Thanks for the update on the year! I thought the frame number might mean more to someone else than it did to me.
I ran the frame with a 420mm Pace RC31 and it was great. If you went for the shortest possible 80mm fork it would run best - I had a Magura Durin on it which a couple of years...
Dekerf Team 1997 (updated - apparently 1994 - see 3rd posting down) (BB shell stamped DEK 243)
I have owned this frame for approximately 5 years. I have used it as a lightweight cross country bike. The paint work has some chips and scratches (esp at the drive side chain stay from some chain...