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AST RESEARCH, INC.         SOFTWARE BULLETIN #0119B               07-21-93

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            BRAVO LC VGA, CONFIGURATION, AND LAN UTILITY DISKETTE


Production Release 1.05        Available July, 1993

Part Number:  910597-006       5.25 inch, 1.2MB diskette

              910597-036       3.50 inch, 1.44MB diskette

    PROBLEMS RESOLVED:

    - Modified NDIS driver, ASTMAC.DOS, to support operation as a Banyan
      Vines workstation.


Production Release 1.04        Available December, 1992

Part Number:  910597-005       5.25 inch, 1.2MB diskette

              910597-035       3.50 inch, 1.44MB diskette

    ENHANCEMENTS:

    - Added support for Microsoft Windows for Workgroups using the AST
      Ethernet module.

    - Maintenance release to fix bugs in NDIS drivers.


Production Release 1.02        Available September, 1992

Part Number:  910597-003       5.25 inch, 1.2MB diskette

              910597-033       3.50 inch, 1.44MB diskette

    PROBLEMS RESOLVED:

    VIDEO DRIVERS rel 1.01:

    - Corrected Windows Video Drivers version numbers in the readme files.

    CONFIDENCE TEST rel. 1.01

    - Fixed memory auto-sizing when cache was enabled.

    - LAN Test...added error recovery and allow two retries on transmission
      error.

    LAN DRIVERS rel. 1.01 for AST ETHERNET MODULE

    - Modified NDIS driver to support IBM OS/2 version 2.0.

    - Modified NetWare OS/2 ODI driver to reject multicast address as node
      address.