    AST RESEARCH, INC.         TECHNICAL BULLETIN #0847               07-29-93

                    POWEREXEC COMPUTER POCKET USER'S GUIDE ERRATA

    PROBLEM:       User attempts to run the AST Confidence test and receives the
                   error message "Non-System Disk or Disk Error".

    CAUSE:         The AST Pocket User's Guide (part number 001665-001A),
                   released on October 1992, makes reference to running the Test
                   System Program.  This confidence test is no longer bundled
                   with the PowerExec Utility software.

    SYSTEMS
    AFFECTED:      AST PowerExec Notebook family.

    SOLUTION:      Run AST's Advanced Diagnostics Program or source another
                   software diagnostic package.