Steep soft X-ray ( 0.1-2 keV ) quasars share several unusual properties : narrow Balmer lines , strong FeII emission , large and fast X-ray variability , rather steep 2-10 keV spectrum .
These intriguing objects have been suggested to be the analogs of Galactic black hole candidates in the high , soft state .
We present here results from ASCA observations for two of these quasars : NAB0205+024 and PG1244+026 .

Both objects show similar variations ( factor of \sim 2 in 10 ks ) , despite a factor of about ten difference in the 0.5-10 keV luminosity ( 7.3 \times 10 ^ { 43 } erg s ^ { -1 } for PG1244+026 and 6.4 \times 10 ^ { 44 } erg s ^ { -1 } for NAB0205+024 , assuming isotropic emission , H _ { 0 } = 50.0 and q _ { 0 } = 0.0 ) .

The X-ray continuum of the two quasars flattens by 0.5-1 going from the 0.1-2 keV band toward higher energies , strengthening recent results on another half dozen steep soft X-ray AGN .

PG1244+026 shows a significant feature in the ‘ 1 keV ’ region , which can be described by either as a broad emission line centered at 0.95 keV ( quasar frame ) or as edge or line absorption at 1.17 ( 1.22 ) keV .
The line emission could be due to reflection from an highly ionized accretion disk , in line with the view that steep soft X-ray quasars are emitting close to the Eddington luminosity .
Photoelectric edge absorption or resonant line absorption could be produced by gas outflowing at a large velocity ( 0.3-0.6 c ) .