SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

          Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934


Date of Report (earliest event reported)     November 18, 1996
                                             -----------------


                         ACCELR8 TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         Colorado                       0-11485                 84-1072256
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(State or other jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)      (IRS Employer 
of incorporation)                                           Identification No.)
 
303 East Seventeenth Avenue, Suite 108, Denver, Colorado           80203
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(Address of principal executive offices)                         (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code  (303) 863-8088
                                                    ---------------


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      (Former name or former address, if changed since last rport.)





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Item. 5. Other Events

     On November 18, 1996, the Registrant  filed with the Colorado  Secretary of
State's  Office  Articles of  Amendment  (the  "Articles of  Amendment")  to its
Articles  of  Incorporation,  as  amended,  pursuant  to which (i) the number of
authorized  shares  of  Common  Stock  of  the  Registrant  was  decreased  from
55,000,000  shares to  11,000,000  shares and (ii) a reverse  stock split in the
Common  Stock in the  ratio of  one-for-four  was  effected.  As a result of the
reverse stock split,  the Registrant's  issued and outstanding  shares of Common
Stock was reduced from 21,970,000 to 5,492,500 shares. This summary of the terms
and conditions of the amendments to the  Registrant's  Articles of Incorporation
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Articles of Amendment that were
filed, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1.

     Further,  on November 19, 1996,  the Common Stock of the  Registrant  began
trading on the Nasdaq  National Market System under the symbol "ACLYD" on a post
reverse stock split basis.


 (b)      Exhibits

  Exhibit No.                    Description                     Location
  -------------         -----------------------------          -------------

       5.1              Articles of Amendment to Articles
                        of Incorporation, as amended,               3
                        of Registrant



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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.



                                       ACCELR8 TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
                                                 (Registrant)


Date: November  19, 1996              /s/ Thomas V. Geimer
      ------------------              -----------------------------------------
                                                  (Signature)

                                      Thomas V. Geimer, Chairman of the Board
                                              (Printed name and Title)


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                                   EXHIBIT 5.1

                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

                                       TO

                          THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                         ACCELR8 TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION



     FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Accelr8 Technology Corporation.

     SECOND:  Immediately  upon  the  effectiveness  of  this  amendment  to the
Corporation's  Articles  of  Incorporation  pursuant  to the  Colorado  Business
Corporation  Act (the  "Effective  Date"),  the number of  authorized  shares of
Common Stock shall be decreased  from  55,000,000  no par value common shares to
11,000,000 no par value common shares.

     This amendment shall be effectuated by striking in its entirety  Subsection
1  of  Article  V  of  the  Corporation's   Articles  of  Incorporation  and  by
substituting in lieu thereof the following:

     "1. Authorized Shares. The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation
shall have  authority to issue is eleven million  (11,000,000)  shares of common
stock,  each  having no par value,  which  shares  shall be  designated  "Common
Stock"."
                  

     THIRD:  Simultaneously with the Effective Date of this amendment, a reverse
stock split in the Common Stock of the  Corporation in the ratio of one-for-four
shall be effected, subject to certain conditions as described below.

     This  amendment  shall be  effectuated  by the  addition  of the  following
provision to the new Subsection 1 of Article V of the Corporation's  Articles of
Incorporation set forth above under paragraph SECOND of this amendment:

     "Reverse  Stock  Split.  Simultaneously  with  the  effective  date of this
amendment (the "Effective Date"), each share of the Corporation's  Common Stock,
no par value,  issued and  outstanding  immediately  prior to the Effective Date
(the "Old Common Stock") shall  automatically and without any action on the part
of the holder  thereof be  reclassified  as and  changed,  pursuant to a reverse
stock split (the "Reverse Stock Split") into a fraction thereof of one-fourth of
a share of the  Corporation's  outstanding  Common Stock, no par value (the "New
Common Stock"), depending upon a determination by the Board that a Reverse Stock
Split is in the best interests of the Corporation and the Shareholders,  subject
to the treatment of fractional share interests as described  below.  Each holder
of a certificate or certificates  which  immediately prior to the Effective Date
represented  outstanding  shares of Old Common  Stock  (the "Old  Certificates,"
whether one or more) shall be entitled  to receive  upon  surrender  of such Old
Certificates to the Corporation's Transfer Agent for cancellation, a certificate
or certificates (the "New  Certificates,"  whether one or more) representing the
number of whole  shares of the New  Common  Stock  into  which and for which the
shares of the Old Common Stock formerly  represented by such Old Certificates so
surrendered,  are  reclassified  under  the  terms  hereof.  From and  after the
Effective Date, Old  Certificates  shall represent only the right to receive New
Certificates  pursuant  to the  provisions  hereof.  No  certificates  or  scrip
representing  fractional share interests in New Common Stock will be issued, and
no such fractional share interest will entitle the holder thereof to vote, or to

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any rights of a shareholder of the  Corporation.  Any fraction of a share of New
Common  Stock to which the holder would  otherwise be entitled  will be adjusted
upward to the nearest  whole share.  If more than one Old  Certificate  shall be
surrendered at one time for the account of the same  Shareholder,  the number of
full shares of New Common Stock for which New Certificates shall be issued shall
be computed on the basis of the aggregate  number of shares  represented  by the
Old Certificates so surrendered.  In the event that the  Corporation's  Transfer
Agent  determines  that a holder of Old  Certificates  has not  tendered all his
certificates for exchange, the Transfer Agent shall carry forward any fractional
share until all  certificates  of that holder have been  presented  for exchange
such that payment for  fractional  shares to any one person shall not exceed the
value of one share.  If any New Certificate is to be issued in a name other than
that in which the Old Certificates  surrendered for exchange are issued, the Old
Certificates so surrendered  shall be properly  endorsed and otherwise in proper
form for  transfer.  From and after the  Effective  Date the  amount of  capital
represented  by the shares of the New Common  Stock into which and for which the
shares of the Old Common Stock are reclassified  under the terms hereof shall be
the same as the amount of capital  represented by the shares of Old Common Stock
so  reclassified,  until  thereafter  reduced or  increased in  accordance  with
applicable law."

     FOURTH:  By  written  informal  action,  unanimously  taken by the Board of
Directors  of  the  Corporation  on  September  19,  1996,  pursuant  to  and in
accordance  with  Sections  7-108-202  and  7-110-103 of the  Colorado  Business
Corporation  Act,  the Board of Directors  of the  Corporation  duly adopted and
recommended  each  of  the  amendments  described  above  to  the  Corporation's
Shareholders for their approval.

     FIFTH:  Notice having been properly given to the Shareholders in accordance
with Sections 7-107-105 and 7-110-103 of the Colorado Business  Corporation Act,
each of the  amendments  was  adopted  by the  Shareholders  at a meeting of the
Shareholders  on November 8, 1996. The number of votes cast by each voting group
entitled to vote thereon was sufficient for approval by that voting group.

     IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  Accelr8  Technology  Corporation  has  caused  these
presents  to be signed in its name and on its  behalf  by Harry J.  Fleury,  its
President, and its corporate seal to be hereunder affixed and attested by Thomas
V. Geimer,  its  Secretary,  on this __ day of November  1996, and its President
acknowledges  that these  Articles of Amendment  are the act and deed of Accelr8
Technology Corporation and, under the penalties of perjury, that the matters and
facts set forth  herein with respect to  authorization  and approval are true in
all material respects to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.


ATTEST:  ACCELR8 TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION



By:                                           By:
    -----------------------------------           ------------------------------
    Thomas V. Geimer, Secretary                   Harry J. Fleury, President





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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 Act of 1934

Date of Report (earliest event reported)     November 18, 1996
                                             -----------------

                         ACCELR8 TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Colorado                       0-11485                 84-1072256
 ---------------------------     ----------------------     ------------------
(State or other jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)      (IRS Employer 
of incorporation)                                           Identification No.)
 
303 East Seventeenth Avenue, Suite 108, Denver, Colorado           80203
--------------------------------------------------------          --------
(Address of principal executive offices)                         (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code  (303) 863-8088
                                                    ---------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      (Former name or former address, if changed since last rport.)
Item. 5. Other Events

     On November 18, 1996, the Registrant  filed with the Colorado  Secretary of
State's  Office  Articles of  Amendment  (the  "Articles of  Amendment")  to its
Articles  of  Incorporation,  as  amended,  pursuant  to which (i) the number of
authorized  shares  of  Common  Stock  of  the  Registrant  was  decreased  from
55,000,000  shares to  11,000,000  shares and (ii) a reverse  stock split in the
Common  Stock in the  ratio of  one-for-four  was  effected.  As a result of the
reverse stock split,  the Registrant's  issued and outstanding  shares of Common
Stock was reduced from 21,970,000 to 5,492,500 shares. This summary of the terms
and conditions of the amendments to the  Registrant's  Articles of Incorporation
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Articles of Amendment that were
filed, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1.

     Further,  on November 19, 1996,  the Common Stock of the  Registrant  began
trading on the Nasdaq  National Market System under the symbol "ACLYD" on a post
reverse stock split basis.

 (b)      Exhibits

  Exhibit No.                    Description                     Location
  -------------         -----------------------------          -------------

       5.1              Articles of Amendment to Articles
                        of Incorporation, as amended,               3
                        of Registrant

                                        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.

                                       ACCELR8 TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
                                                 (Registrant)

Date: November  19, 1996              /s/ Thomas V. Geimer
      ------------------              -----------------------------------------
                                                  (Signature)

                                      Thomas V. Geimer, Chairman of the Board
                                              (Printed name and Title)

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EXHIBIT 5.1

                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

                                       TO

                          THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                         ACCELR8 TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

     FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Accelr8 Technology Corporation.

     SECOND:  Immediately  upon  the  effectiveness  of  this  amendment  to the
Corporation's  Articles  of  Incorporation  pursuant  to the  Colorado  Business
Corporation  Act (the  "Effective  Date"),  the number of  authorized  shares of
Common Stock shall be decreased  from  55,000,000  no par value common shares to
11,000,000 no par value common shares.

     This amendment shall be effectuated by striking in its entirety  Subsection
1  of  Article  V  of  the  Corporation's   Articles  of  Incorporation  and  by
substituting in lieu thereof the following:

     "1. Authorized Shares. The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation
shall have  authority to issue is eleven million  (11,000,000)  shares of common
stock,  each  having no par value,  which  shares  shall be  designated  "Common
Stock"."
                  

     THIRD:  Simultaneously with the Effective Date of this amendment, a reverse
stock split in the Common Stock of the  Corporation in the ratio of one-for-four
shall be effected, subject to certain conditions as described below.

     This  amendment  shall be  effectuated  by the  addition  of the  following
provision to the new Subsection 1 of Article V of the Corporation's  Articles of
Incorporation set forth above under paragraph SECOND of this amendment:

     "Reverse  Stock  Split.  Simultaneously  with  the  effective  date of this
amendment (the "Effective Date"), each share of the Corporation's  Common Stock,
no par value,  issued and  outstanding  immediately  prior to the Effective Date
(the "Old Common Stock") shall  automatically and without any action on the part
of the holder  thereof be  reclassified  as and  changed,  pursuant to a reverse
stock split (the "Reverse Stock Split") into a fraction thereof of one-fourth of
a share of the  Corporation's  outstanding  Common Stock, no par value (the "New
Common Stock"), depending upon a determination by the Board that a Reverse Stock
Split is in the best interests of the Corporation and the Shareholders,  subject
to the treatment of fractional share interests as described  below.  Each holder
of a certificate or certificates  which  immediately prior to the Effective Date
represented  outstanding  shares of Old Common  Stock  (the "Old  Certificates,"
whether one or more) shall be entitled  to receive  upon  surrender  of such Old
Certificates to the Corporation's Transfer Agent for cancellation, a certificate
or certificates (the "New  Certificates,"  whether one or more) representing the
number of whole  shares of the New  Common  Stock  into  which and for which the
shares of the Old Common Stock formerly  represented by such Old Certificates so
surrendered,  are  reclassified  under  the  terms  hereof.  From and  after the
Effective Date, Old  Certificates  shall represent only the right to receive New
Certificates  pursuant  to the  provisions  hereof.  No  certificates  or  scrip
representing  fractional share interests in New Common Stock will be issued, and
no such fractional share interest will entitle the holder thereof to vote, or to

                                       3
any rights of a shareholder of the  Corporation.  Any fraction of a share of New
Common  Stock to which the holder would  otherwise be entitled  will be adjusted
upward to the nearest  whole share.  If more than one Old  Certificate  shall be
surrendered at one time for the account of the same  Shareholder,  the number of
full shares of New Common Stock for which New Certificates shall be issued shall
be computed on the basis of the aggregate  number of shares  represented  by the
Old Certificates so surrendered.  In the event that the  Corporation's  Transfer
Agent  determines  that a holder of Old  Certificates  has not  tendered all his
certificates for exchange, the Transfer Agent shall carry forward any fractional
share until all  certificates  of that holder have been  presented  for exchange
such that payment for  fractional  shares to any one person shall not exceed the
value of one share.  If any New Certificate is to be issued in a name other than
that in which the Old Certificates  surrendered for exchange are issued, the Old
Certificates so surrendered  shall be properly  endorsed and otherwise in proper
form for  transfer.  From and after the  Effective  Date the  amount of  capital
represented  by the shares of the New Common  Stock into which and for which the
shares of the Old Common Stock are reclassified  under the terms hereof shall be
the same as the amount of capital  represented by the shares of Old Common Stock
so  reclassified,  until  thereafter  reduced or  increased in  accordance  with
applicable law."

     FOURTH:  By  written  informal  action,  unanimously  taken by the Board of
Directors  of  the  Corporation  on  September  19,  1996,  pursuant  to  and in
accordance  with  Sections  7-108-202  and  7-110-103 of the  Colorado  Business
Corporation  Act,  the Board of Directors  of the  Corporation  duly adopted and
recommended  each  of  the  amendments  described  above  to  the  Corporation's
Shareholders for their approval.

     FIFTH:  Notice having been properly given to the Shareholders in accordance
with Sections 7-107-105 and 7-110-103 of the Colorado Business  Corporation Act,
each of the  amendments  was  adopted  by the  Shareholders  at a meeting of the
Shareholders  on November 8, 1996. The number of votes cast by each voting group
entitled to vote thereon was sufficient for approval by that voting group.

     IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  Accelr8  Technology  Corporation  has  caused  these
presents  to be signed in its name and on its  behalf  by Harry J.  Fleury,  its
President, and its corporate seal to be hereunder affixed and attested by Thomas
V. Geimer,  its  Secretary,  on this __ day of November  1996, and its President
acknowledges  that these  Articles of Amendment  are the act and deed of Accelr8
Technology Corporation and, under the penalties of perjury, that the matters and
facts set forth  herein with respect to  authorization  and approval are true in
all material respects to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.

ATTEST:  ACCELR8 TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

By:                                           By:
    -----------------------------------           ------------------------------
    Thomas V. Geimer, Secretary                   Harry J. Fleury, President

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