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    AST RESEARCH, INC.         TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1230               6-21-95

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    ADVANTAGE! ADVENTURE 60XX AND CREATIX MODEM

    PROBLEM

    When setting the modem type to 'Creatix LC144VF' in the WinFax Lite 3.1,
    the Advantage! Adventure 60XX system may fail to send a FAX message to
    the FAX machine with the Creatix data/fax/modem.

    CAUSE

    The WinFax Lite 3.1 has a wrong initialization string for the Creatix modem,
    which specifies the Software Flow Control; &K4 in the initialization string;
    AT&C1&D2&K4s7=55\.  The Hardware Flow Control; &K3 should be applied to the
    Creatix modem instead.

    SYSTEMS AFFECTED
    AST PART NUMBER      DESCRIPTION               REVISION

    501609-XXX           ADVENTURE 6033S             All
    501610-XXX           ADVENTURE 6033S             All
    501549-XXX           ADVENTURE 6033S             All
    501497-XXX           ADVENTURE 6033S             All
    501693-XXX           ADVENTURE 6033S             All
    501689-XXX           ADVENTURE 6033S             All
    501543-XXX           ADVENTURE 6033S             All
    501713-XXX           ADVENTURE 6033S             All
    501695-XXX           ADVENTURE 6033S             All

    SOLUTION

    Units with WinFax Lite 3.1, should change the modem type to

    Generic Class 1 ( Hardware Flow Control )

    in Setup.  This is the factory default setting for Creatix modem in Advantage!
    Adventure 60XX systems.

    Units shipping in September, 1995 will have WinFax Lite 4.0 which will fix
    the problem on the initialization string for the Creatix modem.