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AST RESEARCH, INC.         SOFTWARE BULLETIN #0107B                  01-22-92

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                        BRAVO UTILITIES RELEASE 1.05


Production Release 1.05        Available January, 1992

Part Number: 910461-003        5.25 inch, 1.2MB diskette 1 of 1

             910461-033        3.50 inch, 1.44MB diskette 1 of 1

    PROBLEMS RESOLVED:

    - The new confidence test now identifies the BIOS correctly when viewing
      the "System Configuration Option".

Production Release 1.04        Available January, 1992

Part Number: 910461-002        5.25 inch, 1.2MB diskette 1 of 1

             910461-032        3.50 inch, 1.44MB diskette 1 of 1

    PROBLEMS RESOLVED:

     - Extended BIOS is now used to sense video RAM size up to 512KB.  This
       is necessary to accommodate the Western Digital 90C11 video controller
       (AST part number
       106000-761) used on the Bravo system board.

Production Release 1.03        Available October, 1991

Part Number: 910461-001        5.25 inch, 1.2MB diskette 1 of 1

             910461-031        3.50 inch, 1.44MB diskette 1 of 1

Note the change of part numbers from earlier releases of the Bravo utilities.

This release of the Bravo utilities is to be used in conjunction with AST DOS
5.0.  Previous releases of the utilities (1.02 or below) will not operate
with DOS 5.0.

    ENHANCEMENTS:

    The following programs have been added with this release of the
    utilities:

    SUPERPCK.COM

    - Hard disk cache program to enhance hard disk performance.  This program
      is used in the same way that ASTCACHE.COM was used on earlier releases
      of the utiliities.

    PCKWIN.SYS

    - Hard disk cache device driver to enhance hard disk performance under
      Windows 3.0.

    PCKWIK.SYS

    - Driver program which provides support for "Bernoulli Box" fixed drives.

Production Release 1.02        Available February, 1991

Part Number: 910402-002        5.25 inch, 1.2MB diskette 1 of 1

             910402-032        3.50 inch, 1.44MB diskette 1 of 1

This is the initial production release of the utilities for the Bravo 386SX-
20 (part number 500786-XXX).  This is an update to the utilities which ship
with the Bravo 486-25 (part number 500789-XXX).

Production Release 1.01        Available November, 1990

Part Number: 910402-001        5.25 inch, 1.2MB diskette 1 of 1

             910402-031        3.50 inch, 1.44MB diskette 1 of 1

This is the initial production release of the software which shipped with the
Bravo 486-25 (part number 500789-XXX).