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AST RESEARCH, INC.            TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1039               12-20-94

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                             BRAVO MS AND WANG WLOC CARD


PROBLEM:        The Bravo MS system may be unable to connect to a Wang VS
                system using a  Wang WLOC card.  The WLOC card may also fail
                to run diagnostics.

CAUSE:          This is a configuration issue.

SYSTEMS
AFFECTED:           AST
                PART NUMBER       DESCRIPTION

                501440-XXX      BRAVO MS 486 33S
                501441-XXX      BRAVO MS 486 50S
                501442-XXX      BRAVO MS 486 66d
                501443-XXX      BRAVO MS 486 100t
                501533-XXX      BRAVO MS PENTIUM 60
                501534-XXX      BRAVO MS PENTIUM 90
                501535-XXX      BRAVO MS PENTIUM 100

SOLUTION:       Add the Wang WLOC card to the system and install.  Add vboard
                in ISACU,  IRQ=11, I/O=342h, EMM386 exclude DOOO-DFFF.