    AST RESEARCH, INC.         TECHNICAL BULLETIN #0527                  05-10-89

                     AST SYSTEMS/WESTERN DIGITAL ETHERNET ADAPTER

    There have been reported incidents of the Western Digital 8003 Ethernet LAN
    adapter not functioning properly in AST computer systems.

    The user may experience slow network access, such as applications requiring
    25-30 seconds to load over the network.

    This in actuality is not an incompatibility between the AST system and the
    Western Digital LAN adapter.  The fault actually lies with the Novell drivers
    used with the adapter.  Users who have Novell 2.1x software installed should
    make sure that the Novell drivers installed for the WD 8003 are 2.11.3 or
    above.