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DATE:          November 11, 1998

FROM:          Eltrax Systems, Inc.
               2000 Town Center
               Suite 690
               Southfield, MI  48075
              (Nasdaq:  ELTX)

               William P. O'Reilly      (248) 358-1699

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ELTRAX AND SULCUS TO FORM AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADER.

Southfield, MI - Eltrax Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq SmallCap: ELTX) and Sulcus 
Hospitality Technologies Corp. (Amex: SUL) today jointly announced the 
execution of a final merger Agreement pursuant to which Sulcus will become a 
subsidiary of Eltrax.  Sulcus is a global leader in the design, development 
and marketing of technology solutions that are used in the hospitality and 
tourism market to improve the management of business-critical information and 
data, with offices, distributors and agents worldwide.  The combined 
companies will produce over $100 million in revenue in 1998 with over 
one-third of that being derived from services.

Under the terms of the Agreement, Eltrax will acquire Sulcus by exchanging 
0.55 shares of Eltrax common stock for each share of Sulcus stock.  There are 
approximately 18,475,000 shares of Sulcus stock outstanding on a fully 
diluted basis, and therefore, approximately 10,156,000 shares of Eltrax stock 
(including share equivalent options) will be issued in this transaction.  The 
closing price of Eltrax common stock on November 11, 1998 was $6.50 per 
share, and therefore, the total value of this transaction is approximately 
$66 million.  The Sulcus shareholders will own 42.5% of the Eltrax shares 
after closing, on a fully diluted basis.  The Eltrax acquisition of Sulcus 
has been approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies, and the 
closing is contingent upon approval by the shareholders of both companies.  
Both companies expect to schedule shareholders' meetings in early 1999, and 
to complete this transaction in the first quarter. William P. O'Reilly will 
remain the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eltrax and Leon Harris, 
the Chief Executive of Sulcus, will become the President and Chief Operating 
Officer.  Eltrax expects to account for this transaction using the 
pooling-of-interests method.

William P. O'Reilly stated that, "This acquisition is the most significant 
transaction in the history of our Company.  In addition to doubling the size 
of our Company, we expect the combination to contribute significantly to 
profitability and the enhancement of shareholder value.  The combined Company 
will offer our customers the most advanced technology available in the 
managed network services business and in our hospitality business.  The 
primary Eltrax strategy remains the formation of a leading information 
technology services company, through acquisition and internal growth. Our 
acquisition of Encore Systems in September of this year expanded our vertical 
market expertise in to the hospitality industry to include advanced industry 
applications.  With the Sulcus acquisition, we will become the worldwide 
information technology services leader in the hospitality industry, offering 
a complete information technology solution to that

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important vertical market.  The combined technology of Encore and Sulcus will 
be the best available in the world; the geographic reach of the combined 
businesses will be second to none in our industry; and the ability to provide 
complete applications and network solutions to our customers will open many 
new doors.  There is no doubt in my mind that our network services technology 
will be a driving force for growth in the hospitality market.  Sulcus is also 
a leader in restaurant point-of-sale systems which expands the vertical 
markets that we serve from our current vertical penetration in banking, 
education and hospitality." 

Mr. O'Reilly went on to comment that "This acquisition has several other 
significant benefits to Eltrax and the combined business.  Sulcus brings a 
strong, professional sales force in more than 80 locations, in 20 countries 
all over the world, which will greatly expand the opportunities for the 
existing Eltrax services and systems.   Sulcus also brings experienced senior 
management, as well as key management in the field.  We are excited about 
working with Leon Harris to combine these businesses.  Finally and 
significantly, the combined companies will enjoy a very strong balance sheet. 
Sulcus will add over $25 million in shareholders' equity and approximately $6 
million to cash." 

Leon Harris commented "Our customers are now deriving competitive advantage 
through their use of business-critical applications, such as e-mail, 
reservations systems, property management systems, financial applications, 
retail point-of-sale applications and customer service systems.  In the 
future, all of these applications will depend on enterprise networks, which 
are themselves becoming more complex and mission-critical.   While our 
application products have given our customers a new level of performance, we 
have found that our customers want to leverage these applications across 
their networks.  In many cases, our customers look for a single source for 
application expertise and for network design, implementation and management 
expertise. By combining our technology with the next generation software 
technology from Encore and with the network services technology of Eltrax, we 
will be able to provide our customers with comprehensive information and 
performance management across their networks, an industry first."

Some of the preceding statements in this press release constitute 
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 
1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and 
the Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the 
safe harbors created thereby. Examples of words indicating forward-looking 
statements are "expects" and "will." These forward-looking statements reflect 
the Company's current views with respect to future events and financial 
performance, but are subject to many uncertainties and factors relating to 
the Company's operations and business environment which may cause the actual 
results of the Company to be materially different from any future results 
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  Please see the 
section entitled "Certain Important Factors" of the Company's Annual Report 
on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 1997, which is incorporated by 
reference in this press release, for a list of such uncertainties and 
factors.  The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise 
any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information, future 
events, or otherwise.

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Eltrax will host a conference call to discuss this announcement at 4:30 p.m. 
(EST) on Wednesday, November 18, 1998.  To participate in the conference 
call, please dial 1-800-633-8580.  There will be a playback available from 
approximately 5:30 p.m. (EST) on November 18, 1998 for two business days by 
dialing 1-800-633-8284 (access #1851279). 

Eltrax Systems, Inc. is a nationwide managed network services and information 
technology company.  Eltrax markets managed network solutions, using 
proprietary and generic communications products and services for 
enterprise-wide networks, and is a leading provider of proprietary software 
products and technology services to the hospitality industry.  The Company's 
shares are traded on the Nasdaq SmallCap market under the symbol ELTX.  The 
Company's website is www.eltrax.com.