As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January ___, 2000
                      Registration No. 333-_______________


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                            nSTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
            -------------------------------------------------------

           Delaware                                95-2094565
   -------------------------------             --------------------
   (State or other jurisdiction of              (I.R.S. Employer
   incorporation or organization)              Identification No.)


100 Century Boulevard, West Palm Beach, Florida             33417
-----------------------------------------------        -------------
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)               (Zip Code)


                            nStor Technologies, Inc.
                             1996 Stock Option Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                   Jack Jaiven
                          Vice President and Treasurer
                            nStor Technologies, Inc.
                              100 Century Boulevard
                         West Palm Beach, Florida 33417
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (561) 640-3103
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      Proposed
                                                      Maximum
Title of                           Proposed Maximum   Aggregate     Amount of
Securities to      Amount to Be     Offering Price    Offering     Registration
be Registered     Registered (2)     Per Share (3)    Price (3)        Fee
--------------   ---------------- -----------------  -----------  ------------
Common Stock,
par value $.05   4,500,000 shares     $2.5625        $11,531,250   $3,044.25
per share (1)

(1) Represents  shares issuable upon the exercise of options granted and/or
    to be granted  under the nStor  Technologies,  Inc.  1996 Stock Option Plan
    (the "Plan").

(2) This  Registration  Statement  also covers an  indeterminate  amount of
    securities to be offered or sold as a result of any adjustments  from stock
    splits, stock dividends or similar transactions, pursuant to Rule 416 under
    the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended or as a result of the  adjustment
    provisions of the Plan.

(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the
    registration  fee in accordance  with Rule 457 under the  Securities Act of
    1933,  as  amended,  and are  based on the  closing  price per share of the
    Registrant's  Common  Stock as reported on the American  Stock  Exchange on
    January 3, 2000.


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                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following  documents  previously  filed by the Registrant  with the
Commission  pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange  Act") are  hereby  incorporated  by  reference  in this  Registration
Statement on Form S-8:

     1.       The  Registrant's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
              ended  December 31, 1998, as amended by Form 10-K/A filed with the
              Commission on April 28, 1999.

     2.       The Registrant's  Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
              quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30, 1999.

     3.       The  Registrant's  Current  Reports  on Form 8-K  filed  with the
              Commission  on June 23,  1999 (as  amended by Form 8-K/A filed on
              July 2, 1999) and November 5, 1999.

     4.       The description of the Registrant's  Common Stock contained in the
              Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the
              Commission  on April 16,  1997,  pursuant to Section  12(b) of the
              Exchange Act.

         All documents and reports subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Section 13(a),  13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof
and  prior to the  filing of a  post-effective  amendment  to this  Registration
Statement which indicates that all shares offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all shares then remaining  unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated
by  reference  herein  and to be a part  hereof  from the date of filing of such
documents.  Any statements contained in a document  incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference  herein shall be deemed to be modified or replaced for
purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other
subsequently  filed  document  which  also  is  incorporated  or  deemed  to  be
incorporated  by reference  herein)  modifies or replaces  such  statement.  Any
statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed,  except as so modified or
replaced, to constitute a part hereof.


Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not  applicable.  The class of  securities  to be offered is registered
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.


Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.


Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.



        The Registrant,  a Delaware  corporation,  has included in its Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provisions to (i) eliminate the personal
liability of its directors for monetary damages resulting from breaches of their
fiduciary  duty,  provided that such provision does not eliminate  liability for
breaches of the duty of loyalty,  acts or  omissions  not in good faith or which
involves intentional  misconduct or a knowing violation of law, violations under
Section 174 of the Delaware General  Corporation Law or for any transaction from
which the director  derived an improper  personal benefit and (ii) indemnify its
directors and officers to the fullest extent  permitted by the Delaware  General
Corporation Law. The Registrant  believes that these provisions are necessary to
attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers.


<PAGE> 3

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.


Item 8.  Exhibits.

         The  exhibits  filed  as  part of this  Registration  Statement  are as
follows:

       Exhibit
       Number     Description

         5.1      Opinion of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A.

         10.1     nStor Technologies, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan, as amended(1)

         10.2     Amendment to nStor Technologies, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan

         23.1     Consent of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A. (contained in
                  Exhibit 5.1)

         23.2     Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP

         24       Powers of Attorney (included as part of the signature page
                  hereto)
---------------

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (File No.: 333-35495) filed with the Commission on September 12, 1997.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

         (a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1) To file,  during any  period in which  offers or sales are
                  being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
                  Statement:

                        (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)
                  (3) of the Securities Act;

                       (ii) to  reflect  in the  prospectus  any facts or events
                  arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
                  (or the most recent  post-effective  amendment thereof) which,
                  individually  or in the  aggregate,  represent  a  fundamental
                  change  in the  information  set  forth  in  the  Registration
                  Statement;

                      (iii) to include any material  information with respect to
                  the  plan of  distribution  not  previously  disclosed  in the
                  Registration   Statement  or  any  material   change  to  such
                  information in the Registration Statement;

         provided,  however,  that  paragraphs  (a)(1)(i) and  (a)(1)(ii) do not
         apply if the  information  required to be included in a  post-effective
         amendment by those  paragraphs  is contained in periodic  reports filed
         with or  furnished  to the  Commission  by the  Registrant  pursuant to
         Section 13 or Section  15(d) of the Exchange Act that are  incorporated
         by reference in the Registration Statement.


<PAGE> 4


                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining  any liability  under
         the Securities Act, each such post- effective amendment shall be deemed
         to be a new registration  statement  relating to the securities offered
         therein,  and the  offering  of such  securities  at that time shall be
         deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from  registration by means of a  post-effective
         amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
         the termination of the offering.

         (b) The undersigned  Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where  applicable,  each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual  report   pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the  Exchange  Act)  that  is
incorporated by reference in the Registration  Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (c)  Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons
of the  Registrant  pursuant to the  foregoing  provisions,  or  otherwise,  the
Registrant  has been advised that in the opinion of the  Securities and Exchange
Commission  such  indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,  officer,  or controlling
person of the  Registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  of whether  such
indemnification  by it is against  public policy as expressed in the  Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.




<PAGE> 5


                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8 and has  duly  caused  this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized in the City of West Palm Beach,  and the State of Florida,  this
6th day of January, 2000.

                                          nSTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                                          By: /s/ Jack Jaiven
                                          ----------------------------
                                          Jack Jaiven,
                                          Vice President and Treasurer


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each  individual  whose signature
appears below  constitutes and appoints H. Irwin Levy and Jack Jaiven,  and each
of them, his true and lawful  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power of
substitution  for  him  and in his  name,  place  and  stead,  in  any  and  all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this  Registration  Statement  on Form S-8,  and to file the  same,  with all
exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith,  with the Securities
and Exchange Commission,  granting unto said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, and
each of them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,  as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or
their  substitute or substitutes,  may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this  Registration  Statement  has been signed by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:


   SIGNATURE                           TITLE                         DATE
------------------         -------------------------------     ---------------


/s/ H. Irwin Levy          Chariman of the Board and Chief     January 6, 2000
----------------          Executive Officer (Principal
H. Irwin Levy              Executive Officer


-------------------        Director                            January  , 2000
Lawrence F. Steffan


/s/ Jack Jaiven            Vice President and Treasurer        January 6, 2000
-----------------          (Principal Financial and
                           Accounting Officer


/s/ Mark F. Levy           Director                            January 6, 2000
----------------
Mark F. Levy


/s/ Michael L. Wise        Director                            January 6, 2000
-------------------
Michael L.Wise


/s/ Bernard R. Green       Director                            January 6, 2000
--------------------
Bernard R. Green


<PAGE> 6



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit
Number   Description

5.1      Opinion of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A.

10.2     Amendment to nStor Technologies, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan

23.1     Consent of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A. (contained in
         Exhibit 5.1)

23.2     Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP

24       Powers of Attorney (included as part of the signature page hereto)
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{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "NSTOR TECHNOLOGIES INC", "cik": "0000075448", "assigned-sic": "9995", "irs-number": "952094565", "state-of-incorporation": "DE", "fiscal-year-end": "1231"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "S-8", "act": "33", "file-number": "333-94305", "film-number": "504145"}, "business-address": {"street1": "100 CENTURY BLVD.", "city": "WEST PALM BEACH", "state": "FL", "zip": "33417", "phone": "5616403103"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "450 TECHNOLOGY PARK", "city": "LAKE MARY     H", "state": "FL", "zip": "3274617"}, "former-company": [{"former-conformed-name": "IMGE INC", "date-changed": "19960627"}, {"former-conformed-name": "IMNET INC /DE/", "date-changed": "19920703"}, {"former-conformed-name": "COMMUNICATIONS & CABLE INC", "date-changed": "19890413"}]}
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January ___, 2000
                      Registration No. 333-_______________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                            nSTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
            -------------------------------------------------------

           Delaware                                95-2094565
   -------------------------------             --------------------
   (State or other jurisdiction of              (I.R.S. Employer
   incorporation or organization)              Identification No.)

100 Century Boulevard, West Palm Beach, Florida             33417
-----------------------------------------------        -------------
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)               (Zip Code)

                            nStor Technologies, Inc.
                             1996 Stock Option Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                   Jack Jaiven
                          Vice President and Treasurer
                            nStor Technologies, Inc.
                              100 Century Boulevard
                         West Palm Beach, Florida 33417
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (561) 640-3103
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      Proposed
                                                      Maximum
Title of                           Proposed Maximum   Aggregate     Amount of
Securities to      Amount to Be     Offering Price    Offering     Registration
be Registered     Registered (2)     Per Share (3)    Price (3)        Fee
--------------   ---------------- -----------------  -----------  ------------
Common Stock,
par value $.05   4,500,000 shares     $2.5625        $11,531,250   $3,044.25
per share (1)

(1) Represents  shares issuable upon the exercise of options granted and/or
    to be granted  under the nStor  Technologies,  Inc.  1996 Stock Option Plan
    (the "Plan").

(2) This  Registration  Statement  also covers an  indeterminate  amount of
    securities to be offered or sold as a result of any adjustments  from stock
    splits, stock dividends or similar transactions, pursuant to Rule 416 under
    the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended or as a result of the  adjustment
    provisions of the Plan.

(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the
    registration  fee in accordance  with Rule 457 under the  Securities Act of
    1933,  as  amended,  and are  based on the  closing  price per share of the
    Registrant's  Common  Stock as reported on the American  Stock  Exchange on
    January 3, 2000.
2

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following  documents  previously  filed by the Registrant  with the
Commission  pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange  Act") are  hereby  incorporated  by  reference  in this  Registration
Statement on Form S-8:

     1.       The  Registrant's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
              ended  December 31, 1998, as amended by Form 10-K/A filed with the
              Commission on April 28, 1999.

     2.       The Registrant's  Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
              quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30, 1999.

     3.       The  Registrant's  Current  Reports  on Form 8-K  filed  with the
              Commission  on June 23,  1999 (as  amended by Form 8-K/A filed on
              July 2, 1999) and November 5, 1999.

     4.       The description of the Registrant's  Common Stock contained in the
              Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the
              Commission  on April 16,  1997,  pursuant to Section  12(b) of the
              Exchange Act.

         All documents and reports subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Section 13(a),  13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof
and  prior to the  filing of a  post-effective  amendment  to this  Registration
Statement which indicates that all shares offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all shares then remaining  unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated
by  reference  herein  and to be a part  hereof  from the date of filing of such
documents.  Any statements contained in a document  incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference  herein shall be deemed to be modified or replaced for
purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other
subsequently  filed  document  which  also  is  incorporated  or  deemed  to  be
incorporated  by reference  herein)  modifies or replaces  such  statement.  Any
statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed,  except as so modified or
replaced, to constitute a part hereof.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not  applicable.  The class of  securities  to be offered is registered
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        The Registrant,  a Delaware  corporation,  has included in its Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provisions to (i) eliminate the personal
liability of its directors for monetary damages resulting from breaches of their
fiduciary  duty,  provided that such provision does not eliminate  liability for
breaches of the duty of loyalty,  acts or  omissions  not in good faith or which
involves intentional  misconduct or a knowing violation of law, violations under
Section 174 of the Delaware General  Corporation Law or for any transaction from
which the director  derived an improper  personal benefit and (ii) indemnify its
directors and officers to the fullest extent  permitted by the Delaware  General
Corporation Law. The Registrant  believes that these provisions are necessary to
attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers.
3

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

         The  exhibits  filed  as  part of this  Registration  Statement  are as
follows:

       Exhibit
       Number     Description

         5.1      Opinion of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A.

         10.1     nStor Technologies, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan, as amended(1)

         10.2     Amendment to nStor Technologies, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan

         23.1     Consent of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A. (contained in
                  Exhibit 5.1)

         23.2     Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP

         24       Powers of Attorney (included as part of the signature page
                  hereto)
---------------

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (File No.: 333-35495) filed with the Commission on September 12, 1997.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

         (a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1) To file,  during any  period in which  offers or sales are
                  being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
                  Statement:

                        (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)
                  (3) of the Securities Act;

                       (ii) to  reflect  in the  prospectus  any facts or events
                  arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
                  (or the most recent  post-effective  amendment thereof) which,
                  individually  or in the  aggregate,  represent  a  fundamental
                  change  in the  information  set  forth  in  the  Registration
                  Statement;

                      (iii) to include any material  information with respect to
                  the  plan of  distribution  not  previously  disclosed  in the
                  Registration   Statement  or  any  material   change  to  such
                  information in the Registration Statement;

         provided,  however,  that  paragraphs  (a)(1)(i) and  (a)(1)(ii) do not
         apply if the  information  required to be included in a  post-effective
         amendment by those  paragraphs  is contained in periodic  reports filed
         with or  furnished  to the  Commission  by the  Registrant  pursuant to
         Section 13 or Section  15(d) of the Exchange Act that are  incorporated
         by reference in the Registration Statement.
4

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining  any liability  under
         the Securities Act, each such post- effective amendment shall be deemed
         to be a new registration  statement  relating to the securities offered
         therein,  and the  offering  of such  securities  at that time shall be
         deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from  registration by means of a  post-effective
         amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
         the termination of the offering.

         (b) The undersigned  Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where  applicable,  each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual  report   pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the  Exchange  Act)  that  is
incorporated by reference in the Registration  Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (c)  Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons
of the  Registrant  pursuant to the  foregoing  provisions,  or  otherwise,  the
Registrant  has been advised that in the opinion of the  Securities and Exchange
Commission  such  indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,  officer,  or controlling
person of the  Registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  of whether  such
indemnification  by it is against  public policy as expressed in the  Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
5

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8 and has  duly  caused  this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized in the City of West Palm Beach,  and the State of Florida,  this
6th day of January, 2000.

                                          nSTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                                          By: /s/ Jack Jaiven
                                          ----------------------------
                                          Jack Jaiven,
                                          Vice President and Treasurer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each  individual  whose signature
appears below  constitutes and appoints H. Irwin Levy and Jack Jaiven,  and each
of them, his true and lawful  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power of
substitution  for  him  and in his  name,  place  and  stead,  in  any  and  all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this  Registration  Statement  on Form S-8,  and to file the  same,  with all
exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith,  with the Securities
and Exchange Commission,  granting unto said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, and
each of them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,  as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or
their  substitute or substitutes,  may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this  Registration  Statement  has been signed by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:

   SIGNATURE                           TITLE                         DATE
------------------         -------------------------------     ---------------

/s/ H. Irwin Levy          Chariman of the Board and Chief     January 6, 2000
----------------          Executive Officer (Principal
H. Irwin Levy              Executive Officer

-------------------        Director                            January  , 2000
Lawrence F. Steffan

/s/ Jack Jaiven            Vice President and Treasurer        January 6, 2000
-----------------          (Principal Financial and
                           Accounting Officer

/s/ Mark F. Levy           Director                            January 6, 2000
----------------
Mark F. Levy

/s/ Michael L. Wise        Director                            January 6, 2000
-------------------
Michael L.Wise

/s/ Bernard R. Green       Director                            January 6, 2000
--------------------
Bernard R. Green
6

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number   Description

5.1      Opinion of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A.

10.2     Amendment to nStor Technologies, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan

23.1     Consent of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A. (contained in
         Exhibit 5.1)

23.2     Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP

24       Powers of Attorney (included as part of the signature page hereto)