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AST RESEARCH, INC.         SOFTWARE BULLETIN #0076B                  11-28-90

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                        AST-VGA PLUS UTILITIES SOFTWARE


Production Release 3.03        Available November, 1990

Part Number: 910417-001        5.25 inch, 1.2MB diskette

             910417-031        3.50 inch, 760KB diskette

Please note: The part number has changed from the previous release of these
             utilities (see below).

Includes enhancements and problem fixes of previous versions plus the
following:

    ENHANCEMENTS:

    - VGA now supports IBM PS/2 display modes of the VGA standard.  This
      implies the ability to use either VGA color or VGA monochrome displays
      interchangeably with software applications.  These utilities are to be
      used in conjunction with release 3.10 of the VGA Plus BIOS (part
      numbers 107000-682 and 107000-683).

    - Added 800x600 drivers for Windows 3.0, WordPerfect 5.0 and Autocad
      release 9 and 10.

    - Added driver PVGA480.DRV for support of Windows 3.0 640 x 480
      resolution.  Updated SETUP.INF to include above driver.

Production Release 3.01A       Available October, 1989

Part Number:  910373-001       5.25 inch diskette 1 of 4
              910373-002       5.25 inch diskette 2 of 4
              910373-003       5.25 inch diskette 3 of 4
              910373-004       5.25 inch diskette 4 of 4

              910373-031       3.50 inch diskette 1 of 2
              910373-032       3.50 inch diskette 2 of 2

    PROBLEMS RESOLVED:

    - Use of 800x600 resolution mode with AutoCad release 9 was not fully
      supported.  The optional "pull-down" menus would not operate.
      (PR#B47001)

    - No 800x600 resolution mode was available with the previous utilities
      for AutoCad release 10.  (PR#B47013)

    - Support did not exist in the utilities for the application GEM version
      2.1 in 800x600 mode.  (PR#B47015)

Production Release 1.03        Available September, 1988

Part Number:  910243-001       5.25 inch diskette 1 of 2
              910243-002       5.25 inch diskette 2 of 2

    PROBLEMS RESOLVED:

    - Resolved problems with Windows drivers.

    - Resolved problem with FASTVGA.SYS.  In previous version, if FASTVGA was
      installed in the system, the program FASTVGA.SYS could not be copied
      from any source to any destination or the system would hang.
      (PR#B47002)

    - The diagnostics now report the correct switch settings of the VGA Plus
      adapter.  (PR#B47003)

Production Release 1.02        Available June, 1988

    ENHANCEMENTS:

    - The utility FASTVGA.SYS was added to the diskette.

Production Release 1.00        Available April, 1988

This is the initial release of the software.