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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001144204-06-041937.txt : 20061012
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20061012125329
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-06-041937
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20061010
FILED AS OF DATE:		20061012
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20061012

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GRAY GEORGE
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001242286

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08086
		FILM NUMBER:		061141571

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2037290271

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		301 N GREELEY AVENUE
		CITY:			CHAPPAQUA
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10514

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GENERAL DATACOMM INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000040518
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH APPARATUS [3661]
		IRS NUMBER:				060853856
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6 RUBBER AVENUE
		CITY:			NAUGATUCK
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06770
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2037290271

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6 RUBBER AVENUE
		CITY:			NAUGATUCK
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06770
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<SEQUENCE>1
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-10-10</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000040518</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>GENERAL DATACOMM INDUSTRIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>GNRD</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001242286</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GRAY GEORGE</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>845 EAGLES RIDGE ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BREWSTER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10509</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>V.P., Operations and CTO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>.18</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-10-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>30000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2007-10-10</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2016-10-09</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>30000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>30000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This Option vests in five equal annual installments beginning on October 10, 2007, and expires ten years from date of grant.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Gerald Gordon, Attorney-in-Fact for George M. Gray</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-10-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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