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AST RESEARCH, INC.         SOFTWARE BULLETIN # 0173D               12-22-95

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	       Bravo MS and Premmia MX ISA Configuration Utility


Production Release: 1.03
Available: November, 1995

Revision: A

Part Number:     Description                     File Name

911370-037       Diskette 1 of 3                 11370037.EXE
911370-038       Diskette 2 of 3                 11370038.EXE
911370-039       Diskette 3 of 3  DOS ICU        11370039.EXE

This is an update to the Bravo MS and Premmia MX ISA Configuration Utility.  
The above files can be found on AST's BBS (817) 230-6850.  AST's BBS supports 
modem speeds up to 28.8k bps.  The above files will also be posted on: 

CompuServe 
Go ASTSUPPORT

AST Worldwide Web Site
http://www.ast.com

This release contains an additional diskette which is a boot disk
(AST p/n 911370-039) for the DOS ISA Configuration Utility.  Any user who 
does not have DOS or Windows and wants to configure the system, may use 
this diskette to do so.



Production Release: 1.03
Available: September, 1995

Release 1.03 contains the following problem resolutions and enhancements:


PROBLEMS RESOLVED

Resolves "Unknown Card" problem with AST Bravo MS BIOS 2.01 and 
later.


ENHANCEMENTS

Supports PCI bridging.



Production Release: 1.02
Available: August, 1994

Release 1.02 of the Bravo MS and Premmia MX ISA Configuration Utility 
provides the following problem resolutions and enhancements:


PROBLEMS RESOLVED

Configuration Manager (DWCFGMG.SYS).

Device drivers and utilities checking for version minor numbers should be 
updated.

Fixed bug to make CM work with most EMM's. This impacts systems with 
an ACFG BIOS, and causes CM not load.

Fixed bug in CM which caused the Windows ICU to GP fault occasionally.  
This had to do with incorrect memory mapping of a buffer within the VCAD 
VXD. 

ICU

The ICU now correctly prevents allocation of the reserved I/O Ports 279h and 
a79h to unlisted cards that do not have configuration files.  Previously, if a 
user added an unlisted card using the ICU and created a manual entry in the 
configuration database the ICU would assign the reserved I/O ports 279h and 
a79h if the user requested those resources.  The ICU now issues an error 
message that these values are invalid.

This release also includes all the maintenance release 1.22 fixes as well.  
Release 1.22 corrected the following problems:

The ICU halted if "cfg error" was set and a PCI PC-Compatible card was 
active.

The ICU used memory after freeing it at the end of a modify operation.  
This caused a General Protection fault on some systems.

Setting the lock on a multi-function card with "cfg error" set resulted in a 
General Protection fault.



Production Release: 1.01
Available: August, 1994

This is the initial production release of AST's Bravo MS and Premmia MX 
ISA Configuration Utility.  

Release 1.01 of the Bravo MS and Premmia MX ISA Configuration Utility
provides the following problem resolutions and enhancements:

ENHANCEMENTS

New version release 1.21 from Intel that works with Plug and Play runtime 
service routines.