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AST Premium/286 AST Premiuml286 ASr RESEARCH INC. The AST Premiuml286™ is a powerful and versatile personal computing system that combines legendary AST quality, uncompro­ mising compatibility and lightning speed. Reliably engineered, this system provides for exceptional versatility and upgradeability, yet it is IBM®Personal Computer AT®(PC AT) compatible. Its power delivers bottom-line productivity improvements in single and mul­ titasking applications, individual worksta­ tion and shared environments alike. Choice of flelU ergollomic­ ally designed ellhanced co lor or monochrome Ilfdeo displays. 1.2 MB diskette drive stan­ l/ru·d, 360Kb diskette drive optional. Seve n illdI/shy-staluM,-d expmlsioll slots, i/lt:llldil1g tlCO roASTslols. AST-3GTM lIIultimode ellhanced graphics adapter included, with most /IIodels. 25-pill {l~Yllcll}VI10IfS serill/ {llld parallel printer ports, mId l'Clll-time clocklcalelldar f1ie/tlded. ASTFASTRAM ElzlulIlced Memory card ille/tlded, exptl1ldtlble to 2MB ofhigh -speed RAM ill a siltgle s/ol. User-selectable opemtioll at JOMJ-lz, 8Mllz or6MI-/: for lite widest range of JwrdwaY"C tilld software compatibility. The AST Premium /286 personal Fast Processing high speed with built-in com­ )mputing system provides Based on the proven reliabil­ patibility for industry standard increased rEM AT-compatible ity of the 80286 chip, combined enhancement cards. The system computing power, performing with the advanced technology provides two AST FASTslots 50% faster than traditional developed by AST, this system capable of running without wait 8 MHz ATs. Ideal for general possesses the power to speed states through the addition of business use, the AST Premium/ either memory/processor-bound a third connector to the standard 286 also serves as an extremely or disk-bound applications. 2-connectOl; 16-bit IBM AT bus. powerful engine for applications­ Processor- and memory­ This third connector provides a oriented workstations, both intensive applications, such as high-speed interface direct to standalone and shared, includ­ large spreadsheet analysis and the 10 MHz 80286 processor. ing des ktop publishing, busi­ multitasking/windowing, bene­ This native 80286 bus inter­ ness graphics and CAD/CAE. fit from its 10 MHz Enhanced face, coupled with high-speed Its design also includes sup­ Expanded Memory capabilities. circuitry on the FASTRAM port for increased connectivity And the AST Premium/286's board, permits address signals and access to shared informa­ rapid fixed disk data access to be accepted faster and data tion-use the AST Premium/286 boosts performance in disk­ to be ready early-allowing (with AST enhancement boards bound applications, such as data zero wait state operation. installed) as a local area net­ base searches and sorts as well This architecture enables work file serve!; to manage as systems configured as net­ system operation at a Norton multi-user environments or as work file servers, host gateways Utilities'MVersion 3.0 SysInfo a cluster controller in shared on a local area network or clus­ rating of 11.5, or one and one-half mainframe or minjcomputer ter nodes for connecting multi­ times the speed of the 8 MHz ,-,Jnnections. ple PCs to a host. rEM PC AT and a full two-times Above all, compatibility is 1hle Hardware Compatibility the speed of the original 6MHz never a question. Built by AST, Unlike other 10 MHz machines, AT. These FASTslots provide the leader in PC enhancement the AST Premium/286 offers acceleration of up to 4MB of AST solutions with over two million products already in use, the Slot Compatibility AST Premium/286 benefits from this technological expertise, XT SIal AT-Compatible SIal, and is compatible with both AST and IBM prod ucts. > From the inside-out AST applies the same philosophy of quality, reli- ability, compatibility, added performance and service to the AST Premium/286. uanslated, this solution means true "plug DDDDDD and play" abilities, and a com­ .-- - petitive edge for you. - 80286 - - ,'- '-I En'lurrr:;ed, low-profile 1011 FAST,lol 102-kl.-Y keyboard I(lith separate lIumerie keypclci, dedicated cursorcolttro! alld extmfimciioll keys. illtl'r­ natiol1al versiOI/S auailable. FASTRAM Enhanced Memory patibility with current DOS one-third more storage with on two 2MB boards. All the and current and future protected a faster-28 msec-access time while, your standard PC- and mode operating systems, as than the PC AT's fixed disk. AT-type peripheral cards run well as new generation Expanded Additionally; we offer a 70MB at standard AT speeds with wait Memory application and opera­ hard disk with an equally fast states-so you only speed up ting environment software. access time. And an optional tape what you need to. Technically; AST's Expanded unit that provides rapid backup AST's FASTs iots also pro- Memory addressing capabili­ of a ful140 MB of data on a single vide a bridge to the future, allow­ ties provide full Lotus ~/Intel ®/ cartridge. ing easy upgradeability and Microsoft" (LIM) EMS perfor­ The AST-4000'" and AST- expandability. A perfect founda­ mance plus a larger page window 5000'" external disk/tape sub­ tion offering the power you from which to access expanded systems are ideal for multiuser need now and future upgrade­ memory Up to 64 16K-pages are environments. These subsystems ability; this advanced architec­ supported, including direct pag­ feature advanced SCSI archi­ ture is also an open architecture ing into conventional memory; tecture allowing easy expand­ for easy development and sys­ providing advanced multitask­ ability for Gigabytes of storage. tem integration. ing capabilities with appro­ The AST Plus lhte Software Compatibility priate multitasking/windowing Finally all this increased power, software. The AST Premium/286, shipped speed, compatibility and relia­ For standard Linear memory with MS-DOS 3.1 and BASIC, is bility is extremely cost com­ addressing, AST Premium/286 compatible with a vast library petitive. And AST's complete line FASTRAM memory supports of popular and technical off-the­ of proven peripherals and both conventional and extended shelf application software. lt eas­ enhancement cards proVide the ily runs IBM PC AT-compatible modes (the native 80286 Linear one-stop solution allowing memory addressing modes). software, including word pro­ you to expand and upgrade your AST's industry-first "Split Mem­ cessing, business graphics, system with assurance of ory Addressing'"" ability makes spreadsheet and data base future compatibility; support management. memory configuration extremely and service. versatile and allows automatic ASTis known the world over Flexible, Powerful Memory fill-in of memory in the nearly for the high quality and relia­ Addressing 16 MB conventional/extended bility of its products. There's The AST Premium/286 sup­ range. always extra value too, like ports a maximum memory con­ Fast Access To Large Volumes figuration of 13 MB per system built-in interfaces, user conve­ Of Data niences, a one-year warranty with AST options. The system features the industry'S most As a complement to the AST and a network of sales, service flexible array of memory address­ Premium/286's speedy opera­ and support teams worldwide. ing modes, including conven­ tion, AST offers high perfor­ The AST Premium/286 is mance access to large volumes tional and extended (protected a unique machine which not of data with its full line of mode) Linear memory capabil­ only maintains compatibility disk subsystems. with other computer products­ ities and Enhanced EMS and EMS Expanded Memory address­ Available with the AST whether they be peripherals, ing. This versatility provides Premium/286 system is our software or other accessories­ ultimate performance and com- 20MB hard disk and our it truly advances the standard. fast-access 40 MB hard disk. The 40MB drive provides FasterTha The Fastest PC AT; • MS-DOS operating system and BASlC ' • 10 MHz 80286 System Unit with software, ASTsoftware utilities and • Availab le with new AST ergonomic zero wait-state operation, runs popu­ complete documentation included. video display options: lar IBM-compatible software 50% ., . -AST Premium Display/ Enhanced faster than the 8MHz IBM PC AT for . , , Color'" true productivity improvements, • AST FASTRAM '" Enhanced Memory -AST Premium Display/ even for the most demanding user. card included-expandable to 2MB Monochrome'" (black and white, • Advanced coprocessor socket accepts in a single slol. Up to 4 MB high-speed dual-mode) 8 MHz 80287 devices. When RAM per machine. Total system Both offer sharp presentation of text configured with coprocessol; AST memory expandable to 13 MB with and graphics. Premium/286 sign ificantly acceler­ AST options. " . ates mathematics-intensive pro­ • AST f-ASTRAM SUppOI1S Enhanced grams including Lotus 1-2-3 ' Release • Ergonomically designed, the AST EMS and EMS, breaking the 640KB Premium 101 and I02-key (interna­ 2 applications, AutoCAD'" and DOS barrier and eliminating "mem­ VersaCAD!M tional), low-profile keyboards feature ory full" messages. a separate numeric keypad, dedi­ • SUPPOI1S extended (protected cated cursor control and extra mode) and conventional memory function keys. • Advanced architecture allows addressing. incorporation of two AST FASTs lots'" • Memory, speed and high-performance that provide accelerated bus oper­ to work with huge spreadsheets and ations, while remaining IBM PC AT databases-run one or more at the • Rea l-time clock/calendar provides compatible. same time using windowing software. time and date stamp. • Seven industry standard expansion • One 25-pin asynchronous serial t . •. I I • slots, including two AST FASTslots. communications port standard. • FASTs lot design ensures built-in • Choice of high-performance 20 MB, • One 25-pin parallel printer port 40 MB and 70 MB fixed disk drives. future upgradeability, accommo­ standard. The 40MB and 70MB drives offer dating the next generation of accel­ erator and high-performance rapid data access up to two times faster than the PC AT's 30 MB ftXed • AST also offers a full line of prod­ enhancemen t cards.
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