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 4, 1998
                           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 4, 1998,  Comdisco,  Inc.  announced the  appointment of Nicholas K.
  Pontikes,  34, to the position of president and chief  operating  officer of the
  company.  Pontikes,  who had been  serving  as  chief  operating  officer  since
  November,  1997, will continue to have executive  management  responsibility for
  the majority of the company's  operations,  including  its Financial  Management
  Division,  Technology  Services  Division,  (which includes desktop  management,
  business continuity and managed network services),  and Diversified Technologies
  Group,  (which  includes  electronics,  healthcare and laboratory and scientific
  groups).  He will  also  continue  as a member  of the  company's  office of the
  president  and its  board of  directors.  He has  added  responsibility  for the
  company's  sales  force  and  European  operations,  and  will  continue  to  be
  responsible for its internal information technology group.
  
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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 11, 1998                               by:     /s/David J. Keenan
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                                                                   David J. Keenan
                                                             Senior 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 4, 1998
                           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 4, 1998,  Comdisco,  Inc.  announced the  appointment of Nicholas K.
  Pontikes,  34, to the position of president and chief  operating  officer of the
  company.  Pontikes,  who had been  serving  as  chief  operating  officer  since
  November,  1997, will continue to have executive  management  responsibility for
  the majority of the company's  operations,  including  its Financial  Management
  Division,  Technology  Services  Division,  (which includes desktop  management,
  business continuity and managed network services),  and Diversified Technologies
  Group,  (which  includes  electronics,  healthcare and laboratory and scientific
  groups).  He will  also  continue  as a member  of the  company's  office of the
  president  and its  board of  directors.  He has  added  responsibility  for the
  company's  sales  force  and  European  operations,  and  will  continue  to  be
  responsible for its internal information technology group.
  
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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 11, 1998                               by:     /s/David J. Keenan
                                                                ------------------
                                                                   David J. Keenan
                                                             Senior Vice President
                                                                    and Controller
  
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