AST RESEARCH, INC.        COMPATIBILITY BULLETIN # 0107        3/23/99

TITLE  Bravo, Bravo MS/T and Premmia MX Pxx Year 2000 Testing Results

DATE COMPLETED  3/17/99

AST PRODUCT INFORMATION

   Bravo and Bravo MS/T and Premmia MX with Pentium Processor. 
   
   501533 501534 501535 501543
   501544 501545 501546 501577
   501613 501650 501651 501659
   501660 501679 501680 501699
   501701 501702 501703 501710
   501754 501765 501817 501877
   


HARDWARE CONFIGURATION

   BIOS:  AST 2.02
      
   Processor: 33, 66 MHz Intel 80486
              60 MHz Intel Pentium
    
   RAM:  16 
   


TEST RESULTS

   - System utilizes an MC146818 compatible hardware clock.
   
   - System properly handles year 2000 leap years. 
   
   - System clock does not automatically roll over to the year 2000.
   
   - Manual transition to Year 2000 is supported.
   


NOTES

   The system clock will not automatically roll over to the Year 
   2000, but the system will support the Year 2000 once the date
   is set manually after the turn of the century.
   
   If it is necessary for this system to automatically transition
   to the year 2000 there are readily available hardware add-ins 
   which will provide this functionality, one such product is the
   Flash 2000 from Micro Firmware, Inc.  This card is installed 
   into a standard ISA slot and provides automatic roll over.  
   Details on this product can be found at Micro Firmware's WEB 
   site at:
   
   http://www.firmware.com .
   


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