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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): October 20, 1998
  
  
                                      Xyvision
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
  
                                      Delaware
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                   (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  
  
     000-147447                               04-2751102
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  (Commission File Number)        (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  
  
  30 New Crossing Road
  Reading, MA                                   01867
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  (Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)
  
  
                                   (781) 756-4400
                          -------------------------------
                (Registrant's telephone number including area code)
  
                                   Not Applicable
                          -------------------------------
            Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report
   
  
  
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  Item 5. Other Events.
       On October 20, 1998 Xyvision, Inc. (the "Company") announced that it would
  implement the one-for-five reverse split of the Company's Common Stock approved
  at the Company's recent annual meeting of stockholders. The reverse stock split
  became effective as of the close of business on October 20, 1998. Fractional
  shares resulting from the reverse stock split will be settled in cash.
  Stockholders will be notified by the Company's transfer agent and exchange
  agent, ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., regarding the process for
  receiving new share certificates. Warrants and options to purchase the
  Company's Common Stock, and other securities convertible into shares of the
  Company's Common Stock, will be adjusted in accordance with their terms to
  reflect the reverse stock split.
  
       The full text of the Company's press release is filed as Exhibit 99 to
  this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
  
  
  
  Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
       (c) Exhibits.
  
       See Exhibit Index attached hereto.
   
  
  
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                                     SIGNATURE
       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.
  
  
  Date: October 21, 1998                       XYVISION, INC.
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                                                (Registrant)
  
  
  
                                        By: /s/ Wendy Darland
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                                            Wendy Darland
                                            Vice President, 
                                            Chief Financial Officer,
                                            Secretary and Treasurer
  
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  
  
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   Exhibit
   Number     Description
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  99          Press Release
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text: 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): October 20, 1998
  
                                      Xyvision
               ----------------------------------------------------
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
                                      Delaware
               ----------------------------------------------------
                   (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  
     000-147447                               04-2751102
  ---------------------              ---------------------------
  (Commission File Number)        (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  
  30 New Crossing Road
  Reading, MA                                   01867
  ---------------------               ------------------------
  (Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)
  
                                   (781) 756-4400
                          -------------------------------
                (Registrant's telephone number including area code)
  
                                   Not Applicable
                          -------------------------------
            Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report
   
  
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  Item 5. Other Events.
       On October 20, 1998 Xyvision, Inc. (the "Company") announced that it would
  implement the one-for-five reverse split of the Company's Common Stock approved
  at the Company's recent annual meeting of stockholders. The reverse stock split
  became effective as of the close of business on October 20, 1998. Fractional
  shares resulting from the reverse stock split will be settled in cash.
  Stockholders will be notified by the Company's transfer agent and exchange
  agent, ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., regarding the process for
  receiving new share certificates. Warrants and options to purchase the
  Company's Common Stock, and other securities convertible into shares of the
  Company's Common Stock, will be adjusted in accordance with their terms to
  reflect the reverse stock split.
  
       The full text of the Company's press release is filed as Exhibit 99 to
  this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
  
  Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
       (c) Exhibits.
  
       See Exhibit Index attached hereto.
   
  
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  SIGNATURE
       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.
  
  Date: October 21, 1998                       XYVISION, INC.
                                     -------------------------------
                                                (Registrant)
  
                                        By: /s/ Wendy Darland
                                            -------------------------------
                                            Wendy Darland
                                            Vice President, 
                                            Chief Financial Officer,
                                            Secretary and Treasurer
  
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit
   Number     Description
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  99          Press Release
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