Exhibit 10

                        FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT
                           BETWEEN AMDAHL CORPORATION
                               AND FUJITSU LIMITED
                              DATE JANUARY 27,1994


THIS AMENDMENT (the "First Amendment") is made as of January 27, 1997.

BETWEEN

(1)      AMDAHL CORPORATION, a U.S. corporation incorporated under
         the laws of the state of Delaware, with its principal office
         at 1250 East Arques Avenue, P.O. Box 3470, Sunnyvale,
         California, 94088-3470, U.S.A. ("the Borrower" under the
         Agreement); and


(2)      FUJITSU LIMITED,  a Japanese company,  with its principal office at 6-1
         Marunouchi  1-chome,  Chiyoda-ku,  Tokyo 100, Japan ("the Lender" under
         the Agreement).


WHEREAS

(A)      The Borrower and the Lender entered into an agreement dated January 27,
         1994 whereby the Lender  agreed to made  advances to the Borrower up to
         US$100,000,000 (the "Agreement");

(B)      The amount  advanced under the Agreement and outstanding as of the date
         of  this  First  Amendment  is  US$80,000,000  (the  "Loan"  under  the
         Agreement), and the repayment date of the Loan is January 28, 1997 (the
         "Repayment Date" under the Agreement); and

(C)      The Borrower and the Lender have agreed to extend the Repayment Date of
         the Loan to  January  28,  1998,  on  substantially  the same terms and
         conditions of the Agreement.


NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:

1.      The Repayment Date in Clause 1.1 of the Agreement is changed to
        read as January 28, 1998.

2.       The definition of the Commitment  Period in Clause 1.1 shall be changed
         to the period  beginning  on the Closing Date and ending on January 27,
         1997.  The undrawn  part of the Loan  Facility  shall be canceled as of
         January  27,  1997,  and no second  and  subsequent  tranches  shall be
         available under the Clause 7.2.2 of the Agreement.



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3.       The words "each fiscal month of each year of the Commitment  Period" in
         Clause 6.1 of the Agreement  shall be replaced by "each fiscal month of
         each year  until  the  Borrower  pays  full  amount of the Loan and all
         interest thereon,".

4.       The  Borrower  hereby  repeats  the   representations   and  warranties
         contained in Clause 15 of the Agreement; provided, that for the purpose
         of the representations and warranties given under this First Amendment,
         the date of the  unaudited  consolidated  financial  statements  of the
         Borrower  and its  Subsidiaries  as set  forth in  Clause  15.11 of the
         Agreement shall be December 27, 1996.

5.       The Borrower also represents and warrants that no Senior Loan Documents
         were executed prior to the date of this First Amendment.

6.       The effectiveness of this First Amendment and the Borrower's
         right to extend the Repayment Period of the Loan to January
         28, 1998 are subject to (i) the satisfaction as of January
         27, 1997 of the conditions specified in Clauses 5.2.2, and
         5.3.1 of the Agreement and the condition that the Lender
         shall have received the certificate specified in Clause
         5.3.3 of the Agreement.  In this regard, the reference to
         "Drawdown Date" in Clause 5.3.3 shall be modified to read as
         January 27, 1997.  The effectiveness of this First Amendment
         shall also be subject to the issuance of a foreign exchange
         clearance document by the Minister of Finance of Japan for
         the extension of the Loan as contemplated in this First
         Amendment.

7.       Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  the Loan  plus all  accrued  interest
         thereon  shall be due and  payable on February  20,  1997 unless  prior
         thereto the Borrower has delivered to the Lender the document specified
         in  Clause  5.3.2  of the  Agreement.  In this  regard,  references  to
         "Agreement" in Clause 5.3.2 shall mean this First Amendment. .

8.       After  the date of this  First  Amendment,  the  Borrower  shall not be
         allowed  to make  any  prepayment  of the Loan in  accordance  with the
         Clause 12 of the Agreement.


9.       The Borrower shall reimburse the Lender all reasonable
         expenses (and any value added or similar taxes thereon)
         incurred by the Lender in connection with the negotiation,
         preparation, execution and completion of this First
         Amendment, as well as the enforcement and preservation of
         any of its rights under this First Amendment.  The Borrower
         shall also pay all present and future stamp, registration
         and similar taxes or charges which may be payable or
         determined to be payable in connection with the execution,
         delivery, performance or enforcement of this First
         Amendment.
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10.      Capitalized terms in this First Amendment not defined herein shall have
         the  meanings  ascribed to them in the  Agreement.  Except as expressly
         modified herein,  all other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall
         continue unchanged and remain in full force and effect.

The Borrower


Signed by /s/ John C. Lewis         John C. Lewis
                                    Chairman and
                                    Chief Executive Officer

for and on behalf of
AMDAHL CORPORATION

The Lender


Signed by /s/ Tadashi Sekizawa      Tadashi Sekizawa
                                    President and
                                    Representative Director

for and on behalf of
FUJITSU LIMITED