EXHIBIT 23.1

                       Consent of Independent Accountants'




The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Base Ten Systems, Inc.
Trenton, New Jersey 08619

      We  consent  to  the   incorporation  by  reference  in  the  Registration
Statements  No.  33-89712,  No.  33-60454,  No.  33-55752,  No.  333-00721;  No.
333-21925;  No. 333-59881,  No. 333-59883,  No. 333-59885 and Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement No. 2-84451 of Base Ten Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries on
Form  S-8 and the  Registration  Statement  No.  33-89710,  No.  333-00719,  No.
333-06317,  No. 333-21923,  No. 333-31335,  No. 333-34159, No. 333-46095 and No.
333-70535 of Base Ten Systems,  Inc. and  Subsidiaries on Form S-3 of our report
dated April 12, 1999  appearing  in this annual  report on Form 10-K of Base Ten
Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 1998.


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