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<LEGEND>                         
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from (A) Tridex
Corporation Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarter Ended March 31, 1998
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<PERIOD-START>                                  JAN-01-1998
<PERIOD-END>                                    DEC-31-1998
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