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<ARTICLE>                                                                      5
<LEGEND>
    This Schedule  contains  summary  financial  information  extracted from the
Annual  Report  on Form  10-K  for the  year  ended  September  30,  1997 and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statments.
</LEGEND>
<CIK>                                                                 0000722487
<NAME>                                                            Comdisco, Inc.
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<CURRENCY>                                                               Dollars
       
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