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AST RESEARCH, INC.         SOFTWARE BULLETIN #0114A                  05-06-92

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                    POWER PREMIUM UTILITIES RELEASE 1.01


Production Release 1.01        Available May, 1992

Part Number: 910543-002        5.25 inch, 1.2MB diskette 1 of 1

             910543-032        3.50 inch, 1.44MB diskette 1 of 1

This software must be used with the Power Premium BIOS release 1.01 (BIOS
Update diskette part number 905500-002 for 5.25" and 905500-032 for the
3.50").

    PROBLEMS RESOLVED:

    - Confidence test correctly senses Intel 486SX-20 D2 CP type.

    - When OS/2 is installed and configured for Super VGA modes the system
      hangs while it is booting.  IBM has supplied AST with the file
      BVHSVGA.DLL to resolve this problem.  Installation instructions for
      this driver are included in the README file on the utilities diskette.

Production Release 1.00        Available April, 1992

Part Number: 910543-002        5.25 inch, 1.2MB diskette 1 of 1

             910543-032        3.50 inch, 1.44MB diskette 1 of 1

This is the initial production release of the software.  This diskette is
used with Power Premium systems (500934-XXX).