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    AST RESEARCH, INC.         TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1377               12-28-95

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    	  Advantage! Adventure Printing On-Line Manuals on HP Printer

    PROBLEM

    When the Advantage! Adventure system attempts to print the On-Line manual on
    an HP Deskjet printer (500, 600, 800 series), half of the document is printed
    and the system locks up.

    CAUSE

    VEBE.EXE causes an illegal function call closing the application and
    interrupting the printing process.  The engine to print these manuals has a
    conflict with the HP Deskjet printer driver.

    SOLUTION

    Update the program that handles this function with version 1.0.21.
    The necessary files,

         VEBEDSK1.EXE
         VEBEDSK2.EXE
         VEBEDSK3.EXE
         VEBEDSK4.EXE

    can be found on AST's BBS (817) 230-6850.  AST's BBS supports modem
    speeds up to 28.8k bps.  The above files will also be posted on:

    CompuServe
    Go ASTSUPPORT

    AST Worldwide Web Site
    http://www.ast.com

    SYSTEMS AFFECTED
    AST PART NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION

    501692-XXX      Advantage! Adventure 4075p
    501766-XXX      Advantage! 610/611
    501768-XXX      Advantage! 614
    501769-XXX      Advantage! 814
    501794-XXX      Advantage! 816/818
    501829-XXX      Advnatage! 810/811
    501839-XXX      Advantage! 610/611
    501855-XXX      Advantage! 612
    501856-XXX      Advantage! 812