
                                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 Edward F. Thompson 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 Post-Effective Amendment to the 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        December 3, 1992
- ------------------     Executive Officer and
E. Joseph Zemke        Director (Principal 
                       Executive Officer)

/s/Edward F. Thompson  Vice President, Chief   November 24, 1992
- ---------------------  Financial Officer and
Edward F. Thompson     Secretary (Principal 
                       Financial Officer)

/s/Ernest B. Thompson  Vice President and      December 2, 1992
- ---------------------  Controller (Principal
Ernest B. Thompson     Accounting Officer)


/s/John C. Lewis       Chairman of the Board   November 25, 1992
- ----------------       of Directors
John C. Lewis


/s/Keizo Fukagawa      Director                December 18, 1992
- -----------------
Keizo Fukagawa


/s/E. F. Heizer, Jr.   Director                December 18, 1992
- --------------------
E. F. Heizer, Jr.


/s/R. Stanley Laing    Director                November 24, 1992
- -------------------
R. Stanley Laing


/s/Burton G. Malkiel   Director                November 25, 1992
- --------------------
Burton G. Malkiel


/s/George R. Packard   Director                November 27, 1992
- --------------------
George R. Packard


/s/Walter B. Reinhold  Director                November 24, 1992
- ---------------------
Walter B. Reinhold


/s/Masuo Tanaka        Director                December 18, 1992
- ---------------
Masuo Tanaka


/s/J. Sidney Webb      Director                November 25, 1992
- -----------------
J. Sidney Webb


/s/Yashiro Yashioka    Director                December 18, 1992
- -------------------
Yashiro Yashioka


