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FORM 3
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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|1. Name and Address of |2. Date of Event Re- |4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |
| Reporting Person | quiring Statment | |
| | (Month/Day/Year) | |
| Coskey Hulda L. | 3/28/97 | Industrial Data Systems Corporation ("IDDS") |
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| (Last) (First) (Middle) |3. IRS or Social Se- |5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer |6. If Amendment, |
| | curity Number of | (Check all applicable) | Date of Original |
| | Reporting Person | | (Month/Day/Year) |
| 600 Century Plaza Drive | (Voluntary) | [X] Director [ ] 10% Owner | |
| ---------------------------------- | | | Filed |
| (Street) | | [X] Officer (give title [ ] Other (specify| |
| Building 140 | ---------------- | below) below) | |
| | | Chief Financial Offier V.P. Finance | |
| Houston TX 77073 | | ------------------------------------- | |
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| (City) (State) (Zip) | |
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| | Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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|1. Title of Security |2. Amount of Securities | 3. Ownership | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial |
| | Beneficially Owned | Form: Direct (D) | Ownership |
| | (Instr. 4) | or Indirect (I) | (Instr. 5) |
| | | (Instr. 5) | |
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|Common Stock, $.001 par value | 4,750,000 | D | |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
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FORM 3 (Continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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|1. Title of Derivative |2. Date Exer- |3. Title and Amount of |4. Conver- |5. Ownership |6. Nature of In- |
| Security (Instr. 4) | cisable and | Securities Underlying | sion or | Form of | direct Beneficial|
| | Expiration | Derivative Security | Exercise| Derivative | Ownership |
| | Date | (Instr. 4) | Price of| Security: | (Instr. 5) |
| | (Month/Day/ | | Deri- | Direct (D) | |
| | Year) | | vative | or Indirect| |
| | | | Security| (I) | |
| |-----------------|--------------------------------| | (Instr. 5) | |
| | | | | Amount | | | |
| |Date |Expira- | | or | | | |
| |Exer- |tion | Title | Number | | | |
| |cisable |Date | | of | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient,
See Instruction 6 for procedure.
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