


EXHIBIT 17.1                                              El Dorado Ventures
                                                          General Partners:
                                                          Shanda Bables
                                                          Gary Kalbach
                                                          Tom Pererson


                                 April 22, 1997



Mr. Junaid Sheikh
President and Chairman of the Board
Accom, Inc.
1490 O'Brien Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025

Dear Junaid:

         This  letter  will  confirm  my  registration  from the Accom  Board of
Directors as of February 18, 1997. I resigned  because of my  disagreement  with
management on the operation of the company. Accordingly, as we have discussed, I
am  hereby  requesting  disclosure  of my  resignation  in  accordance  with SEC
regulations, including disclosure of this letter.


                                                  Yours truly,

                                                  /s/ Gary W. Kalbach

                                                  Gary W. Kalbach
                                                  General Partner

GWK:bp
cc:    Bill Ericson
       Mark Tanoury


