content: 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 14, 1994
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                 AST RESEARCH, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                      DELAWARE
                   (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
                                          
                                          
                                          
             0-13941                        95-3525565
     (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
  
       16215 ALTON PARKWAY
        IRVINE, CALIFORNIA                    92718
  (Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip Code)
  
                 Registrant's telephone number, including area code
                                   (714) 727-4141
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                   NOT APPLICABLE
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
                                          
  
  
     Exhibit Index on Page 2                    Page 1 of 5
  <PAGE>
  
  ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS
  
  On October 14, 1994, the Company announced that it expects first quarter fiscal
  year 1995 revenues to be approximately $495 million and projected a net loss for
  the quarter of $39 to $40 million.  The Company also announced that it will be
  consolidating its mobile computing manufacturing and closing its Fountain
  Valley, California manufacturing facility February 1, 1995. A copy of the press
  release is attached as Exhibit 99 to this Report, and is incorporated herein by
  this reference.
  
  ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  
  <TABLE>
  Exhibit                                                                                Sequential
  Number           Description                                                            Page No.
  - - -------          -----------                                                           ----------      
  <C>             <S>                                                                    <C>
    99             Press release issued by the Registrant on October 14, 1994, announcing   3-5
                   fiscal first quarter revenue of approximately $495 million and the
                   closing of its Fountain Valley, California manufacturing facility
                   February 1, 1995.
  
  </TABLE>
  
                                     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.
  
  
                                      AST Research, Inc.
                           _______________________________________
                                         (Registrant)
  
  
  
  
                                By  Bruce C. Edwards
                                  Executive Vice President
                                    and Chief Financial Officer
  
  
  
  
  
  Date: October 18, 1994
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                                                       Page 2 of 5
metadata_documents: [{"type": "8-K", "sequence": "1", "description": "FORM 8-K DATED 10/18/94", "secsgml_size_bytes": 3901}]
metadata_filer: {"company-data": {"conformed-name": "AST RESEARCH INC /DE/", "cik": "0000725182", "assigned-sic": "3571", "irs-number": "953525565", "state-of-incorporation": "DE", "fiscal-year-end": "0630"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "8-K", "act": "34", "file-number": "000-13941", "film-number": "94553916"}, "business-address": {"street1": "16215 ALTON PKWY", "city": "IRVINE", "state": "CA", "zip": "92713", "phone": "7147274141"}}
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 14, 1994
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                 AST RESEARCH, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                      DELAWARE
                   (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
                                          
                                          
                                          
             0-13941                        95-3525565
     (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
       16215 ALTON PARKWAY
        IRVINE, CALIFORNIA                    92718
  (Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip Code)
  
                 Registrant's telephone number, including area code
                                   (714) 727-4141
  
                                   NOT APPLICABLE
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
                                          
  
     Exhibit Index on Page 2                    Page 1 of 5
  ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS
  
  On October 14, 1994, the Company announced that it expects first quarter fiscal
  year 1995 revenues to be approximately $495 million and projected a net loss for
  the quarter of $39 to $40 million.  The Company also announced that it will be
  consolidating its mobile computing manufacturing and closing its Fountain
  Valley, California manufacturing facility February 1, 1995. A copy of the press
  release is attached as Exhibit 99 to this Report, and is incorporated herein by
  this reference.
  
  ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  
  Exhibit                                                                                Sequential
  Number           Description                                                            Page No.
  - - -------          -----------                                                           ----------
  99             Press release issued by the Registrant on October 14, 1994, announcing   3-5
                   fiscal first quarter revenue of approximately $495 million and the
                   closing of its Fountain Valley, California manufacturing facility
                   February 1, 1995.
  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.
  
                                      AST Research, Inc.
                           _______________________________________
                                         (Registrant)
  
                                By  Bruce C. Edwards
                                  Executive Vice President
                                    and Chief Financial Officer
  
  Date: October 18, 1994
  
                                                                       Page 2 of 5