SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                  Washington, D.C.

          LITIGATION RELEASE NO.   15824 /  July 30, 1998

          ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING ENFORCEMENT
          RELEASE NO.   1058 / July 30, 1998

          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. RONALD J. HOTTOVY, JIMMY
          DUCKWORTH, JOSEPH I. MORRIS and EUGENE A. BREITENBACH, Civil
          Action No. 98-S-1636 (D.Col.) (filed July 30, 1998)

          On July 30, 1998, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a
          financial fraud action seeking permanent injunctions and monetary
          and other relief in the United States District Court for the
          District of Colorado against four former senior officers of
          Scientific Software-Intercomp, Inc. (SSI), a Denver, Colorado oil
          and gas software company -- Ronald J. Hottovy ("Hottovy"),
          formerly SSI's chief financial officer, who is a certified public
          accountant ("CPA"), Jimmy Duckworth ("Duckworth"), formerly SSI's
          executive vice president for sales and member of the board of
          directors, who is an inactive CPA, Joseph I. Morris ("Morris"),
          formerly SSI's corporate controller, who is a CPA, and Eugene A.
          Breitenbach ("Breitenbach"), formerly SSI's chief executive
          officer and chairman of the board of directors.

          The Commission's complaint alleges that during 1993, 1994 and
          1995, the defendants engaged in a fraudulent scheme to materially
          overstate SSI's revenue and earnings by backdating contracts,
          booking revenue without contracts, overaccruing project revenues
          and providing confidential side letters modifying payment
          obligations.  As a result of these practices, the complaint
          alleges that SSI reported false and misleading information in its
          Annual Reports for fiscal 1993 and 1994, its Quarterly Reports
          for the first three quarters of fiscal 1994 and the first quarter
          of fiscal 1995.  In addition, SSI conducted an offering of 2
          million shares of common stock from which it obtained more than
          $8 million on a registration statement that materially overstated
          revenue, net income and earnings per share for the 1993 fiscal
          year and the first quarter of 1994.  The complaint further
          alleges that defendants misled SSI's auditors by withholding
          documents and creating false documents to support revenue
          recognition.  Specifically, defendants withheld the side letters
          from SSI's auditors, backdated documentation and, in the first
          quarter of 1995, created false affidavits supporting revenue
          recognition.  By engaging in such conduct, the complaint alleges
          that defendants violated Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of
          1933, and Sections 10(b) and 13(b)(5) of the Securities Exchange
          Act of 1934 and Rules 10b-5, 13b2-1 and 13b2-2 thereunder.

          Simultaneous with the filing of the complaint, without admitting
          or denying the allegations of the complaint, Breitenbach
          consented to the entry of a permanent injunction prohibiting
          future violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act and
          Sections 10(b) and 13(b)(5) of the Exchange Act and Rules 10b-5,
          13b2-1 and 13b2-2 thereunder, ordering Breitenbach to disgorge
          $33,600 of profits predicated on the acts alleged in the
          complaint, plus prejudgment interest thereon of $9,961, and
          directing Breitenbach to pay a civil penalty of $50,000.

          Also on July 30, 1998, the Commssion entered two settled
          administrative orders.  Ivor R. Ellul and Joseph R. Summa, two
          managers in SSI's Houston-based Pipeline and Facilities Division
          consented, without admitting or denying the Commission's
          findings, to the entry of a cease and desist order finding that
          Ellul and Summa caused violations of Section 10(b) of the
          Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, and violated Section
          13(b)(5) of the Exchange Act and Rule 13b2-1 thereunder. The
          Commission's order finds that Ellul and Summa assisted in SSI's
          improper booking of revenue by, among other things, backdating
          contracts and executing side letters at the Pipeline and
          Facilities Division, where the majority of the accounting
          improprieties occurred.  Barbara J. Cavallo, the division
          controller in the Houston Pipeline and Facilities Division,
          consented, without admitting or denying the Commission's
          findings, to the entry of a cease and desist order finding that
          Cavallo caused violations of Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act
          and Rules 12b-20, 13a-1 and 13a-13, by, among other things,
          holding the Houston Pipeline and Facilities Division's books open
          after quarter-end at the direction of senior management, and
          preparing inaccurate division financial statements incorporated
          into SSI's public filings.  Admin. Proc. Nos.  3-9659 and 3-9660.