credit
Facility shall remain outstanding, the Borrower agrees that, without the
Lender's prior written consent:

            Section 7.1 Liens. The Borrower will not create, incur or suffer to
exist any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien, security interest, assignment
or transfer upon or of any of its assets, now owned or hereafter acquired, to
secure any indebtedness; excluding,

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however, from the operation of the foregoing, the following (collectively,
"Permitted Liens"):

            (a) in the case of any of the Borrower's property which is not
      Collateral or other collateral described in the Security Documents,
      covenants, restrictions, rights, easements and minor irregularities in
      title which do not materially interfere with the Borrower's business or
      operations as presently conducted;

            (b) mortgages, deeds of trust, pledges, liens, security interests
      and assignments in existence on the date hereof and listed in Schedule 7.1
      hereto, securing indebtedness for borrowed money permitted under Section
      7.2;

            (c) the Security Interest and liens and security interests created
      by the Security Documents; and

            (d) purchase money security interests relating to the acquisition of
      machinery and equipment of the Borrower not exceeding the lesser of cost
      or fair market value thereof and so long as no Default Period is then in
      existence and none would exist immediately after such acquisition.

            Section 7.2 Indebtedness. The Borrower will not incur, create,
assume or permit to exist any indebtedness or liability on account of deposits
or advances or any indebtedness for borrowed money or letters of credit issued
on the Borrower's behalf, or any other indebtedness or liability evidenced by
notes, bonds, debentures or similar obligations, except:

            (a) indebtedness arising hereunder;

            (b) indebtedness of the Borrower in existence on the date hereof and
      listed in Schedule 7.2 hereto; and

            (c) indebtedness relating to liens permitted in accordance with
      Section 7.1.

            Section 7.3 Guaranties. The Borrower will not assume, guarantee,
endorse or otherwise become directly or contingently liable in connection with
any obligations of any other Person, except:

            (a) the endorsement of negotiable instruments by the Borrower for
      deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of
      business; and

            (b) guaranties, endorsements and other direct or contingent
      liabilities in connection with the obligations of other Persons, in
      existence on the date hereof and listed in Schedule 7.2 hereto.

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            Section 7.4 Investments and Subsidiaries.

            (a) The Borrower will not purchase or hold beneficially any stock or
      other securities or evidences of indebtedness of, make or permit to exist
      any loans or advances to, or make any investment or acquire any interest
      whatsoever in any other Person, including specifically but without
      limitation any partnership or joint venture, except:

                  (i) investments in direct obligations of the United States of
            America or any agency or instrumentality thereof whose obligations
            constitute full faith and credit obligations of the United States of
            America having a maturity of one year or less, commercial paper
            rated "A-1" or higher by Standard & Poor's Rating Services or "P-1"
            or higher by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or certificates of
            deposit or bankers' acceptances having a maturity of one year or
            less issued by banks rated "A-1" or higher by Standard & Poor's
            Rating Services or "P-1" or higher by Moody's Investors Service,
            Inc.;

                  (ii) travel advances or loans to the Borrower's officers and
            employees not exceeding at any one time an aggregate of $20,000; and

                  (iii) advances in the form of progress payments, prepaid rent
            not exceeding three (3) months or security deposits.

            (b) The Borrower will not create or permit to exist any Subsidiary,
      other than the Subsidiaries in existence on the date hereof and listed in
      Schedule 5.4.

            Section 7.5 Dividends. Without prior written notice to the Lender,
the Borrower will not declare or pay any dividends (other than dividends payable
solely in stock of the Borrower) on any class of its stock or make any payment
on account of the purchase, redemption or other retirement of any shares of such
stock or make any distribution in respect thereof, either directly or
indirectly.

            Section 7.6 Sale or Transfer of Assets; Suspension of Business
Operations. The Borrower will not sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise
dispose of (i) the stock of any Subsidiary, (ii) all or a substantial part of
its assets, or (iii) any Collateral or any interest therein (whether in one
transaction or in a series of transactions) to any other Person other than the
sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business and will not liquidate,
dissolve or suspend business operations. The Borrower will not in any manner
transfer any property without prior or present receipt of full and adequate
consideration.

            Section 7.7 Intellectual Property. The Borrower shall not sell or
grant licenses to use any of its applications for patents, patents, copyrights,
trademarks, trade secrets, or trade names to any other Person, other than
licenses granted in the ordinary course in connection with the sale of
inventory, without the prior written consent of the Lender.

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            Section 7.8 Consolidation and Merger; Asset Acquisitions. The
Borrower will not consolidate with or merge into any Person, or permit any other
Person to merge into it, or acquire (in a transaction analogous in purpose or
effect to a consolidation or merger) all or substantially all the assets of any
other Person.

            Section 7.9 Sale and Leaseback. The Borrower will not enter into any
arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any other Person whereby the Borrower
shall sell or transfer any real or personal property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, and then or thereafter rent or lease as lessee such property
or any part thereof or any other property which the Borrower intends to use for
substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or
transferred.

            Section 7.10 Restrictions on Nature of Business. The Borrower will
not engage in any line of business materially different from that presently
engaged in by the Borrower and will not purchase, lease or otherwise acquire
assets not related to its business.

            Section 7.11 Capital Expenditures. The Borrower will not incur or
contract to incur Capital Expenditures of more than $500,000 in the aggregate
during any fiscal year.

            Section 7.12 Accounting. The Borrower will not adopt any material
change in accounting principles other than as required by GAAP. The Borrower
will not adopt, permit or consent to any change in its fiscal year.

            Section 7.13 Discounts, etc. The Borrower will not, after notice
from the Lender, grant any discount, credit or allowance to any customer of the
Borrower or accept any return of goods sold, or at any time (whether before or
after notice from the Lender) modify, amend, subordinate, cancel or terminate
the obligation of any account debtor or other obligor of the Borrower.

            Section 7.14 Defined Benefit Pension Plans. The Borrower will not
adopt, create, assume or become a party to any defined benefit pension plan,
unless disclosed to the Lender pursuant to Section 5.10.

            Section 7.15 Other Defaults. The Borrower will not permit any
breach, default or event of default to occur under any note, loan agreement,
indenture, lease, mortgage, contract for deed, security agreement or other
contractual obligation binding upon the Borrower.

            Section 7.16 Place of Business; Name. The Borrower will not transfer
its chief executive office or principal place of business, or move, relocate,
close or sell any business location. After the initial Advance and thereafter,
before permitting any tangible Collateral to be located in any state or area in
which a financing statement covering such

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Collateral would be required to be, but has not in fact been, filed in order to
perfect the Security Interest, the Borrower shall notify the Lender. If the
Lender requests that the Borrower sign a financing statement for such location,
the Borrower shall sign a financing statement, and will not permit any tangible
Collateral to be located in such state or area until the Lender has received and
filed a signed financing statement. The Borrower will not change its name.

            Section 7.17 Organizational Documents. The Borrower will not amend
its articles of incorporation and bylaws without previous notification to the
Lender. The Borrower will not become an S Corporation within the meaning of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

            Section 7.18 Salaries. The Borrower will not pay excessive or
unreasonable salaries, bonuses, commissions, consultant fees or other
compensation; or increase the salary, bonus, commissions, consultant fees or
other compensation of any directors, shareholders or consultant, or any member
of their families, by more than 15% in any one year, either individually or for
all such persons in the aggregate, or pay any such increase from any source
other than profits earned in the year of payment.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                     Events of Default, Rights and Remedies

            Section 8.1 Events of Default. Notwithstanding that the Lender may
demand immediate payment of the Obligations at any time, whether or not a
Default Period then exists, and without waiving or limiting in any respect the
Lender's right to so demand payment of the Obligations at any time, this
Agreement sets forth a non-exclusive list of certain critical events after the
occurrence of which the Lender expects that it would demand immediate payment of
the Obligations and exercise its remedies. "Event of Default", wherever used
herein, means any one of the following events:

            (a) Default in the payment of the Obligations on demand or on any
      portion of the Obligations that otherwise becomes due and payable;

            (b) Failure to pay when due any amount specified in Section 2.4
      relating to the Borrower's Obligation of Reimbursement, or failure to pay
      immediately when due or upon termination of the Credit Facility any
      amounts required to be paid for deposit in the Special Account under
      Section 2.5 or;

            (c) Default in the payment of any fees, commissions, costs or
      expenses required to be paid by the Borrower under this Agreement;

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            (d) Default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
      agreement of the Borrower contained in this Agreement;

            (e) Default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
      agreement of the Borrower contained in the Norwest Bank Credit Agreement.

            (f) The Norwest Bank Credit Agreement shall be terminated for any
      reason.

            (g) The Borrower shall be or become insolvent, or admit in writing
      its inability to pay its debts as they mature, or make an assignment for
      the benefit of creditors; or the Borrower shall apply for or consent to
      the appointment of any receiver, trustee, or similar officer for it or for
      all or any substantial part of its property; or such receiver, trustee or
      similar officer shall be appointed without the application or consent of
      the Borrower; or the Borrower shall institute (by petition, application,
      answer, consent or otherwise) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
      arrangement, readjustment of debt, dissolution, liquidation or similar
      proceeding relating to it under the laws of any jurisdiction; or any such
      proceeding shall be instituted (by petition, application or otherwise)
      against the Borrower; or any judgment, writ, warrant of attachment or
      execution or similar process shall be issued or levied against a
      substantial part of the property of the Borrower;

            (h) A petition shall be filed by or against the Borrower under the
      United States Bankruptcy Code naming the Borrower as debtor;

            (i) Any representation or warranty made by the Borrower in this
      Agreement or by the Borrower (or by any of its officers) in any agreement,
      certificate, instrument or financial statement or other statement
      contemplated by or made or delivered pursuant to or in connection with
      this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect
      when deemed to be effective;

            (j) The rendering against the Borrower of a final judgment, decree
      or order for the payment of money in excess of $100,000 which continues
      unsatisfied and in effect for any period of 30 consecutive days without a
      stay of execution;

            (k) A material default under any bond, debenture, note or other
      evidence of indebtedness of the Borrower owed to any Person other than the
      Lender with a total balance owing of $100,000 or more, or under any
      indenture or other instrument under which any such evidence of
      indebtedness has been issued or by which it is governed, or under any
      lease of any of the Premises or any other material lease, and the
      expiration of the applicable period of grace, if any, specified in such
      evidence of indebtedness, indenture, other instrument or lease;

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            (l) Any Reportable Event, which the Lender determines in good faith
      might constitute grounds for the termination of any Plan or for the
      appointment by the appropriate United States District Court of a trustee
      to administer any Plan, shall have occurred and be continuing 30 days
      after written notice to such effect shall have been given to the Borrower
      by the Lender; or a trustee shall have been appointed by an appropriate
      United States District Court to administer any Plan; or the Pension
      Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall have instituted proceedings to
      terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; or the
      Borrower shall have filed for a distress termination of any Plan under
      Title IV of ERISA; or the Borrower shall have failed to make any quarterly
      contribution required with respect to any Plan under Section 412(m) of the
      Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which the Lender determines in
      good faith may by itself, or in combination with any such failures that
      the Lender may determine are likely to occur in the future, result in the
      imposition of a lien on the Borrower's assets in favor of the Plan;

            (m) An event of default shall occur under any Security Document or
      under any other security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, assignment or
      other instrument or agreement securing any obligations of the Borrower
      hereunder or under any note;

            (n) The Borrower shall liquidate, dissolve, terminate or suspend its
      business operations or otherwise fail to operate its business in the
      ordinary course, or sell all or substantially all of its assets, without
      the Lender's prior written consent;

            (o) The Borrower shall fail to pay, withhold, collect or remit any
      tax or tax deficiency when assessed or due (other than any tax deficiency
      which is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and for
      which it shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves therefor) or
      notice of any state or federal tax liens shall be filed or issued;

            (p) Default in the payment of any amount owed by the Borrower to the
      Lender other than any indebtedness arising hereunder;

            (q) Any event or circumstance with respect to the Borrower shall
      occur such that the Lender shall believe in good faith that the prospect
      of payment of all or any part of the Obligations or the performance by the
      Borrower under the Loan Documents is impaired or any material adverse
      change in the business or financial condition of the Borrower shall occur;
      or

            (r) Any breach, default or event of default by or attributable to
      any Affiliate under any agreement between such Affiliate and the Lender.

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            Section 8.2 Rights and Remedies. As provided in Section 2.11, the
Lender may, at any time, refuse to make any requested Advance, demand payment of
the Advances or terminate the Credit Facility, whether or not a Default Period
then exists. In addition, during any Default Period, the Lender may exercise any
or all of the following rights and remedies:

            (a) the Lender may, by notice to the Borrower, declare the
      Obligations to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon all Obligations
      shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, notice
      of dishonor, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which the
      Borrower hereby expressly waives;

            (b) the Lender may, without notice to the Borrower and without
      further action, apply any and all money owing by the Lender to the
      Borrower to the payment of the Obligations;

            (c) the Lender may make demand upon the Borrower and, forthwith upon
      such demand, the Borrower will pay to the Lender in immediately available
      funds for deposit in the Special Account pursuant to Section 2.14 an
      amount equal to the aggregate maximum amount available to be drawn under
      all Letters of Credit then outstanding, assuming compliance with all
      conditions for drawing thereunder;

            (d) the Lender may exercise and enforce any and all rights and
      remedies available upon default to a secured party under the UCC,
      including, without limitation, the right to take possession of Collateral,
      or any evidence thereof, proceeding without judicial process or by
      judicial process (without a prior hearing or notice thereof, which the
      Borrower hereby expressly waives) and the right to sell, lease or
      otherwise dispose of any or all of the Collateral, and, in connection
      therewith, the Borrower will on demand assemble the Collateral and make it
      available to the Lender at a place to be designated by the Lender which is
      reasonably convenient to both parties;

            (e) the Lender may exercise and enforce its rights and remedies
      under the Loan Documents; and

            (f) the Lender may exercise any other rights and remedies available
      to it by law or agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
described in subsections (g) or (h) of Section 8.1, the Obligations shall be
immediately due and payable automatically without presentment, demand, protest
or notice of any kind.

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            Section 8.3 Certain Notices. If notice to the Borrower of any
intended disposition of Collateral or any other intended action is required by
law in a particular instance, such notice shall be deemed commercially
reasonable if given (in the manner specified in Section 9.3) at least ten
calendar days before the date of intended disposition or other action.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                                  Miscellaneous

            Section 9.1 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure or delay by
the Lender in exercising any right, power or remedy under the Loan Documents
shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy under the Loan Documents.
The remedies provided in the Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of
any remedies provided by law.

            Section 9.2 Amendments, Etc. No amendment, modification, termination
or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by
the Borrower therefrom or any release of a Security Interest shall be effective
unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Lender, and then such
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
specific purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on the Borrower in any
case shall entitle the Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in
similar or other circumstances.

            Section 9.3 Addresses for Notices, Etc. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all notices, requests, demands and other
communications provided for under the Loan Documents shall be in writing and
shall be (a) personally delivered, (b) sent by first class United States mail,
(c) sent by overnight courier of national reputation, or (d) transmitted by
telecopy, in each case addressed or telecopied to the party to whom notice is
being given at its address or telecopier number as set forth below:

                        If to the Borrower:

                        Micro Component Technology, Inc.
                        2340 West County Road C
                        St. Paul, MN 55113-2528
                        Telecopier: 612\697-4200
                        Attention: Roger E. Gower

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                        If to the Lender:

                        Norwest Business Credit, Inc.
                        Norwest Center
                        Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue
                        Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479-0152
                        Telecopier: 612/341-2472
                        Attention: Kate F. Wahlberg

or, as to each party, at such other address or telecopier number as may
hereafter be designated by such party in a written notice to the other party
complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section. All such notices,
requests, demands and other communications shall be deemed to have been given on
(a) the date received if personally delivered, (b) when deposited in the mail if
delivered by mail, (c) the date sent if sent by overnight courier, or (d) the
date of transmission if delivered by telecopy, except that notices or requests
to the Lender pursuant to any of the provisions of Article II shall not be
effective until received by the Lender.

            Section 9.4 Further Documents. The Borrower will from time to time
execute and deliver or endorse any and all instruments, documents, conveyances,
assignments, security agreements, financing statements and other agreements and
writings that the Lender may reasonably request in order to secure, protect,
perfect or enforce the Security Interest or the Lender's rights under the Loan
Documents (but any failure to request or assure that the Borrower executes,
delivers or endorses any such item shall not affect or impair the validity,
sufficiency or enforceability of the Loan Documents and the Security Interest,
regardless of whether any such item was or was not executed, delivered or
endorsed in a similar context or on a prior occasion).

            Section 9.5 Collateral. This Agreement does not contemplate a sale
of accounts, contract rights or chattel paper, and, as provided by law, the
Borrower is entitled to any surplus and shall remain liable for any deficiency.
The Lender's duty of care with respect to Collateral in its possession (as
imposed by law) shall be deemed fulfilled if it exercises reasonable care in
physically keeping such Collateral, or in the case of Collateral in the custody
or possession of a bailee or other third person, exercises reasonable care in
the selection of the bailee or other third person, and the Lender need not
otherwise preserve, protect, insure or care for any Collateral. The Lender shall
not be obligated to preserve any rights the Borrower may have against prior
parties, to realize on the Collateral at all or in any particular manner or
order or to apply any cash proceeds of the Collateral in any particular order of
application.

            Section 9.6 Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay on demand
all costs and expenses, including (without limitation) attorneys' fees, incurred
by the Lender in

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connection with the Obligations, this Agreement, the Loan Documents, any Letters
of Credit, and any other document or agreement related hereto or thereto, and
the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation all such
costs, expenses and fees incurred in connection with the negotiation,
preparation, execution, amendment, administration, performance, collection and
enforcement of the Obligations and all such documents and agreements and the
creation, perfection, protection, satisfaction, foreclosure or enforcement of
the Security Interest.

            Section 9.7 Indemnity. In addition to the payment of expenses
pursuant to Section 9.6, the Borrower agrees to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless the Lender, and any of its participants, parent corporations,
subsidiary corporations, affiliated corporations, successor corporations, and
all present and future officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents of
the foregoing (the "Indemnitees") from and against any of the following
(collectively, "Indemnified Liabilities"):

                  (i) any and all transfer taxes, documentary taxes, assessments
            or charges made by any governmental authority by reason of the
            execution and delivery of the Loan Documents or the making of the
            Advances;

                  (ii) any claims, loss or damage to which any Indemnitee may be
            subjected if any representation or warranty contained in Section
            5.12 proves to be incorrect in any respect or as a result of any
            violation of the covenant contained in Section 6.4(b); and

                  (iii) any and all other liabilities, losses, damages,
            penalties, judgments, suits, claims, costs and expenses of any kind
            or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, the reasonable
            fees and disbursements of counsel) in connection with the foregoing
            and any other investigative, administrative or judicial proceedings,
            whether or not such Indemnitee shall be designated a party thereto,
            which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such
            Indemnitee, in any manner related to or arising out of or in
            connection with the making of the Advances and the Loan Documents or
            the use or intended use of the proceeds of the Advances.

If any investigative, judicial or administrative proceeding arising from any of
the foregoing is brought against any Indemnitee, upon such Indemnitee's request,
the Borrower, or counsel designated by the Borrower and satisfactory to the
Indemnitee, will resist and defend such action, suit or proceeding to the extent
and in the manner directed by the Indemnitee, at the Borrower's sole costs and
expense. Each Indemnitee will use its best efforts to cooperate in the defense
of any such action, suit or proceeding. If the foregoing undertaking to
indemnify, defend and hold harmless may be held to be unenforceable because it
violates any law or public policy, the Borrower shall nevertheless make the
maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified
Liabilities which is permissible under

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applicable law. The Borrower's obligation under this Section 9.7 shall survive
the termination of this Agreement and the discharge of the Borrower's other
obligations hereunder.

            Section 9.8 Participants. The Lender and its participants, if any,
are not partners or joint venturers, and the Lender shall not have any liability
or responsibility for any obligation, act or omission of any of its
participants. All rights and powers specifically conferred upon the Lender may
be transferred or delegated to any of the Lender's participants, successors or
assigns.

            Section 9.9 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement and other Loan
Documents may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

            Section 9.10 Binding Effect; Assignment; Complete Agreement;
Exchanging Information. The Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the Borrower and the Lender and their respective successors and
assigns, except that the Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights
thereunder or any interest therein without the Lender's prior written consent.
This Agreement, together with the Loan Documents, comprises the complete and
integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and supersedes
all prior agreements, written or oral, on the subject matter hereof. Without
limiting the Lender's right to share information regarding the Borrower and its
Affiliates with the Lender's participants, accountants, lawyers and other
advisors, the Lender, Norwest Corporation, and all direct and indirect
subsidiaries of Norwest Corporation, may exchange any and all information they
may have in their possession regarding the Borrower and its Affiliates, and the
Borrower waives any right of confidentiality it may have with respect to such
exchange of such information.

            Section 9.11 Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this
Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the
extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof.

            Section 9.12 Headings. Article and Section headings in this
Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not
constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.

            Section 9.13 Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Venue; Waiver of Jury
Trial. The Loan Documents shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the substantive laws (other than conflict laws) of the State of Minnesota. The
parties hereto hereby (i) consent to the personal jurisdiction of the state and
federal courts located in the State of Minnesota in connection with any
controversy related to this Agreement; (ii) waive any argument that

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venue in any such forum is not convenient, (iii) agree that any litigation
initiated by the Lender or the Borrower in connection with this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents shall be venued in either the District Court of Hennepin
County, Minnesota, or the United States District Court, District of Minnesota,
Fourth Division; and (iv) agree that a final judgment in any such suit, action
or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by
suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. THE PARTIES WAIVE
ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BASED ON OR PERTAINING TO
THIS AGREEMENT.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the
date first above written.

NORWEST BUSINESS CREDIT, INC.             MICRO COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY, INC.


By _________________________________      By _________________________________
   Ron E. Gockowski                          Jeffrey S. Mathiesen
   Its Vice President                        Its Chief Financial Officer

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                         Table of Exhibits and Schedules

            Exhibit  A           Form of Revolving Note

            Exhibit  B           Compliance Certificate

            Exhibit  C           Premises

            Schedule 5.1         Trade Names, Chief Executive Office,
                                 Principal Place of Business, and Locations
                                 of Collateral

            Schedule 5.4         Subsidiaries

            Schedule 7.1         Permitted Liens

            Schedule 7.2         Permitted Indebtedness and Guaranties

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                                                Exhibit A to Credit and Security
                                                Agreement

                                 REVOLVING NOTE

$5,000,000                                                Minneapolis, Minnesota
                                                               February 17, 1998

            For value received, the undersigned, MICRO COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY,
INC., a Minnesota corporation (the "Borrower"), hereby promises to pay ON
DEMAND, and if demand is not sooner made, then as provided in the Credit
Agreement (defined below), to the order of NORWEST BUSINESS CREDIT, INC., a
Minnesota corporation (the "Lender"), at its main office in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, or at any other place designated at any time by the holder hereof, in
lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds,
the principal sum of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) or, if less, the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Advances made by the Lender
to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement (defined below) together with
interest on the principal amount hereunder remaining unpaid from time to time,
computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a 360-day year,
from the date hereof until this Note is fully paid at the rate from time to time
in effect under the Credit and Security Agreement of even date herewith (as the
same may hereafter be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement") by and between the Lender and the Borrower. The principal
hereof and interest accruing thereon shall be due and payable as provided in the
Credit Agreement. This Note may be prepaid only in accordance with the Credit
Agreement.

            This Note is issued pursuant, and is subject, to the Credit
Agreement, which provides, among other things, for acceleration hereof. This
Note is the Revolving Note referred to in the Credit Agreement. This Note is
secured, among other things, pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Security
Documents as therein defined, and may now or hereafter be secured by one or more
other security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, assignments or other
instruments or agreements.

            The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all costs of collection, including
attorneys' fees and legal expenses in the event this Note is not paid when due,
whether or not legal proceedings are commenced.

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            Presentment or other demand for payment, notice of dishonor and
protest are expressly waived.

                                           MICRO COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY,
                                             INC.


                                           By __________________________________
                                              Jeffrey S. Mathiesen
                                              Its Chief Financial Officer

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                                                Exhibit B to Credit and Security
                                                Agreement

                             COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

To:         Kate F. Wahlberg
            Norwest Business Credit, Inc.
Date:       ______________________, 199___

Subject:    Micro Component Technology, Inc.

            Financial Statements

            In accordance with our Credit and Security Agreement dated as of
February 17, 1998 (the "Credit Agreement"), attached are the financial
statements of Micro Component Technology, Inc. (the "Borrower") as of and for
________________, 19___ (the "Reporting Date") and the year-to-date period then
ended (the "Current Financials"). All terms used in this certificate have the
meanings given in the Credit Agreement.

            I certify that the Current Financials have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments, and fairly present
the Borrower's financial condition and the results of its operations as of the
date thereof.

            Events of Default. (Check one):

      [ ]   The undersigned does not have knowledge of the occurrence of a
            Default or Event of Default under the Credit Agreement.

      [ ]   The undersigned has knowledge of the occurrence of a Default or
            Event of Default under the Credit Agreement and attached hereto is a
            statement of the facts with respect thereto.

            Financial Covenants. I further hereby certify as follows:

            1. Minimum Tangible Net Worth. Pursuant to Section 6.12 of the
      Credit Agreement, as of the Reporting Date the Borrower's Tangible Net
      Worth was $____________ which [ ] satisfies [ ] does not satisfy the
      requirement that such amount be not less than $_____________ on the
      Reporting Date as set forth in table below:

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                fiscal quarter ending        Minimum Tangible Net Worth
                ---------------------        --------------------------

                  December 31, 1997                 $10,700,000

                   March 31, 1998                   $10,500,000

                   June 30, 1998                    $10,500,000

                 September 30, 1998                 $11,000,000

               December 31, 1998 and                $11,000,000
                    thereafter

            2. Maximum Net Loss. Pursuant to Section 6.13 of the Credit
      Agreement, the Borrower's Net Loss on the Reporting Date, was
      $____________, which [ ] satisfies [ ] does not satisfy the requirement
      that such amount be not more than $3,000,000 during such period.

            3. Capital Expenditures. Pursuant to Section 7.11 of the Credit
      Agreement, for the year-to-date period ending on the Reporting Date, the
      Borrower has expended or contracted to expend during the _____________
      year ended ______________, 199___, for Capital Expenditures,
      $__________________ in the aggregate and at most $______________ in any
      one transaction, which [ ] satisfies [ ] does not satisfy the requirement
      that such expenditures not exceed $__________ in the aggregate and
      $___________ for any one transaction during such year.

            4. Salaries. As of the Reporting Date, the Borrower [ ] is [ ] is
      not in compliance with Section 7.18 of the Credit Agreement concerning
      salaries.

            Attached hereto are all relevant facts in reasonable detail to
evidence, and the computations of the financial covenants referred to above.
These computations were made in accordance with GAAP.


                                            MICRO COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                                            By ____________________________
                                               Jeffrey S. Mathiesen
                                               Its Chief Financial Officer

<PAGE>


                                                Exhibit C to Credit and Security
                                                Agreement

                                    PREMISES

            The Premises referred to in the Credit and Security Agreement are
legally described as follows:

            Lot 3, Block 1, Gateway West Business Center, Roseville 2nd
            Addition, Ramsey County, Minnesota.

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                                             Schedule 5.1 to Credit and Security
                                             Agreement

Trade Names, Chief Executive Office, Principal Place of Business, and Locations
                                 of Collateral



                                   TRADE NAMES

            MCT, MCT Asia, [Inter Scientific]

                          [To be completed by Borrower]



               CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE/PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS

                              Micro Component Technology, Inc.
                              2340 West County Road C
                              St. Paul, MN 55113-2528



                     OTHER INVENTORY AND EQUIPMENT LOCATIONS

                              MCT Arizona
                              Phoenix Tech Center
                              9831 South 51st Street
                              Suite D129
                              Phoenix, AZ 85044

                              MCT West
                              324 Martin Avenue
                              Santa Clara, CA 95050

                              MCT East
                              14 Monument Square
                              Suite 001
                              Leominster, MA 01453

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                              MCT Asia
                              6 New Industrial Road
                              #5-01/02
                              Hoe Huat Industrial Building
                              Singapore, 536199

                              MCT Asia Penang
                              Lot 155A, Free Trade Zone 1
                              Bayan Lepas
                              11900, Penang
                              Malaysia

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                                             Schedule 5.4 to Credit and Security
                                             Agreement

                                  SUBSIDIARIES

                  MCT International, Inc.

                  Micro Component Technology Asia Pte. Ltd.

                  MCT Asia (Penang) Sdn. Bhd.

                  MCT (HK) Limited

                  Beijing Micro Component Technology Co. Ltd.

<PAGE>


                                             Schedule 7.1 to Credit and Security
                                             Agreement

                                 PERMITTED LIENS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
            Creditor                            Collateral                     Jurisdiction           Filing Date      Filing No.
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
<S>                               <C>                                <C>                            <C>             <C>
St. Paul Progress Corporation     MCT 1149 Tester                    MN Secretary of State          3/23/93         1573720
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
City of Shoreview                 MCT 1149.X Tester                  MN Secretary of State          3/26/93         1574676
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Advance Acceptance Corporation    CFR 3330 System with Accessories   MN Secretary of State          4/5/93          1576624
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Madic-Compufact Corporation       HP G40 computer and peripherals    MN Secretary of State          4/18/94         1666703
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Sun Microsystems Finance, Inc.    Specific Equipment                 MN Secretary of State          10/28/94        1712667
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
NBD Equipment Finance, Inc.       1 Fadal machining center           MN Secretary of State          12/11/95        1809502
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
NBD Equipment Finance, Inc.       1 Fadal vertical machining center  MN Secretary of State          4/15/96         1840028
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
NBD Equipment Finance, Inc.       Machine tool equipment             MN Secretary of State          9/16/97         1972923
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.      Blanket                            MN Secretary of State          12/23/97        1998712
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.      Blanket                            MN Secretary of State          12/23/97        1998713
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Copy Duplicating Products, Inc.   Manufacturer Pax Model 755         MN Secretary of State (filed   5/18/94         1675050
                                                                     under MCT)                     
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
City of Shoreview                 MCT 1149.X Tester                  Ramsey County, MN              3/26/93         93-000707
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------

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--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.      Blanket                            AZ Secretary of State          12/23/97        998193
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.      Blanket                            AZ Secretary of State          12/23/97        998195
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Eaton Financial Corporation       Specific Equipment                 CA Secretary of State          6/2/93          93112530
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.      Blanket                            CA Secretary of State          12/23/97        9736460013
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.      Blanket                            CA Secretary of State          12/23/97        9736460014
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.      Blanket                            MA Secretary of Commonwealth   12/23/97        518585
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.      Blanket                            MA Secretary of Commonwealth   12/23/97        518588
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.      Blanket                            Leominster Town, MA            12/24/97        292-97-98
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.      Blanket                            Leominster Town, MA            12/24/97        293-97-98
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Commissioner of Taxation and      Tax Lien - $10,000                 Albany County, NY              7/19/95         W95-6462
Finance                           
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Commissioner of Taxation and      Tax Lien - $4,151.92               Albany County, NY              7/19/95         W95-6463
Finance                           
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.      Blanket                            TX Secretary of State          12/31/97        9700264744
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.      Blanket                            TX Secretary of State          12/31/97        9700264747
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ---------------

</TABLE>

<PAGE>


                                             Schedule 7.2 to Credit and Security
                                             Agreement

                      PERMITTED INDEBTEDNESS AND GUARANTIES
                      -------------------------------------



                                  Indebtedness



     Creditor        Principal      Maturity     Monthly          Collateral
     --------        ---------      --------     -------          ----------
                      Amount          Date       Payment
                      ------          ----       -------

St. Paul Progress    $200,000      March 22,     $1166.67    1149 Tester, Serial
   Corporation                       1998                       # 1149-1001







                                   Guaranties
                                   ----------

                                      None.