SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549



                              SCHEDULE 13G

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


                           Data Translation Inc.
                            (Name of Issuer)


                               Common Stock
                     (Title of Class of Securities)


                                 238015101
                             (CUSIP Number)


                                                                  






*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 the disclosures provided
in a prior cover page.

The information required in 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") of 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).

                  (Continued on following pages)

                            Page 1 of 4  Pages

CUSIP NO. 238015101
                                        13G  Page 2 of 4 Pages
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
           
1          NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
I.R.S. NO. 13-2527171
2          CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A
           GROUP*                       
                                        
A                                       
                                        
B          X                            
                                        
                                        
3          SEC USE ONLY


4          CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

           Colorado

                             NUMBER OF SHARES
                        BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH 
                                 REPORTING
                                  PERSON
                                   WITH 
5          SOLE VOTING POWER
           0
6          SHARED VOTING POWER
           0
7          SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
           0
8          SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
           0
9          AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
           0
10         CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
           SHARES*

11         PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
           0%
12         TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA                 *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
                                     
                   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         Washington, D.C. 20549
                              Schedule 13G
                Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Item 1(a)      Name of Issuer:
               Data Translation Inc.

Item 1(b)      Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
               100 Locke Drive
               Marlborough MA 01752-1192
               
Item 2(a)      Name of Person Filing:
               OppenheimerFunds, Inc. 

Item 2(b)      Address of Principal Business Office:
               Two World Trade Center, Suite 3400
               New York, New York 10048-0203

Item 2(c)      Citizenship:
               Inapplicable

Item 2(d)      Title of Class of Securities:
               Common Stock

Item 2(e)      CUSIP Number:
               238015101

Item 3(e)       X  Investment Adviser registered under Section
                   203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940

Item 4(a)      Amount Beneficially Owned:  0 shares

Item 4(b)      Percent of Class:  0%

Item 4(c)(i)   Sole Power to vote or to direct the vote -  0

Item 4(c)(ii)  Shared power to vote or to direct the vote - 0

Item 4(c)(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition
               of - 0

Item 4(c)(iv)  Shared power to dispose or to direct the
               disposition of - 0 shares


Item 5         Ownership to Five Percent or Less of a Class:
               If this statement is being filed to report the
               fact that as of the date hereof, the reporting
               person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of
               more than 5% of the class of securities, check the
               following:   X  

Item 6         Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of
               Another Person:
               Inapplicable

Item 7         Identification and Classification of the
               Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being
               Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:
               Inapplicable

Item 8         Identification and Classification of Members of the
Group:
               Inapplicable
        
Item 9         Notice of Dissolution of Group:
               Inapplicable
            
Item 10        Certification:
               By signing below, I certify that, to the best of
               my knowledge and belief, the securities referred
               to above were acquired in the ordinary course of
               business and were not acquired for the purpose of
               and do not have the effect of changing or
               influencing the control of the issuer of such
               securities and were not acquired in connection
               with or as a participant in any transaction having
               such purpose or effect.

SIGNATURE      After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my
               knowledge and belief, I certify that the
               information set forth in this statement is true,
               complete and correct.

Date:          February 5, 1997

Signature:     /s/ Merryl Hoffman
               
               

Name/Title:    Merryl Hoffman, Vice President


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