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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549




                                    FORM 8-K

                                 Current Report
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 30, 1999







                               Tridex Corporation
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



       Connecticut                      1-5513                    06-0682273
(State or other jurisdiction       (Commission File            (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation)                  Number)              Identification No.)



    61 Wilton Road, Westport, CT                                     06880
(Address of principal executive offices)                           (Zip Code)



                                 (203) 226-1144
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



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Item 5.  Other Event

         On  June  30,  1999,  Tridex  Corporation  ("Tridex")  entered  into an
amendment to its Credit  Agreement  with Fleet National Bank in which Tridex and
Fleet  agreed to defer the  maturity of the working  capital line of credit from
June 30 to September 30, 1999 and to defer both the  previously  deferred  March
31, 1999 term loan  principal  payment and the June 30, 1999 term loan principal
payment until  September 30, 1999.  Tridex also entered into an amendment to the
Securities Purchase Agreements with Massachusetts  Mutual Life Insurance Company
and certain if its  affiliates  (collectively,  the  "MassMutual  Investors") in
which Tridex and the MassMutual  Investors agreed to defer a previously deferred
April 17,  1999  interest  payment and a July 17, 1999  interest  payment  until
October 17, 1999.  Copies of the Fleet and  MassMutual  amendments  are filed as
exhibits to this report.



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                                    Exhibits


4.10 Third Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreements dated June 30, 1999 among
Tridex Corporation, Progressive Software, Inc., Ultimate Technology Corporation,
Massachusetts  Mutual Life Insurance Company,  MassMutual  Corporate  Investors,
MassMutual  Participation  Investors and  MassMutual  Corporate  Value  Partners
Limited.

10.21 Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement dated as of June 30, 1999 among Tridex
Corporation,  Progressive  Software,  Inc., Ultimate Technology  Corporation and
Fleet National Bank.



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                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                             TRIDEX CORPORATION




Date:  July 16, 1999                         By: Daniel A. Bergeron
                                                 Daniel A. Bergeron
                                                 Vice President and
                                                 Chief Financial Officer


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                                                                    Exhibit 4.10




                               TRIDEX CORPORATION
                           PROGRESSIVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                         ULTIMATE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
                                 61 Wilton Road
                           Westport, Connecticut 06880


                                                June 30, 1999


MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
MASSMUTUAL CORPORATE INVESTORS
MASSMUTUAL PARTICIPATION INVESTORS
MASSMUTUAL CORPORATE VALUE PARTNERS LIMITED
1295 State Street
Springfield, Massachusetts  01111

     Re: Third Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreements

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     TRIDEX  CORPORATION,  a Connecticut  corporation  (the "Holding  Company"),
PROGRESSIVE SOFTWARE, INC., a North Carolina corporation and successor to Tridex
NC, Inc. ("PSI"),  and ULTIMATE TECHNOLOGY  CORPORATION,  a New York corporation
("UTC") (the Holding Company,  PSI, and UTC are sometimes  collectively referred
to herein as the "Issuers" and each as an "Issuer"), jointly and severally agree
with each of you as follows.

                                   Background:

     A. Reference is made to those certain Securities  Purchase Agreements dated
April 17,  1998,  as  amended  by that  certain  letter of  waiver  and  limited
amendment  dated November 12, 1998 relating  thereto,  and as further amended by
that certain Second Amendment to Securities  Purchase Agreements dated March 26,
1999  (the  "Second  Amendment")  (as  so  amended,   the  "Securities  Purchase
Agreements"),  among the Issuers and each of you.  Capitalized terms used herein
without definition have the meanings ascribed to them in the Securities Purchase
Agreements.

     B. The Issuers have requested  that the holders of the  Securities  approve
certain amendments to and waivers under the Securities  Purchase  Agreements and
the other  Operative  Documents in connection with the Amendment No. 3 to Credit
Agreement  dated  as of June 30,  1999  (the  "Third  Amendment  to  Fleet  Bank
Agreement")  among the Holding  Company,  PSI,  UTC,  and Fleet  National  Bank,
pursuant to which certain  amendments are being made to the Fleet Bank Documents
and Fleet  National  Bank is  agreeing to the  deferral  of certain  payments of
principal thereunder.

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1.  Consents  and  Waivers.  Each of you hereby  agrees that (a) the Issuers may
defer the payment of each of the April 17,  1999 and the July 17, 1999  interest
payments on the Notes until  October 17, 1999, at which date such April 17, 1999
and July 17, 1999 interest payments and the October 17, 1999 interest payment on
the Notes shall all be due and payable in full; and (b) notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in the Securities Purchase  Agreements,  the Issuers' failure to
comply with section 13.6 of the Securities Purchase Agreements prior to the date
of this Third Amendment in respect of the period ending December 31, 1998, shall
not  constitute an Event of Default and the holders  hereby waive any such Event
of  Default  which  existed  for such  period  prior  to the date of this  Third
Amendment, provided that such section 13.6 of the Securities Purchase Agreements
as  amended by the Second  Amendment  shall only  remain in effect in respect of
periods ending subsequent to December 31, 1998, and prior to January 1, 2000. As
of January 1, 2000,  such  section  13.6,  as in effect prior to the date of the
Second Amendment, shall be deemed reinstated.

2. Conditions to Effectiveness of Third Amendment. This Third Amendment shall be
effective  upon the first date upon which the  following  conditions  shall have
been satisfied to your reasonable satisfaction:

     (a) The Issuers shall have delivered to you executed  copies of each of the
following documents in form and substance satisfactory to you:

          (i) a fully executed counterpart of this Third Amendment;

          (ii) certified copies of (A) the resolutions of the Board of Directors
     of each of the  Issuers  approving  this Third  Amendment  and the  matters
     contemplated  hereby  and  (B) all  documents  evidencing  other  necessary
     corporate actions and governmental  approvals, if any, with respect to this
     Third Amendment and the other documents to be delivered hereunder;

          (iii) a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each
     of the Issuers  certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of
     each Issuer authorized to sign this Third Amendment and the other documents
     to be delivered hereunder;

          (iv) an opinion, dated the date hereof, from Messrs. Hinckley, Allen &
     Snyder LLP,  counsel for the Issuers,  substantially in the form of Exhibit
     3(a)(iv) attached hereto; and

          (v) an  executed  counterpart  of the Third  Amendment  to Fleet  Bank
     Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit 3(a)(v) attached hereto.

     (b)  The  Issuers   shall  have  paid  in  full  all  fees,   expenses  and
disbursements   incurred  by  you  in  connection  with  this  Third  Amendment,
including,  without  limitation,  the fees,  expenses and  disbursements of your
special counsel.

3. No Default, Representations and Warranties, Etc.

     (a)  The  Issuers  represent  and  warrant  that  the  representations  and
warranties  contained  in the  Securities  Purchase  Agreements  and  the  other
Operative  Documents are in all material  respects correct on and as of the date
hereof (after giving effect  hereto) as if made on such date (except as a result
of transactions  permitted under the Securities  Purchase  Agreements),  that no
Default  or  Event  of  Default   exists  (other  than  those  which  have  been
specifically  waived pursuant to section 1 hereof) and that no condition  exists
which has resulted in, or could  reasonably be expected to result in, a Material
Adverse Change.

     (b) Each of the Issuers  ratifies  and  confirms  the  Securities  Purchase
Agreements and each of the other Operative  Documents to which it is a party and
agrees  that,  after  giving  effect  to  the  amendments,   modifications   and
supplements effected hereby, each such agreement,  document and instrument is in
full force and  effect,  that its  obligations  thereunder  and under this Third
Amendment are its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against it in
accordance with the terms thereof and hereof and that it has no defense, whether
legal or equitable,  setoff or  counterclaim  to the payment and  performance of
such obligations.

     (c)  The  Issuers  agree  that  (i) if any  default  shall  be  made in the
performance  or observation  of any covenant,  agreement or condition  contained
herein or (ii) if any  representation  or warranty  made by any Issuer herein or
therein  shall  prove to have been  false or  incorrect  on the date as of which
made,  the same  shall  constitute  an Event of  Default  under  the  Securities
Purchase  Agreements and the other Operative  Documents and, in such event,  you
and each  other  holder  of any of the  Securities  shall  have all  rights  and
remedies  provided  by law and/or  provided  or  referred  to in the  Securities
Purchase Agreements and the other Operative Documents. The Issuers further agree
that this Third Amendment is an Operative Document and all references thereto in
the Securities  Purchase  Agreements and in any other of the Operative Documents
shall include this Third Amendment.

4.  Payment  of  Transaction  Costs.  Without  limiting  the  generality  of the
provisions of the Operative  Documents,  the Issuers jointly and severally shall
pay  all  reasonable  fees  and  disbursements  incurred  by you  in  connection
herewith,  including,  without  limitation,  the reasonable  fees,  expenses and
disbursements of your special counsel.

5. Governing Law. This Third  Amendment,  including the validity  hereof and the
rights  and  obligations  of  the  parties  hereunder,  shall  be  construed  in
accordance  with  and  governed  by  the  domestic   substantive   laws  of  The
Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  without  giving  effect to any choice of law or
conflicts  of law  provision  or rule that would  cause the  application  of the
domestic  substantive  laws of any other  jurisdiction.  6.  Miscellaneous.  The
headings in this Third  Amendment  are for purposes of reference  only and shall
not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.  This Third Amendment embodies
the entire agreement and  understanding  among the parties hereto and supersedes
all prior agreements and  understandings  relating to the subject matter hereof.
In case any  provision  in this Third  Amendment  shall be  invalid,  illegal or
unenforceable,  the  validity,  legality  and  enforceability  of the  remaining
provisions  shall not in any way be  affected or  impaired  thereby.  This Third
Amendment  may be  executed  in any number of  counterparts  and by the  parties
hereto  on  separate  counterparts  but all  such  counterparts  shall  together
constitute but one and the same  instrument.  Except as specifically  amended or
modified pursuant to this Third Amendment,  the Securities  Purchase  Agreements
shall remain in full force and effect,  and the  execution  and delivery of this
Third  Amendment shall not, except as expressly  provided  herein,  operate as a
waiver of any of your rights,  powers, or remedies under the Securities Purchase
Agreements or the documents and instruments delivered in connection therewith.

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     If you are in  agreement  with  the  foregoing,  please  sign  the  form of
agreement on the accompanying counterpart hereof, whereupon this Third Amendment
shall become a binding  agreement  under seal among the parties  hereto.  Please
then return one of such counterparts to the Issuers.

                                  Very truly yours,

                                  TRIDEX CORPORATION


                                  By Daniel A. Bergeron, Chief Financial Officer
                                                         (Title)


                                  PROGRESSIVE SOFTWARE, INC.


                                  By Danial A. Bergeron, Vice President
                                                         (Title)


                                  ULTIMATE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION


                                  By George T. Crandall, Treasurer
                                                         (Title)

The foregoing is hereby accepted and agreed to.

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


By Mark A. Ahmed, Managing Director
                           (Title)

MASSMUTUAL CORPORATE INVESTORS


By Charles C. McCobb, Jr., Vice President
                           (Title)

The foregoing is executed on behalf of MassMutual
Corporate Investors, organized under a Declaration
of Trust, dated September 13, 1985, as amended
from time to time. The obligations of such Trust are
not personally binding upon, nor shall resort be had


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to the property of, any of the Trustees, shareholders,
officers, employees, or agents of such Trust, but the
Trust's property only shall be bound.

MASSMUTUAL PARTICIPATION INVESTORS


By Charles C. McCobb, Jr., Vice President
                           (Title)

The foregoing is executed on behalf of MassMutual
Participation Investors, organized under a Declaration
of Trust, dated April 7, 1988, as amended from time to
time. The obligations of such Trust are not personally
binding upon, nor shall resort be had to the property
of, any of the Trustees, shareholders, officers,
employees, or agents of such Trust, but the Trust's
property only shall be bound.


MASSMUTUAL CORPORATE VALUE PARTNERS LIMITED

By Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, as Investment Manager


By Mark A. Ahmed, Managing Director
                           (Title)





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                                                                   Exhibit 10.21



                       AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

                            Dated as of June 30, 1999


     This Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement (this "Amendment") is by and among
TRIDEX CORPORATION, a Connecticut corporation ("Tridex"),  PROGRESSIVE SOFTWARE,
INC., a North Carolina corporation ("PSI"),  ULTIMATE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION,  a
New York corporation ("UTC", and collectively, together with TRIDEX and PSI, the
"Borrowers" and each,  individually,  a "Borrower"),  and FLEET NATIONAL BANK, a
national  banking  association  organized under the laws of the United States of
America (the "Bank").

     PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:

     A. The Borrowers and the Bank have entered into a Credit Agreement dated as
of April  17,  1998.  The  Borrowers  and the Bank  have  also  entered  into an
Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement dated as of November 1, 1998 ("Amendment No.
1"). The Borrowers and the Bank have further  entered into an Amendment No. 2 to
Credit  Agreement dated as of March 15, 1999  ("Amendment  No. 2").  Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given
thereto in the Credit Agreement,  as amended.  As used herein,  the term "Credit
Agreement"  shall mean the Credit Agreement as amended pursuant to Amendment No.
1 and Amendment No. 2.

     B.  For  good  and  valuable   consideration,   the  receipt  of  which  is
acknowledged, the Borrowers and the Bank have agreed to further amend the Credit
Agreement, as hereinafter set forth.

     SECTION 1. Recitals;  Acknowledgement  of Indebtedness.  The above recitals
are true and correct.

     As of June 28, 1999, the Borrowers are legally,  validly,  enforceably  and
jointly and severally indebted to the Bank under the Facility Documents, without
defense, recoupment, counterclaim or offset as follows:

                                              Principal

         Working Capital Loans              $  5,400,000.00

         Term Loan                           $11,100,000.00

together with accrued and unpaid interest  thereon and all other amounts due and
owing thereunder.

     SECTION 2. Amendments. The Facility Documents are, effective as of the date
hereof and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions  precedent set forth in
Section 3 hereof, hereby amended as follows:

          (a) The Working  Capital Loans,  plus all accrued and unpaid  interest
thereon,  shall be due and payable in full on September 30, 1999. Interest shall
continue  to be payable  monthly in  accordance  with the terms of the  Facility
Documents;

          (b) The $300,000.00  principal payment originally due on the Term Loan
on March 31, 1999 and deferred to June 30, 1999 is hereby further deferred until
September 30, 1999.  Interest shall continue to be payable monthly in accordance
with the terms of the Facility Documents;

          (c) The $450,000.00 principal payment due on the Term Loan on June 30,
1999 is hereby deferred until September 30, 1999.  Interest shall continue to be
payable monthly in accordance with the terms of the Facility Documents; and

          (d) In  consideration of the deferral by the Bank set forth in Section
2(a)-(c),  the Borrowers agree to pay an extension fee deemed to be earned as of
the  date  hereof  in  the  amount  of  EIGHTY   THOUSAND  AND  NO/100   DOLLARS
($80,000.00), payable as follows:

               (i) $20,000.00 on July 30, 1999, time being of the essence;

               (ii)  $20,000.00  on August 30, 1999,  time being of the essence;
and

               (iii)  $40,000.00  on  September  30,  1999,  time  being  of the
essence; provided, however, if the Loans are paid in full on or before September
30, 1999, such payment as required by this Section 2(d)(iii) shall be reduced to
$20,000.00.  This Section 2(d)(iii) shall not, however,  alter the maturity date
of the Term Loan.  The extension fee described in this Section  2(d)(iii) are to
be paid in lieu of and not in  addition  to,  the  extension  fees to be paid in
Section 2(c) of Amendment No. 2.

     SECTION  3.  Conditions  of  Effectiveness.  This  Amendment  shall  become
effective when, and only when, the Bank shall have received counterparts of this
Amendment  executed by the  Borrowers and approved by the Bank and a counterpart
executed by the Bank, and Section  2(a)-(c) hereof shall become  effective when,
and only when,  the Bank shall have  additionally  received all of the following
documents or items, each document (unless  otherwise  indicated) being dated the
date of receipt  thereof by the Bank  (which date shall be the same for all such
documents), in form and substance satisfactory to the Bank:

          (a) Certified  copies of (i) the resolutions of the Board of Directors
of each of the Borrowers  approving this Amendment and the matters  contemplated
hereby and (ii) all documents  evidencing  other necessary  corporate action and
governmental  approvals,  if any, with respect to this Amendment and the matters
contemplated hereby;

          (b) A certificate  of the Secretary or an Assistant  Secretary of each
of the Borrowers certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of the
Borrower  authorized  to sign  this  Amendment  and the  other  documents  to be
delivered hereunder;

          (c) An amendment  fee equal to  $50,000.00 on or before June 30, 1999,
time being of the essence (the "Amendment Fee");

          (d) Evidence that Massachusetts  Mutual Life Insurance Company and its
Affiliates  ("Mass  Mutual")  have agreed to defer the interest  payments due on
April 17, 1999 and July 17, 1999 payable on the $11,000,000.00 Subordinated Debt
to a date no earlier than October 15, 1999 and waive any other defaults that may
exist under the documents and/or instruments  evidencing such Subordinated Debt;
and

          (e) An  opinion  of counsel  to the  Borrowers  in form and  substance
acceptable to the Bank.

     SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties of Each of the Borrowers. Each of
the representations and warranties made by each of the Borrowers in the Facility
Documents  or  otherwise  made by or on behalf of the  Borrowers  in  connection
therewith  after  the date  thereof  shall  have been  true and  correct  in all
respects  on the date  when  made and  shall  also be true  and  correct  in all
material respects on the date hereof,  except to the extent of changes resulting
from  transactions  contemplated  or  permitted by the  Facility  Documents  and
changes  occurring  in the  ordinary  course of  business  that singly or in the
aggregate are not materially adverse.

     SECTION 5. Reaffirmation Of Facility Documents. The Borrowers agree that:

          (a) This Amendment and each of the other Facility Documents as amended
hereby,  constitute  legal,  valid  and  binding  obligations  of the  Borrowers
enforceable against each Borrower in accordance with their respective terms.

          (b) The Credit  Agreement and the Security  Agreement create valid and
perfected first priority  security  interests and liens in and to the Collateral
covered  thereby  enforceable  against all third  parties in all  jurisdictions,
securing  the  payment  of all  Obligations,  and the  execution,  delivery  and
performance  of this  Amendment do not adversely  affect the aforesaid  security
interests and liens of the Credit Agreement and the Security Agreement.

          (c) Except as set forth in the Credit  Agreement,  there is no pending
or  threatened  action or  proceeding  affecting  the  Borrowers or any of their
Subsidiaries  before any court,  governmental  agency or  arbitrator,  which may
materially  adversely  affect  the  financial  condition  or  operations  of the
Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries. There is no pending or threatened action
or proceeding  affecting the Borrowers or any of their  Subsidiaries  before any
court,  governmental agency or arbitrator which purports to affect the legality,
validity  or  enforceability  of this  Amendment  or any of the  other  Facility
Documents, as amended hereby.

          (d) The  Facility  Documents  existing on the date  hereof  constitute
legal, valid and binding  obligations of the Borrowers,  enforceable against the
Borrowers in accordance with their respective terms.  After giving effect to the
amendments  provided  for in  this  Amendment,  no  event  has  occurred  and is
continuing which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default.

     SECTION 6. Reference to and Effect on the Facility Documents.

          (a) Upon the effectiveness of Section 2 (a) - (c) hereof, on and after
the date hereof each  reference  in the Credit  Agreement  to "this  Agreement,"
"hereunder,  "hereof,"  "herein" or words of like import,  and each reference in
any Facility  Documents to the Credit Agreement or any other Facility  Document,
shall mean and be a reference  to the Credit  Agreement  or such other  Facility
Document as amended hereby.

          (b)  Except as  specifically  amended  or  modified  pursuant  to this
Amendment,  the  provisions  of the  Credit  Agreement,  the Notes and the other
Facility Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified
and confirmed.  Without  limiting the  generality of the  foregoing,  the Credit
Agreement, the Security Agreement and all of the Collateral described therein do
and shall continue to secure the payment of all  indebtedness and liabilities of
the  Borrowers  to the Bank under the Credit  Agreement  and the other  Facility
Documents, as amended hereby.

          (c) The execution,  delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall
not,  except as  expressly  provided  herein,  operate as a waiver of any right,
power or remedy of the Bank under any of the Facility Documents,  nor constitute
a waiver of any provision of any of the Facility Documents.

     SECTION 7. Costs,  Expenses and Taxes.  Without  limiting the  foregoing or
anything else contained  herein,  each of the Borrowers  agrees to pay on demand
all  reasonable   costs  and  expenses  of  the  Bank  in  connection  with  the
preparation,  execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other instruments
and documents to be delivered  hereunder,  including,  without  limitation,  the
reasonable  fees and  out-of-pocket  expenses of counsel for the Bank (including
the allocated  costs of in-house  counsel) with respect thereto and with respect
to  advising  the  Bank as to its  rights  and  responsibilities  hereunder  and
thereunder. Each of the Borrowers further agrees to pay on demand all reasonable
costs and expenses,  if any (including,  without limitation,  reasonable counsel
fees and  expenses,  including  the  allocated  costs of in-house  counsel),  in
connection with the enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings
or otherwise) of this  Amendment and the other  instruments  and documents to be
delivered  hereunder,  including,  without  limitation,  reasonable counsel fees
(including the allocated  costs of in-house  counsel) and expenses in connection
with the enforcement of its rights. In addition, each of the Borrowers shall pay
any and all taxes payable or  determined  to be payable in  connection  with the
execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other instruments and documents
to be delivered hereunder, and agrees to save the Bank harmless from and against
any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or
omission to pay such taxes.

     SECTION 8. Waivers.  The Borrowers waive, release and discharge any and all
claims or causes of action of any kind whatsoever,  whether at law or in equity,
arising on or prior to the date hereof, which the Borrowers may have against the
Bank, its affiliates,  successors and assigns, agents, directors,  employees and
counsel,  in  connection  with the Loans.  The waivers and releases  made herein
include the Borrowers'  waiver of any damages which may have been, or may in the
future be,  caused to the  Borrowers,  their  properties  or business  prospects
because of the actions  waived and  released  and the  agreements  made  herein,
including,  without  limitation,  any actual or  implicit,  direct or  indirect,
incidental  or  consequential  damages  suffered  by  the  Borrowers  therefrom,
including,  but  not  limited  to:  (a)  lost  profits;  (b)  loss  of  business
opportunity;  (c)  increased  financing  costs;  (d)  increased  legal and other
administrative fees; and (e) damages to business reputation.

     SECTION 9. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed and  delivered  shall be deemed to be an original
and  all of  which  taken  together  shall  constitute  but  one  and  the  same
instrument.

     SECTION  10.  Governing  Law.  This  Amendment  shall be  governed  by, and
construed in  accordance  with,  the laws of the State of  Connecticut,  without
reference to Connecticut's choice of law rules.

     SECTION 11. COMMERCIAL  WAIVER.  EACH BORROWER  ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE LOANS
EVIDENCED  BY THE NOTES ARE FOR  COMMERCIAL  PURPOSES  AND  WAIVES  ANY RIGHT TO
NOTICE AND HEARING UNDER SECTIONS  52-278a  THROUGH  52-278n OF THE  CONNECTICUT
GENERAL STATUTES AS NOW OR HEREAFTER  AMENDED AND AUTHORIZES THE ATTORNEY OF THE
BANK, OR ANY SUCCESSOR  THERETO,  TO ISSUE A WRIT OF PREJUDGMENT  REMEDY WITHOUT
COURT ORDER.  FURTHER,  EACH BORROWER  HEREBY WAIVES TO THE EXTEND  PERMITTED BY
LAW, THE BENEFITS OF ALL VALUATION,  APPRAISEMENTS,  HOMESTEAD, EXEMPTION, STAY,
REDEMPTION AND MORATORIUM LAWS NOW IN FORCE OR WHICH MAY HEREAFTER  BECOME LAWS.
EACH BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT MAKES THESE WAIVERS AND THE WAIVERS CONTAINED
IN  SECTION  10.8 OF THE  CREDIT  AGREEMENT  KNOWINGLY,  VOLUNTARILY  AND  AFTER
EXTENSIVE   CONSIDERATION  OF  THE  RAMIFICATIONS  OF  THESE  WAIVERS  WITH  ITS
ATTORNEYS.

     SECTION 12. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  BECAUSE  DISPUTES  ARISING IN CONNECTION
WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL  TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY  RESOLVED
BY AN EXPERIENCED  AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE BORROWERS AND BANK WISH  APPLICABLE
STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION  RULES),  THE BORROWERS
AND THE BANK DESIRE THAT THEIR  DISPUTES  BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE  APPLYING  SUCH
APPLICABLE LAWS.  THEREFORE,  TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF
THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION,  THE BORROWERS AND THE BANK HERETO WAIVE
ALL  RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY  ACTIONS,  SUIT,  OR  PROCEEDING  BROUGHT  TO
RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE,  WHETHER IN CONTRACT,  TORT,  OR OTHERWISE  ARISING OUT OF,
CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO, THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER
FACILITY DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

     SECTION 13. Further Assurances.

          (a) Regarding  Preservation of Collateral.  The Borrowers will execute
and deliver to the Bank such further  documents,  instruments,  assignments  and
other writings, and will do such other acts necessary or desirable,  to preserve
and  protect  the  Collateral  at any time  securing  or  intended to secure the
Obligations, as the Bank may reasonably require.

          (b) Regarding this  Amendment.  The Borrower will cooperate  with, and
will do such further acts and execute such further  instruments and documents as
the  Bank  shall  reasonably  request  to  carry  out  to its  satisfaction  the
transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the other Facility Documents.

     SECTION 14. Notices. Notices given after the date hereof shall be delivered
to the parties hereto at their respective "Address for Notices" on the signature
page of this Amendment.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have caused this  Amendment to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized,  as of the date
first written above.

                                         TRIDEX CORPORATION


                                         By: George T. Crandall
                                             George T. Crandall
                                             Its Treasurer
                                             Duly Authorized

                                             Address for Notices:

                                             61 Wilton Road
                                             Westport, CT 06880


                                         ULTIMATE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION


                                         By: George T. Crandall
                                             George T. Crandall
                                             Its Treasurer
                                             Duly Authorized

                                             Address for Notices:

                                             61 Wilton Road
                                             Westport, CT 06880

                                         PROGRESSIVE SOFTWARE INC.


                                         By: Daniel A. Bergeron
                                             Daniel Bergeron
                                             Its Treasurer
                                             Duly Authorized

                                             Address for Notices:

                                             61 Wilton Road
                                             Westport, CT 06880


                                         FLEET NATIONAL BANK


                                         By: Vincent J. Pitts
                                             Vincent J. Pitts
                                             Its Vice President
                                             Duly Authorized

                                             Address for Notices:

                                             Fleet National Bank
                                             777 Main Street
                                             CT MO H21B
                                             Hartford, CT  06115
                                             Facsimile No.:  (860) 986-7624





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