Exhibit 23.3

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus 
constituting part of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (No. 33-41853, 
No. 33-48579, No. 33-48462, No. 2-72362, No. 33-72559 and No. 33-72560) of 
Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (Safeguard) of our report dated September 9, 
1998, relating to the consolidated financial statements of DocuCorp 
International, Inc. as of July 31, 1998 and 1997, and for the three years 
ended July 31, 1998, which opinion is included in this Safeguard 1998 Annual 
Report on Form 10-K.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Dallas, Texas 
March 25, 1999

                        REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of DocuCorp International, Inc.

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and related 
consolidated statements of operations, of cash flows and of changes in 
stockholders' equity present fairly, in all material respects, the financial 
position of DocuCorp International, Inc, and its subsidiaries at July 31, 
1998 and 1997, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for 
each of the three years in the period ended July 31, 1998, in conformity with 
generally accepted accounting principles. These financial statements are the 
responsibility of the Company's management; our responsibility is to express 
an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted 
our audits of these statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing 
standards which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain 
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of 
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence 
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing 
the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, 
and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that 
our audits provide a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Dallas, Texas
September 9, 1998