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
  
                                  November 5, 1997
                           Date of Earliest Event Reported
  
  
  
                                   COMDISCO, INC.
                              (a Delaware Corporation)
                                6111 North River Road
                              Rosemont, Illinois 60018
                              Telephone (847) 698-3000
                            Commission file number 1-7725
                  I.R.S. Employer Identification Number 36-2687938
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Item 5   Other Events
  
  
  On November 5, 1997,  Comdisco,  Inc.  announced the  appointment of Nicholas K.
  Pontikes, 33, to the position of chief operating officer of the company, a newly
  created  position.  Pontikes,  who had been serving as executive vice president,
  will  continue  to  have  responsibility  for  Comdisco's  leasing,   integrated
  services,  business continuity,  and diversified technologies divisions, as well
  as its internal information  technology staff. He will also continue as a member
  of the company's  office of the  president,  reporting to Comdisco  Chairman and
  Chief  Executive  Officer  Jack Slevin,  and as a member of  company's  board of
  directors.
  
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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: November 5, 1997                                by:     /s/David J. Keenan
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                                                                   David J. Keenan
                                                                    Vice President
                                                                    and 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
  
                                  November 5, 1997
                           Date of Earliest Event Reported
  
                                   COMDISCO, INC.
                              (a Delaware Corporation)
                                6111 North River Road
                              Rosemont, Illinois 60018
                              Telephone (847) 698-3000
                            Commission file number 1-7725
                  I.R.S. Employer Identification Number 36-2687938
  
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  Item 5   Other Events
  
  On November 5, 1997,  Comdisco,  Inc.  announced the  appointment of Nicholas K.
  Pontikes, 33, to the position of chief operating officer of the company, a newly
  created  position.  Pontikes,  who had been serving as executive vice president,
  will  continue  to  have  responsibility  for  Comdisco's  leasing,   integrated
  services,  business continuity,  and diversified technologies divisions, as well
  as its internal information  technology staff. He will also continue as a member
  of the company's  office of the  president,  reporting to Comdisco  Chairman and
  Chief  Executive  Officer  Jack Slevin,  and as a member of  company's  board of
  directors.
  
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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: November 5, 1997                                by:     /s/David J. Keenan
                                                                ------------------
                                                                   David J. Keenan
                                                                    Vice President
                                                                    and Controller
  
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