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) October 11, 2002
                                                         ----------------


                        General DataComm Industries, Inc.
                        ---------------------------------
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


        Delaware                    1-8086                    06-0853856
        --------                    ------                    ----------
  (State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission                (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)           File Number)              Identification No.)


     Naugatuck, Connecticut                                     06770
    ----------------------                                     -------
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                     (Zip Code)



        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (203) 729-0271
                                                           --------------



                                      N /A
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)




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Item 5.   Other Events

The  Company  has  reached a final  settlement  with  Lucent  Technologies  Inc.
("Lucent") and certain other parties in a trade secrets case. Under the terms of
the settlement, Lucent has agreed to pay $2.5 million to the Company.

The Company is operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy  protection and, therefore,
the settlement  required the approval of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court.  The order
approving the settlement was entered by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court on October 11,
2002.

Under the terms of the order, the $2.5 million proceeds are to be turned over to
the  Company's  secured  lenders to be applied to the  principal  balance of the
pre-petition  debt provided,  however,  if Lucent were to file bankruptcy in the
ensuing 90 days, the secured lenders may have to return the payment.






















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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.



                                       General DataComm Industries, Inc.
                                       ---------------------------------
                                               (Registrant)


                                        By:   /S/ WILLIAM G. HENRY
                                              William G. Henry
                                              Vice President and
                                              Principal Financial Officer



Dated:  October 16, 2002




















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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) October 11, 2002
                                                         ----------------

                        General DataComm Industries, Inc.
                        ---------------------------------
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

        Delaware                    1-8086                    06-0853856
        --------                    ------                    ----------
  (State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission                (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)           File Number)              Identification No.)

     Naugatuck, Connecticut                                     06770
    ----------------------                                     -------
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                     (Zip Code)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (203) 729-0271
                                                           --------------

                                      N /A
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Item 5.   Other Events

The  Company  has  reached a final  settlement  with  Lucent  Technologies  Inc.
("Lucent") and certain other parties in a trade secrets case. Under the terms of
the settlement, Lucent has agreed to pay $2.5 million to the Company.

The Company is operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy  protection and, therefore,
the settlement  required the approval of the U.S.  Bankruptcy  Court.  The order
approving the settlement was entered by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court on October 11,
2002.

Under the terms of the order, the $2.5 million proceeds are to be turned over to
the  Company's  secured  lenders to be applied to the  principal  balance of the
pre-petition  debt provided,  however,  if Lucent were to file bankruptcy in the
ensuing 90 days, the secured lenders may have to return the payment.

                                      - 2 -
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.

                                       General DataComm Industries, Inc.
                                       ---------------------------------
                                               (Registrant)

                                        By:   /S/ WILLIAM G. HENRY
                                              William G. Henry
                                              Vice President and
                                              Principal Financial Officer

Dated:  October 16, 2002

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