DATAPOINT CORP
SC 13G, 2000-04-18
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                  SCHEDULE 13G


             INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1 AND 13d-2
                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



                              Datapoint Corporation
                              ---------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)



                     Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share
            ---------------------------------------------------------
                         (Title of Class of Securities)



                                    238100200
                                    ---------
                                 (CUSIP Number)



                                December 31, 1998
         ---------------------------------------------------------------
             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)


Check the  appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:

         |X|  Rule 13d-1(b)
         |_|  Rule 13d-1(c)
         |_|  Rule 13d-1(d)


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                                  SCHEDULE 13G

CUSIP No. 238100200                                            Page 2 of 6 Pages
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1)         NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
           S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

           First New York Securities L.L.C.
           13-3270745
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2)         CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
                                                              (a)   |_|
                                                              (b)   |_|
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3)         SEC USE ONLY

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4)         CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

           Delaware
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           NUMBER                    5)    SOLE VOTING POWER
           OF                              1,066,328
           SHARES                 ----------------------------------------------
           BENEFICIALLY              6)    SHARED VOTING POWER
           OWNED BY                        None
           EACH                   ----------------------------------------------
           REPORTING                 7)    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
           PERSON                          1,066,328
           WITH                   ----------------------------------------------
                                     8)    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                           None.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9)         AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

           1,066,328
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10)        CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
                                                                   [ ]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11)        PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

           5.8%
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12)        TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

           BD
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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                                  Schedule 13G

Item 1(a).        Name of Issuer:

Datapoint Corporation

Item 1(b).        Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

8410 Datapoint Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78229-8500

Item 2(a).        Name of Person Filing:

First New York Securities L.L.C.

Item 2(b).        Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

850 Third Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10022

Item 2(c).        Citizenship:

Delaware

Item 2(d).        Title of Class of Securities:

Common Stock

Item 2(e).        CUSIP Number:

238100200

Item 3.           If this statement is filed pursuant  toss.ss.240.13d-1(b),  or
                  240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:

                  (a) |X|  Broker or Dealer  Registered  Under Section 15 of the
                           Act (15 U.S.C. 78o)

                  (b) |_|  Bank as  defined  in  section  3(a)(6) of the Act (15
                           U.S.C. 78c)

                  (c) |_|  Insurance  Company as defined in section  3(a)(19) of
                           the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c)

                  (d) |_|  Investment  Company registered under section 8 of the
                           Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8)

                  (e) |_|  Investment        Adviser        in        accordance
                           withss.240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)

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                  (f) |_|  Employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance
                           withss.240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)

                  (g) |_|  Parent   Holding   Company  or   control   person  in
                           accordance withss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G)

                  (h) |_|  Savings  Association  as  defined  inss.3(b)  of  the
                           Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)

                  (i) |_|  Church plan that is excluded  from the  definition of
                           an  investment   company  under  ss.3(c)(15)  of  the
                           Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3)

                  (j) |_|  Group, in accordance withss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(J)

Item 4.           Ownership.

                  (a)      Amount beneficially owned:   1,066,328

                  (b)      Percent of class:   5.8%

                  (c)      Number of shares as to which such person has:

                           (i)      Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
                                    1,066,328

                           (ii)     Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:
                                    None

                           (iii)    Sole power to dispose or to direct the
                                    disposition of:   1,066,328

                           (iv)     Shared power to dispose or to direct the
                                    disposition of:  None

Item 5.           Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

Not Applicable.

Item 6.           Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
                  Person.

Not Applicable.

Item 7.           Identification  and  Classification  of the  Subsidiary  Which
                  Acquired the Security  Being Reported on by the Parent Holding
                  Company.

Not Applicable.

Item 8.           Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

Not Applicable.

Item 9.           Notice of Dissolution of Group.

Not Applicable.


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Item 10.          Certification.

                  By signing  below I certify  that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, the securities  referred to above were not acquired and are not held
for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing  the control of
the  issuer  of the  securities  and  were  not  acquired  and are  not  held in
connection  with or as a participant in any  transaction  having that purpose or
effect.


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                                    SIGNATURE


             After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best  knowledge and belief of
the  undersigned,  the  undersigned  certifies that the information set forth in
this Statement is true, complete and correct.

                                                 April 18, 2000
                                        ------------------------------------
                                                    (Date)

                                             /s/ Mario Maugeri
                                        ------------------------------------
                                                 (Signature)

                                        Mario Maugeri/Director of Operations
                                        ------------------------------------
                                                 (Name/Title)


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