AST RESEARCH, INC.          TECHNICAL BULLETIN #0916               4-19-94




             PALMPAD BRIGHTNESS AND SYSTEM BIOS UPGRADE


PROBLEM:     The Brightness Limit Control does not work as documented in
             the user’s manual.

CAUSE:       Incompatibility with BIOS 1.01.


SYSTEMS             AST                                        REVISION
AFFECTED:       PART NUMBER      DESCRIPTION                    LEVEL

                G242360          386 PALMPAD SL (DOS)            All

SOLUTION:    Upgrade BIOS to release 1/10/94.