Exhibit 23(a)


March 27, 1996



Amdahl Corporation
1250 East Arques Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA  94088-3470


Re:  Amdahl Corporation Registration Statement for Offering
     of 34,000 Shares of Common Stock


Gentlemen:

In connection with the registration under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, on a Form S-8 registration statement to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
March 28, 1996 (the "Registration Statement"), of 34,000
shares of common stock, par value of $0.05 per share, of
Amdahl Corporation, which are to be offered and sold under
the Amdahl Corporation Stock Option Plan of DMR Group Inc.
("DMR Plan"), I advise you that in my opinion when the
34,000 shares of such common stock that are issuable upon
exercise of options granted under the DMR Plan have been
issued and sold in accordance with and as described in the
Registration Statement, such shares will be legally issued,
fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock of
Amdahl Corporation.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement.

Very truly yours,

/s/G. Gregory Handschuh

G. Gregory Handschuh
General Counsel and 
VP Legal Affairs