As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 1998
                                                     Registration No. __________
================================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                           ---------------------------

                                    Form S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                           ---------------------------

                        INTERLINK COMPUTER SCIENCES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        Delaware                                          94-2990567
(State of Incorporation)                       (IRS Employer Identification No.)

                        Interlink Computer Sciences, Inc.
                             47370 Fremont Boulevard
                                Fremont, CA 94538
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                           ---------------------------

                             1992 Stock Option Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                           ---------------------------

                              AUGUSTUS J. BERKELEY
                      PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                        INTERLINK COMPUTER SCIENCES, INC.
                             47370 Fremont Boulevard
                                Fremont, CA 94538
                     (Name and address of agent for service)
                                 (510) 657-9800
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                           ---------------------------

                                     Copy to
                            Thomas C. DeFilipps, Esq.
                       WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
                            Professional Corporation
                               650 Page Mill Road
                        Palo Alto, California 94304-1050

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<PAGE>



<TABLE>
                                            CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<CAPTION>
====================================================================================================================================
                                                                          Proposed
                                                                           Maximum           Proposed
                  Title of                           Amount               Offering            Maximum
               Securities to                         to be                Price Per          Aggregate           Amount of
               be Registered                       Registered               Share         Offering Price      Registration Fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                  <C>               <C>                  <C>                   <C>       
        Common Stock
        -  1992 Stock Option Plan
           Shares available for future
           grant                                     300,000           $   5.28125(1)      1,584,375.00          $   467.39
        TOTAL                                        300,000                               1,584,375.00          $   467.39
                                                     =======                               ============          ==========

<FN>
---------------------------

(1)   Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee on the basis
      of 100% of the average of the high and low prices reported in the Nasdaq National Market System on March 23, 1998.

====================================================================================================================================

</FN>
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>


                          INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF
                        PRIOR S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT

      This  Registration  Statement  is made  for the  registration  of  300,000
additional  shares of common stock under the  Company's  1992 Stock Option Plan.
The contents of the Form S-8  Registration  Statement  filed with the Securities
and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission")  on October 16, 1996 (SEC File No.
333-14249) for the  registration  of common shares to be issued upon exercise of
option under the  Company's  1992 Stock Option Plan are hereby  incorporated  by
reference.


                                   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 City of Fremont, of California, on March 24, 1998.


                                     INTERLINK COMPUTER SCIENCES, INC.


                                     By:  /s/ JAMES A. BARTH
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                          James A. Barth,
                                          Chief Financial Officer



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


      KNOW ALL  PERSONS BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that each  person  whose  signature
appears below  constitutes and appoints  Augustus J. Berkeley and James A. Barth
jointly  and  severally,   his   attorneys-in-fact,   each  with  the  power  of
substitution,  for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration  Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto
and other  documents in connection  therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange
Commission,   hereby   ratifying   and   confirming   all  that   each  of  said
attorney-in-fact,  or his substitute or substitutes,  may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

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<PAGE>


<TABLE>
      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.

<CAPTION>

               Signature                              Title                               Date
               ---------                              -----                               ----
<S>                                          <C>                                     <C> 
  /s/ AUGUSTUS J. BERKELEY                   President, Chief Executive              March 24, 1998
 ---------------------------------------     Officer and Director
          Augustus J. Berkeley               (Principal Executive Officer)

  /s/ JAMES A. BARTH                               
 ---------------------------------------     Vice President of Finance,              March 24, 1998
             James A. Barth                  Chief Financial Officer,
                                             Treasurer, and Secretary
                                             (Principal Financial and
                                             Accounting Officer)
                                             
 /s/ THOMAS H. BREDT                                              
----------------------------------------     Chairman of the Board of               March 24, 1998
             Thomas H. Bredt                 Directors
                                             
----------------------------------------     Director                               
            Ronald W. Brainiff               
                                             
----------------------------------------     Director                               
             Andrew I. Fillat                

 /s/ RALPH B. GODFREY                                            
----------------------------------------     Director                               March 23, 1998
             Ralph B. Godfrey                
</TABLE>                                     
                                         
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<PAGE>

<TABLE>

                                                     INDEX TO EXHIBITS

<CAPTION>
                                                                                                Sequentially
           Exhibit                                                                                Numbered
           Number                              Description                                          Page
----------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------  -------------------------------
<S>                           <C>                                                      <C>
            4.1*              Amended 1992 Stock Option Plan
            5.1               Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
                              P.C.
            23.1              Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
            
            23.3              Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,             Contained in Exhibit 5.1
                              P.C.
            24.1              Power of Attorney                                        Contained in page 3 of this
                                                                                       Registration Statement

<FN>
---------------------------

*     Incorporated by reference from the Form S-8 Registration Statement filed with the Commission on October 16, 1996
      (SEC File No. 333-14249).

</FN>
</TABLE>

                                                           -5-
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 1998
                                                     Registration No. __________
================================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                           ---------------------------

                                    Form S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                           ---------------------------

                        INTERLINK COMPUTER SCIENCES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        Delaware                                          94-2990567
(State of Incorporation)                       (IRS Employer Identification No.)

                        Interlink Computer Sciences, Inc.
                             47370 Fremont Boulevard
                                Fremont, CA 94538
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                           ---------------------------

                             1992 Stock Option Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                           ---------------------------

                              AUGUSTUS J. BERKELEY
                      PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                        INTERLINK COMPUTER SCIENCES, INC.
                             47370 Fremont Boulevard
                                Fremont, CA 94538
                     (Name and address of agent for service)
                                 (510) 657-9800
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                           ---------------------------

                                     Copy to
                            Thomas C. DeFilipps, Esq.
                       WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
                            Professional Corporation
                               650 Page Mill Road
                        Palo Alto, California 94304-1050

================================================================================
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
====================================================================================================================================
                                                                          Proposed
                                                                           Maximum           Proposed
                  Title of                           Amount               Offering            Maximum
               Securities to                         to be                Price Per          Aggregate           Amount of
               be Registered                       Registered               Share         Offering Price      Registration Fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock
        -  1992 Stock Option Plan
           Shares available for future
           grant                                     300,000           $   5.28125(1)      1,584,375.00          $   467.39
        TOTAL                                        300,000                               1,584,375.00          $   467.39
                                                     =======                               ============          ==========
---------------------------

(1)   Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee on the basis
      of 100% of the average of the high and low prices reported in the Nasdaq National Market System on March 23, 1998.

====================================================================================================================================
-2-
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF
                        PRIOR S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT

      This  Registration  Statement  is made  for the  registration  of  300,000
additional  shares of common stock under the  Company's  1992 Stock Option Plan.
The contents of the Form S-8  Registration  Statement  filed with the Securities
and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission")  on October 16, 1996 (SEC File No.
333-14249) for the  registration  of common shares to be issued upon exercise of
option under the  Company's  1992 Stock Option Plan are hereby  incorporated  by
reference.

                                   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 City of Fremont, of California, on March 24, 1998.

                                     INTERLINK COMPUTER SCIENCES, INC.

                                     By:  /s/ JAMES A. BARTH
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                          James A. Barth,
                                          Chief Financial Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL  PERSONS BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that each  person  whose  signature
appears below  constitutes and appoints  Augustus J. Berkeley and James A. Barth
jointly  and  severally,   his   attorneys-in-fact,   each  with  the  power  of
substitution,  for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration  Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto
and other  documents in connection  therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange
Commission,   hereby   ratifying   and   confirming   all  that   each  of  said
attorney-in-fact,  or his substitute or substitutes,  may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

                                       -3-
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/ AUGUSTUS J. BERKELEY                   President, Chief Executive              March 24, 1998
 ---------------------------------------     Officer and Director
          Augustus J. Berkeley               (Principal Executive Officer)

  /s/ JAMES A. BARTH                               
 ---------------------------------------     Vice President of Finance,              March 24, 1998
             James A. Barth                  Chief Financial Officer,
                                             Treasurer, and Secretary
                                             (Principal Financial and
                                             Accounting Officer)
                                             
 /s/ THOMAS H. BREDT                                              
----------------------------------------     Chairman of the Board of               March 24, 1998
             Thomas H. Bredt                 Directors
                                             
----------------------------------------     Director                               
            Ronald W. Brainiff               
                                             
----------------------------------------     Director                               
             Andrew I. Fillat                

 /s/ RALPH B. GODFREY                                            
----------------------------------------     Director                               March 23, 1998
             Ralph B. Godfrey
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Sequentially
           Exhibit                                                                                Numbered
           Number                              Description                                          Page
----------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------  -------------------------------
4.1*              Amended 1992 Stock Option Plan
            5.1               Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
                              P.C.
            23.1              Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
            
            23.3              Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,             Contained in Exhibit 5.1
                              P.C.
            24.1              Power of Attorney                                        Contained in page 3 of this
                                                                                       Registration Statement
---------------------------

*     Incorporated by reference from the Form S-8 Registration Statement filed with the Commission on October 16, 1996
      (SEC File No. 333-14249).
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