WANG LABORATORIES INC
SC 13D/A, 1995-08-10
COMPUTER & OFFICE EQUIPMENT
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                         UNITED STATES 
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C. 20549

                          SCHEDULE 13D

            Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                       (Amendment No. 2)*

                WANG LABORATORIES, INC.                           
                    (Name of Issuer)
                  Common Stock, par value $.01 
                                                                  
                 (Title of Class of Securities)
                          93369N109                               
                         (CUSIP Number)
                          Alan M. Stark
          80 Main Street, West Orange, New Jersey 07052          
                       (201) 325-8660                             
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Person Authorized 
to Receive Notices and Communications)

                       July 26, 1995                             

     (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If this filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule
13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule
13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4)
check the following box [ ].

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement
[ ].  (A fee is not required only if the reporting person: (1) has
a previous statement on file reporting beneficial ownership of more
than five percent of the class of securities described in Item 1;
and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent thereto reporting
beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)  (See
Rule 13d-7.)

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a
reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the
subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment
containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a
prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall
not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all
other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).<PAGE>
                          SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No.   93369N109                       
__________________________________________________________________
     1)   Names of Reporting Person S.S. or I.R.S. Identification
          No. of Above Person

           LEON G. COOPERMAN 
           S.S. No. ###-##-####
 _________________________________________________________________
     2)   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See
          Instructions)

                                                       (a) [ ]
                                                       (b) [ ]
_________________________________________________________________
     3)   SEC Use Only
_________________________________________________________________
     4)   Source of Funds:
          WC        
_________________________________________________________________
     5)   Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required
          Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . 
               N/A
_________________________________________________________________
     6)   Citizenship or place of Organization: 
          UNITED STATES
_________________________________________________________________
               (7)  Sole voting Power 
Number of           2,375,087
Shares Bene- ____________________________________________________
ficially       (8)  Shared Voting Power
owned by              524,429        
Each Report- ____________________________________________________
ing Person     (9)  Sole Dispositive Power 
With                2,375,087           
_________________________________________________________________
               (10) Shared Dispositive Power
                      524,429
_________________________________________________________________
     11)  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting
          Person:   2,899,516
_________________________________________________________________
     12)  Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) excludes 
          certain shares:     N/A
_________________________________________________________________
     13)  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Box (11):
                    8.6%
_________________________________________________________________
     14)  Type of Reporting Person
                    I N

                        Page 2 of 4 Pages<PAGE>
Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
          Cooperman beneficially owns 2,899,516 Shares.  Of this
amount, 1,083,528 Shares were purchased on behalf of Omega Capital
Partners, L.P., at a cost of $8,661,351; 840,754 Shares were
purchased on behalf of Omega Institutional Partners, L.P., at a
cost of $6,762,280; 399,026 Shares were purchased on behalf of
Omega Overseas Partners, Ltd., at a cost of $2,687,163; 51,779
Shares were purchased on behalf of Omega Overseas Partners II,
Ltd., at a cost of $305,635; and 524,429 Shares were purchased on
behalf of the Managed Account at a cost of $5,371,692.  The source
of funds for the purchase of all such Shares was investment
capital.
Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
          Based upon the information contained in the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission for the quarter ended March 31, 1995, there
were outstanding as of March 31, 1995 33,775,207 Shares.  Omega
Capital Partners, L.P., owns 1,083,528 Shares, or 3.2% of those
outstanding; Omega Institutional Partners, L.P., owns 840,754
Shares, or 2.5% of those outstanding; Omega Overseas Partners,
Ltd., owns 399,026 Shares, or 1.2% of those outstanding;  Omega
Overseas Partners II, Ltd., owns 51,779 Shares, or  0.2% of those
outstanding; and the Managed Account owns 524,429 Shares, or 1.6%
of those outstanding.         

                        Page 3 of 4 Pages<PAGE>
     The following table details the transactions by each of Omega
Capital Partners, L.P., Omega Institutional Partners, L.P., Omega
Overseas Partners, Ltd., Omega Overseas Partners II, Ltd., and the
Managed Account in the last 60 days.  All of the transactions were
open market transactions.


               OMEGA INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS, L.P.

 Date of       Nature of           Amount of      Price Per
Transaction    Transaction         Shares           Share  
8/04/95          Sale              10,000         $ 18.25
8/04/95          Sale              75,000           18.00
          

                         MANAGED ACCOUNT

 Date of       Nature of           Amount of      Price Per
Transaction    Transaction          Shares          Share  
6/01/95          Sale                6,300         13.00
6/02/95          Sale               10,000         12.75
7/26/95          Sale              128,200         17.75
          

                           Signature
          After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge
and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this state-
ment is true, complete and correct.
Dated: August 10, 1995


/s/ ALAN M. STARK               
ALAN M. STARK on behalf of
LEON G. COOPERMAN, individually
and as managing partner of Omega
Capital Partners, L.P., and Omega
Institutional Partners, L.P., and as
President of Omega Advisors, Inc.
pursuant to Power of Attorney on file.

ATTENTION:  INTENTIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSIONS OF FACT
CONSTITUTE FEDERAL CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001).
Omega\Wang2.13D
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