SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                   Washington, D.C.


          SECURITIES   AND   EXCHANGE   COMMISSION  v.  COMPARATOR  SYSTEMS
          CORPORATION, ROBERT REED ROGERS,  SCOTT  HITT AND GREGORY ARMIJO,
          Civil Action No. 96-3856 (LGB) (JGx) (C.D. Cal.)

          Litigation Release No. 15855 /  August 20, 1998

          Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release No. 1068 / August 20,
          1998

          The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission  announced today that
          on August 14, 1998, the Honorable Lourdes G. Baird, United States
          District Judge, entered Supplemental Judgments against defendants
          Robert Reed Rogers and Gregory Armijo.  Rogers  was  formerly the
          chairman,  chief  executive  officer  and treasurer of Comparator
          Systems   Corporation   ("Comparator");   Armijo   was   formerly
          Comparator's vice president for operations,  corporate  secretary
          and   a   member   of   Comparator's  board  of  directors.   The
          Supplemental Judgment against  defendant  Rogers  orders  him  to
          disgorge $263,106 in salary from Comparator, $4,469.50 in profits
          from  the  sale  of stock in Comparator Systems Corporation by an
          entity known as the Talisman trust, and $29,921.17 in prejudgment
          interest on those  amounts.   Rogers also was ordered to disgorge
          30,536,575 shares of Comparator  stock  and  to disavow all debts
          owed to him by Comparator and incurred during  the period covered
          by the Commission's Complaint.  The Supplemental Judgment against
          defendant Armijo orders him to disgorge $106,401  in  salary from
          Comparator,  $9,990  from  the  sale  of  Comparator  stock,  and
          $13,038.06 in prejudgment interest on those amounts.  Armijo also
          was  ordered to disgorge 3,579,816 shares of Comparator stock and
          to disavow  all  debts  owed  to  him  by Comparator and incurred
          during  the  period covered by the Commission's  Complaint.   The
          injunctive relief  and  the  officer  and  director  bars ordered
          against defendants Rogers and Armijo on September 18, 1996 remain
          in full force and effect; the Commission withdrew its  claim  for
          civil money penalties against those defendants.

          The  Commission  also  announced  today that on May 18, 1998, the
          Court entered a Final Judgment of Permanent  Injunction and Other
          Relief  by  Default  Against  Defendant  Scott  Hitt.   Hitt  was
          formerly Comparator's executive vice president and  a  member  of
          Comparator's  board  of  directors.   That  Judgment  permanently
          restrains  and  enjoins  defendant Hitt from violating the  anti-
          fraud,  reporting,  and  books  and  records  provisions  of  the
          securities laws, specifically Section 17(a) of the Securities Act
          of 1933 and Sections 10(b),  13(a), 13(b)(2)(A)-(B), and 13(b)(5)
          of the Securities Exchange Act  of  1934  and Rules 10b-5, 13a-1,
          13a-13,  13b2-1,  and  12b-20  thereunder.   The   judgment  also
          permanently bars Hitt from serving in the future as an officer or
          director  of  any  public  corporation;  orders  him  to disgorge
          $516,614.31   along   with  prejudgment  interest  of  $87,635.35
          thereon; orders him to pay a civil money penalty in the amount of
          $516,614.31; and continues the freezes on Hitt's assets.

          The Complaint, filed on  May  31,  1996,  alleged that Comparator
          issued false and misleading financial statements  for  the fiscal
          years  ending  June 30, 1994 and June 30, 1995 and for the  first
          three quarters of  fiscal  year  1996, which grossly inflated the
          company's assets throughout that period.   The  Complaint further
          alleges   that   defendants  Rogers,  Armijo,  and  Hitt   caused
          Comparator to file  these  false  financial  statements  for  the
          purpose  of enabling Comparator common stock to remain listed for
          trading on  the  Nasdaq  SmallCap Market System and to facilitate
          the sale of Comparator common stock to the public.

          The Commission's investigation  is  continuing as to other issues
          concerning Comparator and trading in  its  securities.   See also
          Litigation   Release   No.  14927  and  Accounting  and  Auditing
          Enforcement Release No.  786,  dated  May  31,  1996;  Litigation
          Release No. 14979 and Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release
          No. 801, dated July 11, 1996; Securities Exchange Act Release No.
          37702  and  Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release No.  818,
          dated September  19,  1996;  and Litigation Release No. 15056 and
          Accounting  and  Auditing  Enforcement  Release  No.  819,  dated
          September 19, 1996.