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Registration of a Class of Securities   —   Form 8-A
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Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 8-A12G      Form 8-A                                               8     26K 
 2: EX-1        Rights Agreement                                      81    185K 
 3: EX-2        Press Release                                          2     12K 

8-A12G   —   Form 8-A
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549 

___________ 

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE 
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 

Dell Computer Corporation   
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)    

 Delaware                                   74-2487834
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(State of incorporation or organization)               (IRS Employer            
                                             Identification No.)

2214 W. Braker Lane, Suite D, Austin, Texas              78758-4053             
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(Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)           

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:               

 Title of each class                      Name of each exchange on which
 to be so registered                      each class is to be registered
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NONE                                          NONE        

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:               

PREFERRED SHARE PURCHASE RIGHTS   
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(Title of Class)  

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Item 1.  Description of Registrant's Securities To Be Registered.               

               On November 29, 1995, the Board of Directors of Dell Computer
Corporation (the "Company") declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase 
right (a "Right") for each outstanding share of common stock, par value $.01    
per share (the "Common Shares"), of the Company.  The dividend is payable on    
December 13, 1995 (the "Record Date") to the stockholders of record on that     
date.  Each Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company   
one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, 
par value $.01 per share (the "Preferred Shares"), of the Company at a price of 
$225 per one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share (the "Purchase Price"),        
subject to adjustment.  The description and terms of the Rights are set forth   
in a Rights Agreement (the "Rights Agreement") between the Company and Chemical 
Bank, as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent").                                     

              Until the earlier to occur of (i) 10 days following a public
announcement that a person or group of affiliated or associated persons (other  
than (A) the Company, (B) a majority owned subsidiary of the Company, (C) any   
employee benefit plan of the Company or any majority-owned subsidiary of the    
Company, (D) any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of   
any such plan or (E) Mr. Michael S. Dell, his affiliates and associates, his    
heirs, and any trust or foundation to which he has transferred or may transfer  
Common Shares of the Company ("Michael Dell", and each of the persons listed in 
(A) through (E) above, an "excepted person")) (an "Acquiring Person") have      
acquired beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the outstanding Common Shares   
or (ii) 10 business days (or such later date as may be determined by action of  
the Board of Directors prior to such time as any person or group of affiliated  
persons becomes an Acquiring Person) following the commencement of, or          
announcement of an intention to make, a tender offer or exchange offer the      
consummation of which would result in the beneficial ownership by a person or   
group of 15% or more of the outstanding Common Shares (the earlier of such      
dates being called the "Distribution Date"), the Rights will be evidenced, with 
respect to any of the Common Share certificates outstanding as of the Record    
Date, by such Common Share certificate with a copy of the Summary of Rights     
attached thereto.                                                               

            The Rights Agreement provides that, until the Distribution
Date (or earlier redemption or expiration of the Rights), the Rights will be    
transferred with and only with                                                  

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the Common Shares.  Until the Distribution Date (or earlier redemption or       
expiration of the Rights), new Common Share certificates issued after the       
Record Date upon transfer or new issuance of Common Shares will contain a       
notation incorporating the Rights Agreement by reference.  Until the            
Distribution Date (or earlier redemption or expiration of the Rights), the      
surrender for transfer of any certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of  
the Record Date, even without such notation or a copy of the Summary of Rights  
being attached thereto, will also constitute the transfer of the Rights         
associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificate.  As soon as  
practicable following the Distribution Date, separate certificates evidencing   
the Rights ("Right Certificates") will be mailed to holders of record of the    
Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date and such     
separate Right Certificates alone will evidence the Rights.                     

             The Rights are not exercisable until the Distribution Date.
The Rights will expire on November 29, 2005 (the "Final Expiration Date"),      
unless the Final Expiration Date is extended or unless the Rights are earlier   
redeemed or exchanged by the Company, in each case, as described below.         

                The Purchase Price payable, and the number of Preferred Shares
or other securities or property issuable, upon exercise of the Rights are       
subject to adjustment from time to time to prevent dilution (i) in the event of 
a stock dividend on, or a subdivision, combination or reclassification of, the  
Preferred Shares, (ii) upon the grant to holders of the Preferred Shares of     
certain rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase Preferred Shares at a   
price, or securities convertible into Preferred Shares with a conversion price, 
less than the then-current market price of the Preferred Shares or (iii) upon   
the distribution to holders of the Preferred Shares of evidences of             
indebtedness or assets (excluding regular periodic cash dividends paid out of   
earnings or retained earnings or dividends payable in Preferred Shares) or of   
subscription rights or warrants (other than those referred to above).           

        The number of outstanding Rights and the number of one
one-thousandths of a Preferred Share issuable upon exercise of each Right are   
also subject to adjustment in the event of a stock split of the Common Shares   
or a stock dividend on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares or            
subdivisions, consolidations or combinations of the Common Shares occurring, in 
any such case, prior to the Distribution Date.                                  

               Preferred Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Rights will
not be redeemable.  Each Preferred Share will be entitled to a minimum          
preferential quarterly dividend payment of $1 per share but will be entitled to 
an aggregate dividend of 1000 times the dividend declared per Common Share.  In 
the                                                                             

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event of liquidation, the holders of the Preferred Shares will be entitled to a 
minimum preferential liquidation payment of $1000 per share but will be         
entitled to an aggregate payment of 1000 times the payment made per Common      
Share.  Each Preferred Share will have 1000 votes, voting together with the     
Common Shares.  Finally, in the event of any merger, consolidation or other     
transaction in which Common Shares are exchanged, each Preferred Share will be  
entitled to receive 1000 times the amount received per Common Share.  These     
rights are protected by customary antidilution provisions.                      

          Because of the nature of the Preferred Shares' dividend,
liquidation and voting rights, the value of the one one-thousandth interest in  
a Preferred Share purchasable upon exercise of each Right should approximate    
the value of one Common Share.                                                  

               In the event that the Company is acquired by any person other
than Michael Dell in a merger or other business combination transaction or 50%  
or more of its consolidated assets or earning power are sold to any person      
other than the Company or one or more of its wholly-owned subsidiaries or       
Michael Dell after a person or group has become an Acquiring Person, proper     
provision will be made so that each holder of a Right will thereafter have the  
right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at the then current exercise price  
of the Right, that number of shares of common stock of the acquiring company    
which at the time of such transaction will have a market value of two times the 
exercise price of the Right.  In the event that any person or group of          
affiliated or associated persons becomes an Acquiring Person, proper provision  
shall be made so that each holder of a Right, other than Rights beneficially    
owned by the Acquiring Person (which will thereafter be void), will thereafter  
have the right to receive upon exercise that number of Common Shares having a   
market value of two times the exercise price of the Right.                      

            At any time after any person or group becomes an Acquiring
Person and prior to the acquisition by such person or group of 50% or more of   
the outstanding Common Shares, the Board of Directors of the Company may        
exchange the Rights (other than Rights owned by such person or group which will 
have become void), in whole or in part, at an exchange ratio of one Common      
Share, or one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share (or of a share of a class or  
series of the Company's preferred stock having equivalent rights, preferences   
and privileges), per Right (subject to adjustment).                             

              With certain exceptions, no adjustment in the Purchase Price
will be required until cumulative adjustments require an adjustment of at least 
1% in such Purchase Price.  No fractional Preferred Shares will be issued       
(other than fractions which are integral multiples of one one-thousandth        

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of a Preferred Share, which may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced   
by depositary receipts) and in lieu thereof, an adjustment in cash will be made 
based on the market price of the Preferred Shares on the last trading day prior 
to the date of exercise.                                                        

              At any time prior to the acquisition by a person or group of
affiliated or associated persons (other than an excepted person) of beneficial  
ownership of 15% or more of the outstanding Common Shares, the Board of         
Directors of the Company may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a  
price of $.001 per Right (the "Redemption Price").  The redemption of the       
Rights may be made effective at such time on such basis with such conditions as 
the Board of Directors in its sole discretion may establish.  Immediately upon  
any redemption of the Rights, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate   
and the only right of the holders of Rights will be to receive the Redemption   
Price.                                                                          

        The terms of the Rights may be amended by the Board of
Directors of the Company without the consent of the holders of the Rights,      
including an amendment to lower certain thresholds described above to not less  
than the greater of (i) the sum of .001% and the largest percentage of the      
outstanding Common Shares then known to the Company to be beneficially owned by 
any person or group of affiliated or associated persons (other than an excepted 
person) and (ii) 10%, except that from and after such time as any person or     
group of affiliated or associated persons becomes an Acquiring Person no such   
amendment may adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Rights.      

               Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will
have no rights as a stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation,  
the right to vote or to receive dividends.                                      

            The Rights have certain anti-takeover effects.  The Rights
will cause substantial dilution to a person or group that attempts to acquire   
the Company on terms not approved by the Company's Board of Directors, except   
pursuant to an offer conditioned on a substantial number of Rights being        
acquired.  The Rights should not interfere with any merger or other business    
combination approved by the Board of Directors since the Rights may be redeemed 
by the Company at the Redemption Price prior to the time that a person or group 
has acquired beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the Common Shares.          

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              The Rights Agreement, dated as of November 29, 1995, between
the Company and Chemical Bank, as Rights Agent, specifying the terms of the     
Rights and including the form of Certificate of Designations setting forth      
the terms of the Preferred Shares as an exhibit thereto, as well as the press   
release announcing the declaration of the Rights, are attached hereto as        
exhibits and are incorporated herein by reference.  The foregoing description   
of the Rights is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibits.       

Item 2.  Exhibits.                                                              

          1    Rights Agreement, dated as of November 29, 1995, between Dell
           Computer Corporation and Chemical Bank which includes the
                form of Certificate of Designations setting forth the terms of
              the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value
            $.01 per share, of Dell Computer Corporation, as Exhibit A
             thereto, the form of Right Certificate as Exhibit B thereto
           and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares as
Exhibit C thereto.                            

2    Press release dated November 29, 1995.             

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SIGNATURE 

       Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be   
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.             

           DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION

         By  /S/ THOMAS B. GREEN
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         Thomas B. Green
             General Counsel and
       Secretary

Dated:  November 30, 1995                                                       

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EXHIBIT LIST

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1   Rights Agreement, dated as of November 29, 1995, between Dell Computer  
    Corporation and Chemical Bank which includes the form of Certificate of 
    Designations setting forth the terms of the Series A Junior             
    Participating Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of Dell        
    Computer Corporation as Exhibit A thereto, the form of Right Certificate
    as Exhibit B thereto and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred    
    Shares as Exhibit C thereto.                                            

2   Press release dated November 29, 1995.                                  

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