FORM OF AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (Dated as of November 4, 1998)

          


                                 Exhibit 10(ll)

                                     FORM OF
                        AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
                         (Dated as of November 4, 1998)

         This Amendment to Employment Agreement is dated as of November 4,  1998
and  entered  into  between  Data  General   Corporation   (the  "Company")  and
________________________ (the "Executive").

         Reference    is    made   to   that    Employment    Agreement    dated
_________________________  between  the  Executive  and the  Company  (as and if
previously amended, the "Employment Agreement").

         Whereas the parties, for good and sufficient consideration, the receipt
and  sufficiency  of which is hereby  confirmed,  wish to amend  the  Employment
Agreement to clarify the meaning of certain terms used therein;

         Now, therefore, the parties agree as follows:

                  1. In  order to  expand  the  definition  of  Option  Plans to
         include the Data General  Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan, the first
         sentence of Subsection 6(d)(i)(D) of the Employment Agreement is hereby
         amended by so that it reads as follows:

                  "D.  in the event  that the  Executive's  employment  with the
         Company is  terminated  pursuant to this Section 6(d) prior to the date
         on  which  a  Change  of  Control  occurs  and,  as a  result  of  such
         termination  of  employment,  (a) the  Executive  forfeits  (an "Option
         Forfeiture")  any option (an  "Option") to purchase  shares of stock of
         the Company granted pursuant to the Data General Corporation Restricted
         Stock Option Plan (or any  successor  plan thereto) or the Data General
         Corporation  Employee Stock Option Plan (or any successor plan thereto)
         or the Data General Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Option Plan (or any
         successor  plan  thereto)  (collectively,  the "Option  Plans")  and/or
         (b) any  shares of stock of the Company  acquired by the Executive upon
         exercise  of an Option  which,  as of the date of such  termination  of
         employment of the Executive, are subject to restrictions on disposition
         and  obligations of resale to the Company  pursuant to the terms of any
         Option  Plan have been resold to the  Company in  accordance  with such
         obligations of resale (a "Restricted Stock Resale"), then the Executive
         shall be entitled to receive an additional  lump-sum  severance benefit
         equal to the sum of the Option  Spread (as defined  below) with respect
         to any Option  Forfeiture and the Restricted Stock Resale Shortfall (as
         defined below) with respect to any Restricted Stock Resale."

         Except as hereby amended,  the Employment  Agreement is hereby ratified
and confirmed.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the parties have executed this Amendment effective
as of November 4, 1998.

DATA GENERAL CORPORATION



By:      _____________________      _____________________________
         Xxxxxx X. Skates           Print name: _________________
         President and C.E.O.