<PAGE>
 
             As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
                               on May 7, 1997.

                                                 Registration No. 333- _________
________________________________________________________________________________
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                   FORM S-8

            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                            WANG LABORATORIES, INC.
              (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

           DELAWARE                                  04-2192707
(State or other jurisdiction of                   (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                Identification Number)

   600 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE                            01821
   BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)              (Zip Code)


                                  I-NET, INC.
                        KEY EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                           (Full title of the Plan)

                            ALBERT A. NOTINI, ESQ.
                            WANG LABORATORIES, INC.
                           600 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE
                         BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS 01821
                    (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (508) 967-5000
         (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
________________________________________________________________________________
                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                   Proposed          Proposed         
Title of             Amount        maximum           maximum           
securities to be     to be         offering price    aggregate         Amount of
registered           registered    per share         offering price    registration fee
________________     __________    ______________    ______________    ________________
<S>                <C>            <C>              <C>               <C>
Common Stock,        13,458 shares        $0.07(1)       $942.06 (1)            $100.00
$.01 par value 
per share      
</TABLE>
_______________________________________________________________________________

(1)  All shares are issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options with fixed
     exercise prices.  Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of
     1933, the aggregate offering price and the fee have been computed upon the
     basis of the prices at which the options may be exercised.  The offering
     price per share set forth for such shares is the weighted average of the
     exercise prices per share at which such options are exercisable.

_______________________________________________________________________________
<PAGE>
 
                    Statement of Incorporation By Reference
                    ---------------------------------------

          This Registration Statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference the
     contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-12963,
     filed by the Registrant on September 27, 1996 relating to the I-Net, Inc.
     Key Employee Stock Option Plan.
<PAGE>
 
                                   SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
     Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
     meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
     this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
     thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Billerica, Commonwealth of
     Massachusetts, on this 7th day of May, 1997

                                         WANG LABORATORIES, INC.


                                    By: /s/ Franklyn A. Caine
                                        ____________________________
                                        Franklyn A. Caine
                                        Executive Vice President and
                                          Chief Financial Officer

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

          We, the undersigned officers and directors of Wang Laboratories, Inc.
hereby severally constitute Albert A. Notini and John A. Burgess, and each of
them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of
them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below,
the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent
amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things
in our names and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable
Wang Laboratories, Inc. to comply with all requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may
be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and
any and all amendments thereto.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 
Signature                                        Title                                         Date
---------
 
<S>                                             <C>                                        <C>
/s/ Joseph M. Tucci                              Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive      May 7, 1997   
_________________________                        Officer and Director
Joseph M. Tucci                                  (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Franklyn A. Caine                            Executive Vice President and                May 7, 1997
_________________________                        Chief Financial Officer
Franklyn A. Caine                                (Principal Financial Officer and 
                                                 Accounting Officer

/s/ David A. Boucher                             Director                                    May 7, 1997
_________________________                             
David A. Boucher
 
/s/ Michael W. Brown                             Director                                    May 7, 1997
_________________________                             
Michael W. Brown

/s/ Marcia J. Hooper                             Director                                    May 7, 1997
_________________________                          
Marcia J. Hooper
 
/s/ Joseph J. Kroger                             Director                                    May 7, 1997
_________________________                           
Joseph J. Kroger
 
/s/ Raymond C. Kurzweil                          Director                                    May 7, 1997
_________________________                            
Raymond C. Kurzweil
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                           <C>                                        <C> 
/s/ Axel. J. Lebois                              Director                                    May 7, 1997
_____________________                               
Axel J. Leblois
 
/s/ Frederick A. Wang                            Director                                    May 7, 1997
_____________________                              
Frederick A. Wang
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
 
                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
                                 -------------

4.1**  Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended to date
4.2*   By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended to date
5.1    Opinion of Wang's General Counsel
23.1   Consent of Wang's General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.3   Consent of Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P.
23.4   Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
24.1   Power of Attorney (included on page 3 of the Registration Statement)




_______________________________

*    Filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant's quarterly report on 10-Q for the
     quarter ended December 31, 1994 and incorporated herein by reference.
**   Filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for 
     the quarter ended December 31, 1995 and incorporated herein by reference.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
                               on May 7, 1997.

                                                 Registration No. 333- _________
________________________________________________________________________________
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                   FORM S-8

            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                            WANG LABORATORIES, INC.
              (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

           DELAWARE                                  04-2192707
(State or other jurisdiction of                   (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                Identification Number)

   600 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE                            01821
   BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)              (Zip Code)

                                  I-NET, INC.
                        KEY EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                           (Full title of the Plan)

                            ALBERT A. NOTINI, ESQ.
                            WANG LABORATORIES, INC.
                           600 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE
                         BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS 01821
                    (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (508) 967-5000
         (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
________________________________________________________________________________
                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed          Proposed         
Title of             Amount        maximum           maximum           
securities to be     to be         offering price    aggregate         Amount of
registered           registered    per share         offering price    registration fee
________________     __________    ______________    ______________    ________________
Common Stock,        13,458 shares        $0.07(1)       $942.06 (1)            $100.00
$.01 par value 
per share
_______________________________________________________________________________

(1)  All shares are issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options with fixed
     exercise prices.  Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of
     1933, the aggregate offering price and the fee have been computed upon the
     basis of the prices at which the options may be exercised.  The offering
     price per share set forth for such shares is the weighted average of the
     exercise prices per share at which such options are exercisable.

_______________________________________________________________________________
Statement of Incorporation By Reference
                    ---------------------------------------

          This Registration Statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference the
     contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-12963,
     filed by the Registrant on September 27, 1996 relating to the I-Net, Inc.
     Key Employee Stock Option Plan.
SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
     Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
     meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
     this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
     thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Billerica, Commonwealth of
     Massachusetts, on this 7th day of May, 1997

                                         WANG LABORATORIES, INC.

                                    By: /s/ Franklyn A. Caine
                                        ____________________________
                                        Franklyn A. Caine
                                        Executive Vice President and
                                          Chief Financial Officer

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

          We, the undersigned officers and directors of Wang Laboratories, Inc.
hereby severally constitute Albert A. Notini and John A. Burgess, and each of
them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of
them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below,
the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent
amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things
in our names and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable
Wang Laboratories, Inc. to comply with all requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may
be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and
any and all amendments thereto.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature                                        Title                                         Date
---------
/s/ Joseph M. Tucci                              Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive      May 7, 1997   
_________________________                        Officer and Director
Joseph M. Tucci                                  (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Franklyn A. Caine                            Executive Vice President and                May 7, 1997
_________________________                        Chief Financial Officer
Franklyn A. Caine                                (Principal Financial Officer and 
                                                 Accounting Officer

/s/ David A. Boucher                             Director                                    May 7, 1997
_________________________                             
David A. Boucher
 
/s/ Michael W. Brown                             Director                                    May 7, 1997
_________________________                             
Michael W. Brown

/s/ Marcia J. Hooper                             Director                                    May 7, 1997
_________________________                          
Marcia J. Hooper
 
/s/ Joseph J. Kroger                             Director                                    May 7, 1997
_________________________                           
Joseph J. Kroger
 
/s/ Raymond C. Kurzweil                          Director                                    May 7, 1997
_________________________                            
Raymond C. Kurzweil
/s/ Axel. J. Lebois                              Director                                    May 7, 1997
_____________________                               
Axel J. Leblois
 
/s/ Frederick A. Wang                            Director                                    May 7, 1997
_____________________                              
Frederick A. Wang
EXHIBIT INDEX
                                 -------------

4.1**  Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended to date
4.2*   By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended to date
5.1    Opinion of Wang's General Counsel
23.1   Consent of Wang's General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.3   Consent of Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P.
23.4   Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
24.1   Power of Attorney (included on page 3 of the Registration Statement)

_______________________________

*    Filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant's quarterly report on 10-Q for the
     quarter ended December 31, 1994 and incorporated herein by reference.
**   Filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for 
     the quarter ended December 31, 1995 and incorporated herein by reference.