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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
     We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of Bachman Information
Systems, Inc. on Form
S-4 of our report dated February 2, 1996 on the consolidated financial
statements of Cadre Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiaries (which report
expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph referring
to an uncertainty regarding Cadre's ability to continue as a going concern),
appearing in the Prospectus/Joint Proxy Statement, which is part of this
Registration Statement.
 
     We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "experts" in such
Prospectus/Joint Proxy Statement.
 
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
 
Boston, Massachusetts
June 11, 1996