Exhibit 24
                                
                                
                                
                       POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

     That the undersigned officers and directors of Amdahl
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint E. Joseph Zemke and Bruce J. Ryan and each of them,
the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and
authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any
and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and either
one of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required
to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of
the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this
Registration Statement.  Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the
power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers
and directors in the capacities indicated below to this
Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-
effective and post-effective, and supplements to this
Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or
documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this
Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and
each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all
said attorneys and agents, or either of them, shall do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney may be
signed in several counterparts.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed
this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


Signature                  Title                   Date
- ---------                  ------                  ----

/s/E. Joseph Zemke         President, Chief        February 8, 1996
- ------------------         Executive Officer and
E. Joseph Zemke            Director (Principal 
                           Executive Officer)

/s/Bruce J. Ryan           Senior Vice President,  February 8, 1996
- ---------------------      Chief Financial Officer and
Bruce J. Ryan              and Corporate Secretary
                           (Principal Financial Officer)

/s/Ernest B. Thompson      Vice President and      February 8, 1996
- ---------------------      Controller (Principal
Ernest B. Thompson         Accounting Officer)


/s/John C. Lewis           Chairman of the Board   February 8, 1996
- ----------------           of Directors
John C. Lewis


/s/Keizo Fukagawa          Director                February 8, 1996
- -----------------
Keizo Fukagawa


/s/Michael R. Hallman      Director                February 8, 1996
- ---------------------
Michael R. Hallman


/s/E. F. Heizer, Jr.       Director                February 8, 1996
- --------------------
E. F. Heizer, Jr.


/s/Kazuto Kojima           Director                February 8, 1996
- ----------------
Kazuto Kojima


/s/Burton G. Malkiel       Director                February 8, 1996
- --------------------
Burton G. Malkiel


/s/George R. Packard       Director                February 8, 1996
- --------------------
George R. Packard


/s/Walter B. Reinhold      Director                February 8, 1996
- ---------------------
Walter B. Reinhold


/s/Takamitsu Tsuchimoto    Director                February 8, 1996
- -----------------------
Takamitsu Tsuchimoto


/s/J. Sidney Webb          Director                February 8, 1996
- -----------------
J. Sidney Webb