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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): April 28, 1997

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

         Nevada                    0-19377                 68-0140975
(State of incorporation)         (Commission             (IRS Employer
                                 File Number)          Identification No.)

1080 Marina Village Parkway, Alameda, California             94501
(Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (510) 749-8500

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Item 5.  Other Events.

         On April 28, 1997, TCSI Corporation issued a press release, a copy
of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 28.

                                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.

                             TCSI Corporation

By: /s/Paul A. Farmer
    -----------------
Paul A. Farmer
Chief Financial Officer

Date: April 28, 1997

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                            INDEX TO EXHIBITS

28.  Press Release, dated April 28, 1997

TCSI Teams With Smarts To Provide Sophisticated, Automated Network
Management Solutions

Leading Telecom Software Provider Adds Advanced Event Correlation To Next
Generation Of Products

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For additional information contact:
TCSI CORPORATION
Investor Inquiries
     Leigh Salvo - (510) 749-8653
Press Inquiries:
     Susan Trainer - (510) 837-5503

ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 28, 1997 - TCSI Corporation (Nasdaq: TCSI), a
global provider of software to the telecom industry, and Systems Management
ARTS (SMARTS), today announced they have signed an agreement to incorporate
the SMARTS advanced event correlation system, InCharge(TM), into TCSI's
network management software solutions.  Under the terms of the agreement,
future generations of TCSI's SolutionCore(TM), a comprehensive development
environment for network management systems, will feature automated network
problem diagnosis, event correlation and enhanced fault tolerance.  This
will limit the amount of manual intervention required to prevent, detect
and correct network and system problems that impact telecommunications
service quality.  TCSI products using InCharge are currently in beta
testing with a large Asia-Pacific communications service provider and are
expected to be available from TCSI in 1997.

"Today's complex networks require sophisticated systems capable of
determining the cause of a problem amongst a mass of alarm information
generated by a network failure. Embedding InCharge within SolutionCore
enables us to offer a state-of-the-art automated event correlation solution
and further enhance the extensive capabilities of our product range," Ram
Banin, chief operating officer and president, TCSI Corporation.  "The speed
and accuracy of InCharge's correlation is orders of magnitude faster than
state machine or rule-based systems, providing our customers with the best
telecom network management system performance available."

"TCSI is clearly a recognized leader in providing network management
software solutions for the communications industry.  Its large installed
base affords us with new opportunities to combine our respective innovative
products and to quickly expand SMARTS market penetration," said Shaula
Yemini president of SMARTS.

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Both TCSI and SMARTS use an object model for product design and
architecture which reduces product development time, improves inherent
flexibility, and increases reliability of their solutions. Through the use
of InCharge's patented object-oriented diagnostic modeling and codebook
correlation technology, TCSI will provide their customers with the ability
to automatically identify the cause of network problems and resolve them
before they become critical.  InCharge is the only product capable of the
accurate, high-speed problem diagnosis required to support TCSI's
customers, which characteristically have very large networks.  Both the
InCharge and TCSI solutions can automatically adapt as relationships
between managed network, system, and application components change.

About SMARTS InCharge
InCharge is an event correlation system that cross-correlates network,
system and application data to identify the root cause of problems in real-
time.  Its patented Codebook Correlation technique is orders of magnitude
faster than competitors, and allows it to tolerate lost and false alarms.
InCharge has a distributed client/server architecture with a Web/Java GUI,
allowing it to provide management solutions for arbitrarily large and
complex networks.

Users benefit from improved service levels and reduced network down time
because of faster problem resolution. Moreover, InCharge eliminates the
need for experts to develop and maintain network-specific correlation
rules, making InCharge solutions dramatically simpler to implement and
maintain than competitive products.

About SMARTS
System Management ARTS Incorporated develops leading edge software to
automate management of complex networked systems.  InCharge, its flagship
product, is the only event correlator to diagnose the root cause of
networked system problems, and determine their impact on related network,
system and application elements.

For more information, contact: Bill Leavy, Vice President Marketing &
Sales, SMARTS, 14 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY 10601, Phone: (914) 948-
6200 X7520, Fax: (914) 948-6270, E-mail: leavy@smarts.com, Internet:
http://www.smarts.com.

TCSI CORPORATION PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
TCSI provides integrated products and services to many of the world's
largest and most successful telecom companies.  TCSI offers
SolutionServices(TM), a full range of services including consulting,
customized development, deployment, maintenance, and training.
SolutionCore(TM), TCSI's industry-leading application environment, enables the
rapid development and deployment of advanced element, network, and service
management systems. TCSI's SolutionSuites(TM) are integrated packages of
application components to automate the management processes of Intelligent
Network, Broadband, and Digital Cellular services and networks.

ABOUT TCSI CORPORATION
TCSI is a leading provider of integrated software products and services for
the global telecom industry.  A recognized innovator in object-oriented
technology, TCSI products and services enable telecom service providers and
equipment manufacturers to rapidly meet the growing demand for integrated
and automated management of a wide range of networks and services.  TCSI
serves its customers in offices throughout North America, Europe, and the
Pacific Rim.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements as that term
is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such
forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from
those projected.  Such risks include, but are not limited to, the Company's
ability to integrate in a timely basis SMARTs' event correlator into the
Company's complex network management software solutions, the timing of
significant customer orders, and capital spending patterns of the Company's
customers.  Further risks are detailed in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report
on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

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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): April 28, 1997

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

         Nevada                    0-19377                 68-0140975
(State of incorporation)         (Commission             (IRS Employer
                                 File Number)          Identification No.)

1080 Marina Village Parkway, Alameda, California             94501
(Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (510) 749-8500
2

Item 5.  Other Events.

         On April 28, 1997, TCSI Corporation issued a press release, a copy
of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 28.

                                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.

                             TCSI Corporation

By: /s/Paul A. Farmer
    -----------------
Paul A. Farmer
Chief Financial Officer

Date: April 28, 1997
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                            INDEX TO EXHIBITS

28.  Press Release, dated April 28, 1997

TCSI Teams With Smarts To Provide Sophisticated, Automated Network
Management Solutions

Leading Telecom Software Provider Adds Advanced Event Correlation To Next
Generation Of Products
4

For additional information contact:
TCSI CORPORATION
Investor Inquiries
     Leigh Salvo - (510) 749-8653
Press Inquiries:
     Susan Trainer - (510) 837-5503

ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 28, 1997 - TCSI Corporation (Nasdaq: TCSI), a
global provider of software to the telecom industry, and Systems Management
ARTS (SMARTS), today announced they have signed an agreement to incorporate
the SMARTS advanced event correlation system, InCharge(TM), into TCSI's
network management software solutions.  Under the terms of the agreement,
future generations of TCSI's SolutionCore(TM), a comprehensive development
environment for network management systems, will feature automated network
problem diagnosis, event correlation and enhanced fault tolerance.  This
will limit the amount of manual intervention required to prevent, detect
and correct network and system problems that impact telecommunications
service quality.  TCSI products using InCharge are currently in beta
testing with a large Asia-Pacific communications service provider and are
expected to be available from TCSI in 1997.

"Today's complex networks require sophisticated systems capable of
determining the cause of a problem amongst a mass of alarm information
generated by a network failure. Embedding InCharge within SolutionCore
enables us to offer a state-of-the-art automated event correlation solution
and further enhance the extensive capabilities of our product range," Ram
Banin, chief operating officer and president, TCSI Corporation.  "The speed
and accuracy of InCharge's correlation is orders of magnitude faster than
state machine or rule-based systems, providing our customers with the best
telecom network management system performance available."

"TCSI is clearly a recognized leader in providing network management
software solutions for the communications industry.  Its large installed
base affords us with new opportunities to combine our respective innovative
products and to quickly expand SMARTS market penetration," said Shaula
Yemini president of SMARTS.
5

Both TCSI and SMARTS use an object model for product design and
architecture which reduces product development time, improves inherent
flexibility, and increases reliability of their solutions. Through the use
of InCharge's patented object-oriented diagnostic modeling and codebook
correlation technology, TCSI will provide their customers with the ability
to automatically identify the cause of network problems and resolve them
before they become critical.  InCharge is the only product capable of the
accurate, high-speed problem diagnosis required to support TCSI's
customers, which characteristically have very large networks.  Both the
InCharge and TCSI solutions can automatically adapt as relationships
between managed network, system, and application components change.

About SMARTS InCharge
InCharge is an event correlation system that cross-correlates network,
system and application data to identify the root cause of problems in real-
time.  Its patented Codebook Correlation technique is orders of magnitude
faster than competitors, and allows it to tolerate lost and false alarms.
InCharge has a distributed client/server architecture with a Web/Java GUI,
allowing it to provide management solutions for arbitrarily large and
complex networks.

Users benefit from improved service levels and reduced network down time
because of faster problem resolution. Moreover, InCharge eliminates the
need for experts to develop and maintain network-specific correlation
rules, making InCharge solutions dramatically simpler to implement and
maintain than competitive products.

About SMARTS
System Management ARTS Incorporated develops leading edge software to
automate management of complex networked systems.  InCharge, its flagship
product, is the only event correlator to diagnose the root cause of
networked system problems, and determine their impact on related network,
system and application elements.

For more information, contact: Bill Leavy, Vice President Marketing &
Sales, SMARTS, 14 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY 10601, Phone: (914) 948-
6200 X7520, Fax: (914) 948-6270, E-mail: leavy@smarts.com, Internet:
http://www.smarts.com.

TCSI CORPORATION PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
TCSI provides integrated products and services to many of the world's
largest and most successful telecom companies.  TCSI offers
SolutionServices(TM), a full range of services including consulting,
customized development, deployment, maintenance, and training.
SolutionCore(TM), TCSI's industry-leading application environment, enables the
rapid development and deployment of advanced element, network, and service
management systems. TCSI's SolutionSuites(TM) are integrated packages of
application components to automate the management processes of Intelligent
Network, Broadband, and Digital Cellular services and networks.

ABOUT TCSI CORPORATION
TCSI is a leading provider of integrated software products and services for
the global telecom industry.  A recognized innovator in object-oriented
technology, TCSI products and services enable telecom service providers and
equipment manufacturers to rapidly meet the growing demand for integrated
and automated management of a wide range of networks and services.  TCSI
serves its customers in offices throughout North America, Europe, and the
Pacific Rim.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements as that term
is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such
forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from
those projected.  Such risks include, but are not limited to, the Company's
ability to integrate in a timely basis SMARTs' event correlator into the
Company's complex network management software solutions, the timing of
significant customer orders, and capital spending patterns of the Company's
customers.  Further risks are detailed in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report
on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

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