============================================================================= AST RESEARCH, INC. SOFTWARE BULLETIN #0085D 03-20-92 ============================================================================= PREMIUM UTILITIES RELEASE 2.00 Production Release 2.00 Available January, 1992 Part Number: 910415-004 5.25 inch, 1.2MB diskette 1 of 1 910415-034 3.50 inch, 1.44MB diskette 1 of 1 Includes enhancements and problem fixes of previous versions plus the following: ENHANCEMENTS: - Supports DOS 5.0. - Superspl has longer strobe pulse. - Third floppy support for low speeds. - HDFORMAT supports WD 1007V controller. PROBLEMS RESOLVED: - Problem when using parallel address of 278h fixed. - Problem of using Serial port test if 2f8 is chosen. - Problem fixed where system would hang when no on-board parallel port was enabled. Production Release 1.09 Available August, 1991 Part Number: 910415-003 5.25 inch, 1.2MB diskette 1 of 1 910415-033 3.50 inch, 1.44MB diskette 1 of 1 ENHANCEMENTS: The following items have been changed or added to this release: CUPIDTST.EXE v1.07 - Modified to support 486/25 - Co-processor message changes from "Internal" to "Present". ASTMENU3.EXE v1.72 - Problem with ASTEMM.SYS sensing error has been resolved Production Release 1.08 Available January, 1991 Part Number: 910415-002 5.25 inch, 1.2MB diskette 1 of 1 910415-032 3.50 inch, 1.44MB diskette 1 of 1 PROBLEMS RESOLVED: CUPIDTST.EXE v1.07 - Now compatible with Extended BIOS Interface (EBI) function calls. HDFORMAT.EXE v3.01 - Now supports Western Digital model WD-1007V disk controller. SPEED.EXE v3.01 - Now supports EBI function calls and is compatible with OS/2. ASTMENU.MEN v1.84 - Allows Expanded Memory configuration up to 32MB. ASTMENU3.EXE v1.70 - Fixed problem where unrealistic values of memory size were displayed for ASTEMM.SYS (expanded memory manager). Production Release 1.07 Rev A Available November, 1990 Part Number: 910415-001 5.25 inch diskette 910415-031 3.50 inch diskette DESCRIPTION: - This is an updated production release of the Premium Utilities at a new base part number. 910415-001 (5.25" diskette format) replaces all previous releases of 910379-001, 910379-002, 910379-003 and 910379-004. 910415-031 (3.50" diskette format) replaces all previous releases of 910379-031, 910379-032, 910379-033 and 910379-034. ENHANCEMENTS: The following items have been changed or added to this release: CUPIDTST.EXE v1.05.05 - Resolved problem causing the reporting of erroneous printer port failures. - Added support to test the Premium 386C with or without cache enabled or present. - Resolved problem that caused the reporting of spurious link error messages. - Resolved problem in the interrupt uniqueness test that caused system lock-up during math co-processor test. ANOMALIES: The following anomalies and outstanding issues will be resolved in a future revision of this software. - In ASTMENU, when saving the configuration after installing the memory manager, the "Used to Emulate" line displays erroneous values. - The SPEED program is not OS/2 compatible. - When using the WD1007V controller, HDFORMAT will not support the low- level formatting of a 320MB ESDI hard drive as drive type "1" (611 cylinders, 63 sectors). Production Release 1.06 Rev A Available September, 1990 Part Number: 910379-004 DESCRIPTION: - The Premium utilities diskette release 1.06 part number 910379-004 replaces release 1.05 part number 910379-003. Release 1.06 is an updated version of the Premium utilities (part number 910379-003, Rel 1.06) and is shipped with AST Premium 386C systems with 3.01 BIOS CUPID Premium Desktop series computers and Premium Tower Series computers. ENHANCEMENTS: The following items have been changed or added to this release: HDFORMAT.EXE v3.00 - Program will now erase permanently all data (including high-level format) from hard drive without destroying low-level format. Production Release 1.05 Rev A Available June, 1990 Part Number: 910379-003 DESCRIPTION: - The Premium utilities diskette release 1.05 part number 910379-003 replaces release 1.03 part number 910379-002. Release 1.05 is an updated version of the Premium utilities (part number 910379-002, Rel 1.03) and will ship with AST Premium 386C systems with 3.01 BIOS, CUPID Premium Desktop Series computers and Premium Tower Series computers. NOTE: These utilities also replace Premium utilities release 5.00 part number 910340-001 shipped with Premium 386C systems using BIOS versions earlier than 3.01. ENHANCEMENTS: The following items have been changed or added to this release: CUPIDTST.EXE v1.05.01 - Resolved math co-processor testing problem. ASTMENU1.EXE v1.53.01 - Resolved problem in sensing fixed disk drive when no fixed disk drives are present. ASTMENU.MEN v1.83.01 - Fixed disk drive sensing has been modified to allow the AST MENU system to work with SCSI fixed disk drives. Production Release 1.03 Rev A Available May, 1990 Part Number: 910379-002 DESCRIPTION: - This is the initial production release of the Premium utilities shipped with AST Tower systems starting with the Premium 486/25T. This is an updated version of the Premium utilities (part number 910379-001, rel 1.01, rev C) used for all CUPID systems housed in the Premium Desktop chassis. ENHANCEMENTS: The following items have been changed or added to this release: README: - Information added regarding the removal of AUTO-Slowdown from some systems. - Modified to reflect new part numbers and release numbers. CUPIDTST.EXE v1.03.02 - Auto-sense now reports presence of math co-processor on all systems. This is the initial release of the Premium Utilities software.