    AST RESEARCH, INC.         TECHNICAL BULLETIN #0735                  01-16-92

                            FASTBOARD 386 AND DR-DOS 6.0

    PROBLEM:       When installing the driver FB386.SYS under Digital Research's
                   DR-DOS 6.0, the FB386.SYS driver will fail to load and display
                   the following error message:

                   "FB386.SYS not loaded - illegal parameter specified".

    CAUSE:         Incompatibility between the FB386.SYS release 1.2 and Digital
                   Research DOS 6.0

    AFFECTED
    SYSTEMS:       Fastboard 386

    SOLUTION:      Customers experiencing this problem should upgrade their
                   FB386.SYS driver to version 1.22 or later.  This driver is
                   available on the AST On-Line! BBS and also on the Fastboard
                   386 driver diskette (AST part number 910281-001 revision E).