    AST RESEARCH, INC.          TECHNICAL BULLETIN #0916               4-19-94

                 PALMPAD BRIGHTNESS AND SYSTEM BIOS UPGRADE

    PROBLEM:     The Brightness Limit Control does not work as documented in
                 the user’s manual.

    CAUSE:       Incompatibility with BIOS 1.01.

    SYSTEMS             AST                                        REVISION
    AFFECTED:       PART NUMBER      DESCRIPTION                    LEVEL

                    G242360          386 PALMPAD SL (DOS)            All

    SOLUTION:    Upgrade BIOS to release 1/10/94.