content: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
                      Filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                         THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
                                  December 13, 1996
                           Date of Earliest Event Reported
  
  
  
                                   COMDISCO, INC.
                              (a Delaware Corporation)
                                6111 North River Road
                              Rosemont, Illinois 60018
                              Telephone (708) 698-3000
                            Commission file number 1-7725
                  I.R.S. Employer Identification Number 36-2687938
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
  (c)      Exhibits
  
           10.01    Fourth Amended and Restated  Global Credit  Agreement Dated as
                    of December 18, 1995 among Comdisco, Inc., the Subsidiaries of
                    the Company party hereto as Multicurrency Borrowers, the banks
                    party  hereto  as  Banks  Nationsbank,  N.A.,  as  Bid  Agent,
                    Citicorp International,  LTD., as Asia Bid Agent and Citibank,
                    N.A., as Administrative Agent
  
           10.02    Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of December 20, 1994
  
           
  
  
  
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  SIGNATURES
  
  Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
  registrant  has duly caused this Current  Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its
  behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  
                                                                COMDISCO, INC.
  
  
  
  Date: December 13, 1996                     by:      /s/ David J. Keenan
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                                                       David J. Keenan
                                                       Vice President and
                                                       Corporate Controller
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
                      Filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                         THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
                                  December 13, 1996
                           Date of Earliest Event Reported
  
                                   COMDISCO, INC.
                              (a Delaware Corporation)
                                6111 North River Road
                              Rosemont, Illinois 60018
                              Telephone (708) 698-3000
                            Commission file number 1-7725
                  I.R.S. Employer Identification Number 36-2687938
  Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
  (c)      Exhibits
  
           10.01    Fourth Amended and Restated  Global Credit  Agreement Dated as
                    of December 18, 1995 among Comdisco, Inc., the Subsidiaries of
                    the Company party hereto as Multicurrency Borrowers, the banks
                    party  hereto  as  Banks  Nationsbank,  N.A.,  as  Bid  Agent,
                    Citicorp International,  LTD., as Asia Bid Agent and Citibank,
                    N.A., as Administrative Agent
  
           10.02    Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of December 20, 1994
  SIGNATURES
  
  Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
  registrant  has duly caused this Current  Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its
  behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                                                COMDISCO, INC.
  
  Date: December 13, 1996                     by:      /s/ David J. Keenan
                                                       -------------------
                                                       David J. Keenan
                                                       Vice President and
                                                       Corporate Controller