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AST RESEARCH, INC. TECHNICAL BULLETIN #0703 09-17-91
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PREMIUM/486-33TE AND WESTERN DIGITAL'S ELITE 16 COMBO
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PROBLEM: Banyan Vines version 4.10 network software driver will not
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initialize Western Digital's Elite 16 Combo network card, in
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a Premium/486-33TE computer system. The error that occurs
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is "Controller Failure", and at this point the workstation
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is unable to connect to the file server.
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SOLUTION: This is not an issue that AST can resolve. Currently,
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Banyan Vines software version 4.10 does not support Western
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Digital Elite 16 Combo card. At this time Banyan Vines and
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Western Digital are working together on a software driver
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that will support Western Digital's Elite 16 combo card.
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WORKAROUND: Banyan Vines and Western Digital Technical Support, both
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agree that the NDS software driver should be selected when
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installing the network card. Also, the AST VGA Plus must be
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forced to 8-bit mode. If the AST VGA Plus is set for 16-bit
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mode the system will not boot. The reason for this error is
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the software drivers that are supported in Banyan Vines
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software are for the older Western Digital 8-bit network
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cards. The older software drivers are doing 8-bit writes.
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CONFIGURATION: P/486-33TE
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WD's Elite 16 Combo (AutoSwitching)
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AST's VGA Plus (AutoSwitching)
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Banyan Vines 4.10 (Operating System)
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DOS 3.3
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