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AST RESEARCH TECHNICAL BULLETIN TB-0289 08-05-87 SIXPAKPREMIUM/EGA USER'S MANUAL Problem: The SixPakPremium/EGA's default configuration, as shown on pages 2-3 and A-3 of the user's manual (part number 000424-001A) is incorrect. The default should set the board to backfill 384K with a 256K starting address. The default as shown in the manual sets backfill to 256K, not the necessary 384K. Symptoms: With the switches set as shown in the manual, an XT style machine would boot, but it will only have 512K of conventional memory. A PC will fail POST with an 8055-201 error message. Solution: Pages 2-3 and A-3 show SW2 positions: 7-off 8-on SW2 positions should be: 7-on 8-off