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    AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1156                 4-25-95

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    			    BRAVO LC WITH ETHERNET ADAPTER MODULE

    PROBLEM

    Using an Ethernet adapter, the Bravo LC system locks up when Novell VLM
    is loaded.

    CAUSE

    The network driver for the Ethernet adapter module does not support the
    Novell VLM.EXE driver.

    SYSTEMS AFFECTED
    AST PART NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION

    500961-XXX     BRAVO 3-25S
    500942-XXX     BRAVO 3-40
    500943-XXX     BRAVO 4-25S
    500944-XXX     BRAVO 4-33
    500955-XXX     BRAVO 4-50D
    500965-XXX     ETHERNET MODULE 10BASET LC
    501105-XXX     BRAVO LC 3-33S
    501116-XXX     BRAVO 4-66D
    501124-XXX     BRAVO 4-33S

    PARTS AFFECTED
    AST PART NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION

    202498-001     PCBA ETHERNET 10BASET/AUI BRAVO LC

    SOLUTION

    At this time, AST has no plans to update the driver for the Ethernet adapter
    module, in order to support the Novell VLM.EXE driver.