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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.1

                           FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
                             REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE


$15,000,000.00                                                   March 15, 1998


       FOR VALUE RECEIVED, PMC CAPITAL, INC., a Texas corporation ("BORROWER"),
does hereby unconditionally promise to pay to the order of BANK ONE, TEXAS,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ("BANK"), at its offices in Dallas County, Texas at 1717
Main Street, Dallas, Texas 75201, Attention: Alan Miller.  The principal amount
of FIFTEEN MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($15,000,000.00) ("TOTAL PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT"), or such amount less than the Total Principal Amount which is
outstanding from time to time if the total amount outstanding hereunder is less
than the Total Principal Amount, in lawful money of the United States of
America, together with interest on such portion of the Total Principal Amount
which has been drawn until paid at the rates per annum provided below.

       1.     Definitions.  For purposes of this Note, unless the context
otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the definitions assigned to
such terms as follows:

              "ADJUSTED BASE RATE" shall mean a rate equal to the remainder of
       (a) the Base Rate, less (b) one-half of one percent (.5%) per annum.

              "ADJUSTED LIBOR RATE" shall mean with respect to each Interest
       Period, on any day thereof, an amount equal to the sum of (a) one and
       three fourths percent (1.75%), plus, (b) the quotient of (i) the LIBOR
       Rate with respect to such Interest Period, divided by (ii) the remainder
       of 1.0 less the Reserve Requirement in effect on such day.  Each
       determination by Bank of the Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall, in the absence
       of manifest error, be conclusive and binding.

              "ADVANCE" shall mean an advance of Loan proceeds made by the Bank
       pursuant to the Loan Agreement.

              "BASE RATE" shall mean the Prime Rate of interest per annum as
       published from time to time in Money Rates in The Wall Street Journal
       (or if such Prime Rate is not published in The Wall Street Journal, such
       other comparable rate of interest selected by the Bank in its sole
       discretion and published in a comparable financial publication).

              "BASE RATE BALANCE" shall mean that portion of the principal
       balance of this Note bearing interest at a rate based upon the Adjusted
       Base Rate.

              "BUSINESS DAY" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday
       or any other day on which national banking associations are authorized
       to be closed.
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              "CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS" shall mean, with respect to Borrower's
       payment of all or any portion of the then outstanding principal amount
       of any LIBOR Balance on a day other than the last day of the Interest
       Period related thereto, any loss, cost or expense incurred by Bank in
       redepositing such principal amount, including the sum of (a) the
       interest which, but for such payment, Bank would have earned in respect
       of such principal amount so paid, for the remainder of the Interest
       Period applicable to such sum, reduced, if Bank is able to redeposit
       such principal amount so paid for the balance of such Interest Period,
       by the interest earned by Bank as a result of so redepositing such
       principal amount plus (b) any expense or penalty incurred by Bank on
       redepositing such principal amount.

              "CONTRACT RATE" shall mean a rate of interest based upon the
       Adjusted LIBOR Rate or Adjusted Base Rate in effect at any time pursuant
       to an Interest Notice.

              "DEFAULT" shall mean an event which, with the giving of notice or
       the passage of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

              "DEFAULT RATE" shall mean the Base Rate plus five percent (5%)
       per annum.

              "DOLLARS" shall mean lawful currency of the United States of
       America.

              "EVENT OF DEFAULT" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
       in the Loan Agreement.

              "EXCESS INTEREST AMOUNT" shall mean, on any date, the amount by
       which (a) the  amount of all interest which would have accrued prior to
       such date on the principal of this Note, had the applicable Contract
       Rate at all times been in effect without limitation by the Maximum Rate,
       exceeds (b) the aggregate amount or interest accrued on this Note on or
       prior to such date.

              "INTEREST NOTICE" shall mean a notice given by Borrower to Bank
       of an Interest Option selected hereunder.  Each Interest Notice shall
       specify the Interest Option selected, the amount of the unpaid principal
       balance of this Note to bear interest at the rate selected and, if the
       Adjusted LIBOR Rate is specified, the length of the applicable Interest
       Period.  An Interest Notice may be written or oral (if promptly
       confirmed thereafter in writing), and Bank is hereby authorized and
       directed to honor all telephonic Interest Notices from any person
       authorized to request advances hereunder.

              "INTEREST OPTION" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
       PARAGRAPH 6 hereof.





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              "INTEREST PAYMENT DATE" shall mean (a) in the case of the Base
       Rate Balance, the first day of each October, January, April and July
       occurring prior to the Maturity Date and (b) in the case of any LIBOR
       Balance, the last day of the corresponding Interest Period with respect
       to such LIBOR Balance and the Maturity Date.

              "INTEREST PERIOD" shall mean with respect to any LIBOR Balance, a
       period commencing: (a) on any date which, pursuant to an Interest
       Notice, the principal amount of such LIBOR Balance begins to accrue
       interest at the Adjusted LIBOR Rate, or (b) the Business Day following
       the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period in the case of
       a rollover to a successive Interest Period and ending 30, 60 or 90 days
       thereafter as Borrower shall elect in accordance with the provisions
       hereof; provided, that: (i) any Interest Period which would otherwise
       end on a day which is not a LIBOR Business Day shall be extended to the
       succeeding LIBOR Business Day; and (ii) any Interest Period which would
       otherwise end after the Maturity Date shall end on the Maturity Date.

              "LIBOR BALANCE" shall mean any principal balance of this Note
       which, pursuant to an Interest Notice, bears interest at a rate based
       upon the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for the Interest Period specified in such
       Interest Notice.

              "LIBOR BUSINESS DAY" shall mean a day on which dealings in
       Dollars are carried out in the London interbank Eurodollar market.

              "LIBOR RATE" shall mean, with respect to each Interest Period,
       the offered rate for U.S. Dollar deposits of not less than $1,000,000.00
       as of 11:00 a.m. City of London, England time two (2) LIBOR Business
       Days prior to the first date of each Interest Period of this Note as
       shown on the display designated as "BRITISH BANKERS ASSOCIATION INTEREST
       SETTLEMENT RATES" on the Telerate System ("TELERATE"), Page 3750 or Page
       3740, or such other page or pages as may replace such pages on Telerate
       for the purposes of displaying such rate.  Provided, however, that if
       such rate is not available on Telerate then such offered rate shall be
       otherwise independently determined by Bank from an alternate,
       substantially similar independent source available to Bank or shall be
       calculated by Bank by a substantially similar methodology as that
       theretofore used to determine such offered rate in Telerate.

              "LOAN AGREEMENT" shall mean that certain Loan Agreement dated as
       of May 15, 1996, by and between Bank and Borrower, as amended by that
       certain Modification of Loan Agreement dated as of August 20, 1996, and
       that certain Second Amendment to Loan Agreement and Amendment to Loan
       Documents and Renewal and Extension of Loan dated to be effective as of
       March 15, 1998, each of which was entered into by the Bank and the
       Borrower, as the foregoing may, from time to time hereafter, be further
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       increased, restated, supplemented, amended or otherwise modified.

              "LOAN DOCUMENTS" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
       the Loan Agreement.

              "MATURITY DATE" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
       the Loan Agreement.

              "MAXIMUM RATE" shall mean, with respect to the holder hereof, the
       maximum nonusurious interest rate, if any, that at any time, or from
       time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged, or
       received on the indebtedness evidenced by this Note under the laws which
       are presently in effect in the United States and the State of Texas
       applicable to such holder and such indebtedness or, to the extent
       permitted by law, under such applicable laws of the United States and
       the State of Texas which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a
       higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow.
       To the extent that Chapter 303 of the Texas Finance Code is relevant to
       any holder of this Note for the purposes of determining the Maximum
       Rate, each such holder elects to determine such applicable legal rate
       pursuant to the "weekly ceiling," from time to time in effect, as
       specified in Chapter 303 and subject to any right such holder may have
       subsequently, under applicable law, to change the method of determining
       the Maximum Rate.  If no Maximum Rate is established by applicable law,
       then the Maximum Rate shall be equal to eighteen percent (18%) per
       annum.

              "REGULATION D" shall mean Regulation D of the Board of Governors
       of the Federal Reserve System from time to time in effect and shall
       include any successor or other regulation relating to reserve
       requirements applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.

              "RESERVE REQUIREMENT" shall, on any day, mean that percentage
       (expressed as a decimal fraction) which is in effect on such day, as
       provided by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any
       successor governmental body) for determining the reserve requirements
       (including, without limitation, basic, supplemental, marginal and
       emergency reserves) under Regulation D with respect to "Eurocurrency
       liabilities" as currently defined in Regulation D, or under any similar
       or successor regulation.  For purposes of this definition, any LIBOR
       Balances hereunder shall be deemed "Eurocurrency liabilities" under
       Regulation D without benefit of or credit for prorations, exemptions or
       offsets under Regulation D.  Bank's determination of the Reserve
       Requirement shall be conclusive.





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       2.     Payments of Interest and Principal.  Interest on the unpaid
principal balance of this Note shall be due and payable on each Interest
Payment Date as it accrues.  The entire unpaid principal balance of this Note,
and all accrued but unpaid interest hereon, shall be due and payable on the
Maturity Date.





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       3.     Rates of Interest.  The unpaid principal of the Base Rate Balance
shall bear interest at a rate per annum which shall from day to day be equal to
the lesser of (a) the Adjusted Base Rate in effect from day to day, or (b) the
Maximum Rate.  The unpaid principal of each LIBOR Balance shall bear interest
at a rate per annum which shall from day to day be equal to the lessor of (i)
the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for the Interest Period in effect with respect to such
LIBOR Balance, or (ii) the Maximum Rate.  Each change in the interest rate
applicable to a Base Rate Balance shall become effective without prior notice
to Borrower automatically as of the opening of business on the date of such
change in the Adjusted Base Rate.  Interest on this Note shall be calculated on
the basis of the actual days elapsed in a year consisting of 365/366 days.

       4.     Interest Recapture.  If on each Interest Payment Date or any
other date on which interest payments are required hereunder, Bank does not
receive interest on this Note computed at the Contract Rate because such
Contract Rate exceeds or has exceeded the Maximum Rate, then Borrower shall,
upon the written demand of Bank, pay to Bank in addition to the interest
otherwise required to be paid hereunder, on each Interest Payment Date
thereafter, the Excess Interest Amount (calculated as of such later Interest
Payment Date); provided that in no event shall Borrower be required to pay, for
any Interest Period, interest at a rate exceeding the Maximum Rate effective
during such period.

       5.     Interest on Past Due Amounts.  Subject to the limitations on
interest, if applicable, set forth in this Note and the Loan Agreement, to the
extent any interest is not paid on or before the fifth (5) day after it becomes
due and payable, Bank may, at its option, add such accrued but unpaid interest
to the principal of this Note.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, all past due principal of this Note and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, past due interest on this Note shall, at the option of Bank,
bear interest at the Default Rate until paid.

       6.     Interest Option.  Subject to the provisions hereof, Borrower
shall have the option (an "INTEREST OPTION") of having designated portions of
the unpaid principal balance of this Note bear interest at a rate based upon
the Adjusted LIBOR Rate or Adjusted Base Rate as provided in PARAGRAPH 3
hereof; provided, however, that the selection of the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for a
particular Interest Period shall not be for less than $100,000.00 of unpaid
principal or an integral multiple thereof.  The Interest Option shall be
exercised in the manner provided below:

              a.     At Time of Borrowing.  Contemporaneously with each request
       for an advance by Borrower under PARAGRAPH 9 herein, Borrower shall give
       Bank an Interest Notice indicating the initial Interest Option selected
       with respect to the principal balance of such advance.

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       Interest Period, Borrower shall give Bank an Interest Notice indicating
       the Interest Option to be applicable to the corresponding LIBOR Balance
       upon the expiration of such Interest Period.  If the required Interest
       Notice shall not have been timely received by Bank prior to the
       expiration of the then-relevant Interest Period, Borrower shall be
       deemed to have selected a rate based upon the Adjusted Base Rate to be
       applicable to such LIBOR Balance upon the expiration of such Interest
       Period and to have given Bank notice of such selection.

              c.     Conversion From Adjusted Base Rate.  During any period in
       which any portion of the principal hereof bears interest at a rate based
       upon the Adjusted Base Rate, Borrower shall have the right, on any
       Business Day (the "CONVERSION DATE"), to convert all or a portion of
       such principal amount from the Base Rate Balance to a LIBOR Balance by
       giving Bank an Interest Notice of such selection on or before such
       Conversion Date.

An Interest Notice may be in writing.  All written Interest Notices are
effective only upon receipt by Bank.  Each Interest Notice shall be irrevocable
and binding upon Borrower.

       7.     Special Provisions For LIBOR Pricing.

              a.     Inadequacy of LIBOR Loan Pricing.  If Bank determines
       that, by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank Eurodollar
       market generally, deposits in Dollars (in the applicable amounts) are
       not being offered to United States financial institutions in the
       interbank Eurodollar market for such Interest Period, or that the rate
       at which such Dollar deposits are being offered will not adequately and
       fairly reflect the cost to Bank of making or maintaining a LIBOR Balance
       for the applicable Interest Period.  Bank shall forthwith give notice
       thereof to Borrower, whereupon until Bank notifies Borrower that the
       circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, (i) the
       right of Borrower to select an Interest Option based upon the LIBOR Rate
       shall be suspended, and (ii) Borrower shall be deemed to have converted
       each LIBOR Balance to the Base Rate Balance in accordance with the
       provisions hereof on the last day of the then-current Interest Period
       applicable to such LIBOR Balance.

              b.     Illegality.  If the adoption of any applicable law, rule,
       regulation, or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation
       or administration thereof by any GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY (as such term is
       defined in the Loan Agreement), central bank or comparable agency
       charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance
       by Bank with any request or directive (whether or not having the force
       of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency shall
       make it unlawful or impossible for Bank to make or maintain a LIBOR
       Balance, Bank shall notify Borrower.  Upon receipt of such notice,
       Borrower shall be deemed to have converted any LIBOR Balance to the Base
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       Balance, on either (i) the last day of the then-current Interest Period
       applicable to such LIBOR Balance if Bank may lawfully continue to
       maintain and fund such LIBOR Balance to such day, or (ii) immediately,
       if Bank may not lawfully continue to maintain such LIBOR Balance to such
       day.





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       8.     Extension, Place and Application of Payments.  Should the
principal of, or any interest on, this Note become due and payable on any day
other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day, and interest shall be payable with respect to such
extension.  All payments of principal of, and interest on, this Note shall be
made in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available
funds.  Payments made to Bank by Borrower hereunder shall be applied in such
order of priority as Bank, in its sole discretion, may elect including, without
limitation, first to accrued but unpaid interest and then to outstanding
principal.

       9.     Advances.  Subject to the terms of this Note and the Loan
Agreement, Borrower may request Advances hereunder and make payments from time
to time during the term of this Note.  The unpaid balance of this Note shall
increase and decrease with each new Advance or payment hereunder as the case
may be. This Note shall not be deemed terminated or cancelled prior to the
Maturity Date although the entire principal balance hereof may from time to
time be paid in full.  Subject to the provisions of this Note and the Loan
Agreement, Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow hereunder from the date
hereof until the Maturity Date.  Each Advance hereunder shall be in an amount
not less than $100,000.00 or an integral multiple thereof.  Requests for
Advances shall be submitted to Bank in accordance with the Loan Agreement.  In
addition to the Request for Advance (as such term is defined in the Loan
Agreement) required by the Loan Agreement, each request for an Advance
hereunder must be accompanied by an Interest Notice for the funds to be
advanced hereunder; provided, however, if an Interest Notice does not accompany
an Advance request, Borrower shall be deemed to have designated the Adjusted
Base Rate.  Each request for an Advance by Borrower hereunder shall be
irrevocable and binding on Borrower.

       10.    Loan Agreement.  This Note is subject to the terms and provisions
of the Loan Agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference for all
purposes.  The holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits provided in the
Loan Agreement and to all of the liens, benefits, rights and privileges set
forth in or otherwise arising under any and all Loan Documents.  Unless
otherwise expressly defined herein, terms that are used in this Note which
begin with an initial capital letter (including, without limitation, the term
"LOAN DOCUMENTS") shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Loan
Agreement.  Reference is made to the Loan Agreement for a statement of certain
of the rights of the holder of this Note and for other purposes provided
herein.  Reference is also made to the Loan Agreement for a statement of
certain terms and provisions relevant to this Note but not contained herein,
including, without limitation, Events of Default.  Neither the reference to the
Loan Agreement nor the reference to any terms or provisions thereof shall,
however, affect or impair the absolute and unconditional obligation of the
Borrower to pay the principal of and interest on this Note when due and
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       11.    Prepayments; Consequential Loss.  Any prepayment made hereunder
shall be made together with all interest accrued but unpaid on this Note
through the date of such prepayment.  Contemporaneously with each prepayment of
principal, Borrower shall give Bank written notice indicating whether such
prepayment is to be applied to the Base Rate Balance or a particular LIBOR
Balance.  If such notice is not timely received by Bank, Borrower shall be
deemed to have selected to prepay the Base Rate Balance and, if any sums remain
after satisfying all of the Base Rate Balance, the remaining sums shall be
applied to any LIBOR Balance(s) that Bank determines in its sole discretion.
If Borrower makes any payment of principal with respect to any LIBOR Balance on
any day prior to the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR
Balance, Borrower shall reimburse Bank on demand for the Consequential Loss
incurred by Bank as a result of the timing of such payment.  A certificate of
Bank setting forth the basis for the determination of a Consequential Loss
shall be delivered to Borrower and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive and binding as to such determination and amount.

       12.    Additional Costs.  Borrower agrees to pay to Bank all Additional
Costs within ten (10) days of receipt by Borrower from Bank of a statement
setting forth the amount or amounts due and the basis for the determination
from time to time of such amount or amounts, which statement shall be
conclusive and binding upon Borrower absent manifest error.  Failure on the
part of Bank to demand compensation for any Additional Costs in any Interest
Period shall not constitute a waiver of Bank's right to demand compensation for
any Additional Costs incurred during any such Interest Period or in any other
subsequent or prior Interest Period.  The term "ADDITIONAL COSTS" shall mean
such additional amount or amounts as Bank shall reasonably determine will
compensate Bank for actual costs incurred by Bank in maintaining LIBOR Rates on
the LIBOR Balances or any portion thereof as a result of any change after the
date of this Note in any applicable law, rule or regulation or in the
interpretation or administration thereof by, or the compliance by Bank with any
request or directive from any domestic or foreign court changing the basis of
taxation of payments to Bank of the LIBOR Balances or interest on the LIBOR
Balances or any portion thereof at an Adjusted LIBOR Rate or any other fees or
amounts payable under this Note or the Loan Agreement (other than taxes imposed
on all or any portion of the overall net income of Bank by the State of Texas
or the Federal government), or imposing, modifying or applying any reserve,
special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for
the account of, credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds for loans
by Bank, or imposing on Bank, as the case may be, or on the London interbank
market any other condition affecting this Note, the Loan Agreement or the LIBOR
Balances so as to increase the cost of Bank making or maintaining Adjusted
LIBOR Rates with respect to the LIBOR Balances or any portion thereof or to
reduce the amount or any sum received or receivable by Bank under this Note or
the Loan Agreement (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), by an amount
deemed by Bank in good faith to be material, but without duplication for
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       13.    Notices.   Except as otherwise specified herein, all notices and
requests required or permitted hereunder shall be given in accordance with
SECTION 9.1 of the Loan Agreement.


       14.    Legal Fees.  If this Note is placed in the hands of any attorney
for collection, or if it is collected through any legal proceeding at law or in
equity or in bankruptcy, receivership or other court proceedings, Borrower
agrees to pay all costs of collection including, but not limited to, court
costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.

       15.    Waivers.  Borrower and each surety, endorser, guarantor and any
other party ever liable for payment of any sums of money payable on this Note,
jointly or severally, waive presentment and demand for payment, protest, notice
of protest, intention to accelerate, acceleration and non-payment, or other
notice of default, and agree that their liability under this Note shall not be
affected by any renewal or extension in the time of payment hereof, or in any
indulgences, or by any release or change in any security for the payment of
this Note, and hereby consent to any and all renewals, extensions, indulgences,
releases or changes, regardless of the number of such renewals, extensions,
indulgences, releases or changes; provided, however, this Note may not be
amended or modified except by a written instrument signed by the Borrower and
the holder hereof.  No waiver by Bank of any of its rights or remedies
hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise shall be considered a
waiver of any other subsequent right or remedy of Bank; no delay or omission in
the exercise or enforcement by Bank of any rights or remedies shall ever be
construed as a waiver of any right or remedy of Bank, and no exercise or
enforcement of any such rights or remedies shall ever be held to exhaust any
right or remedy of Bank.

       16.    Remedies.  Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default or event
which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would
constitute an Event of Default ("DEFAULT") that is not cured within the time,
if any, provided for in the Loan Documents, the holder hereof shall be entitled
to exercise any or all rights and remedies available to the holder under the
Loan Agreement and other Loan Documents and at law and in equity including,
without limitation, at its option, (a) following the occurrence of an Event of
Default, the right to declare the entire unpaid balance of principal and
accrued but unpaid interest on this Note to be immediately due and payable, and
(b) following the occurrence of a Default, the right to refuse to advance
additional amounts under this Note.

       17.    Spreading.  Any provision herein, or in any document securing
this Note, or any other document executed or delivered in connection herewith,
or in any other agreement or commitment, whether written or oral, expressed or
implied, to the contrary notwithstanding, neither Bank nor any holder hereof
shall in any event be entitled to receive or collect, nor shall or may amounts
received hereunder be credited, so that Bank or any holder hereof shall be
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the maximum amount permitted by applicable law to be charged to the person,
partnership, firm or corporation primarily obligated to pay this Note at the
time in question.  If any construction of this Note or any document securing
this Note, or any and all other papers, agreements or commitments, indicate a
different right given to Bank or any holder hereof to ask for, demand or
receive any larger sum as interest, such is a mistake in calculation or wording
which this clause shall override and control, it being the intention of the
parties that this Note, and all other instruments securing the payment of this
Note or executed or delivered in connection herewith shall in all things comply
with the applicable law and proper adjustments shall automatically be made
accordingly.  In the event that Bank or any holder hereof ever receives,
collects or applies as interest, any sum in excess of the Maximum Rate, if any,
such excess amount shall be applied to the reduction of the unpaid principal
balance of this Note, and if this Note is paid in full, any remaining excess
shall be paid to Borrower.  In determining whether or not the interest paid or
payable, under any specific contingency, exceeds the Maximum Rate, if any,
Borrower and Bank or any holder hereof shall, to the maximum extent permitted
under applicable law: (a) characterize any non-principal payment as an expense
or fee rather than as interest; (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the
effects thereof; (c) "spread" the total amount of interest throughout the
entire term of this Note; provided that if this Note is paid and performed in
full prior to the end of the actual period of existence thereof exceeds the
Maximum Rate, if any, Bank or any holder hereof shall refund to Borrower (or to
such other person who may be entitled thereto by law) the amount of such
excess, or credit the amount of such excess against the aggregate unpaid
principal balance of all advances made by the Bank or any holder hereof under
this Note at the time in question.

       18.    CHOICE OF LAW.  THIS NOTE IS BEING EXECUTED AND DELIVERED, AND IS
INTENDED TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.  EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES MAY APPLY TO THE TERMS HEREOF, THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF TEXAS SHALL GOVERN THE VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION, ENFORCEMENT AND
INTERPRETATION OF THIS NOTE.  IN THE EVENT OF A DISPUTE INVOLVING THIS NOTE OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, THE UNDERSIGNED IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT VENUE FOR SUCH
DISPUTE SHALL LIE IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN DALLAS COUNTY,
TEXAS.

       19.    Amendment and Restatement.  This Note renews and extends the
principal and accrued unpaid interest as of the date hereof under that certain
Promissory Note dated May 12, 1996, executed by Borrower and payable to the
order of Bank in the maximum  principal amount of $15,000,000 (the "PRIOR
NOTE").  The first payment of interest under this Note shall include accrued
and unpaid interest which accrued prior to the date hereof under the Prior
Note.  This Note amends and restates and is given in substitution and
replacement for the Prior Note but not in extinguishment of or as a novation of
the indebtedness evidenced by the Prior Note.



                                   PMC CAPITAL, INC., a Texas corporation


                                   By:
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