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                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                                 QUINTONIX, INC.


                                   ARTICLE I
                               NAME OF CORPORATION
                               -------------------

                  The name of the Corporation is QUINTONIX, INC.

                                   ARTICLE II
                                    DURATION
                                    --------

                  The  Corporation  shall exist  perpetually or until  dissolved
according to law.

                                  ARTICLE III
                                    PURPOSES
                                    --------

                  The  purposes of the  Corporation  is to obtain  funds  which,
though  limited,  may be used to investigate and take advantage of such business
opportunities as may, in the management of perception,  from time to time appear
desirable;  provided that none of such opportunities  would entail any violation
of federal, state or local law or regulation; and to conduct such other business
as may be authorized by the laws of the State of Nevada.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                                     SHARES
                                     ------

                  The  aggregate  number of shares which the  Corporation  shall
have  authority to issue is Fifty  Million  (50,000,000)  shares of common stock
having a par  value of one mil  ($.001)  per  share.  All  voting  rights of the
Corporation  shall be  exercised by the holders of the common  stock,  with each
share of common  stock being  entitled to one vote.  All shares of common  stock
shall have equal rights in the event of dissolution or final liquidation.

                                   ARTICLE V
                         REGULATION OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
                         ------------------------------

                  Section 1.  Shareholders'  Meetings.  Meetings of shareholders
may be  called  by the  President  or by any one  director  or by any  number of
shareholders owning not less than ten percent of the outstanding shares entitled
to vote at such  meeting.  Notice of  shareholders'  meetings  shall be given in
writing by mailing such notice to the address of every shareholder,  at the last
known address of such shareholder,  at least ten days prior to the date and hour
of said  meeting.  Publication  of  notice  of a  shareholders'  meeting  is not
required for any purpose.  Any notice  required to be given any  shareholders of
this   Corporation  may  be  waived  by  written   instrument   signed  by  such
shareholders.

                  Section 2.  By-Laws.  The majority of the  directors may adopt
by-laws for the  Corporation  which are  consistent  with these Articles and the
laws of the State of  Nevada  and may  amend  and  repeal  from time to time any
by-law.

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                  Section 3. Contracts with Interested directors or officers. No
contract,  lease,  or other  transaction  between the  Corporation and any other
corporation  and no other  act of the  Corporation  with  relation  to any other
corporation  shall,  in the  absence  of  fraud,  in any way be  invalidated  or
otherwise  affected,  by the  fact  that  any one or more  of the  directors  or
officers of the Corporation  are pecuniarily or otherwise  interested in, or are
officers or directors of such other  corporation.  Any officer may  recommend or
approve,  if it is within the scope of his  authority to do so, and any director
of the Corporation may vote upon any contract or other  transaction  between the
Corporation and any subsidiary or affiliated  corporation  without regard to the
fact that such officer or director of such  subsidiary or  individually,  or any
firm or association  of which any officer of director may be a member,  may be a
party to, or may be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, any contract, lease,
or  other  transaction  with the  Corporation,  provided  that the fact  that he
individually  or as a member of such firm or  association is such a party to, or
is so  interested  in,  any  contract,  lease,  or  other  transaction  with the
Corporation,  shall be  disclosed,  or shall  have been  known,  to the Board of
Directors  or by a majority of such  members  thereof as shall be present at any
meeting of the Board of  Directors  at which  action  upon any such  contract or
transaction  shall be taken;  and in any case described in this  paragraph,  any
such  director may be counted in  determining  the  existence of a quorum at any
meeting of the Board of  Directors  at which  action  upon any such  contract or
transaction  shall be taken;  and in any case described in this  paragraph,  any
such  director may be counted in  determining  the  existence of a quorum at any
meeting of the Board of  Directors  which  shall  authorize  any such  contract,
lease, or other  transaction and may vote thereat to authorize any such contract
or transaction.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                              NO PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS
                              --------------------

                  No holder of shares of the  capital  stock of any class of the
corporation shall have any preemptive or preferential  rights of subscription to
any shares of any class of stock of the  corporation,  whether now or  hereafter
authorized,  or to any obligations  convertible  into stock of the  corporation,
issued or sold. The term "convertible  obligations" as used herein shall include
any notes,  bonds or other  evidences of  indebtedness  to which are attached or
with  which  are  issued  warrants  or other  rights  to  purchase  stock of the
corporation.

                                  ARTICLE VII
                           REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT
                           ---------------------------

                  The   address  of  the  initial   registered   office  of  the
Corporation is One East,  First Street,  Reno,  Nevada 89501 and the name of its
initial registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                           REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT
                           ---------------------------

                  The number of  directors  which shall  constitute  the initial
Board of Directors of the  Corporation  is three.  They shall serve as directors
until the first  regular  annual  meeting  of the  shareholders  or until  their
successors are elected and shall qualify. They are:

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         NAME                                               ADDRESS
         ----                                               -------

Lawrence P. Magilligan                                2 East Oak #1901
                                                      Chicago, IL  60611

Sidney Seftel                                         8501 Kings Hill Drive
                                                      Salt Lake City, UT  84121

James P. Fuoco, Jr.                                   3661 South 1300 East
                                                      Salt Lake City, UT  84106

                                   ARTICLE IX
                                  INCORPORATORS
                                  -------------

                  The name and address of each incorporator is:

         NAME                                               ADDRESS
         ----                                               -------

Lawrence P. Magilligan                                 2 East Oak #1901
                                                       Chicago, IL  60611

Sidney Seftel                                          8501 Kings Hill Drive
                                                       Salt Lake City, UT  84121

James P. Fuoco, Jr.                                    3661 South 1300 East
                                                       Salt Lake City, UT  84106


                                   ARTICLE X
                          INDEMNIFICATION - EXCULPATION
                          -----------------------------

                  The   Corporation   shall   provide   indemnification   and/or
exculpation to its directors,  officers,  employees,  agents, and other entities
which deal with it to the maximum extent provided, and under the terms provided,
by the laws and  decisions  of the  courts  of the  State of  Nevada  and by any
additional applicable federal or state laws or court decisions.

DATED this 31st day of August, 1983.

                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Lawrence P. Magilligan

                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 James P. Fuoco, Jr.

                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Sidney Seftel

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STATE OF ILLINOIS )
                  )  s.s.
COUNTY OF COOK    )

                  On the 7th day of September,  1983 personally  appeared before
me Lawrence P. Magilligan  who, being by me duly sworn,  declared that he is the
person  who  signed  the  within and  foregoing  Articles  of  Incorporation  as
incorporator and that the statements contained therein are true.

                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Notary Public, residing at

My Commission Expires:    3-3-86
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STATE OF          )
                  )  s.s.
COUNTY OF         )

                  On the 4th day of September,  1983 personally  appeared before
me James P. Fuoco,  Jr. who,  being by me duly  sworn,  declared  that he is the
person  who  signed  the  within and  foregoing  Articles  of  Incorporation  as
incorporator and that the statements contained therein are true.

                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Notary Public, residing at
                                               Salt Lake City, Utah

My Commission Expires:    June 3, 1987
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