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                                  SCHEDULE 13G

 
Item 1   (a)  Name of Issuer:                Zapata Corporation
         
         (b)  Address of Issuer's            One Riverway, St.      
              Principal Executive Offices:   777 South Post Oak Lane
                                             Houston, Texas  77056   
         
Item 2   (a)  Names of Persons Filing:       BankAmerica Corporation
                                             ("BAC")
                                             Bank of America NT&SA
                                             ("BANT&SA")

         (b)  Address of Principal           (For BAC & BANT&SA)
              Business Office:               555 California Street
                                             San Francisco, California
                                             94104
 
         (c)  Citizenship:                   BAC is organized under the
                                             laws of Delaware.  BANT&SA
                                             is organized under the   
                                             laws of the United States.
 
         (d)  Title of Class of Securities:  Common Stock, par value
                                             $0.01 per share.
         
         (e)  CUSIP Number:                  989070503

Item 3   If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b),
         check whether the person filing is a:

         (a) [ ]   Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act

         (b) [X]   Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act

         (c) [ ]   Insurance Company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act

         (d) [ ]   Investment Company registered under Section 8 of the
                   Investment Company Act

         (e) [ ]   Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of the
                   Investment Advisers Act of 1940

         (f) [ ]   Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is subject to the
                   provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
                   1974 or Endowment Fund

         (g) [X]   Parent Holding Company, in accordance with (S)240.13d-
                   1(b)(1)(ii)(G)


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