AGREEMENT This will confirm the agreement by and among all of the undersigned that the Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D filed on or about December 24, 1996, and any amendments thereto with respect to the beneficial ownership of the undersigned of...

                              EXHIBIT A

                              AGREEMENT


     This will confirm the agreement by and among all of the undersigned that
the Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D filed on or about December 24, 1996,
and any amendments thereto with respect to the beneficial ownership of the
undersigned of the shares of Common Stock of Miami Computer Supply 
Corporation, an Ohio corporation, is being filed on behalf of each of the
parties named below.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more 
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.


VALUE PARTNERS, LTD.



By:  Xxxxxx Xxxxx Partners,
         its General Partner


     /S/XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
     Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Partner

Date:  December 23, 1996



XXXXXX XXXXX PARTNERS


By:  /S/XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
     Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Partner

Date:  December 23, 1996


XXXXXXX X. XXXXX SARSEP XXX



By:  /S/XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
     Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
     Beneficiary

Date:December 23, 1996