<ARTICLE>                               5 
<MULTIPLIER>                        1,000 
<PERIOD-TYPE>                       6-mos 
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>             Jun-30-1999
<PERIOD-START>                Jul-01-1998
<PERIOD-END>                  Dec-31-1998
<CASH>                              1,780 
<SECURITIES>                            0 
<RECEIVABLES>                       1,903 
<ALLOWANCES>                           93 
<INVENTORY>                         2,537 
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                    6,334 
<PP&E>                             10,162 
<DEPRECIATION>                      2,495 
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                     14,196 
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>               5,688 
<BONDS>                             1,453 
<COMMON>                              101 
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                   0 
<PREFERRED>                             5 
<OTHER-SE>                          6,726 
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>       14,196 
<SALES>                             8,229 
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                    9,481 
<CGS>                               5,624 
<TOTAL-COSTS>                       6,503 
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                        0 
<LOSS-PROVISION>                       42 
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                    140 
<INCOME-PRETAX>                     1,184 
<INCOME-TAX>                          262 
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                   922 
<DISCONTINUED>                       (238)
<EXTRAORDINARY>                         0 
<CHANGES>                               0 
<NET-INCOME>                          684 
<EPS-PRIMARY>                         .08 
<EPS-DILUTED>                         .08 

<FN>

This  schedule  contains  summary  financial  information  extracted  from the
consolidated  financial    statements  of  NBI,  Inc. for the six months ended
December  31,  1998  and  is  qualified  in  its entirety by reference to such
financial  statements.