Exhibit 23(a)


July 22, 1996



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


Re:       Amdahl Corporation Registration Statement for Offering
          of 5,000,000 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 July 22,
1996 (the "Registration Statement"), of 5,000,000 shares of
Amdahl Corporation common stock, par value of $0.05 per share,
which are to be offered and sold under the Amdahl Corporation
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Purchase Plan"), I advise you
that in my opinion when the 5,000,000 shares of such common stock
that are issuable upon purchase under the Purchase 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