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
  
                                  January 12, 1999
                           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 January 12, 1999, the Company reported that its Board of Directors named
  Nicholas K. Pontikes as President and Chief Executive Officer.  He succeeds Jack
  Slevin,  62, who has led Comdisco  for the past five years,  guiding the company
  through its transition to a technology services company.  Pontikes, 34, has been
  a member of the board  since 1993 and has been  serving as  president  and chief
  operating officer. Slevin has retired as chief executive and resigns as chairman
  and a member  of the  board of  directors.  The  position  of  chairman  remains
  unfilled at this time.
  
  Item 7   Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
  (c)      Exhibits
  
  99.1     Press Release Announcing Nicholas K. Pontikes as New Chief Executive
           Officer
  
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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: January 14, 1999                                by:     /s/John J. Vosicky
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                                                                  John J. Vosicy
                                                          Executive Vice President
                                                       and Chief Financial Officer
  
  
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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
  
                                  January 12, 1999
                           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 January 12, 1999, the Company reported that its Board of Directors named
  Nicholas K. Pontikes as President and Chief Executive Officer.  He succeeds Jack
  Slevin,  62, who has led Comdisco  for the past five years,  guiding the company
  through its transition to a technology services company.  Pontikes, 34, has been
  a member of the board  since 1993 and has been  serving as  president  and chief
  operating officer. Slevin has retired as chief executive and resigns as chairman
  and a member  of the  board of  directors.  The  position  of  chairman  remains
  unfilled at this time.
  
  Item 7   Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
  (c)      Exhibits
  
  99.1     Press Release Announcing Nicholas K. Pontikes as New Chief Executive
           Officer
  
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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: January 14, 1999                                by:     /s/John J. Vosicky
                                                                ------------------
                                                                  John J. Vosicy
                                                          Executive Vice President
                                                       and Chief Financial Officer
  
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