Base Ten Closes Sale of MES Business

TRENTON,  N.J. -- (BW  HealthWire)  -- Oct.  13,  2000 -- Base Ten Systems  Inc.
(NasdaqSC:BASEA)  announced  today  that on October  10th,  2000 it sold its MES
business, including the products BASE10(R)ME, CS and FS, to ABB Automation, Inc.
The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Stephen  Cloughley,  President and CEO of Base Ten Systems Inc., said "I believe
that this transaction provides our MES customers with the breadth of service and
the financial strength they need from their technology provider to fully realize
the promise of MES.  At the same time,  it offers  Base Ten's  shareholders  the
opportunity to benefit from a more  streamlined and focused  organization  going
forward."  Further  details  of Base  Ten's  future  plans  are  expected  to be
announced shortly.

Forward-Looking Statements Regarding Base Ten Systems

The foregoing contains  "forward-looking  information" within the meaning of The
Private  Securities   Litigation  Reform  Act  of  1995.  Such   forward-looking
statements  may be  identified  by such  forward-looking  terminology  as "may,"
"will,"  "believe,"  "anticipate,"  "expect,"  or  similar  words or  variations
thereof.  Such forward-looking  statements involve certain significant risks and
uncertainties. Important factors that Base Ten believes may cause actual results
to differ materially from such  forward-looking  statements are discussed in the
"Risk  Factors,"  "Business"  and "MD&A"  sections of the company's  current S-3
registration  statements  and  annual  and  quarterly  reports  on file with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission.   Additional  risk  factors  include  the
effectiveness  of software and the ability of software to operate without "bugs"
in the technology and acceptance of the release by customers and actual rollout.
In  assessing  such  forward-looking  statements,  investors  are  urged to read
carefully  those  reports  and other  filings.  Base Ten does not  undertake  to
publicly update or revise its forward-looking  statements, even if experience or
future  changes  indicate that any such results or event  (expressed or implied)
will not be realized.