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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                         ENDGATE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

                             1992 STOCK OPTION PLAN

             ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1992
              AND APPROVED BY THE STOCKHOLDERS ON FEBRUARY 18, 1993
              AMENDED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON JANUARY 19, 1994
                AND APPROVED BY THE STOCKHOLDERS ON MAY 10, 1994
               AMENDED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON JULY 30, 1997
                       AND APPROVED BY THE STOCKHOLDERS ON
               AMENDED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON MARCH 27, 1998
               AND APPROVED BY THE STOCKHOLDERS ON MARCH 27, 1998
                AMENDED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON MAY 27, 1998
               AMENDED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON APRIL 22, 1999
               AND APPROVED BY THE STOCKHOLDERS ON APRIL 22, 1999

1.       PURPOSES.

         (a)  The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which
selected Employees and Directors of and Consultants to the Company, and its
Affiliates, may be given an opportunity to purchase stock of the Company.

         (b)  The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of
persons who are now Employees or Directors of or Consultants to the Company, to
secure and retain the services of new Employees, Directors and Consultants, and
to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success
of the Company.

         (c)  The Company intends that the Options issued under the Plan shall,
in the discretion of the Board or any Committee to which responsibility for
administration of the Plan has been delegated pursuant to subsection 3(c), be
either Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options. All Options shall
be separately designated Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options
at the time of grant, and in such form as issued pursuant to section 6, and a
separate certificate or certificates will be issued for shares purchased on
exercise of each type of Option.

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2.       DEFINITIONS.

         (a)  "AFFILIATE" means any parent corporation or subsidiary
corporation, whether now or hereafter existing, as those terms are defined in
Sections 424(e) and (f) respectively, of the Code.

         (b)  "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

         (c)  "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

         (d)  "COMMITTEE"  means a Committee  appointed by the Board in
accordance  with subsection 3(c) of the Plan.

         (e)  "COMPANY" means Endgate Technology Corporation, a California
corporation.

         (f)  "CONSULTANT" means any person, including an advisor, engaged by
the Company or an Affiliate to render consulting or advisory services and who is
compensated for such services, PROVIDED that the term "Consultant" shall not
include Directors who are paid only a director's fee by the Company or who are
not compensated by the Company for their services as Directors.

         (g)  "CONTINUOUS STATUS AS AN EMPLOYEE, DIRECTOR OR CONSULTANT"
means the employment or relationship as a Director or Consultant is not
interrupted or terminated by the Company or any Affiliate. The Board, in its
sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous Status as an Employee,
Director or Consultant shall be considered interrupted in the case of: (i) any
leave of absence approved by the Board, including sick leave, military leave, or
any other personal leave; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for purposes of Incentive
Stock Options, any such leave may not exceed ninety (90) days, unless
reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract
(including certain Company policies) or statute; or (ii) transfers between
locations of the Company or between the Company, Affiliates or its successor.

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         (h)  "DIRECTOR" means a member of the Board.

         (i)  "DISINTERESTED PERSON" means a Director: (i) who was not during
the one year prior to service as an administrator of the Plan granted or awarded
equity securities pursuant to the Plan or any other plan of the Company or any
of its affiliates entitling the participants therein to acquire equity
securities of the Company or any of its affiliates except as permitted by Rule
16b-3(c)(2)(i); or (ii) who is otherwise considered to be a "disinterested
person" in accordance with Rule 16b-3(c)(2)(i), or any other applicable rules,
regulations or interpretations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

         (j)  "EMPLOYEE" means any person, including Officers and Directors,
employed by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company. Neither service as a
Director nor payment of a director's fee by the Company shall be sufficient to
constitute "employment" by the Company.

         (k)  "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.

         (l)  "FAIR  MARKET  VALUE"  means,  as of any  date,  the  value of the
common stock of the Company determined as follows:

              (1)  If the common stock is listed on any established stock
exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the National
Market System of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated
Quotation ("NASDAQ") System, the Fair Market Value of a share of common stock
shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales
were reported) as quoted on such system or exchange (or the exchange with the
greatest volume of trading in common stock) on the last market trading day prior
to the day of determination, as reporting in the Wall Street Journal or such
other source as the Board deems reliable;

              (2)  If the common stock is quoted on the NASDAQ System (but not
on the National Market System thereof) or is regularly quoted by a recognized
securities dealer but

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selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a share of common
stock shall be the mean between the high bid and high asked prices for the
common stock on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination,
as reported in the Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems
reliable;

              (3)  In the absence of an established market for the common stock,
 the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Board.

         (m)  "INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION" means an Option intended to qualify as an
incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the
regulations promulgated thereunder.

         (n)  "NONSTATUTORY  STOCK  OPTION"  means an Option not  intended  to
qualify  as an  Incentive  Stock Option.

         (o)  "OFFICER" means a person who is an officer of the Company within
the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.

         (p)  "OPTION" means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.

         (q)  "OPTION AGREEMENT" means a written agreement between the Company
and an Optionee evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option
grant. The Option Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

         (r)  "OPTIONED STOCK" means the common stock of the Company subject to
an Option.

         (s)  "OPTIONEE" means an Employee, Director or Consultant who holds an
outstanding Option.

         (t)  "PLAN" means this 1992 Stock Option Plan.

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         (u)  "RULE 16B-3" means Rule 16b-3 of the  Exchange Act or any
successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect when discretion is being exercised with
respect to the Plan.

3.       ADMINISTRATION.

         (a)  The Plan shall be administered by the Board unless and until the
Board delegates administration to a Committee, as provided in subsection 3 (c).

         (b)  The Board  shall  have the  power,  subject  to, and  within  the
limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:

              (1)  To determine from time to time which of the persons eligible
under the Plan shall be granted Options; when and how the Option shall be
granted; whether the Option will be an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory
Stock Option; the provisions of each Option granted (which need not be
identical), including the time or times such Option may be exercised in whole or
in part; and the number of shares for which an Option shall be granted to each
such person.

              (2)  To construe and interpret the Plan and Options granted under
it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for its
administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any
defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Option Agreement, in a
manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan
fully effective.

              (3)  To amend the Plan as provided in Section 11.

         (c)  The Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a committee
composed of not fewer than two (2) members (the "Committee"), all of the members
of which Committee shall be disinterested persons, if required and as defined by
the provisions of subsection 3(d). If administration is delegated to a
Committee, the Committee shall have, in connection with the administration of
the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed by the Board (and references in this

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Plan to the Board shall thereafter be to the Committee), subject, however, to
such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be
adopted from time to time by the Board. The Board may abolish the Committee at
any time and revest in the Board the administration of the Plan. Additionally,
prior to the date of the first registration of an equity security of the Company
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, the Board may delegate administration of the Plan to
any person or persons and the term "Committee" shall apply to any person or
persons to whom such authority has been delegated.

         (d)  Any requirement that an administrator of the Plan be a
Disinterested Person shall not apply (i) prior to the date of the first
registration of an equity security of the Company under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act, or (ii) if the Board or the Committee expressly declares that such
requirement shall not apply. Any Disinterested Person shall otherwise comply
with the requirements of Rule 16b-3.

4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.

         (a)  Subject to the provisions of Section 10 relating to adjustments
upon changes in stock, the stock that may be sold pursuant to Options shall not
exceed in the aggregate nine million one hundred eighty-four thousand fifty-five
(9,184,055) shares of the Company's common stock. If any Option shall for any
reason expire or otherwise terminate without having been exercised in full, the
stock not purchased under such Option shall again become available for the Plan.

         (b)  The stock subject to the Plan may be unissued shares or reacquired
shares, bought on the market or otherwise.

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5.       ELIGIBILITY.

         (a)  Incentive  Stock  Options may be granted only to  Employees.
Nonstatutory Stock Options may be granted only to Employees, Directors or
Consultants.

         (b)  A Director shall in no event be eligible for the benefits of the
Plan unless at the time discretion is exercised in the selection of the Director
as a person to whom Options may be granted, or in the determination of the
number of shares which may be covered by Options granted to the Director: (i)
the Board has delegated its discretionary authority over the Plan to a Committee
which consists solely of Disinterested Persons; or (ii) the Plan otherwise
complies with the requirements of Rule 16b 3. The Board shall otherwise comply
with the requirements of Rule 16b 3. This subsection 5(b) shall not apply (i)
prior to the date of the first registration of an equity security of the Company
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, or (ii) if the Board or Committee
expressly declares that it shall not apply.

         (c)  No person shall be eligible for the grant of an Option if, at the
time of grant, such person owns (or is deemed to own pursuant to Section 424(d)
of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any of its Affiliates
unless the exercise price of such Option is at least one hundred ten percent
(110%) of the Fair Market Value of such stock at the date of grant and the
Option is not exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date
of grant.

6.       OPTION PROVISIONS.

         Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. The provisions of separate
Options need not be identical, but each Option shall include (through
incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Option or otherwise) the
substance of each of the following provisions:

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         (a)  TERM.  No Option shall be  exercisable  after the  expiration  of
ten (10) years from the date it was granted.

         (b)  PRICE. The exercise price of each Incentive Stock Option shall be
not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value of the stock
subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted. The exercise price of
each Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be not less than eighty five percent (85%)
of the fair market value of the stock subject to the Option on the date the
Option is granted.

         (c)  CONSIDERATION. The purchase price of stock acquired pursuant to an
Option shall be paid, to the extent permitted by applicable statutes and
regulations, either (i) in cash at the time the option is exercised, or (ii) at
the discretion of the Board or the Committee, either at the time of the grant or
exercise of the Option, (A) by delivery to the Company of other common stock of
the Company, (B) according to a deferred payment or other arrangement (which may
include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of other
common stock of the Company) with the person to whom the Option is granted or to
whom the Option is transferred pursuant to subsection 6(d), or (C) in any other
form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board.

         In the case of any deferred payment arrangement, interest shall be
payable at least annually and shall be charged at the minimum rate of interest
necessary to avoid the treatment as interest, under any applicable provisions of
the Code, of any amounts other than amounts stated to be interest under the
deferred payment arrangement.

         (d)  TRANSFERABILITY. An Incentive Stock Option shall not be
transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and
shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the person to whom the Incentive
Stock Option is granted only by such person. A Nonstatutory Stock Option shall
not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or

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pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined by the Code or Title
I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or the rules thereunder (a
"QDRO"), and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the person to whom the
Option is granted only by such person or any transferee pursuant to a QDRO.

         (e)  VESTING. The total number of shares of stock subject to an Option
may, but need not, be allotted in periodic installments (which may, but need
not, be equal). The Option Agreement may provide that from time to time during
each of such installment periods, the Option may become exercisable ("vest")
with respect to some or all of the shares allotted to that period, and may be
exercised with respect to some or all of the shares allotted to such period
and/or any prior period as to which the Option became vested but was not fully
exercised. The Option may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the
time or times when it may be exercised (which may be based on performance or
other criteria) as the Board may deem appropriate. The vesting provisions of
individual Options may vary but in each case will provide for vesting of at
least twenty percent (20%) per year of the total number of shares subject to the
Option. The provisions of this subsection 6(e) are subject to any Option
provisions governing the minimum number of shares as to which an Option may be
exercised.

         (f)  SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE. The Company may require any Optionee,
or any person to whom an Option is transferred under subsection 6(d), as a
condition of exercising any such Option, (1) to give written assurances
satisfactory to the Company as to the Optionee's knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters and/or to employ a purchaser representative
reasonably satisfactory to the Company who is knowledgeable and experienced in
financial and business matters, and that he or she is capable of evaluating,
alone or together with the purchaser representative, the merits and risks of
exercising the Option; and (2) to give written assurances satisfactory to the
Company stating that such person is acquiring the stock subject to

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the Option for such person's own account and not with any present intention of
selling or otherwise distributing the stock. These requirements, and any
assurances given pursuant to such requirements, shall be inoperative if (i) the
issuance of the shares upon the exercise of the Option has been registered under
a then currently effective registration statement under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or (ii) as to any particular
requirement, a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such
requirement need not be met in the circumstances under the then applicable
securities laws.

         (g)  TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR RELATIONSHIP AS A DIRECTOR OR
CONSULTANT. In the event an Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee,
Director or Consultant terminates (other than upon the Optionee's death or
disability), the Optionee may exercise his or her Option, but only within such
period of time as is determined by the Board, and only to the extent that the
Optionee was entitled to exercise it at the date of termination (but in no event
later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option
Agreement). In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the Board shall determine
such period of time (in no event to exceed three (3) months from the date of
termination) when the Option is granted. If, at the date of termination, the
Optionee is not entitled to exercise his or her entire Option, the shares
covered by the unexercisable portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan. If,
after termination, the Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within the
time specified in the Option Agreement, the Option shall terminate, and the
shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.

         (h)  DISABILITY OF OPTIONEE. In the event an Optionee's Continuous
Status as an Employee, Director or Consultant terminates as a result of the
Optionee's disability, the Optionee may exercise his or her Option, but only
within twelve (12) months from the date of such termination (or such shorter
period specified in the Option Agreement), and only to the extent that the
Optionee was entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination (but in no
event later

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than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option
Agreement). If, at the date of termination, the Optionee is not entitled to
exercise his or her entire Option, the shares covered by the unexercisable
portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan. If, after termination, the
Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein,
the Option shall terminate, and the shares covered by such Option shall revert
to the Plan.

         (i)  DEATH OF OPTIONEE. In the event of the death of an Optionee, the
Option may be exercised, at any time within twelve (12) months following the
date of death (or such shorter period specified in the Option Agreement) (but in
no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in
the Option Agreement), by the Optionee's estate or by a person who acquired the
right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance, but only to the extent
the Optionee was entitled to exercise the Option at the date of death. If, at
the time of death, the Optionee was not entitled to exercise his or her entire
Option, the shares covered by the unexercisable portion of the Option shall
revert to the Plan. If, after death, the Optionee's estate or a person who
acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance does not
exercise the Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall
terminate, and the shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.

         (j)  EARLY EXERCISE. The Option may, but need not, include a provision
whereby the Optionee may elect at any time while an Employee, Director or
Consultant to exercise the Option as to any part or all of the shares subject to
the Option prior to the full vesting of the Option. Any unvested shares so
purchased may be subject to a repurchase right in favor of the Company or to any
other restriction the Board determines to be appropriate.

         (k)  WITHHOLDING. To the extent provided by the terms of an Option
Agreement, the Optionee may satisfy any federal, state or local tax withholding
obligation relating to the exercise of such Option by any of the following means
or by a combination of such means: (1) tendering

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a cash payment; (2) authorizing the Company to withhold shares from the shares
of the common stock otherwise issuable to the participant as a result of the
exercise of the Option; or (3) delivering to the Company owned and unencumbered
shares of the common stock of the Company.

7.       COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.

         (a)  During the terms of the Options, the Company shall keep available
at all times the number of shares of stock required to satisfy such Options.

         (b)  The Company shall seek to obtain from each regulatory commission
or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to
issue and sell shares of stock upon exercise of the Options; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that this undertaking shall not require the Company to register under the
Securities Act either the Plan, any Option or any stock issued or issuable
pursuant to any such Option. If, after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable
to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency the authority which
counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of
stock under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for
failure to issue and sell stock upon exercise of such Options unless and until
such authority is obtained.

8.       USE OF PROCEEDS FROM STOCK.

         Proceeds from the sale of stock pursuant to Options shall constitute
general funds of the Company.

9.       MISCELLANEOUS.

         (a)  Neither an Optionee nor any person to whom an Option is
transferred under subsection 6(d) shall be deemed to be the holder of, or to
have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares subject to such
Option unless and until such person has satisfied all requirements for exercise
of the Option pursuant to its terms.

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         (b) Throughout the term of any Option, the Company shall deliver to the
holder of such Option, not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the
close of each of the Company's fiscal years during the Option term, such
financial and other information regarding the Company as comprises the annual
report to the stockholders of the Company provided for in the bylaws of the
Company.

         (c)  Nothing in the Plan or any instrument executed or Option granted
pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Employee, Director, Consultant or
Optionee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Affiliate (or
to continue acting as a Director or Consultant) or shall affect the right of the
Company or any Affiliate to terminate the employment or relationship as a
Director or Consultant of any Employee, Director, Consultant or Optionee with or
without cause.

         (d)  To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at
the time of grant) of stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options
granted after 1986 are exercisable for the first time by any Optionee during any
calendar year under all plans of the Company and its Affiliates exceeds one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the Options or portions thereof which
exceed such limit (according to the order in which they were granted) shall be
treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options.

10.      ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN STOCK.

         (a)  If any change is made in the stock subject to the Plan, or subject
to any Option (through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization,
stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, stock split, liquidating
dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate
structure or otherwise), the Plan and outstanding Options will be appropriately
adjusted in the class(es) and maximum number of shares subject to the Plan and
the class(es) and number of shares and price per share of stock subject to
outstanding Options.

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         (b)  In the event of: (1) a merger or consolidation in which the
Company is not the surviving corporation or (2) a reverse merger in which the
Company is the surviving corporation but the shares of the Company's common
stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger are converted by virtue of
the merger into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or
otherwise then to the extent permitted by applicable law: (i) any surviving
corporation shall assume any Options outstanding under the Plan or shall
substitute similar Options for those outstanding under the Plan, or (ii) such
Options shall continue in full force and effect. In the event any surviving
corporation refuses to assume or continue such Options, or to substitute similar
options for those outstanding under the Plan, then such Options shall be
terminated if not exercised prior to such event. In the event of a dissolution
or liquidation of the Company, any Options outstanding under the Plan shall
terminate if not exercised prior to such event.

11.      AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN.

         (a)  The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan.
However, except as provided in Section 10 relating to adjustments upon changes
in stock, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the stockholders of
the Company within twelve (12) months before or after the adoption of the
amendment, where the amendment will:

              (1)  Increase the number of shares reserved for options under the
Plan;

              (2)  Modify the requirements as to eligibility for participation
in the Plan (to the extent such modification requires stockholder approval in
order for the Plan to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code); or

              (3)  Modify the Plan in any other way if such modification
requires stockholder approval in order for the Plan to satisfy the requirements
of Section 422 of the Code or to comply with the requirements of Rule 16b 3.

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         (b)  It is expressly contemplated that the Board may amend the Plan in
any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable to provide Optionees with the
maximum benefits provided or to be provided under the provisions of the Code and
the regulations promulgated thereunder relating to Incentive Stock Options
and/or to bring the Plan and/or Incentive Stock Options granted under it into
compliance therewith.

         (c)  Rights and obligations under any Option granted before amendment
of the Plan shall not be altered or impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless
(i) the Company requests the consent of the person to whom the Option was
granted and (ii) such person consents in writing.

12.      TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN.

         (a)  The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Unless
sooner terminated, the Plan shall terminate on September 20, 2002. No Options
may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is
terminated.

         (b)  Rights and obligations under any Option granted while the Plan is
in effect shall not be altered or impaired by suspension or termination of the
Plan, except with the consent of the person to whom the Option was granted.

13.      EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN.

         The Plan shall become effective as determined by the Board, but no
Options granted under the Plan shall be exercised unless and until the Plan has
been approved by the stockholders of the Company, and, if required, an
appropriate permit has been issued by the Commissioner of Corporations of the
State of California.

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