EXHIBIT 10 (ee)

         THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT  AGREEMENT  (this  "Agreement")  is made
and entered into as of this 28th day of January, 1998 among:

         DATA  GENERAL  CORPORATION,   a  Delaware   corporation   ("Borrower"),
NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association,  THE
BANK  OF NEW  YORK,  FLEET  NATIONAL  BANK,  formerly  known  as  Fleet  Bank of
Massachusetts, N.A, THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH and
US TRUST (each individually, a "Lender" and collectively, the "Lenders"); and

         NATIONSBANK  OF  TEXAS,  NATIONAL   ASSOCIATION,   a  national  banking
association,  in its  capacity as agent for the Lenders (in such  capacity,  the
"Agent");

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS,  the  Borrower,  the Lenders and the Agent have entered into a
Credit  Agreement  dated as of  September  30, 1997,  (the  "Credit  Agreement")
pursuant  to which  the  Lenders  agreed  to make a  Revolving  Credit  Facility
available to the Borrower; and

         WHEREAS,  the  Borrower  has  requested  that the Credit  Agreement  be
amended in the manner set forth herein and the Agent and the Lenders are willing
to agree to such amendment;

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the  mutual  covenants  and the
fulfillment  of the  conditions  set forth herein,  the parties hereto do hereby
agree as follows:

         1. Definitions.  Any  capitalized  terms used herein without 
definition  shall have the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.

         2. Amendment. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

            (a) Section 1.01 of the Credit  Agreement is hereby amended by 
            inserting  therein the following new defined term in alphabetical 
            position:

                "Stock  Buyback   Program"  means  the  Data  General
             Corporation  Stock Buyback Program as approved by the Board of
             Directors of the Borrower from time to time;

            (b) Section 8.6 of the Credit  Agreement is hereby  amended by (i)
             deleting  the word  "and" at the end of clause (k)  thereof,  (ii)
             deleting  the period at the end of clause (l) thereof and inserting
             "; and" in  replacement  thereof  and  (iii) by  adding a new 
             clause (m) thereto which shall read as follows:

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                           (m) repurchase shares of its own capital stock in one
                  or more  transactions on or prior to January 28, 1999 pursuant
                  to the Stock Buyback  Program for an aggregate  purchase price
                  of up to $60,000,000.

                  (c)      Section 8.8 of the Credit  Agreement is hereby 
             deleted in its entirety and the following new Section 8.8 is
             inserted in replacement thereof:

                           8.8 Restricted Payments. Neither the Borrower nor any
                  Subsidiary  shall make any Restricted  Payment or apply or set
                  apart any of their  assets  therefor or agree to do any of the
                  foregoing,  provided,  however,  the Borrower  may  repurchase
                  shares of its own capital stock in one or more transactions on
                  or prior  January  28,  1999  pursuant  to the  Stock  Buyback
                  Program for an aggregate purchase price of up to $60,000,000;

         3. Effectiveness.  This Agreement shall become effective as of the date
hereof  upon  receipt  by the  Agent  of seven  fully  executed  copies  of this
Agreement (which may be signed in counterparts).

         4. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the Agent and the
Lender to enter into this Agreement, the Borrower represents and warrants to the
Agent and the Lenders as follows:

                  (a) The  representations  and  warranties  made by Borrower in
         Article V of the Credit Agreement are true and correct on and as of the
         date  hereof,  except  to the  extent  that  such  representations  and
         warranties  expressly  relate to an earlier  date and  except  that the
         financial  statements  referred  to in  Section  6.6(a)  of the  Credit
         Agreement  shall  be  deemed  to be  those  financial  statements  most
         recently delivered to the Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.1
         of the Credit Agreement;

                  (b)  There  has  been  no  material   adverse  change  in  the
         condition,   financial   or   otherwise,   of  the   Borrower  and  its
         Subsidiaries,  taken as a  whole,  since  the  date of the most  recent
         financial reports of the Borrower received by the Agent and the Lenders
         under Section 7.1(a) of the Credit Agreement, other than changes in the
         ordinary course of business;

                  (c)  The  business  and  properties  of the  Borrower  and its
         Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are not, and since the date of the most
         recent financial  report of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries  received
         by the  Agent  and the  Lenders  under  Section  7.1(a)  of the  Credit
         Agreement,  have not been, adversely affected in any substantial way as
         the  result  of any  fire,  explosion,  earthquake,  accident,  strike,
         lockout,  combination of workers,  flood, embargo,  riot, activities of
         armed forces,  war or acts of God or the public enemy,  or cancellation
         or loss of any major contracts; and

                  (d) No event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes,
         and no condition  exists which upon the consummation of the transaction
         contemplated hereby would constitute,  a Default or an Event of Default
         on the part of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement.

         5. Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding
and agreement of the parties hereto in relation to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes any prior  negotiations  and agreements among the parties relative to
such subject matter.

         6. Full Force and Effect of  Agreement.  Except as hereby  specifically
amended, modified or supplemented,  the Credit Agreement and all other Letter of
Credit  Documents  are hereby  confirmed  and ratified in all respects and shall
remain in full force and effect according to their respective terms.

         7.  Counterparts.  This  Agreement  may be  executed  in any  number of
counterparts,  each of which  shall be deemed an  original  as against any party
whose signature appears thereon,  and all of which shall together constitute one
and the same instrument.

         8. Governing  Law. This Agreement  shall in all respects be governed by
the laws and judicial decisions of the State of New York.

         9.  Enforceability.  Should any one or more of the  provisions  of this
Agreement be determined to be illegal or  unenforceable as to one or more of the
parties hereto,  all other  provisions  nevertheless  shall remain effective and
binding on the parties hereto.

         10.  Credit  Agreement.  All  references in any of the Letter of Credit
Documents  to the Credit  Agreement  shall mean the Credit  Agreement as amended
hereby.

                                              [Signature page follows.]


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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly  executed  by their duly  authorized  officers,  all as of the day and year
first above written.

                     BORROWER:

                     DATA GENERAL CORPORATION

                     By:      s/  Robert C. McBride              
                     Name:             Robert C. McBride         
                     Title:            VP/Treasurer                       


                     AGENT:

                     NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent for
                     the Lenders

                     By:      /s/  Timothy M. O'Connor           
                     Name:             Timothy M. O'Connor       
                     Title:            Vice President            


                                                     LENDERS:

                     NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                     By       /s/  Timothy M. O'Connor           
                     Name:             Timothy M. O'Connor       
                     Title:            Vice President            


                     THE BANK OF NEW YORK

                     By:      /s/  Walter C. Parelli                      
                     Name:             Walter C. Parelli         
                     Title:            Vice President                     




                     FLEET NATIONAL BANK

                     By:      /s/  Thomas W. Davies              
                     Name:             Thomas W. Davies          
                     Title:            SVP                                


                     THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

                     By:      /s/  T. M. Pitcher                          
                     Name:             T. M. Pitcher                      
                     Title:                                               
                              Authorized Signatory

                     CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH

                     By:      /s/  Vladimir Labun                         
                     Name:             Vladimir Labun            
                     Title:            First Vice President-Manager


                     US TRUST

                     By:      /s/  Anthony Wilson                         
                     Name:             Anthony Wilson            
                     Title:            SVP