SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT


            This Second Amendment to Credit Agreement (this "Amendment") is made
and entered into as of September 8, 2000, by and among THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
formerly  known as CHASE BANK OF TEXAS,  N.A.,  a national  banking  association
("Lender"),   TIDEL   ENGINEERING,   L.P.   ("Borrower"),   a  Delaware  limited
partnership,  and TIDEL TECHNOLOGIES,  INC., a Delaware  corporation  ("Ultimate
Parent").


                                R E C I T A L S:

            A. On April 1, 1999, Lender,  Borrower,  and Ultimate Parent entered
into that certain  Credit  Agreement  (including  all  amendments  thereto,  the
"Credit  Agreement")  pursuant to which Lender agreed to make loans and advances
(collectively  the "Loans") to Borrower and Ultimate  Parent in accordance  with
the terms  thereof.  Lender,  Borrower  and  Ultimate  Parent  entered into that
certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, effective as of September 30, 1999.

            B. The Loans are evidenced by that certain  Revolving Credit Note of
even  date  with  the  Credit  Agreement,  in the  stated  principal  amount  of
$7,000,000.00,  and  that  certain  Term  Note  of even  date  with  the  Credit
Agreement, in the stated principal amount of $544,000.00,  each bearing interest
and being payable to the order of Lender as therein provided (collectively,  the
"Notes").  The Credit  Agreement,  the Notes and the documents,  instruments and
agreements executed in connection therewith are collectively  referred to herein
as the "Loan Documents".

            C. Borrower and Ultimate Parent have requested  Lender to consent to
the following:

               (1)     an  investment  in  and/or  a loan  and  other  financial
                       accommodations  to  JRA  222,  Inc.  (d/b/a  Credit  Card
                       Center), a Delaware  corporation,  by Ultimate Parent, in
                       the amount of  $11,000,000,  which will be evidenced by a
                       Term Loan and Security Agreement (the "Credit Card Center
                       Loan Agreement"), between JRA 222, Inc. d/b/a Credit Card
                       Center, as borrower,  and Ultimate Parent, as lender, and
                       various other documents executed in connection  therewith
                       or as security  therefor and other  related  transactions
                       (the "Credit Card Center Loan Documents"); and

               (2)     the  issuance  by  Ultimate   Parent  of  6%  convertible
                       subordinated  debentures (the  "Convertible  Subordinated
                       Debentures")  in the  aggregate  amount  of  $15,000,000,
                       which will be issued to Montrose  Investments  Ltd.,  and
                       other related  transactions which are contemplated in the
                       convertible  Debenture  Purchase  Agreement  dated  as of
                       September 8, 2000,  between  Ultimate Parent and Montrose
                       Investments Ltd.

               D. Borrower and Ultimate  Parent also have  requested that Lender
modify various financial covenants set forth in the Credit Agreement  pertaining
to the following:




               (1)     revising the Tangible Net Worth covenant; and

               (2)     adding a covenant regarding a Cash Flow Leverage Ratio.

               E. Lender,  at the request of Borrower and Ultimate  Parent,  for
good and valuable consideration,  is willing to enter into this Amendment and to
consent  to (1) the  issuance  of the  Convertible  Subordinated  Debentures  by
Ultimate Parent and the transactions related thereto, and the performance of the
obligations  and agreements of Ultimate  Parent  thereunder,  and (2) the Credit
Card Center  Transaction,  and the performance of the obligations and agreements
of  Ultimate  Parent  thereunder,  all upon the terms and  conditions  set forth
below.

                               A G R E E M E N T:

            NOW,  THEREFORE,  for and in consideration of Ten and No/100 Dollars
($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration,  the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged,  Borrower,  Ultimate Parent, and Lender hereby
covenant and agree as follows:

            1. Defined Terms.  Capitalized  terms used but not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

            2. Additional  Definitions.  Section 1.1 of the Credit  Agreement is
hereby amended to add the following definitions:

               Cash Flow Leverage  Ratio shall mean as of any date that the Cash
             Flow Leverage Ratio is calculated,  the ratio of (a) the Total Debt
             to (b)  EBITDA  of the  Borrower  for  the  four  (4)  most  recent
             consecutive   fiscal   quarters  of  the  Borrower   ending  on  or
             immediately  prior to the date of  determination  of the Cash  Flow
             Leverage Ratio.

               Convertible   Subordinated   Debenture   shall   mean  the  Tidel
             Technologies,  Inc. 6% Convertible Debenture Due September 8, 2004,
             issued by  Ultimate  Parent in the  aggregate  principal  amount of
             Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000).

               Convertible  Subordinated  Debenture  Documents  shall  mean  the
             Convertible  Subordinated  Debenture  and that certain  Convertible
             Debenture  Purchase  Agreement  dated  September  8, 2000,  between
             Montrose Investments Ltd. and other investor party(ies) thereto, as
             purchasers,  and  Ultimate  Parent,  as issuer,  and all  documents
             executed in  connection  with the  foregoing,  which  evidence  the
             issuance  of  the  Convertible   Subordinated   Debentures  in  the
             aggregate  amount of  Fifteen  Million  Dollars  ($15,000,000)  and
             related transactions.

               Credit Card Center Loan  Documents  shall mean that  certain Term
             Loan and  Security  Agreement  to be entered  into between JRA 222,
             Inc. d/b/a Credit Card Center, as borrower, and Ultimate Parent, as
             lender,  and all documents  executed in connection  therewith or as
             security  therefor,  which evidence a term loan and other financial
             accommodations  in the principal  amount of Twelve Million  Dollars
             ($12,000,000)  and other  related  documents  evidencing  ancillary
             transactions  and other  investments  in JRA





             222, Inc. d/b/a Credit Card Center.

               Subordination  Agreement  shall  mean a  Subordination  Agreement
             executed by each holder of a  Convertible  Subordinated  Debenture,
             Borrower and Ultimate Parent, in favor of Lender, pursuant to which
             the holder of a Convertible  Subordinated  Debenture agrees,  among
             other  things,  to  subordinate  its  rights of  payment  under the
             Convertible Subordinated Debenture to Lender's rights of payment of
             the Obligations, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender.

               Total Debt shall mean the sum of the following:

               (a)     the Obligations; and

               (b)     the Indebtedness of Ultimate Parent under the Convertible
                       Subordinated Debenture.

            3. Eligible  Receivables.  Clause (c) of the definition of "Eligible
Receivables" in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in
its entirety as follows:

               (c)     The payments due on twenty  percent  (20%) or more of all
                       Receivables  of the  applicable  account  debtor are less
                       than 90 days past the date of invoice;

            4.  Indebtedness.  Schedule  6.16 to the Credit  Agreement is hereby
amended and supplemented to add the following:

               (c)     6%  Convertible  Debentures due September 8, 2004, in the
                       aggregate   principal   amount  of  $15,000,000,   issued
                       pursuant to the Convertible  Debenture Purchase Agreement
                       between  Ultimate  Parent,  as issuer,  and the purchaser
                       party thereto.

             5. Permitted  Indebtedness.  Section 8.1 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by inserting the following  clause  immediately  following clause
(h):

                (i)    Indebtedness under the Convertible Subordinated Debenture
                       Documents;

             6. Permitted  Investments.  Section 8.7 of the Credit  Agreement is
hereby amended by inserting the following  clause  immediately  following clause
(b):

                (c)    Investment in JRA 222,  Inc.  pursuant to the Credit Card
                       Center Loan Documents.

            7. Additional Covenants. Article 8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended  by adding  the  following  Sections,  pursuant  to which  the  Borrower
covenants and agrees with the Lender that prior to the termination of the Credit
Agreement,  the  Borrower  will not,  and will not  suffer or permit  any of its
Subsidiaries, if any, to, do any of the following:




                        8.12 Cash Flow  Leverage.  Permit the Cash Flow Leverage
            Ratio to be more than 2.00 to 1.00.  The Cash  Flow  Leverage  Ratio
            will be  measured  as of the  last  day of each  fiscal  quarter  of
            Borrower for the period  consisting of the fiscal quarter then ended
            and the immediately preceding three (3) fiscal quarters.

                        8.20   Cash   Payments   on   Convertible   Subordinated
            Debenture.  Permit  Ultimate  Parent to make  payment in cash of any
            Indebtedness under the Convertible  Subordinated Debenture,  without
            Lender's prior written consent;  provided,  however, Ultimate Parent
            may make regularly  scheduled payments in cash of interest,  so long
            as no default or Event of Default has  occurred  and is  continuing.
            Notwithstanding the foregoing,  Ultimate Parent may make payments of
            principal,  accrued interest, and other fees, penalties,  liquidated
            damages, and premiums,  or other amounts owing thereunder (including
            without  limitation  those  payments in Common Stock provided for in
            Section 2(c) of the Registration Rights Agreement entered into as of
            September 8, 2000 between Debtor and the  Purchasers  party thereto,
            and in Section 7 of the Convertible Subordinated Debenture),  as and
            when such  payments are due on the  Subordinated  Note,  but only in
            shares of Common Stock (as such term is defined in the  Subordinated
            Note) and not in cash, or add such amounts to the  principal  amount
            due under the Convertible Subordinated Debenture.  Further, Ultimate
            Parent may pay the fee payable to Value  Investment  Partners,  Inc.
            pursuant to the letter agreement dated August 8, 2000.

                        8.21 Convertible  Subordinated Debenture and Credit Card
            Center  Loan   Documents.   Permit   Ultimate  Parent  to  make  any
            modification  or amendment to the Credit Card Center Loan  Documents
            or the  Convertible  Subordinate  Debenture  without  Lender's prior
            written consent.

            8.  Tangible  Net Worth.  Section  8.12 of the Credit  Agreement  is
hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                        8.12  Tangible Net Worth.  Permit the Tangible Net Worth
            of  the  Borrower   (expressly   excluding   Ultimate  Parent,   its
            Subsidiaries and Borrower's Subsidiaries), as determined at any time
            and from time to time, to be less than the sum of the following:

                        (i)    $14,000,000.00; plus

                        (ii)   the  amount,  which  shall be added to clause (i)
                               above as of the end of each calendar  month, on a
                               cumulative  basis,  beginning  with the  calendar
                               month  beginning  October 1, 1998 and  continuing
                               each calendar month  thereafter  through the term
                               of  this   Agreement,   that  is   equal  to  the
                               sequential monthly  calculations of fifty percent
                               (50%) of the positive  (but not the negative) net
                               income of the Borrower for each  calendar  month,
                               beginning on and after  October 1, 1998 (it being
                               acknowledged  that such calculations for calendar
                               months  prior to April 1, 1999 shall be made with
                               respect   to   Tidel   Engineering,   Inc.,   the
                               predecessor-in-interest to the Borrower); plus



                        (iii)  the  amount  of  all  capital   contributions  to
                               Borrower  on or after  October  1, 1998 (it being
                               acknowledged  that such calculations for calendar
                               months  prior to April 1, 1999 shall be made with
                               respect   to   Tidel   Engineering,   Inc.,   the
                               predecessor-in-interest   to  the  Borrower,  and
                               shall  be made  with  respect  to the  amount  of
                               consideration  received  in  exchange  for equity
                               interests  issued  by  Tidel  Engineering,   Inc.
                               during the applicable period of time).

             9.  Additional  Events  of  Default.  Section  9.1  of  the  Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by re-lettering clauses (n), (o), and (p) as clauses
(p),  (q),  and  (r),  respectively,  and  by  inserting  the  following  clause
immediately following clause (m):

                 (n)   the occurrence of an "Event of Default",  as such term is
                       defined in the Convertible Subordinated Debenture.

Upon  execution and delivery of the Credit Card Center Loan  Agreement,  Section
9.1 of the Credit Agreement,  provided the conditions to closing thereunder have
been  satisfied,  will be amended,  effective  without any further action by the
parties, by inserting the following clause immediately following clause (n):

                 (o)   the occurrence of an "Event of Default",  as such term is
                       defined in the Credit Card Center Term Loan and  Security
                       Agreement.

             10. Compliance Certificate.  Exhibit D to the Credit Agreement, the
form of Compliance  Certificate,  is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced
with Exhibit D attached hereto.

             11. Borrowing Base Certificate.  Exhibit H to the Credit Agreement,
the form of Borrowing  Base  Certificate,  is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with Exhibit H attached hereto.

             12.  Amendment  and  Consent  Fee. In  consideration  of the Lender
entering  into this  Amendment  and giving its consent to the  Debenture and the
Investment,  the  Borrower  agrees to pay to the Lender a  commitment  fee in an
amount equal to  Twenty-Five  Thousand  Dollars  ($25,000)  (the  "Amendment and
Consent Fee").

             13. Consent.

                 (a)   Convertible   Subordinated    Debentures.    Subject   to
                       satisfaction   of  and  compliance  with  all  terms  and
                       conditions  precedent  set  forth in  Section  14  below,
                       Lender consents to the issuance by Ultimate Parent of the
                       Convertible    Subordinated    Debentures   and   related
                       transactions  in accordance with the terms and conditions
                       of the Convertible  Subordinated  Debenture Documents and
                       the  performance  of Ultimate  Parent's  obligations  and
                       agreements thereunder.

                 (b)   Credit Card Center  Transaction.  Subject to satisfaction
                       of and compliance with all terms and conditions precedent
                       in Section 15 below,  Lender





                       consents  to  the  Credit  Card  Center   Transaction  by
                       Ultimate   Parent  in  accordance   with  the  terms  and
                       conditions  of the Credit Card Center  Documents  and the
                       performance   of  Ultimate   Parent's   obligations   and
                       agreements thereunder.

            14.  Conditions  Precedent  to Consent to  Amendment  and Consent to
Convertible  Subordinated Debenture.  The effectiveness of this Amendment and of
Lender's  consent to the Convertible  Subordinated  Debentures is subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions  precedent,  unless specifically waived
in writing by Lender:

                 (1)   Lender shall have received a Subordination  Agreement, in
                       form and substance  satisfactory to Lender, duly executed
                       by each holder of the Convertible Subordinated Debenture;

                 (2)   The representations  and warranties  contained herein and
                       in all Loan Documents,  as amended hereby,  shall be true
                       and  correct  in all  material  respects  as of the  date
                       hereof as if made on the date hereof;

                 (3)   No Event of Default by Borrower or Ultimate  Parent under
                       the Loan  Documents,  as amended  hereby,  as of the date
                       hereof,  shall have  occurred  and be  continuing  and no
                       event or  conditions  shall have  occurred  that with the
                       giving  of  notice  or lapse of time or both  would be an
                       Event of Default by Borrower or Ultimate Parent under the
                       Loan Documents, as amended hereby, as of the date hereof,
                       unless such Event of Default has been specifically waived
                       in writing by Lender;

                 (4)   Lender  shall  have  received   executed  copies  of  the
                       Convertible   Subordinated   Debenture   and  all   other
                       documents  executed in  connection  therewith  (including
                       without  limitation,  the  Purchase  Agreement,  and  the
                       Registration Rights Agreement,  as such terms are defined
                       in the Convertible Subordinated Debenture),  certified by
                       Borrower as being true and complete; and

                 (5)   Lender shall have received the Amendment and Consent Fee.

             15.  Conditions  Precedent to the Consent to the Credit Card Center
Transaction.  The  effectiveness  of the  consent  to  the  Credit  Card  Center
Transaction  is  subject  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  following   conditions
precedent, unless specifically waived in writing by Lender:

                  (1)  The representations  and warranties  contained herein and
                       in all Loan Documents,  as amended hereby,  shall be true
                       and  correct  in all  materials  respects  as of the date
                       hereof as if made on the date hereof;

                  (2)  No Event of Default by Borrower or Ultimate  Parent under
                       the Loan Documents, as amended hereby, as amended hereby,
                       shall have  occurred  and be  continuing  and no event or
                       conditions  shall have  occurred  that with the giving of
                       notice  or  lapse  of time or both  would  be an Event of
                       Default





                       by Borrower or Ultimate  Parent under the Loan Documents,
                       as amended  hereby,  as of the date  hereof,  unless such
                       Event of Default has been specifically  waived in writing
                       by Lender;

                  (3)  Lender shall have received  copies of the executed Credit
                       Card  Center  Loan  Documents,  certified  by Borrower as
                       being true and complete; and

                  (4)  Lender shall have received a collateral assignment of the
                       Credit Card Center Loan Documents,  in form and substance
                       satisfactory  to Lender,  together with any and all other
                       documents  necessary or  appropriate  to effect  Lender's
                       security interest therein.

             16. Costs and  Expenses.  Borrower  agrees to reimburse  Lender for
Lender's  costs  and  expenses,   including,  but  not  limited  to,  reasonable
attorneys'  fees and legal  expenses,  incurred by Lender in connection with the
preparation  of this  Amendment  and in  connection  with  the  negotiation  and
consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby.

             17. The Credit Agreement. All references to the Credit Agreement in
the Loan  Documents  shall be deemed to be the  Credit  Agreement,  as  modified
hereby.  Borrower expressly promises to perform all of its obligations under the
Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents, as modified by this Amendment.

             18.  Acknowledgments of Borrower and Ultimate Parent.  Borrower and
Ultimate  Parent  each  hereby  acknowledge  and agree that (a) Lender is not in
default in the  performance of its  obligations  under the Loan  Documents;  (b)
Borrower and Ultimate Parent have no claims, counterclaims,  offsets, credits or
defenses  to  the  Loan  Documents  and  the  performance  of  their  respective
obligations thereunder,  or if Borrower or Ultimate Parent have any such claims,
counterclaims,  offsets,  credits  or  defenses  to the  Loan  Documents  or any
transaction  related  to the Loans  and/or the Loan  Documents,  same are hereby
waived,  relinquished and released in  consideration  of Lender's  execution and
delivery of this  Amendment;  (c) all of the  provisions of the Loan  Documents,
except  as  amended  hereby,  are in full  force  and  effect;  and (d) upon the
execution hereof, the Credit Agreement, the Notes, and the other Loan Documents,
as amended herein, are not in default by Borrower or Ultimate Parent.

             19. Full Force and Effect. Except as expressly modified and amended
in this  Amendment,  all of the terms,  provisions  and conditions of the Credit
Agreement,  the Notes, and all other Loan Documents are and shall remain in full
force and effect and are incorporated herein by reference.

             20.  Counterparts and Facsimile  Signatures.  This Amendment may be
executed in any number of  counterparts  and by the  parties  hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be
an original,  and all of which taken together  shall  constitute but one and the
same  instrument.  Any party to this  Amendment may indicate its intention to be
bound by this  Amendment by its signature to the  signature  page hereof





and the  delivery  of the  signature  page  hereof  to the  other  party  or its
representatives by facsimile transmission or telecopy. The delivery of a party's
signature  page on the  signature  page  hereof  by  facsimile  transmission  or
telecopy  shall  have the same  force and  effect as if such  party  signed  and
delivered this Amendment in person.

             21. No Oral Agreements. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS
EMBODY  THE  ENTIRE  AGREEMENT  AMONG  THE  PARTIES  AND  SUPERSEDES  ALL  PRIOR
AGREEMENTS AND  UNDERSTANDINGS,  IF ANY,  RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF.
THIS WRITTEN AMENDMENT  REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES AND MAY
NOT BE  CONTRADICTED  BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR,  CONTEMPORANEOUS  OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES.

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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the parties have executed this Second Amendment
to Credit Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

                                     LENDER:

                                     THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, formerly
                                     known as CHASE BANK OF TEXAS, N.A.,
                                     a New York state banking association



                                     By:
                                           Joanne Bramanti, Vice President


                                     BORROWER:

                                    TIDEL ENGINEERING, L.P.,
                                    a Delaware limited partnership

                                    By:   Tidel Cash Systems, Inc., its sole
                                          general partner


                                          By:
                                             Mark K. Levenick,
                                             President and Chief
                                             Executive Officer

                                    ULTIMATE PARENT:

                                    TIDEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
                                    a Delaware corporation


                                    By:
                                       James T. Rash, Chief Executive Officer




            By its execution below, each of Tidel Technologies, Inc., a Delaware
corporation,  Tidel  Services  Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation,  and Tidel  Cash
Systems,  Inc.,  a Delaware  corporation  (each  individually,  a  "Guarantor"),
acknowledges  and consents to all of the terms and conditions of this Amendment,
and  ratifies and  confirms  its  respective  Guaranty to and for the benefit of
Lender.  Each  Guarantor   acknowledges  that  such  Guarantor  has  no  claims,
counterclaims,  offsets,  credits  or  defenses  to the Loan  Documents  and the
performance of its  obligations  thereunder,  or if such Guarantor does have any
such claims,  counterclaims,  offsets, credits or defenses to the Loan Documents
or any  transaction  related to the Loans  and/or the Loan  Documents,  same are
hereby waived,  relinquished and released in consideration of Lender's execution
and delivery of this  Amendment.  Further,  each  Guarantor  agrees that nothing
contained in this Amendment shall adversely affect any right or remedy of Lender
under its  respective  Guaranty  and that with  respect  to such  Guaranty,  all
references in such Guaranty to the "Obligations"  shall mean the  "Obligations",
as amended by this Amendment;  that the execution and delivery of this Amendment
shall in no way  change or modify  such  Guarantor's  obligations  as  Guarantor
pursuant to its Guaranty;  and that the execution and delivery of any agreements
by Borrower and Lender in connection  with this Amendment shall not constitute a
waiver by Lender of any of Lender's rights against any Guarantor.

                                         TIDEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
                                         a Delaware corporation


                                         By:
                                             James T. Rash,
                                             Chief Executive Officer


                                         TIDEL SERVICES, INC.,
                                         a Delaware corporation


                                         By:___________________________________
                                            Mark K. Levenick, President


                                         TIDEL CASH SYSTEMS, INC.,
                                         a Delaware corporation


                                         By:__________________________________
                                            Mark K. Levenick, President



                                    EXHIBIT D

                             COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE


                              Date: _______________

Chase Bank of Texas, N.A.
P.O. Box 660197
Dallas, Texas  75266-0197
Attention:  Ms. Joanne Bramanti

            Re:  Financial  Statements  Required  under Credit  Agreement
                 (as the same may have been amended,  modified and restated from
                 time to time,  the  "Credit  Agreement")  dated as of April 1,
                 1999,  by and  between  Tidel  Engineering,  L.P.,  Tidel
                 Technologies, Inc. and Chase Bank of Texas, N.A., ("Lender")


Gentlemen:

            Capitalized  words and phrases used herein and not defined herein in
the Credit  Agreement  are used herein with the same meanings as are assigned to
them in the Credit Agreement.

            The  undersigned  hereby  certifies,  warrants and represents to the
addressee named above that to the best knowledge of the undersigned:

            (1)   He or she is a duly appointed and acting  Responsible  Officer
                  of the General Partner of the Borrower;

            (2)   The attached financial  statements dated as of _______________
                  were prepared in conformity  with GAAP  consistently  applied,
                  subject only to normal and customary adjustments,  and present
                  fairly the financial  position of [the Ultimate  Parent],  the
                  Borrower  and  its   Subsidiaries,   on  a  Consolidated  [and
                  consolidating  basis], as of the date there of and the results
                  of [its] [their] operations for the period covered thereby.

            (3)   The following  constitute true, correct and complete financial
                  calculations   for  the  Borrower  and,  as  applicable,   its
                  Subsidiaries  on a  Consolidated  basis,  as of the end of the
                  period(s) indicated:

                  (a)   INTEREST  COVERAGE  RATIO (for the four (4)  immediately
                        preceding fiscal quarters ending on or immediately prior
                        to today's date):

                        (i)                                              EBITDA:



                                                                     $__________

                        (ii)                               Capital Expenditures:
                                                                     $__________

                        (iii)                         [Line (i) less Line (ii)]:
                                                                     $__________

                        (iv)                              Cash Interest Expense:
                                                                     $__________

                        (v)                       Actual Interest Coverage Ratio
                                                       [ratio of (iii) to (iv)]:
                                                                   _____ to 1:00

                        (vi)                   Required Interest Coverage Ratio:
                                                                    3:00 to 1:00

                  (b)                                         TANGIBLE NET WORTH
                        (for the calendar month ending on or
                        immediately prior to today's date)

                        (i)   minimum  required  Tangible  Net  Worth of Tidel
                              Engineering, L.P. as of October 1, 1998:
                                                                     $14,000,000

                        (ii)  the  amount  on  a  cumulative
                              basis,   beginning   with  the
                              calendar    month    beginning
                              October 1, 1998 and continuing
                              each calendar month thereafter
                              through   the   term  of  this
                              Agreement,  that is  equal  to
                              the     sequential     monthly
                              calculations  of fifty percent
                              (50%) of the positive (but not
                              the  negative)  net  income of
                              the Borrower for each calendar
                              month  beginning  on and after
                              October   1,  1998  (it  being
                              acknowledged     that     such
                              calculations    for   calendar
                              months  prior to April 1, 1999
                              shall be made with  respect to
                              Tidel  Engineering,  Inc., the
                              predecessor-in-interest to the
                              Borrower):

                                                 $----------


                        (iii) the  amount  of  all   capital
                              contributions  to  Borrower on
                              or after  October  1, 1998 (it
                              being  acknowledged  that such
                              calculations    for   calendar
                              months  prior to April 1, 1999
                              shall be made with  respect to
                              Tidel  Engineering,  Inc., the
                              predecessor-in-interest to the
                              Borrower,  and  shall  be made
                              with  respect to the amount of
                              consideration    received   in
                              exchange for equity  interests
                              issued  by Tidel  Engineering,
                              Inc.   during  the  applicable
                              period of time):

                                                $----------

                        (iv)  Required  Tangible  Net  Worth
                              (Sum of  Lines  (i),  (ii) and
                              (iii)):
                                                 $----------

                        (v)                                               Actual
                              Tangible Net Worth:                    $__________

                 (c)                               CAPITAL EXPENDITURES (for the
                                                           present fiscal year):

                              (i)         Cumulative fiscal year-to-date Capital
                                                             Expenditures total:
                              $__________

                              (ii)                   Maximum permitted amount of
                                                 Capital Expenditures during any
                                                                    fiscal year:
                              $1,300,000

                 (d)                             CASH FLOW  LEVERAGE  RATIO (for
                                       the four (4) immediately preceding fiscal
                                      quarters ending on or immediately prior to
                                                                  today's date):

                              (i)             Obligations under Credit Agreement
                              $__________

                              (ii)                Indebtedness under Convertible
                                                          Subordinated Debenture
                              $__________




                              (iii)         Total Debt [Line (i) plus Line (ii)]
                              $__________

                              (iv)                                        EBITDA
                              $__________

                              (v)                Actual Cash Flow Leverage Ratio
                                                        [ratio of (iii) to (iv)]
                              ____ to 1:00

                              (vi)                       Maximum permitted Ratio
                              2:00  to  1:00


            (4)      The  undersigned  hereby  certifies  to  his  or  her  best
knowledge as follows:

                (a)  each   representation  or  warranty  of  the  Borrower  and
                     Ultimate Parent  contained in the Credit  Agreement is true
                     and correct in all material  respects on and as of the date
                     hereof with the same effect as through such representations
                     and  warranties  had been made on and of this date,  except
                     for (i) those  representations  and warranties which relate
                     only  to the  Closing  Date  or (ii)  such  changes  in the
                     representations  and warranties  otherwise permitted by the
                     terms of the Credit Agreement;

                (b)  no Event of Default or Default  under the Credit  Agreement
                     has occurred and is still continuing  (except for any Event
                     of Default or Default which may have been expressly  waived
                     in writing by the Lender); and

                (c)  neither  Borrower nor Ultimate  Parent is in default in the
                     due  performance  of any covenant on its part in the Credit
                     Agreement.


                                   Name:_____________________________________



                                    EXHIBIT H
                                       TO
                                CREDIT AGREEMENT
             ACCOUNTS AND INVENTORY RAW MATERIALS & FINISHED GOODS)

                           BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE

                   Borrowing Base for Tidel Engineering, L.P.
            Week Beginning ______ and Ending _____ ("Current Period")
       Credit Agreement (the "Agreement") dated April 1, 1999, executed by
     Tidel Engineering, L.P. and Tidel Technologies, Inc., and delivered to
                    Chase Bank of Texas, N.A. (the "Lender")
                                  as amended by
                                 First Amendment
                                       and
                                Second Amendment


Line
      1        Total Accounts as of the end of the last report                 $
      2        Plus:  Sales during the Current Period                          $
      3        Less:  Collections during Current Period                        $
      4        Plus or Minus:  Any debits or credits during Current Period     $
      5        Total Accounts as of the end of the Current Period
               Ineligible Accounts as of the end of the Current Period:        $
      6        (a)   Total invoices more than 90 days from
                     invoice date for all Accounts                    $
      7        (b)   All of the Accounts of the Account Debtor(s)
                     when 20% of the Accounts of the Account
                     Debtor(s)  are more than 90 days from  invoice
                     date net of the amount included in Line 6(a)
                     for the Account Debtor(s)                        $
      8        (c)   That portion of Accounts of Credit Card Center
                     in excess of 20% of the total Accounts for the
                     Current Period (Line 1)                          $
      9        (d)   That portion of Accounts of Card Pro, Inc.
                     Cardtronics in excess of 15% of the total
                     Accounts for the Current Period (Line 1)         $
     10        (e)   That portion of Accounts of Account Debtor(s)
                     (other than Credit Card Center and Card Pro,
                     Inc./Cardtronics) in excess of 10% of the
                     total Accounts for the Current Period (Line 1)   $
     11        (d)   Progress Billings                                $
     12        (e)   Bill and Holds not properly documented           $
     13        (f)   Inter-company and Affiliate Accounts             $
     14        (g)   Government Accounts                              $
     15        (h)   Foreign Accounts (unless secured by a letter
                     of credit issued by a bank satisfactory to
                     the Lender)                                      $
     16        (i)   Accounts subject to any dispute or setoff or
                     contra account                                   $
     17        (j)   Cash/COD Accounts                                $
     18        (k)   Past Due Credits (added as a positive figure)    $
     19        (l)   Unapplied Cash                                   $
     20        (m)   Other Ineligible Accounts                        $
     21              Total Ineligible Accounts as of the end of the
                     Current Period                                            $
                     (Add Lines 6 through 20)                                  $
     22        Total Eligible Accounts as of the end of the
               Current Period                                                  $
               (Line 5-Line 20)                                                $
     23        Multiplied By:  Accounts Advance Factor                       80%




     24        Equals:  Accounts Receivable Availability                       $
     25        Total Inventory as of the end of the Current Period
     26        Gross Raw Materials Inventory
               Ineligible Raw Materials Inventory
     27        (a)   Raw Materials Off-site (Sub-Contracted)          $
     28        (b)   Inventory Reserve Applicable to Raw Materials    $
     29              Total Ineligible Raw Materials                           $
     30              Total Eligible Raw Materials Inventory                   $
     31              Multiplied by:  Advance Rate on Raw Materials          50%
     32        Equals:  Availability on Raw Materials Inventory               $
     33        Gross Finished Goods Inventory                                 $
               Ineligible Finished Goods Inventory
     34        (a)   Inventory Reserve Applicable to
                     Finished Goods                                   $
                                                                      ----
     35        (b)   MPD Model ATMs                                   $
     36        (c)   AnyCard II Model ATM's                           $
     37              Total Ineligible Finished Goods                          $
     38              Total Eligible Finished Goods Inventory                  $
     39              Advance Rate on Finished Goods Inventory               50%
     40        Equals:  Availability on Finished Goods Inventory
               (not to exceed 35% of Line 32)                                 $
     41        Gross Other Inventory                                          $
               Ineligible Other Inventory
     42        (a)   Work in Process                                  $
     43        (b)   Demo Units                                       $
     44        (c)   Non-Current Production                           $
     45        (d)   Inventory Reserve Applicable
                     to Eligible Other Inventory                              $
     46              Total Ineligible Other Inventory                         $
                                                                              --
     47              Total Eligible Other Inventory                           $
     48              Multiplied by:  Advance Rate on Other Inventory         50%
     49        Equals:  Availability on Other Inventory                      $
     50        Total Gross Inventory Availability
               (Line 32 + Line 40 + Line 49) (Not to
               exceed $ $2,500,000.00)
                                                                             $
     51        Total Borrowing Base Availability (Not to
               exceed $7,000,000.00) as of the End of the Current Period
               (Line 24 + Line 50)                                           $
     52        Less:  Aggregate principal amount outstanding
               under the Revolving Note as of the end of the Current
               Period                                                        $
     53        Equals:  Amount available for borrowing subject
               to the terms of the Agreement, if positive; or                $
               amount due to Lender, if negative


The term  "Accounts" and "Inventory"  shall have the respective  meanings as set
forth in the Texas  Business and  Commerce  Code in effect as of the date of the
Agreement.  Inventory shall be valued at the lesser of: (a) market value and (b)
cost. "Other  Ineligible  Accounts" shall mean all such Accounts of the Borrower
that are not  subject  to a first and prior lien in favor of the  Lender,  those
Accounts that are subject to any Lien not in favor of Lender and those  Accounts
of Borrower as shall be deemed from time to time to be, in the sole  judgment of
the Lender,  ineligible  for the purposes of  determining  the  Borrowing  Base.
"Other Ineligible Inventory" means that Inventory of Borrower as shall be deemed
from  time to time to be in the sole  judgment  of the  Lender,  ineligible  for
purposes of determining  the Borrowing  Base. All other terms not defined herein
shall have the respective meanings as in the Agreement.




The undersigned hereby certifies that the above information and computations are
true and correct and not misleading as of the date hereof.

COMPANY NAME:     Tidel Engineering, L.P.                 DATE:

                  By:   Tidel Cash Systems, Inc.,
                          General Partner

SIGNATURE:              By:
NAME:
TITLE:
ADDRESS:                5847 San Felipe
                        Suite 900
                        Houston, Texas 77057