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AST RESEARCH, INC.       SOFTWARE BULLETIN # 0181F                 11-9-95

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                        VGA Drivers for Cirrus 543X


Production Release: 1.24
Available: October, 1995

Revision: A

911368-319     3.5" diskette (DOS)                 11368319.EXE
911368-320     3.5" diskette (Win 3.1 1 of 2)      11368320.EXE
911368-321     3.5" diskette (Win 3.1 2 of 2)      11368321.EXE
911368-322     3.5" diskette (OS/2)                11368322.EXE
911368-323     3.5" diskette (NT 3.1)              11368323.EXE
911368-324     3.5" diskette (NT 3.5)              11368324.EXE

This is an update to the VGA drivers for Cirrus 543X (Cirrus 1.24). 
See Technical Bulletin # 1034.  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 file will also be posted on: 

CompuServe 
Go ASTSUPPORT

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

Release 1.24 contains the following problem resolutions:


PROBLEMS RESOLVED

DCI Xing MPEG causes display anomalies in zoom function.

Corrupted video in Mayo Clinic CD.

New PM installation in OS/2.



Production Release: 1.22
Available: February, 1995

This release contains the following problem resolutions:


PROBLEMS RESOLVED

Unable to open multiple Windows applications' software as some system may 
run out of system resources in Windows 3.11.

NOTE: After making the disk image on diskette P/N 911368-316, label the 
diskette as specified by IBM OS/2.  At the DOS prompt type:

     "LABEL A: DISP 1"

Garbled characters in Terminal Emulation Mode or MSAV in DOS window.

System hang with WinBench 4.0 and P5, and CL5434 at 800x600x256.

Cinemania 94 does not show video with some of window sizes.

GPF with PowerPoint 4.0 using 2/4 MB at 16M color.

GPF with AST Contact Manager at 64K/16M color.

HCT fail with 5434 at 640x480x256.



Production Release: 1.02
Available: October, 1994

Unable to print on HP color printer. 



Production Release: 1.01
Available: September, 1994

Release 1.01 contains the following problem resolutions and enhancements:


PROBLEMS RESOLVED

Random characters on screen with ScreenSaver Marquee when using Italic 72 
pts.

General protection fault with WinBench 4.0 at 1280x1024x8 NI mode.

WordPerfect 6.0 for Windows zoom.

Excel 5.0 pie chart using 64K colors.

PageMaker inserting a PaintBrush picture.

General protection fault with Epson 800 InkJet printer.

Crash in Windows 3.1 and jump to DOS prompt when printing to a HP 
Deskjet 310 printer.


ENHANCEMENTS

Modified fetch and build processes.