SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549
                                    
                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                    
                                SCI SYSTEMS, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
        DELAWARE                                        63-0583436
(State or Other Jurisdiction of          (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 Incorporation or Organization)         

                            2101 WEST CLINTON AVENUE
                            HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA 35805
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

             THE SCI SYSTEMS, INC. 1994 STOCK OPTION INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                  OLIN B. KING
                                    CHAIRMAN
                                SCI SYSTEMS, INC.
                         C/O SCI SYSTEMS (ALABAMA), INC.
                            2101 WEST CLINTON AVENUE
                            HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA 35805
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
                                    
                                 (256) 882-4800
          (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
                                    
                          COPIES OF COMMUNICATIONS TO:

                             ELIOT W. ROBINSON, ESQ.
                     POWELL, GOLDSTEIN, FRAZER & MURPHY LLP
                                 SIXTEENTH FLOOR
                           191 PEACHTREE STREET, N.E.
                             ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303
                                      

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
<S>                     <C>              <C>                <C>                 <C>
                                         Proposed Maximum   Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities     Amount To Be     Offering Price     Aggregate Offering  Amount of        
To Be Registered        Registered(1)    Per Share(2)       Price(2)            Registration Fee 
                                              
Common Stock, par                                           
value $.10 per          2,000,000        $56.8125           $1,113,625,000.00   $31,587.75
share                                                       
</TABLE>
(1)  The shares  registered  pursuant to this  Registration  Statement are to be
issued pursuant to the SCI Systems,  Inc. 1994 Stock Option  Incentive Plan (the
"1994 Plan").  The number of shares  authorized for issuance under the 1994 Plan
was  increased  from  2,600,000  to  4,600,000  shares  pursuant  to a  proposal
submitted to the annual meeting of the Registrant's stockholders held on October
23, 1998. The initial  2,600,000 shares issuable  pursuant to the 1994 Plan were
previously  registered  pursuant to a separate Form S-8 Registration  Statement,
and the  appropriate  filing fee was paid with  respect  to such  shares at that
time. This  Registration  Statement  registers the additional  2,000,000  shares
authorized for issuance under the 1994 Plan.  This  Registration  Statement also
covers such indeterminable number of additional shares as may become issuable to
prevent dilution in the event of a stock split, stock dividend, reclassification
or other similar transaction pursuant to the terms of the 1994 Plan.

(2)  Estimated solely for purposes of calculating  the registration fee pursuant
to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the  "Securities
Act") and based on the closing price of the  Registrant's  Common Stock reported
on the New York Stock Exchange on January 28, 1999.
   
As  required by the  General  Instruction  to Item E for the use of the Form S-8
Registration  Statement under the Securities Act ("Form S-8"), this registration
of additional  shares under the 1994 Plan incorporates by reference the contents
of the original filing on Form S-8 of the Plan (File No. 33-56807).
   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                     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 this Form S-8 Registration  Statement,  and has
     duly caused this  Registration  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
     undersigned,  hereunto duly authorized, in the City of Huntsville, State of
     Alabama, on this 18th day of January, 1999.
   
   
                                     SCI SYSTEMS, INC.
   
                                     By:/s/ Olin B. King
                                        Olin B. King
                                        Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
<PAGE>


                                   
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature  appears
below  constitutes  and  appoints  OLIN B.  KING as his or her true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for  him  or her  and in his or her  name,  place  and  stead,  in any  and  all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement,  and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission,  granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each
and  every  act and  thing  required  or  necessary  to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person,  hereby  ratifying and  confirming  all that said  attorney-in-fact  and
agent,  or his  substitute,  could  lawfully  do or cause  to be done by  virtue
hereof.

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act,  this  Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following  persons in the  capacities and
on the date indicated.

<TABLE>
<S>                      <C>                            <C> 
    Signature                    Title                       Date


/s/ Olin B. King         Chairman of the Board          January 18,1999
Olin B. King             and Chief Executive Officer
                         Officer (Principal Executive,
                         and Financial Officer)

/s/A. Eugene Sapp, Jr.   Director, President            January 18,1999
A. Eugene Sapp, Jr.      and Chief Operating Officer

/s/Howard H. Callaway    Director                       January 18, 1999
Howard H. Callaway 

/s/Jackie M. Ward        Director                       January 18,1999
Jackie M. Ward

/s/Wayne Shortridge      Director                       January 18,1999
Wayne Shortridge

/s/William E. Fruhan     Director                       January 18,1999
William E. Fruhan        

/s/G. Robert Tod         Director                       January 18,1999
G. Robert Tod

</TABLE>
<PAGE>



INDEX TO EXHIBITS




     Exhibit No.:        Description

        5                Opinion of Counsel

        23.1             Consent of Independent Auditors
               
        23.2             Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549
                                    
                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                    
                                SCI SYSTEMS, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
        DELAWARE                                        63-0583436
(State or Other Jurisdiction of          (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 Incorporation or Organization)         

                            2101 WEST CLINTON AVENUE
                            HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA 35805
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

             THE SCI SYSTEMS, INC. 1994 STOCK OPTION INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                  OLIN B. KING
                                    CHAIRMAN
                                SCI SYSTEMS, INC.
                         C/O SCI SYSTEMS (ALABAMA), INC.
                            2101 WEST CLINTON AVENUE
                            HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA 35805
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
                                    
                                 (256) 882-4800
          (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
                                    
                          COPIES OF COMMUNICATIONS TO:

                             ELIOT W. ROBINSON, ESQ.
                     POWELL, GOLDSTEIN, FRAZER & MURPHY LLP
                                 SIXTEENTH FLOOR
                           191 PEACHTREE STREET, N.E.
                             ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303
                                      

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum   Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities     Amount To Be     Offering Price     Aggregate Offering  Amount of        
To Be Registered        Registered(1)    Per Share(2)       Price(2)            Registration Fee 
                                              
Common Stock, par                                           
value $.10 per          2,000,000        $56.8125           $1,113,625,000.00   $31,587.75
share
(1)  The shares  registered  pursuant to this  Registration  Statement are to be
issued pursuant to the SCI Systems,  Inc. 1994 Stock Option  Incentive Plan (the
"1994 Plan").  The number of shares  authorized for issuance under the 1994 Plan
was  increased  from  2,600,000  to  4,600,000  shares  pursuant  to a  proposal
submitted to the annual meeting of the Registrant's stockholders held on October
23, 1998. The initial  2,600,000 shares issuable  pursuant to the 1994 Plan were
previously  registered  pursuant to a separate Form S-8 Registration  Statement,
and the  appropriate  filing fee was paid with  respect  to such  shares at that
time. This  Registration  Statement  registers the additional  2,000,000  shares
authorized for issuance under the 1994 Plan.  This  Registration  Statement also
covers such indeterminable number of additional shares as may become issuable to
prevent dilution in the event of a stock split, stock dividend, reclassification
or other similar transaction pursuant to the terms of the 1994 Plan.

(2)  Estimated solely for purposes of calculating  the registration fee pursuant
to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the  "Securities
Act") and based on the closing price of the  Registrant's  Common Stock reported
on the New York Stock Exchange on January 28, 1999.
   
As  required by the  General  Instruction  to Item E for the use of the Form S-8
Registration  Statement under the Securities Act ("Form S-8"), this registration
of additional  shares under the 1994 Plan incorporates by reference the contents
of the original filing on Form S-8 of the Plan (File No. 33-56807).
   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                     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 this Form S-8 Registration  Statement,  and has
     duly caused this  Registration  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
     undersigned,  hereunto duly authorized, in the City of Huntsville, State of
     Alabama, on this 18th day of January, 1999.
   
   
                                     SCI SYSTEMS, INC.
   
                                     By:/s/ Olin B. King
                                        Olin B. King
                                        Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature  appears
below  constitutes  and  appoints  OLIN B.  KING as his or her true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for  him  or her  and in his or her  name,  place  and  stead,  in any  and  all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement,  and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission,  granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each
and  every  act and  thing  required  or  necessary  to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person,  hereby  ratifying and  confirming  all that said  attorney-in-fact  and
agent,  or his  substitute,  could  lawfully  do or cause  to be done by  virtue
hereof.

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act,  this  Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following  persons in the  capacities and
on the date indicated.
Signature                    Title                       Date

/s/ Olin B. King         Chairman of the Board          January 18,1999
Olin B. King             and Chief Executive Officer
                         Officer (Principal Executive,
                         and Financial Officer)

/s/A. Eugene Sapp, Jr.   Director, President            January 18,1999
A. Eugene Sapp, Jr.      and Chief Operating Officer

/s/Howard H. Callaway    Director                       January 18, 1999
Howard H. Callaway 

/s/Jackie M. Ward        Director                       January 18,1999
Jackie M. Ward

/s/Wayne Shortridge      Director                       January 18,1999
Wayne Shortridge

/s/William E. Fruhan     Director                       January 18,1999
William E. Fruhan        

/s/G. Robert Tod         Director                       January 18,1999
G. Robert Tod
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

     Exhibit No.:        Description

        5                Opinion of Counsel

        23.1             Consent of Independent Auditors
               
        23.2             Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)