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AST RESEARCH, INC.         SOFTWARE BULLETIN #0084                   03-05-90

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                        PREMIUM UTILITIES RELEASE 1.01


Production Release 1.01        Available February 1990

Part Number: 910379-001        5.25 inch diskette

NOTE: These utilities will only operate with the CUPID BIOS (part numbers
      107000-690 and 107000-691).

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

    PROBLEMS RESOLVED:

    CUPIDTST.EXE:

    - On the Auto Sensing screen, the text for the math coprocessor is
      changed from "Coprocessor Present" to "Coprocessor Internal".

    - The new bootloader now contains a DOS signature to accommodate Norton
      Utilities.

    - To resolve an intermittent DMA error during the floppy controller test,
      one retry was added for floppy DMA to override the error in the test.

    ASTCACHE.COM/SYS:

    - Restored function of the "/H" option. ASTCACHE now works in all
      computers, including a 6 MHz, single wait state system.

    ASTSETUP.EXE:

    - Effected a "cool" boot through the keyboard controller to work around
      ASTEMM with "ON" option to allow user changes to ASTSETUP to be
      recorded.

    HDFORMAT.EXE:

    - Resolved problem in the formatting of ESDI drives.

    FASTDISK.SYS and SUPERSPL.COM:

    - When video shadowing and hardware cache were both enabled, these two
      utilities would find memory that was allocated for shadowing and treat
      it as if it were available for use.  Forcing the /DH and /DNC switches
      to be "on" all the time now prevents the programs from attempting to
      utilize shadowed memory areas.

Production Release 1.00        Available January 1990

This is the initial release of the product.  These utilities were originally
released in conjunction with the first shipment of the 486/25 system.