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):  November 2, 2001
                                                      ----------------


                        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.)


        Middlebury, Connecticut                               06762-1299
        -----------------------                               ----------
   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                  (Zip Code)



         Registrant's telephone number, including area code (203) 758-1811
                                                            --------------



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




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Item 5.   Other Events

As previously  disclosed,  the Company has not been in compliance with the terms
of its  primary  Loan  Agreement.  Furthermore,  the  Company  reported  that it
received  notice from its primary  lenders that such lenders would not commit to
make further advances to the Company.

The  Company  does not have  another  source of  capital  available  to fund its
operations.  Accordingly,  the Company and its domestic  subsidiaries have filed
voluntary  petitions for relief  pursuant to Chapter 11 of the  Bankruptcy  Code
(11U.S.C.S101 et seq.) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Delaware.




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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:  November 2, 2001














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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):  November 2, 2001
                                                      ----------------

                        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.)

        Middlebury, Connecticut                               06762-1299
        -----------------------                               ----------
   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                  (Zip Code)

         Registrant's telephone number, including area code (203) 758-1811
                                                            --------------

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

As previously  disclosed,  the Company has not been in compliance with the terms
of its  primary  Loan  Agreement.  Furthermore,  the  Company  reported  that it
received  notice from its primary  lenders that such lenders would not commit to
make further advances to the Company.

The  Company  does not have  another  source of  capital  available  to fund its
operations.  Accordingly,  the Company and its domestic  subsidiaries have filed
voluntary  petitions for relief  pursuant to Chapter 11 of the  Bankruptcy  Code
(11U.S.C.S101 et seq.) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Delaware.

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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:  November 2, 2001

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