<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains  summary  information  extracted from the financial
statements  contained in  Intelligent  Decision  Systems,  Inc.'s Report on Form
10-QSB  for the six months  ended  December  31,  1997 and is  qualified  in its
entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
       
                             
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