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AST RESEARCH TECHNICAL BULLETIN TB-0179 5-19-86
SIXPAK PREMIUM COMPATIBILITY WITH NEW IBM XT'S
The SixPak Premium was tested with the new IBM PC/XT. See page 2
of this Technical Bulletin for test results. The following
equipment, configuration and software were used:
IBM PC/XT Model 5160
512KB of memory on motherboard, switches are set for 256KB.
360KB floppy disk drive
10MB hard disk drive
EGA set for monochrome display
SixPak Premium/1000-S
640K conventional memory
640K expanded memory
PC-DOS v3.1
DESQview v1.11
SuperPak v6.0
Lotus 1-2-3 v2.0
Symphony v1.1
The testing of SuperSpool, SuperDrive and Fastdisk was all done
in extended memory emulation under REX v1.11.
SIXPAK PREMIUM/1 MB
NEW XT MODEL 5160
------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Conventional| Y | | | | | |
Memory | | | | | | |
------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Expanded | Y | | | | | |
Memory | | | | | | |
------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Serial | Y | | | | | |
Port 1 | | | | | | |
------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Serial | Y | | | | | |
Port 2 | | | | | | |
------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Parallel | Y | | | | | |
Port | | | | | | |
------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Game Port | Y | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Clock | Y | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
SuperDrive | Y* | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
SuperSpool | Y | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
FastDisk | Y | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
DESQview | Y | | | | | |
Ver 1.11 | | | | | | |
------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
LOTUS | Y | | | | | |
Release 2 | | | | | | |
------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
SYMPHONY | Y | | | | | |
Release 1.1 | | | | | | |
------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
* If switches are set for more floppy disk drives than are
actually installed, a 601 error occurs during POST. Hit F1
key to resume and SuperDrive will then work as it should.