Exhibit 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in these Registration
Statements on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-20569, 333-43835, 333-45784 and 333-46478)
and on Form S-8 (File Nos. 2-83701, 2-92929, 33-21027, 33-36351, 33-37266,
33-43050, 33-53150, 33-62716, 33-53201, 33-59573, 333-35299, 333-57117,
333-86229, 333-89571, and 333-52302) of our report, which includes an
explanatory paragraph related to the Company's ability to continue as a going
concern, dated November 9, 2000, except for Notes 1, 8 and 17, for which the
date is January 9, 2001, relating to the financial statements, which appears in
the 2000 Annual Report to Shareholders of General DataComm Industries, Inc. and
Subsidiaries, which is incorporated by reference in General DataComm Industries,
Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2000. We also
consent to the incorporation by reference of our report, which includes an
explanatory paragraph related to the Company's ability to continue as a going
concern, dated November 9, 2000, except for Notes 1, 8 and 17, as to which the
date is January 9, 2001, relating to the financial statement schedule, which
appears in such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
/S/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Stamford, Connecticut
January 15, 2001
