SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934




Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)          November 13, 1998
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                             Base Ten Systems, Inc.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



  New Jersey                         0-7100                      22-1804206
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(State or Other Jurisdiction        (Commission              (I.R.S. Employer
  of Incorporation)                 File Number)           Identification No.)




One Electronics Drive, Trenton, New Jersey                        08619
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                       (Zip Code)




Registrant's telephone number, including area code          (609)586-7010
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Inapplicable
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)







                    INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

Item 5.  Other Events.

         On November 13, 1998, Base Ten Systems,  Inc. (the "Company") completed
the sale of 6,666,666  shares of the  Company's  Class A common  stock  ("Common
Stock") to Jesse L.  Upchurch  ("Purchaser")  at a  purchase  price of $3.00 per
share.  The Company  received  proceeds of  approximately  $18,800,000  from the
transaction.  The sale was made  pursuant to a Stock  Purchase  Agreement by and
between the Company and Purchaser  dated November 12, 1998 (the "Stock  Purchase
Agreement"). In connection with the sale, and pursuant to the terms of the Stock
Purchase  Agreement,  the Company also granted to Purchaser seven year warrants,
immediately  exercisable,  to purchase up to an additional  1,000,000  shares of
Common Stock at a price of $3.00 per share.

Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

         (c)      Exhibits.

                  Exhibit 10(ww)       Stock Purchase  Agreement dated as
                                       of November  12, 1998 by and between Base
                                       Ten Systems, Inc. and Jesse L. Upchurch.

                  Exhibit 99           Press Release, dated November 13, 1998.







                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                               BASE TEN SYSTEMS, INC.


                                          WILLIAM F. HACKETT
Dated:   November 19, 1998            By: _______________________________
                                          William F. Hackett
                                          Senior Vice President,
                                          Chief Financial Officer and Secretary









                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

                  Exhibit 10(ww)       Stock Purchase  Agreement dated as
                                       of November  12, 1998 by and between Base
                                       Ten Systems, Inc. and Jesse L. Upchurch.

                  Exhibit 99           Press  Release,  dated  November  13,
                                       1998.