Last Revised AST RESEARCH, INC. TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1726 06/03/97 TITLE: Parallel Port Mode Adventure! 2xx/4xx ISSUE The AST Adventure! 200/400 series has no parallel port mode selection in the BIOS. This issue affects the following Advantage! Adventure 2xx and 4xx systems: 503280, 503279, 503294, 503298, 503292, and 503300. BACKGROUND Previous releases of this BIOS auto-detected the parallel port settings required; however, with release version 2.6 and later, the customer is able to select the parallel port mode. ACTION AST now includes a user-definable parallel port mode selection in BIOS 2.6, (AST part number 905603-033) or later. Users can obtain this new BIOS, file name 05603033.EXE from the following sources: AST WWW Site: http://www.ast.com AST On-Line! BBS*: See IB0001.TXT CompuServe: GO: ASTFORUM Prodigy: JUMP: ASTSUPPORT * Refer to IB0001.TXT for a list of AST's international BBS numbers. To decompress this file, create a temporary directory on your hard drive, copy the downloaded file to that directory, and run the file. For additional information on the BIOS, see Software Bulletin # 0397, available from any of AST's On-Line! services mentioned above. NOTES N/A TAN 000900AT --------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this data sheet is subject to change without notice. AST Research, Inc. shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein; nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. This material contains information protected by copyright. No part of this material may be reproduced in any form without prior written consent from AST Research, Inc. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Template Rev 02