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    AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1726          06/03/97

    TITLE:  Parallel Port Mode Adventure! 2xx/4xx

    ISSUE

       The AST Adventure! 200/400 series has no parallel port mode
       selection in the BIOS. This issue affects the following
       Advantage! Adventure 2xx and 4xx systems: 503280, 503279, 503294,
       503298, 503292, and 503300.

    BACKGROUND

       Previous releases of this BIOS auto-detected the parallel port
       settings required; however, with release version 2.6 and later,
       the customer is able to select the parallel port mode.

    ACTION

       AST now includes a user-definable parallel port mode selection in
       BIOS 2.6, (AST part number 905603-033) or later.

       Users can obtain this new BIOS, file name 05603033.EXE from the
       following sources:

          AST WWW Site:  http://www.ast.com
          AST On-Line! BBS*:  See IB0001.TXT
          CompuServe:  GO: ASTFORUM
          Prodigy:   JUMP: ASTSUPPORT

          * Refer to IB0001.TXT for a list of AST's
            international BBS numbers.

          To decompress this file, create a temporary directory
          on your hard drive, copy the downloaded file to that
          directory, and run the file.

       For additional information on the BIOS, see Software Bulletin #
       0397, available from any of AST's On-Line! services mentioned
       above.

    NOTES

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