    AST RESEARCH, INC.         TECHNICAL BULLETIN #0729                  01-03-92

                    AST PREMIUM II 386SX-20 AND DEC PCSA SOFTWARE

    PROBLEM:       System will not remote boot with DEC's PCSA revision 4.0E
                   software.  The system will hang during the execution of the
                   CONFIG.SYS file.

    AFFECTED
    SYSTEM:        AST Premium II 386SX-20 system.

    CAUSE:         Incompatibility between DEC's PCSA revision 4.0E software and
                   AST's Premium II 386SX-20 system.

    SOLUTION:      Customers experiencing this problem should contact DEC for a
                   software upgrade, PCSA revision 4.1 will resolve this problem.