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AST RESEARCH, INC.         SOFTWARE BULLETIN #0128A               11-2-93

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                       MANHATTAN SMP SUPPORT SOFTWARE


Production Release 1.30        Available October, 1993

Part Number: 910634-035        3.5" diskette 1 of 1
Revision:    A

    ENHANCEMENT:

    - Support for Microsoft NT 3.1.

Production Release 1.21        Available September, 1993

Part Number: 910634-034        3.5" diskette 1 of 1
Revision:    A

    ENHANCEMENT:

    - Enables the Novell Netware control-console NLM and Novell Netware SFT
      III 3.1 dual processor NLM to operate simultaneously.

Production Release 1.20        Available June, 1993

Part Number: 910634-033        3.5" diskette 1 of 1
Revision:    A

    ENHANCEMENT:

    - Adds dual processor support for Novell Netware SFT III 3.11.

Production Release 1.11        Available May, 1993

Part Number: 910634-032        3.5" diskette 1 of 1
Revision:    A

    ENHANCEMENT:

    - Adds support for IBM OS/2 2.1.

Production Release 1.10        Available April, 1993

Part Number: 910634-031        3.5" diskette 1 of 1
Revision:    B

    ENHANCEMENT:

    - Adds support for Novell Netware 4.0.

Production Release 1.00        Available December, 1992

Part Number: 910634-031        3.5" diskette 1 of 1
Revision:    A

DESCRIPTION:

This is the first release of software that allows specific qualified
operating systems to interface with the Manhattan SMP control-console and
additional processors.  The software allows access to the Manhattan SMP
features which would be otherwise unavailable.  This release provides support
for Novell Netware 3.11.  The current release of this software is located in
the Manhattan SMP section of AST's BBS and is titled "smp5.exe".