NEITHER THESE  SECURITIES  NOR THE  SECURITIES  INTO WHICH THESE  SECURITIES ARE
EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION OR
THE  SECURITIES  COMMISSION  OF ANY STATE IN  RELIANCE  UPON AN  EXEMPTION  FROM
REGISTRATION  UNDER SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE  "SECURITIES  ACT"),
AND,  ACCORDINGLY,  MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT  PURSUANT TO AN  EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION  STATEMENT  UNDER THE  SECURITIES  ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN  AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION  REQUIREMENTS  THEREUNDER AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS.


                            TIDEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                                     WARRANT

Warrant No. 1                                           Dated: September 8, 2000


            Tidel  Technologies,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation (the "Company"),
hereby  certifies that, for value  received,  Montrose  Investments  Ltd. or its
registered  assigns  ("Holder"),  is  entitled,  subject  to the terms set forth
below,  to purchase  from the Company up to a total of 315,789  shares of common
stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"),  of the Company (each such
share,  a "Warrant  Share" and all such  shares,  the  "Warrant  Shares")  at an
exercise  price  equal to $9.80  per  share  (as  adjusted  from time to time as
provided in Section 8, the "Exercise Price"),  at any time and from time to time
from and after the date hereof and through and including  September 8, 2005 (the
"Expiration Date"), and subject to the following terms and conditions:

            1. Registration of Warrant. The Company shall register this Warrant,
upon records to be  maintained  by the Company for that  purpose  (the  "Warrant
Register"),  in the name of the  record  Holder  hereof  from time to time.  The
Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute
owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise  hereof or any  distribution to the
Holder,  and for all other  purposes,  and the Company  shall not be affected by
notice to the contrary.

            2. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.

               (a) The Company  shall  register  the  transfer of any portion of
this Warrant in the Warrant Register,  upon surrender of this Warrant,  with the
Form of Assignment  attached  hereto duly completed and signed,  to the Transfer
Agent or to the  Company at its





address  for notice  set forth in  Section  12.  Upon any such  registration  or
transfer,  a new warrant to purchase Common Stock, in substantially  the form of
this Warrant (any such new warrant, a "New Warrant"),  evidencing the portion of
this Warrant so transferred  shall be issued to the transferee and a New Warrant
evidencing  the remaining  portion of this Warrant not so  transferred,  if any,
shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New Warrant by
the transferee  thereof shall be deemed the acceptance of such transferee of all
of the rights and obligations of a holder of a Warrant.

               (b) This Warrant is  exchangeable,  upon the surrender  hereof by
the Holder to the office of the  Company at its  address for notice set forth in
Section 12 for one or more New  Warrants,  evidencing in the aggregate the right
to purchase the number of Warrant Shares which may then be purchased  hereunder.
Any such New Warrant will be dated the date of such exchange.

            3. Duration and Exercise of Warrants.

               (a) This Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder on
any business day before 6:00 P.M., New York City time, at any time and from time
to time on or after the date hereof to and  including  the  Expiration  Date. At
6:00  P.M.,  New York City time on the  Expiration  Date,  the  portion  of this
Warrant not  exercised  prior  thereto shall be and become void and of no value.
Prior to the Expiration  Date, the Company may not call or otherwise redeem this
Warrant.

               (b) Upon delivery of a duly completed and signed Form of Election
to  Purchase  attached  hereto  (and the grid  attached  hereto as Annex A) duly
completed  and  signed,  to the  Company at its  address for notice set forth in
Section 12 and upon payment of the Exercise  Price  multiplied  by the number of
Warrant  Shares  that the Holder  intends to purchase  hereunder,  in the manner
provided  hereunder,  all as  specified by the Holder in the Form of Election to
Purchase, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than 3 business days
after the Date of Exercise (as defined  herein)) issue or cause to be issued and
cause to be  delivered  to or upon the  written  order of the Holder and in such
name or names as the Holder may designate,  a certificate for the Warrant Shares
issuable upon such exercise,  free of  restrictive  legends except (i) either in
the event that a  registration  statement  covering  the  resale of the  Warrant
Shares and naming the  Holder as a selling  stockholder  thereunder  is not then
effective  or the  Warrant  Shares are not freely  transferable  without  volume
restrictions  pursuant to Rule 144(k)  promulgated  under the  Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or (ii) if this Warrant shall have been
issued  pursuant  to a written  agreement  between the  original  Holder and the
Company,  as required by such agreement.  Any person so designated by the Holder
to receive  Warrant  Shares  shall be deemed to have become  holder of record of
such  Warrant  Shares as of the Date of  Exercise of this  Warrant.  The Company
shall, upon request of the Holder, if available, use its best efforts to deliver
Warrant Shares hereunder electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation
or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions.

               A "Date of  Exercise"  means the date on which the Company  shall
have





received (i) the Form of Election to Purchase  completed  and duly  signed,  and
(ii) payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares so indicated
by the Holder to be purchased.

               (c) This Warrant shall be exercisable, either in its entirety or,
from time to time, for a portion of the number of Warrant Shares.

             4. Piggyback  Registration  Rights.  This Warrant is subject to the
piggyback  registration  rights granted under the Registration  Rights Agreement
and such piggyback  registration rights shall continue until all of the Holder's
Warrant  Shares  have been sold in  accordance  with an  effective  registration
statement or upon the  Expiration  Date.  The Company will pay all  registration
expenses in connection therewith.

             5.  Payment of Taxes.  The Company will pay all  documentary  stamp
taxes  attributable  to the issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this
Warrant;  provided,  however,  that the Company shall not be required to pay any
tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration
of any  certificates for Warrant Shares or Warrants in a name other than that of
the Holder. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may
arise as a result of holding or transferring  this Warrant or receiving  Warrant
Shares upon exercise hereof.

             6.  Replacement  of Warrant.  If this Warrant is  mutilated,  lost,
stolen or  destroyed,  the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange
and  substitution  for  and  upon  cancellation   hereof,  or  in  lieu  of  and
substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant,  but only upon receipt of evidence
reasonably  satisfactory  to the Company of such loss,  theft or destruction and
indemnity, if requested,  satisfactory to it. Applicants for a New Warrant under
such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable  regulations and
procedures and pay such other reasonable charges as the Company may prescribe.

             7.  Reservation of Warrant  Shares.  The Company  covenants that it
will at all  times  reserve  and  keep  available  out of the  aggregate  of its
authorized but unissued  Common Stock,  solely for the purpose of enabling it to
issue  Warrant  Shares upon  exercise of this  Warrant as herein  provided,  the
number of  Warrant  Shares  which are then  issuable  and  deliverable  upon the
exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other actual
contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account
the adjustments and  restrictions of Section 8). The Company  covenants that all
Warrant Shares that shall be so issuable and  deliverable  shall,  upon issuance
and the payment of the applicable  Exercise  Price in accordance  with the terms
hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable.

             8. Certain  Adjustments.  The Exercise  Price and number of Warrant
Shares  issuable upon  exercise of this Warrant are subject to  adjustment  from
time to time as set forth in this Section 8.

               (a)  If  the   Company,   at  any  time  while  this  Warrant  is
outstanding,  (i) shall pay a stock dividend (except scheduled dividends paid on
outstanding  preferred  stock  as of the  date  hereof  which  contain  a stated
dividend rate) or otherwise make a distribution  or  distributions  on shares of
its Common  Stock or on any other  class of capital  stock





payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide  outstanding  shares of Common
Stock into a larger  number of shares,  or (iii) combine  outstanding  shares of
Common  Stock  into a smaller  number of shares,  the  Exercise  Price  shall be
multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock (excluding  treasury shares, if any) outstanding  before such event
and of which the  denominator  shall be the  number  of  shares of Common  Stock
(excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding after such event. Any adjustment
made  pursuant to this Section  shall  become  effective  immediately  after the
record date for the  determination  of  stockholders  entitled  to receive  such
dividend  or  distribution  and shall  become  effective  immediately  after the
effective date in the case of a subdivision or  combination,  and shall apply to
successive subdivisions and combinations.

               (b) In case of any  reclassification  of the Common  Stock or any
compulsory  share exchange  pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted into
other  securities,  cash or  property,  then the  Holder  shall  have the  right
thereafter  to  exercise  this  Warrant  only into the shares of stock and other
securities  and  property  receivable  upon or deemed to be held by  holders  of
Common Stock following such  reclassification or share exchange,  and the Holder
shall be  entitled  upon such  event to receive  such  amount of  securities  or
property  equal to the  amount of Warrant  Shares  such  Holder  would have been
entitled to had such Holder  exercised  this Warrant  immediately  prior to such
reclassification  or share exchange.  The terms of any such  reclassification or
share  exchange shall include such terms so as to continue to give to the Holder
the right to receive the  securities  or property set forth in this Section 8(b)
upon any exercise following any such reclassification or share exchange.

               (c)  If  the   Company,   at  any  time  while  this  Warrant  is
outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to holders
of this Warrant)  evidences of its  indebtedness or assets or rights or warrants
to  subscribe  for or purchase  any  security  (excluding  those  referred to in
Sections 8(a), (b) and (d)),  then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be
determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect  immediately prior to the
record date fixed for  determination  of  stockholders  entitled to receive such
distribution by a fraction of which the denominator  shall be the Exercise Price
determined  as of the record date  mentioned  above,  and of which the numerator
shall be such Exercise Price on such record date less the then fair market value
at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so
distributed applicable to one outstanding share of Common Stock as determined by
the Company's  independent  certified public accountants that regularly examines
the financial statements of the Company (an "Appraiser").

               (d) If the Company or any subsidiary  thereof, as applicable with
respect to Common Stock  Equivalents (as defined below),  at any time while this
Warrant is outstanding,  shall issue shares of Common Stock or rights, warrants,
options or other  securities or debt that are  convertible  into or exchangeable
for shares of Common Stock ("Common Stock Equivalents"), entitling any Person to
acquire shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the Exercise Price
(if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalent so issued shall at
any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments,  reset provisions,
floating  conversion,  exercise  or  exchange  prices  or  otherwise,  or due to
warrants, options or rights issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled
to receive shares of Common Stock at





a price less than the  Exercise  Price,  such  issuance  shall be deemed to have
occurred  for less than the  Exercise  Price),  then,  at the sole option of the
Holder, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted to mirror the conversion,  exchange
or  purchase  price  for such  Common  Stock  Equivalents  (including  any reset
provisions  thereof),  provided,  that for purposes hereof, all shares of Common
Stock that are issuable  upon  conversion,  exercise or exchange of Common Stock
Equivalents shall be deemed  outstanding  immediately after the issuance of such
Common Stock Equivalents.  Such adjustment shall be made whenever such shares of
Common  Stock or  Common  Stock  Equivalents  are  issued.  Notwithstanding  the
foregoing, the following shall not be deemed to be Common Stock Equivalents: (i)
issuances  pursuant to a grant or exercise of stock,  warrants or options  which
may  hereafter  be granted or exercised  under any employee or director  benefit
plan or compensation program of the Company now existing or to be implemented in
the future and (ii) shares of Common Stock,  for an aggregate market price of up
to  $2,000,000,  issued as payment of the purchase  price in  connection  with a
Strategic Transaction.  For purposes of this Section, a "Strategic  Transaction"
shall mean a transaction or  relationship  in which the Company issues shares of
Common  Stock to an entity  which is,  itself or through  its  subsidiaries,  an
operating  company in a business  related to the  business of the Company and in
which the Company  receives  material  benefits in addition to the investment of
funds,  but shall not  include a  transaction  in which the  Company  is issuing
securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital.

               (e) In case of any (1)  merger or  consolidation  of the  Company
with or into another Person, or (2) sale by the Company of more than one-half of
the assets of the Company (on a book value  basis) in one or a series of related
transactions,  the Holder shall have the right  thereafter  to (A) exercise this
Warrant  for the  shares  of stock  and  other  securities,  cash  and  property
receivable  upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock  following such
merger,  consolidation or sale, and the Holder shall be entitled upon such event
or series of  related  events to receive  such  amount of  securities,  cash and
property as the Common  Stock for which this Warrant  could have been  exercised
immediately  prior to such  merger,  consolidation  or  sales  would  have  been
entitled  or (B) in the case of a  merger  or  consolidation,  (x)  require  the
surviving  entity to issue common stock  purchase  warrants  equal to the number
Warrant Shares to which this Warrant then permits,  which newly warrant shall be
identical  to this  Warrant,  and (y)  simultaneously  with the issuance of such
warrant,  the  Holder of such  warrant  shall  have the right to  exercise  such
warrant  only  into  shares of stock and  other  securities,  cash and  property
receivable  upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock  following such
merger or  consolidation  or (C) require the surviving  entity from such merger,
acquisition  or business  combination  to pay to the Holder,  in cash, the Black
Scholes value of this Warrant. In the case of clause (B), the exercise price for
such new warrant shall be based upon the amount of securities, cash and property
that each  share of Common  Stock  would  receive  in such  transaction  and the
Exercise Price of this Warrant immediately prior to the effectiveness or closing
date for such transaction.  The terms of any such merger,  sale or consolidation
shall  include such terms so as continue to give the Holder the right to receive
the securities,  cash and property set forth in this Section upon any conversion
or redemption  following such event.  This provision  shall  similarly  apply to
successive such events.

               (f) For the  purposes of this  Section 8, the  following  clauses
shall also be applicable:




                    (i) Record Date.  In case the Company shall take a record of
the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive
a  dividend  or other  distribution  payable  in Common  Stock or in  securities
convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock, or (B) to subscribe for
or purchase Common Stock or securities  convertible or exchangeable  into shares
of Common  Stock,  then such  record  date shall be deemed to be the date of the
issue or sale of the shares of Common  Stock  deemed to have been issued or sold
upon the  declaration of such dividend or the making of such other  distribution
or the date of the granting of such right of  subscription  or purchase,  as the
case may be.

                    (ii) Treasury  Shares.  The number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding  at any given time shall not include  shares owned or held by or for
the account of the  Company,  and the  disposition  of any such shares  shall be
considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.

               (g) All  calculations  under this  Section 8 shall be made to the
nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.

               (h) Whenever the Exercise  Price is adjusted  pursuant to Section
8(c) above,  the Holder,  after receipt of the  determination  by the Appraiser,
shall  have the  right to  select  an  additional  appraiser  (which  shall be a
nationally  recognized  accounting  firm), in which case the adjustment shall be
equal to the average of the adjustments recommended by each of the Appraiser and
such  appraiser.  The Holder  shall  promptly  mail or cause to be mailed to the
Company,  a notice  setting forth the Exercise  Price after such  adjustment and
setting forth a brief  statement of the facts  requiring such  adjustment.  Such
adjustment  shall become effective  immediately  after the record date mentioned
above.

               (i) If:

                            (i)    the Company  shall declare a dividend (or any
                                   other distribution) on its Common Stock; or

                            (ii)   the   Company   shall   declare   a   special
                                   nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption
                                   of its Common Stock; or

                            (iii)  the Company  shall  authorize the granting to
                                   all  holders  of the Common  Stock  rights or
                                   warrants to  subscribe  for or  purchase  any
                                   shares  of  capital  stock of any class or of
                                   any rights; or

                            (iv)   the  approval  of  any  stockholders  of  the
                                   Company shall be required in connection  with
                                   any reclassification of the Common Stock, any



                                   consolidation  or merger to which the Company
                                   is a party,  any sale or  transfer  of all or
                                   substantially   all  of  the  assets  of  the
                                   Company,  or any  compulsory  share  exchange
                                   whereby the Common  Stock is  converted  into
                                   other securities, cash or property; or

                            (v)    the Company  shall  authorize  the  voluntary
                                   dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
                                   affairs of the Company,

then the Company shall cause to be mailed to each Holder at their last addresses
as they shall appear upon the Warrant Register,  at least 20 calendar days prior
to the  applicable  record or effective  date  hereinafter  specified,  a notice
stating  (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the  purpose  of such
dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to
be taken,  the date as of which  the  holders  of  Common  Stock of record to be
entitled to such dividend, distributions,  redemption, rights or warrants are to
be  determined  or (y) the date on which such  reclassification,  consolidation,
merger,  sale,  transfer or share  exchange is expected to become  effective  or
close,  and the date as of which it is expected  that holders of Common Stock of
record  shall  be  entitled  to  exchange  their  shares  of  Common  Stock  for
securities,  cash or other  property  deliverable  upon  such  reclassification,
consolidation,  merger, sale, transfer, share exchange, dissolution, liquidation
or winding up;  provided,  however,  that the failure to mail such notice or any
defect  therein or in the mailing  thereof  shall not affect the validity of the
corporate action required to be specified in such notice.

            9.  Payment of Exercise  Price.  The Holder  shall pay the  Exercise
Price in one of the following manners:

               (a) Cash Exercise.  The Holder may deliver immediately  available
funds; or

               (b) Cashless  Exercise.  The Holder may surrender this Warrant to
the  Company  together  with a notice of cashless  exercise,  in which event the
Company  shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant  Shares  determined  as
follows:

                   X = Y [(A-B)/A]
            where:
                   X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued  to the Holder.

                   Y = the number of Warrant  Shares with  respect to which this
                   Warrant is being exercised.

                   A = the  average  of the  closing  sale  prices of the Common
                   Stock for the five (5) trading days immediately prior to (but
                   not including) the Date of Exercise.


                   B = the Exercise Price.

For purposes of Rule 144  promulgated  under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood  and  acknowledged  that the  Warrant  Shares  issued  in a  cashless
exercise  transaction  shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder,  and
the  holding  period  for the  Warrant  Shares  shall  be  deemed  to have  been
commenced, on the issue date.

            10. Certain Exercise Restrictions.

               (a) A Holder may not  exercise  this  Warrant to the extent  such
exercise  would  result in the  Holder,  together  with any  affiliate  thereof,
beneficially  owning (as  determined  in  accordance  with Section  13(d) of the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange  Act") and the rules
promulgated  thereunder) in excess of 4.999% of the then issued and  outstanding
shares of Common Stock, including shares issuable upon such exercise and held by
such Holder  after  application  of this  Section.  Since the Holder will not be
obligated  to report to the Company the number of shares of Common  Stock it may
hold at the time of an exercise  hereunder,  unless the  exercise at issue would
result in the issuance of shares of Common Stock in excess of 4.999% of the then
outstanding  shares of Common Stock without regard to any other shares which may
be beneficially  owned by the Holder or an affiliate  thereof,  the Holder shall
have the authority and obligation to determine whether the restriction contained
in this Section will limit any particular  exercise  hereunder and to the extent
that  the  Holder  determines  that the  limitation  contained  in this  Section
applies, the determination of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall
be the  responsibility and obligation of the Holder. If the Holder has delivered
a Form of Election  to Purchase  for a number of Warrant  Shares  that,  without
regard to any other shares that the Holder or its  affiliates  may  beneficially
own, would result in the issuance in excess of the permitted  amount  hereunder,
the Company  shall  notify the Holder of this fact and shall honor the  exercise
for the maximum  portion of this Warrant  permitted to be exercised on such Date
of Exercise in accordance with the periods  described  herein and, at the option
of the Holder,  either keep the portion of the Warrant  tendered for exercise in
excess of the permitted  amount  hereunder  for future  exercises or return such
excess portion of the Warrant to the Holder.  The provisions of this Section may
be waived by a Holder (but only as to itself and not to any other  Holder)  upon
not less  than 61 days  prior  notice to the  Company.  Other  Holders  shall be
unaffected by any such waiver.

               (b) A Holder may not  exercise  this  Warrant to the extent  such
exercise  would  result in the  Holder,  together  with any  affiliate  thereof,
beneficially  owning (as  determined  in  accordance  with Section  13(d) of the
Exchange Act and the rules  promulgated  thereunder)  in excess of 9.999% of the
then issued and outstanding  shares of Common Stock,  including  shares issuable
upon such  exercise and held by such Holder after  application  of this Section.
Since the Holder  will not be  obligated  to report to the Company the number of
shares of Common Stock it may hold at the time of an exercise hereunder,  unless
the  exercise at issue would result in the issuance of shares of Common Stock in
excess of 9.999% of the then  outstanding  shares of Common Stock without regard
to any  other  shares  which  may be  beneficially  owned  by the  Holder  or an
affiliate  thereof,  the  Holder  shall have the  authority  and  obligation  to
determine  whether the  restriction  contained  in this  Section  will limit any
particular




exercise  hereunder  and to the  extent  that  the  Holder  determines  that the
limitation contained in this Section applies, the determination of which portion
of this Warrant is exercisable shall be the responsibility and obligation of the
Holder.  If the Holder has delivered a Form of Election to Purchase for a number
of Warrant  Shares that,  without  regard to any other shares that the Holder or
its affiliates may  beneficially  own, would result in the issuance in excess of
the permitted amount hereunder, the Company shall notify the Holder of this fact
and shall honor the exercise for the maximum  portion of this Warrant  permitted
to be  exercised  on such  Date of  Exercise  in  accordance  with  the  periods
described  herein and,  at the option of the Holder,  either keep the portion of
the Warrant  tendered for exercise in excess of the permitted  amount  hereunder
for future exercises or return such excess portion of the Warrant to the Holder.
The  provisions of this Section may be waived by a Holder (but only as to itself
and not to any  other  Holder)  upon not less than 61 days  prior  notice to the
Company. Other Holders shall be unaffected by any such waiver.

            11. Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue or
cause to be issued  fractional  Warrant  Shares on the exercise of this Warrant.
The number of full Warrant  Shares which shall be issuable  upon the exercise of
this Warrant shall be computed on the basis of the  aggregate  number of Warrant
Shares purchasable on exercise of this Warrant so presented.  If any fraction of
a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this Section, be issuable on
the exercise of this  Warrant,  the Company shall pay an amount in cash equal to
the Exercise Price multiplied by such fraction.

            12.  Notices.  Any  and  all  notices  or  other  communications  or
deliveries hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile  telephone  number specified in this
Section  prior to 6:30 p.m.  (New York City  time) on a business  day,  (ii) the
business day after the date of transmission,  if such notice or communication is
delivered  via  facsimile at the facsimile  telephone  number  specified in this
Section  later than 6:30 p.m.  (New York City time) on any date and earlier than
11:59 p.m.  (New York City time) on such date,  (iii) the business day following
the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service,
or (iv) upon  actual  receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be
given. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Company, to
5847 San Felipe,  Suite 900, Houston,  Texas 77057,  facsimile:  (713) 783-6003,
attention Chief Financial  Officer,  or (ii) if to the Holder,  to the Holder at
the address or facsimile  number appearing on the Warrant Register or such other
address  or  facsimile  number as the  Holder  may  provide  to the  Company  in
accordance with this Section.

            13.  Warrant  Agent.  The Company shall serve as warrant agent under
this Warrant.  Upon thirty days' notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a
new warrant  agent.  Any  corporation  into which the Company or any new warrant
agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which
the Company or any new  warrant  agent  shall be a party or any  corporation  to
which the Company or any new warrant agent  transfers  substantially  all of its
corporate trust or shareholders  services  business shall be a successor warrant
agent under this Warrant  without any further act.  Any such  successor  warrant
agent shall  promptly  cause  notice of its  succession  as warrant  agent to be
mailed (by first class mail,





postage  prepaid)  to the Holder at the  Holder's  last  address as shown on the
Warrant Register.

            14. Miscellaneous.

               (a) This Warrant  shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Warrant may
be  amended  only in  writing  signed by the  Company  and the  Holder and their
successors and assigns.

               (b)  Subject to Section  14(a),  above,  nothing in this  Warrant
shall be construed to give to any person or  corporation  other than the Company
and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause under this Warrant.
This Warrant  shall inure to the sole and  exclusive  benefit of the Company and
the Holder.

               (c) The corporate  laws of the State of Delaware shall govern all
issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and its  stockholders.  All
other  questions   concerning  the  construction,   validity,   enforcement  and
interpretation  of this Warrant  shall be governed by and construed and enforced
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to
the  principles  of conflicts of law thereof.  The Company and the Holder hereby
irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts
sitting in the City of New York,  borough of Manhattan,  for the adjudication of
any  dispute  hereunder  or in  connection  herewith  or  with  any  transaction
contemplated  hereby or discussed herein,  and hereby  irrevocably  waives,  and
agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not
personally  subject to the  jurisdiction  of any such court,  or that such suit,
action or  proceeding  is  improper.  Each of the Company and the Holder  hereby
irrevocably  waives  personal  service of process and consents to process  being
served in any such suit,  action or  proceeding by receiving a copy thereof sent
to the Company at the address in effect for notices to it under this  instrument
and agrees that such service shall  constitute  good and  sufficient  service of
process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in
any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

               (d)  The  headings  herein  are  for  convenience  only,  do  not
constitute a part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any
of the provisions hereof.

               (e) In case  any one or more of the  provisions  of this  Warrant
shall  be  invalid  or   unenforceable   in  any   respect,   the  validity  and
enforceability  of the remaining  terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not
in any way be affected or impaired  thereby and the parties will attempt in good
faith  to  agree  upon a  valid  and  enforceable  provision  which  shall  be a
commercially  reasonable  substitute  therefor,  and  upon  so  agreeing,  shall
incorporate such substitute provision in this Warrant.

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            IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly
executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.


                                  TIDEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


                                  By:_____________________________________
                                   Name:
                                   Title:




                          FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE

(To be executed by the Holder to exercise the right to purchase shares of Common
Stock under the foregoing Warrant)

To Tidel Technologies, Inc.:

            The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to purchase  _____________
shares of common stock,  $.01 par value per share, of Tidel  Technologies,  Inc.
(the "Common Stock") and , if such Holder is not utilizing the cashless exercise
provisions  set forth in this  Warrant,  encloses  herewith  $________  in cash,
certified or official bank check or checks,  which sum  represents the aggregate
Exercise  Price (as defined in the  Warrant)  for the number of shares of Common
Stock to which this Form of  Election  to Purchase  relates,  together  with any
applicable taxes payable by the undersigned pursuant to the Warrant.

            The undersigned  requests that certificates for the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon this exercise be issued in the name of

                                         PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR
                                         TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER




                         (Please print name and address)




Dated:                  ,                Name of Holder:
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                                                                         (Print)

                                                                           (By:)
                                            (Name:)
                                            (Title:)
                                            (Signature   must   conform  in  all
                                            respects   to  name  of   holder  as
                                            specified   on  the   face   of  the
                                            Warrant)




                               FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

           [To be completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]

            FOR VALUE  RECEIVED,  the  undersigned  hereby  sells,  assigns  and
transfers  unto  ________________________________  the right  represented by the
within  Warrant  to  purchase  ____________  shares  of  Common  Stock  of Tidel
Technologies,   Inc.  to  which  the  within   Warrant   relates  and   appoints
________________  attorney  to  transfer  said  right  on  the  books  of  Tidel
Technologies, Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:

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                                        (Signature  must conform in all respects
                                        to name of  holder as  specified  on the
                                        face of the Warrant)


                                        ---------------------------------------
                                        Address of Transferee

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In the presence of:


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                                     Annex A

       Date      Number of Warrant      Number of Warrant Shares   Number of
               Shares Available to be          Exercised         Warrant Shares
                    Exercised                                    Remaining to
                                                                 be Exercised