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AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1156                 4-25-95

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			    BRAVO LC WITH ETHERNET ADAPTER MODULE


PROBLEM

Using an Ethernet adapter, the Bravo LC system locks up when Novell VLM 
is loaded.  


CAUSE

The network driver for the Ethernet adapter module does not support the 
Novell VLM.EXE driver.


SYSTEMS AFFECTED
AST PART NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION

500961-XXX     BRAVO 3-25S
500942-XXX     BRAVO 3-40
500943-XXX     BRAVO 4-25S
500944-XXX     BRAVO 4-33
500955-XXX     BRAVO 4-50D
500965-XXX     ETHERNET MODULE 10BASET LC
501105-XXX     BRAVO LC 3-33S
501116-XXX     BRAVO 4-66D
501124-XXX     BRAVO 4-33S


PARTS AFFECTED
AST PART NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION

202498-001     PCBA ETHERNET 10BASET/AUI BRAVO LC


SOLUTION

At this time, AST has no plans to update the driver for the Ethernet adapter 
module, in order to support the Novell VLM.EXE driver.