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EXHIBIT 23.1
[LETTERHEAD OF KPMG LLP]
Consent of Independent Auditors
The Board of Directors
inTEST Corporation
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
dated August 4, 2000 on Form S-8 of inTEST Corporation of our report dated
May 5, 2000, with respect to the restated consolidated balance sheets of
inTEST Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the
related restated consolidated statement of earnings, comprehensive earnings,
stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1999, which report appears in the Form 8-K/A of
inTEST Corporation dated March 9, 2000.
August 4, 2000 KPMG LLP
/s/ KPMG LLP
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania