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     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 1994
  
                                                         Registration No. 33-_____
  
  
                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
  
                                      FORM S-8
  
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                             THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
                                     IMRS INC.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                   DELAWARE                           06-1326879
       (State or other jurisdiction of     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
       incorporation or organization)
  
               777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT 06902
      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)           (Zip Code)             
                              ____________________
  
                          IMRS INC. 1991 STOCK PLAN
                           (Full title of the plan)
  
                               JAMES A. PERAKIS
                    PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                  IMRS INC.
               777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT  06902
              (Name and address of agent for service of process)
  
                                   203-321-3500
       (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
                              ____________________
                                   Copies to:
  
               James P. O'Hare, Esq.              William A. Perrone, Esq.
            TESTA, HURWITZ & THIBEAULT              KLEBAN & SAMOR, P.C.
                53 State Street                       2425 Post Road
           Boston, Massachusetts  02109         Southport, Connecticut  06490
                  (617) 248-7000                      (203) 255-4646
  
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  <TABLE>
                                CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  
  <CAPTION>
                                                Proposed     Proposed
  Title of                                      maximum      maximum
  securities                     Amount         offering     aggregate    Amount of
  to be                          to be          price        offering     registration
  registered                     registered     per share    price        fee
  - ------------                   ----------     ---------    ---------    ------------
  <S>                            <C>            <C>          <C>          <C>
  IMRS INC. 1991 STOCK PLAN
  
  Common Stock (Par              260,500 shares $22.72(1)    $ 5,918,560  $2,041
    Value $.01)
  Common Stock (Par              239,500 shares $38.25(2)    $ 9,160,895  $3,159
    Value $.01)
  
  Total                          500,000 shares              $15,079,455  $5,200
  - --------------------                                                        
  <FN>
      (1) All such shares are issuable upon exercise of outstanding options with 
  fixed exercise prices.  Pursuant to Regulation C, Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities 
  Act of 1933, as amended, the aggregate offering price and the fee have been computed 
  upon the basis of the price at which the options may be exercised.
  
     (2) None of such shares are subject to outstanding options.  The exercise price of 
  such options shall be determined at the time of grant.  Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 
  457(h)(1), the price of $38.25 per share, which is the average of the high and low 
  prices reported on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
  System on December 27, 1994, is set forth solely for purposes of calculating the filing fee.
  
  </TABLE>
  
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          This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same
  class as other securities for which a registration statement filed on this form
  relating to the 1991 Stock Plan is effective.  Pursuant to General Instruction
  E, the Registrant incorporates the information identified in Part II below from
  the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-44127).
  
                                    PART II
  
              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  
  
  <TABLE>
  Item 8.  Exhibits.
           --------
  <CAPTION>
       Exhibit No.     Description of Exhibit
       -----------     ----------------------
         <S>             <C> 
            5            Opinion of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault.
  
         23.1            Consent of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault
                         (contained in its opinion as Exhibit 5).
  
         23.2            Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
  
         24.1            Power of Attorney (contained in page 4 of this
                         Registration Statement).
  </TABLE>
  
  
  
  <PAGE>   4
  
                                      SIGNATURES
  
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
  registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
  of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
  statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in the City of Stamford and the State of Connecticut, on this 30th
  day of December, 1994.
  
                                      IMRS INC.
  
  
                                      By: /s/ James A. Perakis
                                          ----------------------------
                                          James A. Perakis
                                          President and
                                          Chief Executive Officer
  
          We, the undersigned officers and directors of IMRS Inc., hereby
  severally constitute and appoint James A. Perakis and Lucy Rae Ricciardi, and
  each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and
  each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities
  indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and in
  any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said
  registration statement, and generally to do all things in our names and on our
  behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable IMRS Inc. to
  comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, all
  requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
  confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any
  of them, to said registration statement and all amendments thereto.
  
  <TABLE>
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
  registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the date indicated.
  
  <CAPTION>
  Signature                          Title(s)                                        Date
  - ---------                          --------                                        ----
  <S>                                <C>                                             <C>
  /s/ James A. Perakis               President, Chief Executive Officer and          December 30, 1994
  - -----------------------            Director (principal executive officer) 
  James A. Perakis                   
  
  /s/ Lucy Rae Ricciardi             Chief Financial Officer                         December 30, 1994 
  - ------------------------           (principal financial and accounting officer)
  Lucy Rae Ricciardi
                                                                                                      
  /s/ Gary G. Greenfield             Director                                        December 30, 1994
  - ------------------------
  Gary G. Greenfield 
  
  /s/ Harry S. Gruner                Director                                        December 30, 1994
  - ------------------------
  Harry S. Gruner
                                                                                                      
  /s/ William W. Helman IV           Director                                        December 30, 1994
  - ------------------------ 
  William W. Helman IV
  
  </TABLE>
  <PAGE>   5
  
  <TABLE>
  <S>                                <C>                                             <C>
  
  /s/ Marco Arese Lucini             Director                                        December 30, 1994
  - --------------------------
  Marco Arese Lucini
  
  /s/ Aldo Papone                    Director                                        December 30, 1994
  - --------------------------
  Aldo Papone
  
                                     Director                                        December   , 1994
  - --------------------------         
  Robert W. Thomson
  </TABLE>
  <PAGE>   6
  
  <TABLE>
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  
  <CAPTION>
  Exhibit     Description of Exhibit
  - -------     ----------------------
  <S>         <C>
      5       Opinion of Testa, Hurwitz &
              Thibeault.
  
   23.1       Consent of Testa, Hurwitz &
              Thibeault (contained in its opinion        
              as Exhibit 5).
  
   23.2       Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
  
   24.1       Power of Attorney (see page 4 of
              Registration Statement).
  </TABLE>
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     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 1994
  
                                                         Registration No. 33-_____
  
                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
  
                                      FORM S-8
  
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                             THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
                                     IMRS INC.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                   DELAWARE                           06-1326879
       (State or other jurisdiction of     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
       incorporation or organization)
  
               777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT 06902
      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)           (Zip Code)             
                              ____________________
  
                          IMRS INC. 1991 STOCK PLAN
                           (Full title of the plan)
  
                               JAMES A. PERAKIS
                    PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                  IMRS INC.
               777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT  06902
              (Name and address of agent for service of process)
  
                                   203-321-3500
       (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
                              ____________________
                                   Copies to:
  
               James P. O'Hare, Esq.              William A. Perrone, Esq.
            TESTA, HURWITZ & THIBEAULT              KLEBAN & SAMOR, P.C.
                53 State Street                       2425 Post Road
           Boston, Massachusetts  02109         Southport, Connecticut  06490
                  (617) 248-7000                      (203) 255-4646
  2
  
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                                CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed     Proposed
  Title of                                      maximum      maximum
  securities                     Amount         offering     aggregate    Amount of
  to be                          to be          price        offering     registration
  registered                     registered     per share    price        fee
  - ------------                   ----------     ---------    ---------    ------------
  IMRS INC. 1991 STOCK PLAN
  
  Common Stock (Par              260,500 shares $22.72(1)    $ 5,918,560  $2,041
    Value $.01)
  Common Stock (Par              239,500 shares $38.25(2)    $ 9,160,895  $3,159
    Value $.01)
  
  Total                          500,000 shares              $15,079,455  $5,200
  - --------------------
  (1) All such shares are issuable upon exercise of outstanding options with 
  fixed exercise prices.  Pursuant to Regulation C, Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities 
  Act of 1933, as amended, the aggregate offering price and the fee have been computed 
  upon the basis of the price at which the options may be exercised.
  
     (2) None of such shares are subject to outstanding options.  The exercise price of 
  such options shall be determined at the time of grant.  Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 
  457(h)(1), the price of $38.25 per share, which is the average of the high and low 
  prices reported on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
  System on December 27, 1994, is set forth solely for purposes of calculating the filing fee.
  3
  
                                        - 3 -
  
          This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same
  class as other securities for which a registration statement filed on this form
  relating to the 1991 Stock Plan is effective.  Pursuant to General Instruction
  E, the Registrant incorporates the information identified in Part II below from
  the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-44127).
  
                                    PART II
  
              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  
  Item 8.  Exhibits.
           --------
  Exhibit No.     Description of Exhibit
       -----------     ----------------------
  5            Opinion of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault.
  
         23.1            Consent of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault
                         (contained in its opinion as Exhibit 5).
  
         23.2            Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
  
         24.1            Power of Attorney (contained in page 4 of this
                         Registration Statement).
  4
  
                                      SIGNATURES
  
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
  registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
  of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
  statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in the City of Stamford and the State of Connecticut, on this 30th
  day of December, 1994.
  
                                      IMRS INC.
  
                                      By: /s/ James A. Perakis
                                          ----------------------------
                                          James A. Perakis
                                          President and
                                          Chief Executive Officer
  
          We, the undersigned officers and directors of IMRS Inc., hereby
  severally constitute and appoint James A. Perakis and Lucy Rae Ricciardi, and
  each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and
  each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities
  indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and in
  any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said
  registration statement, and generally to do all things in our names and on our
  behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable IMRS Inc. to
  comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, all
  requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
  confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any
  of them, to said registration statement and all amendments thereto.
  
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
  registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the date indicated.
  Signature                          Title(s)                                        Date
  - ---------                          --------                                        ----
  /s/ James A. Perakis               President, Chief Executive Officer and          December 30, 1994
  - -----------------------            Director (principal executive officer) 
  James A. Perakis                   
  
  /s/ Lucy Rae Ricciardi             Chief Financial Officer                         December 30, 1994 
  - ------------------------           (principal financial and accounting officer)
  Lucy Rae Ricciardi
                                                                                                      
  /s/ Gary G. Greenfield             Director                                        December 30, 1994
  - ------------------------
  Gary G. Greenfield 
  
  /s/ Harry S. Gruner                Director                                        December 30, 1994
  - ------------------------
  Harry S. Gruner
                                                                                                      
  /s/ William W. Helman IV           Director                                        December 30, 1994
  - ------------------------ 
  William W. Helman IV
  5
  /s/ Marco Arese Lucini             Director                                        December 30, 1994
  - --------------------------
  Marco Arese Lucini
  
  /s/ Aldo Papone                    Director                                        December 30, 1994
  - --------------------------
  Aldo Papone
  
                                     Director                                        December   , 1994
  - --------------------------         
  Robert W. Thomson
  6
  
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit     Description of Exhibit
  - -------     ----------------------
  5       Opinion of Testa, Hurwitz &
              Thibeault.
  
   23.1       Consent of Testa, Hurwitz &
              Thibeault (contained in its opinion        
              as Exhibit 5).
  
   23.2       Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
  
   24.1       Power of Attorney (see page 4 of
              Registration Statement).