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<LEGEND>
     This Schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
consolidated  balance  sheet of Comdisco,  Inc. as of September 30, 1996 and the
consolidated  statement of earnings for the year ended  September 30, 1996, both
incorporated by reference into the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Comdisco,  Inc.
for the year ended  September  30,  1996,  and is  qualified  in its entirety by
reference to such financial statments.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                                                            Comdisco, Inc.
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