The GUS Daily Digest Tuesday, 6 June 1995 Volume 22 : Number 035 Today's Topics: Re: XM, Dope, Triton (twice, actually, cool huh!) Undeliverable Message Re: XM, Dope, Triton (twice, actually, cool huh!) Re: The GUS Daily Digest V22 #34 Re: Good news! Everything Missing? Vince, Max & Asus Is there a Midi-playing Tsr for GUS X-Com (The first one) v 1.4 and GUS. Re: AMD Interwave specs would be nice Mega304.zip vs. Mega304b.zip -- my experience SSF2T, Last Eden Re: Various things.... Mega304.zip vs. Mega304b.zip -- my experience Re: XM, Dope, Triton (twice, actually, cool huh!) Re: XM, Dope, Triton (twice, actually, cool huh!) Re: Vince, Max & Asus Re: XM, Dope, Triton (twice, actually, cool huh!) Last Eden Jagged Alliance and GUS Jagged Alliance and GUS Mail order to Advanced Gravis confusion. Mail order to Advanced Gravis confusion. GUS:DMA problem - DRAM refresh affecting it? Re: Mail order to Advanced Gravis confusion. SSF2T CD NMI is being phased out, thus so is SBOS GUS and MIDI Keyboard. Re: TV Re: Mail order to Advanced Gravis confusion. Re: Mail order to Advanced Gravis confusion. Standard Info: - Meta-info about the GUS can be found at the end of the Digest. - Before you ask a question, please READ THE FAQ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: -Vince- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 03:17:40 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: XM, Dope, Triton (twice, actually, cool huh!) On Sun, 4 Jun 1995, Sam wrote: > > Subject: GUS & ASUS P54TP4 Problems/Line In Volume > > > > I mentioned earlier I am having lots of problems with the GUSMax > > and a Intel Triton based motherboard, the ASUS P54TP4, it turns out that > > the motherboard doesn't support NMI since the Intel Triton chipset > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > doesn't have parity checking so anyways, I have updated my GUS drivers to > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > ouch! that's bad news, if Triton can't do NMI... > Hmmm, I think it only has something missing from NMI support since it doesn't support parity checking but since if SBOS runs fine then NMI is supported right but only the part for the parity checking is missing I guess... > > v4.11 and it still locks up in both DOS and Windows so does anyone know > > if the machine is supposed to lock up if it doesn't support NMI? What I > > don't get is that SBOS loaded fine since I thought SBOS was supposed to > > not load if there isn't NMI? > > I don't think it should lock up. NMI is not used except in the emulators. > Have you tried playing with the BIOS setup to see if that fixes it? Maybe > change the bus speed? Yes, I did that and changed the 16 bit BusClock to 4 and the 8bit BusClock to 7... Is the 8bit part needed for the GUSMax? Also, in the PCI/Plug N' Plug config, I enabled IRQ 11, IRQ 5, DMA 5, DMA 1 as used by an ISA Card and it seems to work fine under DOS but with Windows, MODUS would just lockup and Midisoft Recording Session, it would play the Midi for 30 seconds and then lockup... Both of these locks up the maching and I need to hit the reset button since the keyboard is locked up too... Here are the setting I can mess around with in the BIOS... Any ideas what else I can change? DRAM Read Timing EDO/STD: x222/x333 DRAM Write Timing: x333 RAS to CAS Delay: 3T DRAM Leadoff Timing: 7T CPU to PCI Burst: Enabled 16-bit I/O Recovery Time: 4 BUSCLK 8-bit I/O Recovery Time: 7 BUSCLK Cheers, - -Vince- vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu - GUS Mailing Lists Admin UCLA Physics/Electrical Engineering - UC Berkeley Fall '95 SysAdmin bigbang.HIP.Berkeley.EDU - Running FreeBSD, Real UN*X for Free! ------------------------------ From: MAILER-DAEMON@ban.aid.no Date: Mon, 5 Jun 95 9:39:10 +0100 Subject: Undeliverable Message To: gus-general-digest@mail.nws.orst.edu Cc: Subject: The GUS Daily Digest V22 #34 Message not delivered to recipients below. Press F1 for help with VNM error codes. VNM3043: Sivert Lieungh Nielsen@Inf94@Tek - ------------------ Error number Explanation Follows ------------------- VNM3043 -- MAILBOX IS FULL The message cannot be delivered because the recipient's mailbox contains the maximum number of messages, as set by the system administrator. The recipient must delete some messages before any other messages can be delivered. The maximum message limit for a user's mailbox is 10,000. The default message limit is 1000 messages. Administrators can set message limits using the Mailbox Settings function available in the Manage User menu (MUSER). When a user's mailbox reaches the limit, the user must delete some of the messages before the mailbox can accept any more incoming messages. - ---------------------- Original Message Follows ---------------------- FROM too long. Original FROM is 'owner-gus-general-digest@mail.nws.orst.edu (The GUS Daily Digest)' - ---------------------- Original Message Follows ---------------------- The GUS Daily Digest Monday, 5 June 1995 Volume 22 : Number 034 Today's Topics: GUS for Sale!! Varied Various things.... X-Wing and GUS...digital sound, Cyberia too XM, Dope, Triton (twice, actually, cool huh!) Re: The GUS Daily Digest V22 #33 GUSPRO Re: The GUS Daily Digest V22 #32 SSF2T Problems AMD Interwave specs would be nice ????????Wing Commander III????????? Sam & Max CD: Solved! TV GUS for sale (fwd) Sam & Max CD: Solved GUS for Sale!! Re: Various things.... Re: The GUS Daily Digest V22 #32 Standard Info: - Meta-info about the GUS can be found at the end of the Digest. - Before you ask a question, please READ THE FAQ. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HkStD Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 00:56:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: GUS for Sale!! Hi, I'm not sure if it's appropriate for posting this, sorry if it's not. But anyway, I have a GUS for sale. It's a 1meg rev 3.4. If anyone is interested, please leave me an e-mail message and I'll get back to you. I don't really have a price on it, but if you offer, I'll see what I can do. HkStD. - ------------------------------ From: gioragur@NetVision.net.il Date: Sun, 4 Jun 95 12:39:07 PDT Subject: Varied Hi, * Part 1 - Trackers Someone asked about trackers... Trackers are MOD type player/writers, though the actual .MOD format is rarely used in newer types of songs as it does not support the flexibility as Fast Tracker (XM)and Scream Tracker (S3M) formats. If you want a tracking composer get either the Fast Tracker (search archie for FT2), latest version is 2.03 (not 100% sure about that) Or, get the Scream Tracker v3.21. Scream tracker seems to be simpler to use, but Fast Tracker is much stronger, offering Sample editors, 16bit recording, Using a midi keyboard for input (gus only), and other strong features. I haven't seen many players play the .XM format tough. (90% of players play the Scream Tracker's format though...) Both Trackers work with the GUS, and i belive that the Fast Tracker was written with GUS in mind, as it only supports the GUS midi in (SB midi doesn't work). * Part 2 - Win95 beta Here's my input on the Win95 beta. It seems to work MUCH better than the older win (3.11), and responds faster, looks ALOT better, and i mean ALOT!. Unfortunantly for me, i use the Windows for Workgroups with Hebrew language support, which the beta of Win95 simply does not allow you to install from. I had to do a complete install from dos, which was kinda annoying. But i was successful in transferring the gus driver from the old windows, by doing this: 1. Telling win95 i want to install new hardware. 2. Telling it i don't want it to search for any hardware. 3. Telling it to look in my windows\system directory for the drivers (example: c:\windows\system\) And it worked fine... I tried to run mk2 from a dos window, and it got stuck, but within windows itself everything seemed to work fine. * Part 3 - Toshiba 3601 SCSI Someone asked about the Toshiba 3601 SCSI x4+ cdrom. By chance... i own such a CD-Rom, and... I connected it to an Adaptec Fast SCSI controller, and it works just fine, the thing is, that the controller came on IRQ 11, and caused havoc, so just switch it to IRQ 15, and you're fine. Also notice that the controller comes on port 330, which tends to cause all sort of wierd stuff to happen with roland emulation (switch emulation to 300 if possible). The only problem i couldn't solve is that for some strange reason i couldn't get CD-Audio to work well (sound played from music CDs), it played it only in one channel (left), but when i connected headphones to the CD-Headphone plug, the sound was stereo, i have an old GUS so the problem may be there, it may also be a faulty cable connecting the CD-Audio to the GUS-CD Audio connection, but this doesn't bother me, since im not actually playing music from the CD-Rom, and i only seen 2-3 games that played recorded songs via the CD-Audio cable. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was written by Yaron Gur (Bez), /^~~~^\ You may reach me at <| o 0 |> Date: 06/04/95 - - ----------------------------------------+ | U | If your shrink tells you you're sick, | _\(=)/_ Time: 12:39:07 Run for office. (Y.G. 1995) | / | ~ | \ - - ----------------------------------------+------------------------------------ - ------------------------------ From: Matt@machine.demon.co.uk (Matt Robinson) Date: Sun, 04 Jun 1995 09:00:38 GMT Subject: Various things.... > > What about changing the settings in ULTRAMIX.INI and trying ULTRAMIX in DOS. Or > > use one of the millions of PD dos mixer programs for the GUSMax on the various > > GUS ftp archives. > > Hmmm, I thought Ultramix works only under Windows since in > Windows, it works fine. DOS is where the problem lies... I have tried > GUSMIX though and the same thing happens... Ofcourse, this may all have > a problem to do with the Intel Triton chipset based ASUS P54TP4 P5-90 > motherboard I used since two days ago since Windows would lock up one > minute after I start it up or sooner if I decided to try MODUS or > something. In DOS, I noticed when using GUSMOD, it sounds like static > while MIDIDEMO would play the first note and lockup. I am using the > v3.53 disks with a GUSMax v1.8 board so are there problems with the v3.53 > disks? Any help would be appreciated... Thanks! There should be 2 versions of ULTRAMIX.EXE (I think) one in the root GUS directory and one in the %gusdir%\windows directory. Either way, I'm pretty sure that the motherboard isn't to blame, because otherwise you'd have the same problems in windows (logically). You might try fiddling with your BIOS settings, (Always does SOMETHING when I play with them, though whether it's a good or bad thing is a random effect =) > From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." > Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 15:31:23 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: USS8/16/SAW help needed. > > The SAW demo doesn't work for me, perhaps because I have the regular > UltraSound (8-bit recording). Can anyone tell me if this hard disk > recorder works at least for the MAX? If it does, then I suppose I'll > upgrade to 16-bit recording (perhaps wait for the Interwave). Failing > that, I tried USS8, which is just a regular recorder, but at least it > allows mixing. BUT, at 44100 khz sampling, I only get up to 45 seconds > of recording, after which it stops automatically. I have *way* more hard > drive space, so theoretically I should be able to record longer. Is > there a work around for this, or is it just software limited? Does USS16 > have this 45 second or so limit, or can those of you with the MAX or the > DB have hard disk space limited recording? I think the 45 second limit is RAM based, and after that it would spool to your HD. The problem is that a lot of HD's aren't quick enough, so USS8 stops dead, to stop those people getting choppy sound files or worse. > From: gt0074b@prism.gatech.edu (P.Chen) > Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 23:39:11 -0400 (EDT) > Subject: location of Dope demo > > I've looked all over the place for the Dope demo (wuarchive, epas, > and the mirrors) and haven't been able to find it. Could some kind > soul point me in the right direction, or perhaps put it on epas? Look in the demo/ directory for CLX_DOPE.ZIP. I think it's around 893K. > From: -Vince- > Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 01:15:08 -0400 (EDT) > Subject: GUS & ASUS P54TP4 Problems/Line In Volume > > Hi everyone, > > I mentioned earlier I am having lots of problems with the GUSMax > and a Intel Triton based motherboard, the ASUS P54TP4, it turns out that > the motherboard doesn't support NMI since the Intel Triton chipset > doesn't have parity checking so anyways, I have updated my GUS drivers to > v4.11 and it still locks up in both DOS and Windows so does anyone know > if the machine is supposed to lock up if it doesn't support NMI? What I > don't get is that SBOS loaded fine since I thought SBOS was supposed to > not load if there isn't NMI? Well, I'd take the motherboard back and exchange it for one with NMI, while it's still free to do so. That'll save you a LOT of bother in the future. - - -- +--Matt Robinson--------+-Matt@machine.demon.co.uk-----------------------------+ | * FDC & TLKMuck Chaka | Wait! There's no mountain too great, oh oh iyo | | * RADHost (Lion King) | hear the words and have faith, oh oh iyo, have faith.| | Ask me anything | Hela hey mamela. He lives in you, he lives in me, | | Lion King related! | he watches over everything we see. | | * X-Phile | Into the water, into the truth, | | * GUS Owner (& User) | in your reflection, he lives in you. | | * Chaka on IRC | Ingonyama nengw' enamabala | +-----------------------+He Lives in You---Rhythm of the Pride Lands----------- - ------------------------------ From: banshee@rbdc.rbdc.com (Scott A. Jones) Date: Thu, 01 Jun 1995 20:33:09 -0400 Subject: X-Wing and GUS...digital sound, Cyberia too Everyone probably knows the answer to this by now, except me that is...but is there any way to get digital sound with a GUSMax in X-Wing? I can get music but no digital sounds. This was my favorite game but it's not as cool without the sound....any help would really be appreciated as I've tried everything. Oh, has anyone ever figured out how to get any sound out of Cyberia? It's been boxed away since I bought it. Tried everything with that one too. Thanks! /------------------------------------------/| | Scott A. Jones / banshee@rbdc.rbdc.com | | "I'm not who I think you are" | | .........for my PGP key give me a finger | | NO, not that one!....................... | |/------------------------------------------/ - ------------------------------ From: Sam Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 12:03:51 +0100 (BST) Subject: XM, Dope, Triton (twice, actually, cool huh!) > I haven't seen many players play the .XM format tough. > (90% of players play the Scream Tracker's format though...) There are quite a few players supporting XM now. (though still not as many as s3m). > Both Trackers work with the GUS, and i belive that the > Fast Tracker was written with GUS in mind, as it only > supports the GUS midi in (SB midi doesn't work). When Triton wrote it, they didn't have an SB at all, which is probably why the MIDI doesn't work ;) > Subject: location of Dope demo > > I've looked all over the place for the Dope demo (wuarchive, epas, > and the mirrors) and haven't been able to find it. Could some kind > soul point me in the right direction, or perhaps put it on epas? ftp.cdrom.com /pub/demos and look around from there for the file, which is cx-dope.zip or something similar. (Try the "alpha" directories first, if it's not there look in incoming, some party directory). > Subject: GUS & ASUS P54TP4 Problems/Line In Volume > > I mentioned earlier I am having lots of problems with the GUSMax > and a Intel Triton based motherboard, the ASUS P54TP4, it turns out that > the motherboard doesn't support NMI since the Intel Triton chipset ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > doesn't have parity checking so anyways, I have updated my GUS drivers to ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ouch! that's bad news, if Triton can't do NMI... > v4.11 and it still locks up in both DOS and Windows so does anyone know > if the machine is supposed to lock up if it doesn't support NMI? What I > don't get is that SBOS loaded fine since I thought SBOS was supposed to > not load if there isn't NMI? I don't think it should lock up. NMI is not used except in the emulators. Have you tried playing with the BIOS setup to see if that fixes it? Maybe change the bus speed? Sam [] http://www.dur.ac.uk/~d405ua <[ Web pagE ]> *NEW* Sysex Manager ! [] [] For Software Forge program information and downloads [] Including [] [] NETRIS 1.1 best Tetris game <[ For Win 3.1 ]> Sysex Manager 1.0S [] - ------------------------------ From: campbell@fox.nstn.ca (Chris Campbell) Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 13:41:08 -0300 Subject: Re: The GUS Daily Digest V22 #33 >From: "Jurassic Mark" >Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 21:51:35 +400 >Subject: Gus PRO - Review >GUS day everyone, :) > I guess many of you are curious about the set of files called >GUS Pro that appeared on Epas. I was too and downloaded them all, >backed up my PAT files and installed it. Same here... > I played with more MIDI files, but I think this post is long >enough. I love the bass of some patches. They really add something >to my MIDIs, but there are some (like the Orchestra Hit) that are way >off-note. The snare patch also annoyed me in some MIDI files... I >think I'll unzip my old GUS patches now... Actually, I really like the GUSPRO patches, they make most of my MIDI's sound better, I might look for replacement for a few myself, but for the most part I'm happy with the quality. Hopefully we will see an update soon :) IRC: Popcorn - TraxWeekly Editor / Hornet Chris Campbell - Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia... Canada "Who is General Failure, and why the hell is he reading my disk?" -Check out the Hornet archive on ftp.cdrom.com in /pub/demos- -Check out the TraxWeekly homepage at http://kosmic.wit.com/~kosmic/traxweek- - ------------------------------ From: mark.leung@cyberstore.ca (Mark Leung) Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 17:00:12 GMT Subject: GUSPRO Can someone upload GUSPRO to GRAVIS BBS? Many useful files on epas are not on Gravis BBS!!! ARRR Mark.Leung@Challenge.com - ------------------------------ From: Yossi Oren Date: Sun, 04 Jun 95 20:24:13 +0300 Subject: Re: The GUS Daily Digest V22 #32 Vince, your line problems: The MAX and newer cards have a mixer chip (or part of chip in the MAX). It can set volumes and whatever. You should try running ultramix with its various settings and see if it does you any good. The old GUS probably doesn't have the mixer (2.x board?) and doesn't have that problem. The MIDi mess sounds like DMA trouble, but you can try running PLAYMIDI in interactive mode (i.e. type PLAYMIDI and press enter), and telling us the message on the screen when it crashes (i.e. Loading Patches, Cleaning Up or whatever) Yaron and WFWG3.11/MultiLingual: (aba shelcha kana internet, nachon? ;-) I think Milton or somebody's distributing a beta of Windows 95 with Hebrew Support (The system is prerelease, the Hebrew is beta I). Try that one out. I've seen it installed over WFWG3.11/ML with GUS support. Chen, just click this: About the resonant filters or whatever - I think it's the sorta "wnyaaaw" sound you hear in techno music, specifically the 2ndreal soundtrack (where it's cut up) and ccity12.s3m (good tune, BTW). Yossi. lioren1@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il / Visit . Currently serving somewhere in / Politically correct my ass. the Israeli Defense Forces. / Gravis Ultrasound - you'd better buy one - - --------( "ObKibo" )--------- or I'll hit you (like my slogan?). - ------------------------------ From: Ted Ching Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 10:44:37 -0700 (PDT) Subject: SSF2T Problems To the guy with SSF2T & GUS problems, are you loading loadpats.exe? You can just insert it in the ssf2t.bat file thats used for starting the game. For example, ssf2t.bat could read: (I just added "loadpats" in the 2nd line) @ECHO OFF LOADPATS IF EXIST EDPMI.SWP DEL EDPMI.SWP MAKESWP IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO END SF2TURBO :END IF EXIST EDPMI.SWP DEL EDPMI.SWP hope that helps... BTW, surprisingly the GUS provides the best music in this game since it only supports FM synthesis music and GUS's wavetable synthesis. - ------------------------------ From: Ted Ching Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 10:50:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: AMD Interwave specs would be nice Could someone please post all the technical specs on the AMD Interwave here? I've only seen the press-release. I would like to know: 1) How does it support General MIDI? (load GUS patches or ROM patches?) 2) Is it hardware SB compatible? 3) Is Gravis going to use the chip in their next GUS? and when? 4) Will current Ultrasounds have an upgrade option to the Interwave? 5) How will the current Ultrasound owners benefit from Interwave support? - ------------------------------ From: emilr@ksnet.ksedb.no (Emil Rakoczy) Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 19:28:56 +0100 Subject: ????????Wing Commander III????????? Know it doesn't sort of belong here. But.... I get: ....exception 0 happenend... ...bad CD Data read... when I try to play WC3. It sucks. Didn't have it before, except for some occations in the middle of the game, and now it won't even start. I have an GUS, SB16, Toshiba 3.4 and an adaptec EZ-scsi lite controller. Anyone? Thanks in advance.... Emil R See? No signature!!! - ------------------------------ From: Francis Li Date: Sun, 04 Jun 95 14:19:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Sam & Max CD: Solved! I belive I have found a way to get Sam & Max Hit the Road CD-ROM working fully: First, get a hold of a copy of DOS4GW.EXE version 1.8. You can get it from the Rebel Assault patch on the LucasArts BBS (415-257-3070). Use it to load the game (or SETMUSE) like this: Assuming you have DOS4GW.EXE in your SAMNMAX.CD directory, and your CD-ROM drive is E: E:\SAMNMAX>c:\samnmax.cd\dos4gw samnmax Second, install the game using the Sound Blaster PRO digital sound driver. The test sound works like a charm, and same with game sound. If you are using SBOS, go to the advanced menu to set the music to AdLib (as opposed to 4-OP). This ALSO works with the Sound Blaster emulation of MEGA-EM 3.04B. However, since I have a Rev. 2.2 card, I can't test the General MIDI music (well, I can _test_ it, but it doesn't work). Drat drat drat drat drat drat drat! Anyone have a GUS MAX or a GUS 3.7 they'd like to trade?:) There's no exhange program from Advanced Gravis... Sigh. - ------------------------------ From: Will Dormann Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 18:27:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: TV Sorry if I am reposting something already said. . . I haven't really been following along the Terminal Velocity thread. Well, there is a patch out for the game. It will now support the GUS! :) It's a great game, now that I have sound! - ------------------------------ From: csjohn@isdnlin.mtsu.edu (John Wallace) Date: Sun, 4 Jun 95 19:30 CDT Subject: GUS for sale (fwd) >Path: isdnlin.mtsu.edu!darwin.sura.net!news.udel.edu!udel!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!pacbell.com!ico.net!usenet >From: laubsche@ico.com (Rob Thompson) >Newsgroups: misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.audio >Subject: GUS for sale >Date: 3 Jun 1995 14:49:23 GMT >Organization: IDT >Lines: 11 >Message-ID: <3qpspj$t8u@kane.ico.net> >References: .monsanto.com> >NNTP-Posting-Host: laubsche.ico.com >X-Newsreader: NetSuite News for OS/2 [version: 4.0 UNREGISTERED 17 days remaining] Hi, I have a GUS for sale. It is about 2 years old and has 256k RAM. It has barely been used, but works fine. I want to buy a better OS/2 supported card. I'd like to get $70 but I don't know what the going prices are so I'll also accept best offer. Rob Thompson Etch Engineer Integrated Device Technology - ------------------------------ From: Francis Li Date: Sun, 04 Jun 95 17:41:50 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Sam & Max CD: Solved I belive I have found a way to get Sam & Max Hit the Road CD-ROM working fully: First, get a hold of a copy of DOS4GW.EXE version 1.8. You can get it from the Rebel Assault patch on the LucasArts BBS (415-257-3070). Use it to load the game (or SETMUSE) like this: Assuming you have DOS4GW.EXE in your SAMNMAX.CD directory, and your CD-ROM drive is E: E:\SAMNMAX>c:\samnmax.cd\dos4gw samnmax Second, install the game using the Sound Blaster PRO digital sound driver. The test sound works like a charm, and same with game sound. If you are using SBOS, go to the advanced menu to set the music to AdLib (as opposed to 4-OP). This ALSO works with the Sound Blaster emulation of MEGA-EM 3.04B. However, since I have a Rev. 2.2 card, I can't test the General MIDI music (well, I can _test_ it, but it doesn't work). Drat drat drat drat drat drat drat! Anyone have a GUS MAX or a GUS 3.7 they'd like to trade?:) There's no exhange program from Advanced Gravis... Sigh. - ------------------------------ From: hkstd@catch22.com Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 20:21:21 -0700 Subject: GUS for Sale!! I have a GUS rev 3.4 with 1Meg for sale. If anyone is interested, plese leave me e-mail at hkstd@catch22.com. Price is negotiable, just leave me your price. Sorry if this message is inappropriate for the digest. I just thought that some people might be looking for a GUS on the digest. HkStD. - ------------------------------ From: -Vince- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 01:05:34 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Various things.... On Sun, 4 Jun 1995, Matt Robinson wrote: > > > What about changing the settings in ULTRAMIX.INI and trying ULTRAMIX in DOS. Or > > > use one of the millions of PD dos mixer programs for the GUSMax on the various > > > GUS ftp archives. > > > > Hmmm, I thought Ultramix works only under Windows since in > > Windows, it works fine. DOS is where the problem lies... I have tried > > GUSMIX though and the same thing happens... Ofcourse, this may all have > > a problem to do with the Intel Triton chipset based ASUS P54TP4 P5-90 > > motherboard I used since two days ago since Windows would lock up one > > minute after I start it up or sooner if I decided to try MODUS or > > something. In DOS, I noticed when using GUSMOD, it sounds like static > > while MIDIDEMO would play the first note and lockup. I am using the > > v3.53 disks with a GUSMax v1.8 board so are there problems with the v3.53 > > disks? Any help would be appreciated... Thanks! > > There should be 2 versions of ULTRAMIX.EXE (I think) one in the root GUS > directory and one in the %gusdir%\windows directory. Either way, I'm pretty > sure that the motherboard isn't to blame, because otherwise you'd have the > same problems in windows (logically). You might try fiddling with your BIOS > settings, (Always does SOMETHING when I play with them, though whether it's a > good or bad thing is a random effect =) > Hmmm, there isn't much I can mess around with in the BIOS except under Chipset Features setup: DRAM Read Timing EDO/STD: x222/x333 DRAM Write Timing: x333 RAS to CAS Delay: 3T DRAM Leadoff Timing: 7T CPU to PCI Burst: Enabled 16-bit I/O Recovery Time: 3 BUSCLK 8-bit I/O Recovery Time: 3 BUSCLK Any ideas what I can try? As for the Ultramix, I found it as soon as I upgraded to v3.59 for the GUS Drivers but for some reason, with GUS v3.59 the stuff works under DOS fine while it hangs under v4.11 and v3.53 of the GUS Software. Also, for the Ultramix, I noticed that with line in's volume at 0dB, it seems to be lower than the actual line in volume, any ideas as to how many dB's the GUSMax's mixer actually reduces the volume by? > > Hi everyone, > > > > I mentioned earlier I am having lots of problems with the GUSMax > > and a Intel Triton based motherboard, the ASUS P54TP4, it turns out that > > the motherboard doesn't support NMI since the Intel Triton chipset > > doesn't have parity checking so anyways, I have updated my GUS drivers to > > v4.11 and it still locks up in both DOS and Windows so does anyone know > > if the machine is supposed to lock up if it doesn't support NMI? What I > > don't get is that SBOS loaded fine since I thought SBOS was supposed to > > not load if there isn't NMI? > > Well, I'd take the motherboard back and exchange it for one with NMI, while it's > still free to do so. That'll save you a LOT of bother in the future. Well, but that isn't really a solution to the problem as all motherboards based on the fastest Pentium chipset on the market, the Intel Triton doesn't support parity so like you loose like the 100MB/sec performance if you go with less of a motherboard. Cheers, - - -Vince- vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu - GUS Mailing Lists Admin UCLA Physics/Electrical Engineering - UC Berkeley Fall '95 SysAdmin bigbang.HIP.Berkeley.EDU - Running FreeBSD, Real UN*X for Free! - ------------------------------ From: -Vince- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 01:55:23 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: The GUS Daily Digest V22 #32 On Sun, 4 Jun 1995, Yossi Oren wrote: > Vince, your line problems: > The MAX and newer cards have a mixer chip (or part of chip in the MAX). It can > set volumes and whatever. You should try running ultramix with its various > settings and see if it does you any good. The old GUS probably doesn't have > the mixer (2.x board?) and doesn't have that problem. The MIDi mess sounds > like DMA trouble, but you can try running PLAYMIDI in interactive mode (i.e. > type PLAYMIDI and press enter), and > telling us the message on the screen when it crashes (i.e. Loading Patches, > Cleaning Up or whatever) > You are right about the first one but do you know how many dB's does the mixer take off from the line in volume since at 0dB, the volume is alot lower than the volume from the line in source. As for the DMA Trouble, I got the problem under DOS Fixed by changing the BusClock to 4 for 16 bit and 7 for 8 bit and also in the PCI Settings, I marked DMA 1, DMA 5, IRQ 11, IRQ 5 as those used by a ISA card namely the GUSMax but somehow in Windows, when I use MODUS, it just locks up but with Midisoft Recording session, it plays the Midi file for like 1 minute and then it locks up, any ideas on how to fix this? Here are the settings that I can still mess around with on my P5-90 Intel Triton based ASUS P54TP4 PCI/ISA Motherboard: Hmmm, there isn't much I can mess around with in the BIOS except under Chipset Features setup: DRAM Read Timing EDO/STD: x222/x333 DRAM Write Timing: x333 RAS to CAS Delay: 3T DRAM Leadoff Timing: 7T CPU to PCI Burst: Enabled 16-bit I/O Recovery Time: 4 BUSCLK 8-bit I/O Recovery Time: 7 BUSCLK (Does the GUSMax use 8bit at all?) Any ideas? Thanks! Cheers, - - -Vince- vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu - GUS Mailing Lists Admin UCLA Physics/Electrical Engineering - UC Berkeley Fall '95 SysAdmin bigbang.HIP.Berkeley.EDU - Running FreeBSD, Real UN*X for Free! - ------------------------------ End of The GUS Daily Digest V22 #34 *********************************** To post to tomorrow's digest: To (un)subscribe or get help: To contact a human (last resort): FTP Sites Archive Directories --------- ------------------- Main N.American Site: ftp.orst.edu pub/packages/gravis wuarchive.wustl.edu systems/ibmpc/ultrasound Main Asian Site: nctuccca.edu.tw PC/ultrasound Main European Site: src.doc.ic.ac.uk packages/ultrasound Main Australian Site: ftp.mpx.com.au /ultrasound/general /ultrasound/submit South African Site: ftp.sun.ac.za /pub/packages/ultrasound Submissions: archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound/submit Newly Validated Files: archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound Mirrors: garbo.uwasa.fi mirror/ultrasound ftp.st.nepean.uws.edu.au pc/ultrasound ftp.luth.se pub/msdos/ultrasound Gopher Sites Menu directory ------------ -------------- Main Site: src.doc.ic.ac.uk packages/ultrasound WWW Pages --------- Main Site: http://www.xmission.com/~grue/gus.html Main European Site: http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/ultrasound/ Main Australian Site: http://ftp.mpx.com.au/archive/ultrasound/general/ http://ftp.mpx.com.au/archive/ultrasound/submit/ http://ftp.mpx.com.au/gravis.html Mirrors: http://www.st.nepean.uws.edu.au/pub/pc/ultrasound/ GUS Digest Archives: http://gpu.srv.ualberta.ca/~itam/digest.html http://www.student.adelaide.edu.au/~godfathr/gus/gus.html MailServer For Archive Access: Email to Hints: - Get the FAQ from the FTP sites or the request server. - Mail to for info about other GUS related mailing lists (programmers, musicians, etc.). ------------------------------ From: Sam Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 10:30:42 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: XM, Dope, Triton (twice, actually, cool huh!) On Mon, 5 Jun 1995, -Vince- wrote: > > I don't think it should lock up. NMI is not used except in the emulators. > > Have you tried playing with the BIOS setup to see if that fixes it? Maybe > > change the bus speed? > > Yes, I did that and changed the 16 bit BusClock to 4 and the 8bit > BusClock to 7... Is the 8bit part needed for the GUSMax? Also, in the > 16-bit I/O Recovery Time: 4 BUSCLK > 8-bit I/O Recovery Time: 7 BUSCLK Set them as slow (i.e. big) as they'll go. 4 clocks is probably too fast on a 66 mhz motherboard? is that what it is? or is it processor speed... anyway. Set both of them to max. If that fixes the problem, turn one of them back to where it is now, try with each till you find the one that matters. Then, speed up the one that matters step by step until just before it stops working. Of course, if setting them to slow as possible doesn't help, that won't work. But I think we need either 3 or 4 setting, and we only have 33 Mhz 486. Sam [] http://www.dur.ac.uk/~d405ua <[ Web pagE ]> *NEW* Sysex Manager ! [] [] For Software Forge program information and downloads [] Including [] [] NETRIS 1.1 best Tetris game <[ For Win 3.1 ]> Sysex Manager 1.0S [] ------------------------------ From: Sam Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 12:14:50 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: The GUS Daily Digest V22 #34 > Subject: AMD Interwave specs would be nice > > Could someone please post all the technical specs on the AMD Interwave > here? I've only seen the press-release. yep, that would be nice someone! ;) > 1) How does it support General MIDI? (load GUS patches or ROM patches?) According to previous info here, it can have up to 16 megs of ROM and RAM. (not sure if that's "each" or "altogether"). > 2) Is it hardware SB compatible? Don't know. > 3) Is Gravis going to use the chip in their next GUS? and when? According to info here, "Ultrasound Interwave" will be out September; and Phat Tran (I think? Am I remembering wrong person) said the Gravis-AMD deal included Gravis getting first board released with IW. > 4) Will current Ultrasounds have an upgrade option to the Interwave? Definitely not. > 5) How will the current Ultrasound owners benefit from Interwave support? Interwave is a superset of GUS functionality, so having written Interwave support, it should be pretty easy to just take out the extended bits and change frequency numbers so it works on GUS. No other direct benefits. But this benefit POSSIBLY (my guess) includes the Win95 driver; Gravis may well do a combined driver for IW and GUS, or else the drivers may share a lot of code, meaning the GUS win'95 driver should definitely happen soon. (since IW is bound to ship with it.) VERY important question 6) Will the SDK be free? Will it be released at same time or soon after the card? How about some quick low-level technical information (you know, kind of like Tran's docs on GUS, but official?) Anyone know this? AMD's press release seemed to imply a typical pay-through-nose developer kit, but hopefully, Gravis want to keep their mass support from demoscene and associated coders. If by some miracle I actually finish the game I've just started working on [last 2 serious attempts failed...], it should be done about same time as Ultrasound Interwave release, and I'd like to have support ;) Sam [] http://www.dur.ac.uk/~d405ua <[ Web pagE ]> *NEW* Sysex Manager ! [] [] For Software Forge program information and downloads [] Including [] [] NETRIS 1.1 best Tetris game <[ For Win 3.1 ]> Sysex Manager 1.0S [] ------------------------------ From: tsaarto@helene.hut.fi (Timo Saarto) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 16:27:45 +0200 (WET) Subject: Re: Good news! > !!The new beta version of MegaEm 3.04 is out!! >I've downloaded a copy from Gravis BBS today... (Local # for me!) Well Mr. Local Number :) When is this going to be on (any) FTP-site ? :) - -- raasto@munkkivuori.fi Helvetin hyv{ maalari ------------------------------ From: jdimich@ajiant.dnet.dupont.com Date: Mon, 5 Jun 95 10:03:11 EDT Subject: Everything Missing? Greetings, I was just wondering where all the files have gone from archive.epas.utoronto.ca. I've tried FTP by mail and regular FTP and can't seem to find them anywhere. The directories just contain an index file. I really need the new GUS disk set along with some of the nifty new utils.. Regards, Jason DiMichele ------------------------------ From: Jo HaAvAr SlAnGsVoLd Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 17:17:39 +0100 Subject: Vince, Max & Asus I'm using the same motherboard as you, with a P90 together with my good ol' veteran-Gus, the (Oct.-92) rev 2.2 and everything is working like a sharm. This means that I think your warnings about Intel Triton not supporting NMI is a false alarm, and something else must be wrong in your configuration... (You've probably already figured out that missing NMI don't cause the failures.) This is the collection of cards in my configuration: PCI NCR 810 scsi-controller PCI Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM ISA Novell NE-2000 N.I. I recently put in an old Galaxy NX to get some annoying FM-screams from Indycar, and that didn't change the status of the system. Everything still worked after changing the baseport at the GUS from 220 to 240 and putting in some extra IRQ's and DMA's :) I haven't tried my machine with a MAX though. If you want me to put a MAX in there, I'll take the job to do it for you... JoHS ------------------------------ From: jj@hobbes.la.asu.edu (John W. Jones) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 09:12:48 -0700 Subject: Is there a Midi-playing Tsr for GUS As the subject says, I am looking for a program which will play midi files on my gusmax while I do other dos stuff. I know that playmidi has a tsr mode, but it takes up half of the conventional dos memory, even when I use LH (to load high). The result is that there isn't enough memory left to do much. Any suggestions? John JJ@asu.edu ------------------------------ From: Justin Hooper Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 11:06:07 -0600 (MDT) Subject: X-Com (The first one) v 1.4 and GUS. I have a 2.4 GUS and the following problem :) I've installed the v1.4 patch for X-Com, and have attempted to get it to work. It just locks. Through spending way too much time troubleshooting, I've determine that it's choosing to have the GUS Digital sound active that makes it lock. I.E. if I choose music, no digital, I'm fine, while digital, no music locks, as does digital and music. Further, thinking it might be a problem with DOS4GW, i replaced it with an older version, and got the digital sound to work, but no music, and the graphics were screwed up. I've looked all over for a version of DOS4GW *newer* than the one I have (dated 1-11-94) but I can't find one. Has anybody out there experienced similar problems, and, if so, how did you resolve them. (Yes, I have already tried changing the DMAs and IRQs, to see if DOS4GW still had problems with high numbers, but no go.) Thanks in advance, Justin ------------------------------ From: Neal Pitts Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 13:37:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: AMD Interwave specs would be nice >From: Ted Ching >Could someone please post all the technical specs on the AMD Interwave I'm not sure I can answer everything with great accuracy, but based on the talk I had with a AMD rep and the free stuff he mailed me about the chip and the stuff I've read here and the soundcard usenet groups, I'll try and respond. >I would like to know: > >1) How does it support General MIDI? (load GUS patches or ROM patches?) The Interwave supports 16 megs ROM and 16 megs RAM memory, so I guess it could grab them from either. The patches don't necessarily have to be GUS compatabile because GUS compatability is just one of a few different compatability modes on the chip. >2) Is it hardware SB compatible? I believe it is. :) >3) Is Gravis going to use the chip in their next GUS? and when? The latest rumor is September, but I also heard September was the release date of the INTERWAVE, but it's possible both could come out at the same time becase Gravis gets special early supplies of the chip. >4) Will current Ultrasounds have an upgrade option to the Interwave? I would doubt it because there really isn't much to upgrade. As I understand it, the Interwave chip is a lot of the GUS Max on one chip (looking at the feature and spec list), codec and all. >5) How will the current Ultrasound owners benefit from Interwave support? I would guess the only ways would be from a new GUS card and the Interwave compatability mode that supports the GUS. The idea that the GUS will get extra coverage because the Interwave is going into more than just the GUS, such as PC motherboards, doesn't go very far because AMD is pushing their own Interwave sound standard which is not the same as the GUS standard; also the chip supports General MIDI, which many people are still interested in. npitts@cldc.howard.edu -- Computer Learning & Designs Center Operator niteeyes@wam.umd.edu -- U. of Maryland @ College Park student account niteeyes@glue.umd.edu -- U. of Maryland engineering student account ------------------------------ From: ibshef@CCGATE.HAC.COM Date: Mon, 05 Jun 95 11:53:10 PST Subject: Mega304.zip vs. Mega304b.zip -- my experience There has been some discussion here about the new Mega-Em version 3.04, and which file to get it from. I picked up the files mega304.zip and mega304b.zip from epas on Monday 5 June 95 from the submit subdirectory, and unzipped them. My experience: mega304.zip differs from mega304b.zip by a single bit ! mega304.zip gives a CRC verification error when unzipped by PKUNZIP version 2.04g (but completes unzipping anyway). mega304b.zip unzips without any complaint. Each .zip file contains three files: README README.EXE MEGAEM.ZIP The MEGAEM.ZIP file from mega304.zip differs from the MEGAEM.ZIP file from mega304b.zip by a single bit ! The README and README.EXE files are identical between the two versions. Unzipping MEGAEM.ZIP from mega304.zip gives a CRC verification error (but completes unzipping anyway). Unzipping MEGAEM.ZIP from mega304b.zip proceeds without any complaint. MEGAEM.ZIP contains these files: MSETUP.EXE BUILDPAT.EXE MEGAEM.TXT MEGAEM.EXE Of these, only MEGAEM.EXE is different between the two versions. They are the same length, but differ in seven bytes ! [Amazing what one bit in a compressed file can do to the resulting uncompressed output]. I haven't tried the results yet (I am at work, and my GUS is at home), but my conclusion is: mega304.zip is corrupt. mega304b.zip is appears fine, and is the one to get. Any confirmations, or experiences to the contrary ? -- Ian Shef ------------------------------ From: nguyen@eerie.fr (NGUYEN Francois ) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 95 00:58:20 +0100 Subject: SSF2T, Last Eden SSF2T : use loadpats b4 to start the game and it WILL work just fine. At least it worked with the demo version. Did anyone succeeded in using Last eden (from Cryo, Virgin) with the gus or gus max ? thanks for telling me how. Francois Nguyen: nguyen@eerie.fr ------------------------------ From: -Vince- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 16:13:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Various things.... On Mon, 5 Jun 1995, Matt Robinson wrote: > > > There should be 2 versions of ULTRAMIX.EXE (I think) one in the root GUS > > > directory and one in the %gusdir%\windows directory. Either way, I'm pretty > > > sure that the motherboard isn't to blame, because otherwise you'd have the > > > same problems in windows (logically). You might try fiddling with your BIOS > > > settings, (Always does SOMETHING when I play with them, though whether it's a > > > good or bad thing is a random effect =) > > > > > > > Hmmm, there isn't much I can mess around with in the BIOS except > > under Chipset Features setup: > > > > DRAM Read Timing EDO/STD: x222/x333 > > DRAM Write Timing: x333 > > RAS to CAS Delay: 3T > > DRAM Leadoff Timing: 7T > > > > CPU to PCI Burst: Enabled > > 16-bit I/O Recovery Time: 3 BUSCLK > > 8-bit I/O Recovery Time: 3 BUSCLK > > > > Any ideas what I can try? As for the Ultramix, I found it as > > soon as I upgraded to v3.59 for the GUS Drivers but for some reason, with > > GUS v3.59 the stuff works under DOS fine while it hangs under v4.11 and v3.53 > > of the GUS Software. Also, for the Ultramix, I noticed that with line in's > > volume at 0dB, it seems to be lower than the actual line in volume, any > > ideas as to how many dB's the GUSMax's mixer actually reduces the volume by? > > Sorry, I'm no PCI expert, I've only got a 486DX2/66, so PCI would be a waste of > money for me. You can change the ULTRAMIX settings by editing ULTRAMIX.INI, or > change them in the windows mixer and save. (I think). I've got no idea. > I tried the Ultramix settings but what I am trying to figure out is the volume is in dB's, 3dB's is equal to twice the volume but what I need to find out is like how many dB's decrease is the GUSMax's mixer losing with the volume at 0dB... > > > Well, I'd take the motherboard back and exchange it for one with NMI, while it's > > > still free to do so. That'll save you a LOT of bother in the future. > > > > Well, but that isn't really a solution to the problem as all > > motherboards based on the fastest Pentium chipset on the market, the > > Intel Triton doesn't support parity so like you loose like the 100MB/sec > > performance if you go with less of a motherboard. > > Well, it's either performance or compatability, like the difference between > windows NT and windows 95. I know what you mean but this motherboard is compatible with everything so far. I got it working under DOS now but just need to find out what's causing the lockup in Windows. Also, the Intel Triton chipset is the current chipset support PCI v2.0 Plug N' Play also it is used on the Intel Zappa, Alladin motherboards which are industry standard. The Intel Triton just doesn't support parity checking but it does support NMI just the part dealing with parity checking so I don't know how to fix the Windows problem since there maybe some sort of conflict. Cheers, - -Vince- vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu - GUS Mailing Lists Admin UCLA Physics/Electrical Engineering - UC Berkeley Fall '95 SysAdmin bigbang.HIP.Berkeley.EDU - Running FreeBSD, Real UN*X for Free! ------------------------------ From: ibshef@CCGATE.HAC.COM Date: Mon, 05 Jun 95 13:13:04 PST Subject: Mega304.zip vs. Mega304b.zip -- my experience There has been some discussion here about the new Mega-Em version 3.04, and which file to get it from. I picked up the files mega304.zip and mega304b.zip from epas on Monday 5 June 95 from the submit subdirectory, and unzipped them. My experience: mega304.zip differs from mega304b.zip by a single bit ! mega304.zip gives a CRC verification error when unzipped by PKUNZIP version 2.04g (but completes unzipping anyway). mega304b.zip unzips without any complaint. Each .zip file contains three files: README README.EXE MEGAEM.ZIP The MEGAEM.ZIP file from mega304.zip differs from the MEGAEM.ZIP file from mega304b.zip by a single bit ! The README and README.EXE files are identical between the two versions. Unzipping MEGAEM.ZIP from mega304.zip gives a CRC verification error (but completes unzipping anyway). Unzipping MEGAEM.ZIP from mega304b.zip proceeds without any complaint. MEGAEM.ZIP contains these files: MSETUP.EXE BUILDPAT.EXE MEGAEM.TXT MEGAEM.EXE Of these, only MEGAEM.EXE is different between the two versions. They are the same length, but differ in seven bytes ! [Amazing what one bit in a compressed file can do to the resulting uncompressed output]. I haven't tried the results yet (I am at work, and my GUS is at home), but my conclusion is: mega304.zip is corrupt. mega304b.zip is appears fine, and is the one to get. Any confirmations, or experiences to the contrary ? -- Ian Shef ------------------------------ From: -Vince- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 16:23:09 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: XM, Dope, Triton (twice, actually, cool huh!) On Mon, 5 Jun 1995, Sam wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jun 1995, -Vince- wrote: > > > > I don't think it should lock up. NMI is not used except in the emulators. > > > Have you tried playing with the BIOS setup to see if that fixes it? Maybe > > > change the bus speed? > > > > Yes, I did that and changed the 16 bit BusClock to 4 and the 8bit > > BusClock to 7... Is the 8bit part needed for the GUSMax? Also, in the > > > 16-bit I/O Recovery Time: 4 BUSCLK > > 8-bit I/O Recovery Time: 7 BUSCLK > > Set them as slow (i.e. big) as they'll go. 4 clocks is probably too fast > on a 66 mhz motherboard? is that what it is? or is it processor speed... > anyway. Set both of them to max. If that fixes the problem, turn one of > them back to where it is now, try with each till you find the one that > matters. Then, speed up the one that matters step by step until just > before it stops working. > This is a P5-90 motherboard and 4 is the slowest it's go since the default was at 3 and the range was from 1 to 4... It won't work if I have it set at 3 though. Also, do you know anything about the options below that I can mess around with? DRAM Read Timing EDO/STD: x222/x333 DRAM Write Timing: x333 RAS to CAS Delay: 3T DRAM Leadoff Timing: 7T CPU to PCI Burst: Enabled 16-bit I/O Recovery Time: 4 BUSCLK 8-bit I/O Recovery Time: 7 BUSCLK (this goes from 1-8) > Of course, if setting them to slow as possible doesn't help, that won't > work. But I think we need either 3 or 4 setting, and we only have 33 Mhz 486. It actually works under DOS, it just locks up in Windows and I don't know how to determine where the problem lies in Windows setup. Cheers, - -Vince- vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu - GUS Mailing Lists Admin UCLA Physics/Electrical Engineering - UC Berkeley Fall '95 SysAdmin bigbang.HIP.Berkeley.EDU - Running FreeBSD, Real UN*X for Free! ------------------------------ From: Sam Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 21:27:36 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: XM, Dope, Triton (twice, actually, cool huh!) On Mon, 5 Jun 1995, -Vince- wrote: > > Set them as slow (i.e. big) as they'll go. 4 clocks is probably too fast > > on a 66 mhz motherboard? is that what it is? or is it processor speed... > > This is a P5-90 motherboard and 4 is the slowest it's go since the oh well, *must* be slow enough then. > default was at 3 and the range was from 1 to 4... It won't work if I have > it set at 3 though. Also, do you know anything about the options below > that I can mess around with? > > DRAM Read Timing EDO/STD: x222/x333 > DRAM Write Timing: x333 > RAS to CAS Delay: 3T > DRAM Leadoff Timing: 7T All to do with system RAM, you can ignore. > CPU to PCI Burst: Enabled Shouldn't matter since GUS isn't on PCI slot. > It actually works under DOS, it just locks up in Windows and I > don't know how to determine where the problem lies in Windows setup. I guess you tried different IRQ, DMA etc... Do you use any odd software (e.g. Stacker 4's DPMI feature incompatible with GUS windows drivers.)? If not, I've run out of ideas. Sam [] http://www.dur.ac.uk/~d405ua <[ Web pagE ]> *NEW* Sysex Manager ! [] [] For Software Forge program information and downloads [] Including [] [] NETRIS 1.1 best Tetris game <[ For Win 3.1 ]> Sysex Manager 1.0S [] ------------------------------ From: -Vince- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 16:42:13 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Vince, Max & Asus On Mon, 5 Jun 1995, Jo HaAvAr SlAnGsVoLd wrote: > > I'm using the same motherboard as you, with a P90 together with my > good ol' veteran-Gus, the (Oct.-92) rev 2.2 and everything is working > like a sharm. This means that I think your warnings about > Intel Triton not supporting NMI is a false alarm, and something else > must be wrong in your configuration... (You've probably already > figured out that missing NMI don't cause the failures.) Yep but I think it only misses the NMI support for the parity checking while the rest of NMI is there. I just thought NMI was missing since the GUS v4.11 drvers setup program couldn't pass the NMI test but SBOS works fine so that's another story. I got the board to work under DOS now by changing the following: In the BIOS under Chipset Features setup: DRAM Read Timing EDO/STD: x222/x333 DRAM Write Timing: x333 RAS to CAS Delay: 3T DRAM Leadoff Timing: 7T CPU to PCI Burst: Enabled 16-bit I/O Recovery Time: 4 BUSCLK (it will go from 1-4, default was 3) 8-bit I/O Recovery Time: 7 BUSCLK (it will go from 1-8. default was 3) I also went into the PCI Plug N' Play config and toggled the IRQ 11, 5 and DMA 1, 5 as being used by a ISA Card. Any ideas what else I can change? It works fine under DOS now but in Windows, it would lockup the machine one minute after it locks up and I don't know how to find out what is causing the problem. > This is the collection of cards in my configuration: > PCI NCR 810 scsi-controller I have this card but it's still in the box and I didn't install it yet as I am still waiting for the new SCSI cable to come so I am using my HP SCSI NCR based 8 bit SCSI Controller card and i already have this configured correctly as the machine won't get pass the memory check if this is setup incorrectly. > PCI Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM Will be getting a PCI Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM but currently am using a ISA 16bit Diamond SpeedStar+ Hi-Color card (any ideas what irq or dma a video card uses?) > ISA Novell NE-2000 N.I. Don't have a ethernet card yet... > I recently put in an old Galaxy NX to get some annoying FM-screams > from Indycar, and that didn't change the status of the system. > Everything still worked after changing the baseport at the GUS from > 220 to 240 and putting in some extra IRQ's and DMA's :) I still have it at 220 :) What do you mean by putting in some extra IRQ's and DMA's, is that for the GUS setup or in the BIOS? Also, did you make any changes to the BIOS setup? I'm running a P5-90 CPU on this rev 1.3 ASUS P54TP4 motherboard. > I haven't tried my machine with a MAX though. If you want me to put a > MAX in there, I'll take the job to do it for you... Hmmm, that would be neat if you have a GUSMax nearby :) Cheers, - -Vince- vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu - GUS Mailing Lists Admin UCLA Physics/Electrical Engineering - UC Berkeley Fall '95 SysAdmin bigbang.HIP.Berkeley.EDU - Running FreeBSD, Real UN*X for Free! ------------------------------ From: -Vince- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 16:53:01 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: XM, Dope, Triton (twice, actually, cool huh!) On Mon, 5 Jun 1995, Sam wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jun 1995, -Vince- wrote: > > > > Set them as slow (i.e. big) as they'll go. 4 clocks is probably too fast > > > on a 66 mhz motherboard? is that what it is? or is it processor speed... > > > > This is a P5-90 motherboard and 4 is the slowest it's go since the > > oh well, *must* be slow enough then. > It should be although the guy who sold me the motherboard who is very knowledgeable since he is a unix developer for FreeBSD told me to use 5 but I only see up to 4... > > default was at 3 and the range was from 1 to 4... It won't work if I have > > it set at 3 though. Also, do you know anything about the options below > > that I can mess around with? > > > > DRAM Read Timing EDO/STD: x222/x333 > > DRAM Write Timing: x333 > > RAS to CAS Delay: 3T > > DRAM Leadoff Timing: 7T > > All to do with system RAM, you can ignore. > Oh okay so this has nothing to do with the problem? > > CPU to PCI Burst: Enabled > > Shouldn't matter since GUS isn't on PCI slot. > Oh okay.. I see what you mean... > > It actually works under DOS, it just locks up in Windows and I > > don't know how to determine where the problem lies in Windows setup. > > I guess you tried different IRQ, DMA etc... Do you use any odd software > (e.g. Stacker 4's DPMI feature incompatible with GUS windows drivers.)? > If not, I've run out of ideas. Well, not really since before I used this motherboard, I was using a Promise EIDE2300+ EIDE+I/O Controller and I know that installed even a weird 32bit driver but I deleted the driver already so maybe that has something left behind? Cheers, - -Vince- vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu - GUS Mailing Lists Admin UCLA Physics/Electrical Engineering - UC Berkeley Fall '95 SysAdmin bigbang.HIP.Berkeley.EDU - Running FreeBSD, Real UN*X for Free! ------------------------------ From: nguyen@eerie.fr (NGUYEN Francois ) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 23:57:27 +0200 Subject: Last Eden Did anyone succeeded in getting Last Eden to work with a gus/max ? thanks Francois Nguyen: nguyen@eerie.fr ------------------------------ From: Johannes Brahms Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 09:51:07 +0800 (HKT) Subject: Jagged Alliance and GUS Hello.... Anyone out there is playing Jagged Alliance (from Sir-Tech) with GUS? Firstly, I think we should all say thanks to Sir-Tech since GUS is being supported natively.... But I am not sure why do I have a noisy output signal when the music is playing... when I try megaem, it works nicely. I have my GUS setting at IRQ 5, Port 240 and DMA 11 and my SB Pro at IRQ 7, DMA1 and Port 220. The noisy output is similar to "over amplified signal", I have tried lowering the output level but still got the same result. Any hint will be appreciate! Best Regards Ronnie ------------------------------ From: Johannes Brahms Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 09:51:07 +0800 (HKT) Subject: Jagged Alliance and GUS Hello.... Anyone out there is playing Jagged Alliance (from Sir-Tech) with GUS? Firstly, I think we should all say thanks to Sir-Tech since GUS is being supported natively.... But I am not sure why do I have a noisy output signal when the music is playing... when I try megaem, it works nicely. I have my GUS setting at IRQ 5, Port 240 and DMA 11 and my SB Pro at IRQ 7, DMA1 and Port 220. The noisy output is similar to "over amplified signal", I have tried lowering the output level but still got the same result. Any hint will be appreciate! Best Regards Ronnie ------------------------------ From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 19:19:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Mail order to Advanced Gravis confusion. Okay, when the UltraSound Experience CD first came out, it was free, right? But then Gravis said it was still free, but that there would be a $7.00 S&H charge, right? Okay, with this info at hand, I sent away for the UltraSound MIDI adaptor ($35), which also has an S&H of $7. Now, since the CD is free, but it had an S/H charge of $7, but it was sent with my MIDI adaptor (CD weighs only an ounce), what should the total be? Would you say $42? Well, I was charged $49. I don't think this meant that it was a $7 S/H charge *per* item, unless the stuff was sent separately. So, I am guessing that the CD itself was $7, the MIDI box was $35, and S/H total was $7. But, if that were so, does that mean that those of you who ordered the CD were charged $14? Or was it $7 (being that it was free to us GUSers, but we'd still have to pay $7 S/H). Yes, yes, the CD package was labeled $6.95, but Gravis said that was for the S/H charge incurred when shipped to stores anyway, right? For people who got the CD, tell me how much you were charged for it; I would like to know if I was overcharged $7. -Peter ------------------------------ From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 19:19:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Mail order to Advanced Gravis confusion. Okay, when the UltraSound Experience CD first came out, it was free, right? But then Gravis said it was still free, but that there would be a $7.00 S&H charge, right? Okay, with this info at hand, I sent away for the UltraSound MIDI adaptor ($35), which also has an S&H of $7. Now, since the CD is free, but it had an S/H charge of $7, but it was sent with my MIDI adaptor (CD weighs only an ounce), what should the total be? Would you say $42? Well, I was charged $49. I don't think this meant that it was a $7 S/H charge *per* item, unless the stuff was sent separately. So, I am guessing that the CD itself was $7, the MIDI box was $35, and S/H total was $7. But, if that were so, does that mean that those of you who ordered the CD were charged $14? Or was it $7 (being that it was free to us GUSers, but we'd still have to pay $7 S/H). Yes, yes, the CD package was labeled $6.95, but Gravis said that was for the S/H charge incurred when shipped to stores anyway, right? For people who got the CD, tell me how much you were charged for it; I would like to know if I was overcharged $7. -Peter ------------------------------ From: "Khor Chin Heong" Date: Tue, 06 Jun 1995 10:09:12 +0800 Subject: GUS:DMA problem - DRAM refresh affecting it? I have a US486P3 486DX2-66 VL motherboard, with a UMC 82C491 chipset, AMI BIOS, and a GUS 3.73. The problem is when I try to play a MIDI file using the PLAYMIDI provided; the program keeps reporting something like "Error loading patch xxx: No response from DMA channel" although it can load about 0-50% of the patches. Occasionally, it will work, *if* the size and number of patches being loaded is small. Programs like PLAYFILE, Cubic Player and MOD players work fine. DOOM 2 also doesn't work and hangs when initializing the DMA. Even if it does work (occasionally), the music plays, but the sound effects goes off or gets stuck/repeating after a while. However all works fine when in Windows (?) Here's what I have tried with no success: - - Replaced my VGA and VL IDE cards with normal ISA. (There's only the VGA card, IDE and GUS in my system) - - Put the GUS in VL, 16 bit and 8 bit slots. - - Tried all IRQs (3,5,7,11,12,15) and DMAs (1,3,5,6,7) - - Fiddled with the BIOS settings (bus clock, wait states, I/O recovery) (refresh divider affects it, see below) - - Replaced the GUS. However doing the following *does* make it work: - - Put the GUS in another motherboard. (works 100%) - - Increase the interval between DRAM refreshes (makes the error less frequent, but it still *does* occur). Also equivalent to increasing "Refresh Divider" in BIOS. Here's what I did on the timer, for asm programmers: MOV AL,74 OUT 43,AL MOV AX,00A0 OUT 41,AL XCHG AL,AH OUT 41,AL Now, WHAT THE HECK is wrong with my motherboard?? Why should a DRAM refresh affect the DMA channels?? Is it a design flaw? Is it the GUS? - -- C.H.Khor ------------------------------ From: Cuthalion / Sliced Bread Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 23:24:45 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Mail order to Advanced Gravis confusion. On Mon, 5 Jun 1995, Peter C. Chien Jr. wrote: > Okay, when the UltraSound Experience CD first came out, it was free, > right? But then Gravis said it was still free, but that there would be a > $7.00 S&H charge, right? Okay, with this info at hand, I sent away for > the UltraSound MIDI adaptor ($35), which also has an S&H of $7. Now, > since the CD is free, but it had an S/H charge of $7, but it was sent > with my MIDI adaptor (CD weighs only an ounce), what should the total > be? Would you say $42? Well, I was charged $49. I don't think this > meant that it was a $7 S/H charge *per* item, unless the stuff was sent > separately. So, I am guessing that the CD itself was $7, the MIDI box > was $35, and S/H total was $7. But, if that were so, does that mean that > those of you who ordered the CD were charged $14? Or was it $7 (being > that it was free to us GUSers, but we'd still have to pay $7 S/H). > Yes, yes, the CD package was labeled $6.95, but Gravis said that was for > the S/H charge incurred when shipped to stores anyway, right? For people > who got the CD, tell me how much you were charged for it; I would like to > know if I was overcharged $7. > As I understand it, the price is the media/mastering cost, rather than the shipping & handling.. /*************************************************************** *** Jesse Morris *** enrico@max.tiac.net *** jmorris@ace.com *** ***************** Cuthalion / Sliced Bread *******************/ ------------------------------ From: mark.leung@cyberstore.ca (Mark Leung) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 22:33:38 GMT Subject: SSF2T CD I have problem running SSF2T CD (Not Floppy), when ever I load the game up, it saids 32loader error : unexcepion ......... What is wrong? I tried everything like a clean boot, only load HIMEM.SYS and I still can't get it working.. Mark.Leung@Challenge.com ------------------------------ From: Gavin Scarman Date: Tue, 06 Jun 1995 13:57:05 +1030 Subject: NMI is being phased out, thus so is SBOS With most chipset manufacturers going down the same path as Intel and removing parity RAM support on their Pentium Chipsets this leaves the GUS in a poor situation for SBOS support. The NMI is what is used to halt the computer when a parity error is found. Chipset manufacturers obviously feel the since parity checking is being removed, there is nothing else that needs the NMI so they don't implement it. Regardless of this attitude being right or wrong it is definately the way things are, and will be. Since SBOS (and the new Megaem??) require the NMI, the GUS will soon no longer be able to bill itself as Sound Blaster compatible. The final result? It is even more critical the the GUS get native support in all new games. I'd be interested to hear if anyone with a recent Pentium MB (eg. P75/90/100), has the NMI still enabled. ------------------------------ From: haydn@cix.compulink.co.uk (Haydn Evans) Date: Tue, 6 Jun 95 06:24 BST-1 Subject: GUS and MIDI Keyboard. In-Reply-To: <199506050706.AAA07264@mail.nws.orst.edu> Hi All! I have just bought a MUSICSTAR MIDI keyboard package to assist my kids with learning music. I know it's pretty basic to you knowledgeable sorts but it should suit the purpose. Could any of you answer the following: 1. I am having problems setting it up reliably despite reading and following the manual (novel, eh? Reading the manual I mean). It's quite straightforward but the software supplied does not seem to recognise the GUS MIDI driver. I can configure it OK but there is no sound. Although I have managed to get it to work, some of the time. Anybody else using this keyboard with a GUS? 2. Where can I find the best info on MIDI? Basic stuff to get me started. 3. The company that market the keyboard (American) have a conference on CI$ where they offer assistance, updates, etc. I am not on that system. Can I access it via the Internet? 4. Which is the best software to use with this system? 5. Are there any MIDI files that actually sound like the music we listen to, pop chart music for example. The stuff I have heard is so bland and contrived. I suppose it's a question of copyright? Thanks for your time... ]-[aydn ------------------------------ From: Ferdinand Mataragnon Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 23:23:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: TV On Sun, 4 Jun 1995, Will Dormann wrote: > Sorry if I am reposting something already said. . . I haven't really been > following along the Terminal Velocity thread. > > Well, there is a patch out for the game. It will now support the GUS! :) > > It's a great game, now that I have sound! Now for the next question ... Well, where can we find it? =) O----------------------------------o--------------------------O | Ferdinand Mataragnon | Fidonet: 1:153/7101 | | mataragn@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca | 1:153/733 | | e3140016@bcit.bc.ca | 1:153/951 | o-----------------------------o----o--------------------------o | Running at WARP speed, now! | SPACE RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE | O-----------------------------o-------------------------------O ------------------------------ From: Ferdinand Mataragnon Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 23:48:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Mail order to Advanced Gravis confusion. On Mon, 5 Jun 1995, Peter C. Chien Jr. wrote: > Okay, when the UltraSound Experience CD first came out, it was free, > right? But then Gravis said it was still free, but that there would be a > $7.00 S&H charge, right? Okay, with this info at hand, I sent away for [ ... lotsa stuff snipped ... ] I'm in Canada. I picked up the CD from Gravis's main office (which is not too far off from where I live). The CD was definitely not free. It cost me $7 for the CD. If I had let them ship it instead, it would still have cost me $7 according to the person I talked to. It was faster if I picked it up and I wouldn't have to pay extra for a money order. In Canada, it's $7 Canadian to pick up or to ship it. To the US, it's $7 US to ship it there (which includes the cost of the CD). Hope this helps clear up some things. - -- O----------------------------------o--------------------------O | Ferdinand Mataragnon | Fidonet: 1:153/7101 | | mataragn@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca | 1:153/733 | | e3140016@bcit.bc.ca | 1:153/951 | o-----------------------------o----o--------------------------o | Running at WARP speed, now! | SPACE RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE | O-----------------------------o-------------------------------O ------------------------------ From: Ferdinand Mataragnon Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 23:48:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Mail order to Advanced Gravis confusion. On Mon, 5 Jun 1995, Peter C. Chien Jr. wrote: > Okay, when the UltraSound Experience CD first came out, it was free, > right? But then Gravis said it was still free, but that there would be a > $7.00 S&H charge, right? Okay, with this info at hand, I sent away for [ ... lotsa stuff snipped ... ] I'm in Canada. I picked up the CD from Gravis's main office (which is not too far off from where I live). The CD was definitely not free. It cost me $7 for the CD. If I had let them ship it instead, it would still have cost me $7 according to the person I talked to. It was faster if I picked it up and I wouldn't have to pay extra for a money order. In Canada, it's $7 Canadian to pick up or to ship it. To the US, it's $7 US to ship it there (which includes the cost of the CD). Hope this helps clear up some things. - -- O----------------------------------o--------------------------O | Ferdinand Mataragnon | Fidonet: 1:153/7101 | | mataragn@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca | 1:153/733 | | e3140016@bcit.bc.ca | 1:153/951 | o-----------------------------o----o--------------------------o | Running at WARP speed, now! | SPACE RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE | O-----------------------------o-------------------------------O ------------------------------ End of The GUS Daily Digest V22 #35 *********************************** To post to tomorrow's digest: To (un)subscribe or get help: To contact a human (last resort): FTP Sites Archive Directories --------- ------------------- Main N.American Site: ftp.orst.edu pub/packages/gravis wuarchive.wustl.edu systems/ibmpc/ultrasound Main Asian Site: nctuccca.edu.tw PC/ultrasound Main European Site: src.doc.ic.ac.uk packages/ultrasound Main Australian Site: ftp.mpx.com.au /ultrasound/general /ultrasound/submit South African Site: ftp.sun.ac.za /pub/packages/ultrasound Submissions: archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound/submit Newly Validated Files: archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound Mirrors: garbo.uwasa.fi mirror/ultrasound ftp.st.nepean.uws.edu.au pc/ultrasound ftp.luth.se pub/msdos/ultrasound Gopher Sites Menu directory ------------ -------------- Main Site: src.doc.ic.ac.uk packages/ultrasound WWW Pages --------- Main Site: http://www.xmission.com/~grue/gus.html Main European Site: http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/ultrasound/ Main Australian Site: http://ftp.mpx.com.au/archive/ultrasound/general/ http://ftp.mpx.com.au/archive/ultrasound/submit/ http://ftp.mpx.com.au/gravis.html Mirrors: http://www.st.nepean.uws.edu.au/pub/pc/ultrasound/ GUS Digest Archives: http://gpu.srv.ualberta.ca/~itam/digest.html http://www.student.adelaide.edu.au/~godfathr/gus/gus.html MailServer For Archive Access: Email to Hints: - Get the FAQ from the FTP sites or the request server. - Mail to for info about other GUS related mailing lists (programmers, musicians, etc.).