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                               EXHIBIT 23.0
[Letterhead]
                                                      March 24, 1995

Board of Directors
Control Data Systems, Inc.

     We  consent  to  incorporation   by  reference  in  the   registration
statements (No. 33-49027,  No. 33-49029 and  No. 33-49379) on  Form S-8  of
Control Data Systems, Inc. of our report dated January 26, 1995, except  as
to note 9 which is  as of February 14,  1995, relating to the  consolidated
balance sheets  of  Control  Data Systems,  Inc.  and  subsidiaries  as  of
December 31,  1994  and  January 1,  1994,  and  the  related  consolidated
statements of the operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each
of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1994, which report
appears in the  1994 annual report  on Form 10-K  of Control Data  Systems,
Inc.

                                   KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
March 24, 1995