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The GUS Daily Digest Friday, 5 May 1995 Volume 22 : Number 005
Today's Topics:
Latest DigiPak drivers?
Dude's lets cool down some...
RE: THE END OF WIN '95 DISCUSSION
RE: THE END OF WIN '95 DISCUSSION
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.
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From: Tommy Lee <darkguy@io.org>
Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 22:55:30 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Latest DigiPak drivers?
This is for Terminal Velocity actually. The readme says to use sbos, but
I can't seem to get it to work. The game uses the DigiPak drivers, so we
*should* be able to copy GUS drivers over and use them, right?
Unfortunately the game uses v3.4 drivers, while the latest GUS drivers
(to my knowledge) are 3.2.
Can someone either tell me where to get more recent drivers, or tell
me how to get sbos to work with this thing?
BTW, check this game out if you can. It's sort of a poor man's Magic
Carpet. Some of the graphics are jaw-dropping. I especially like flying
through tunnels and the sky textures - fast too, even on a 486-33.
Tommy.
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From: bbaskin@mail.utexas.edu (Bryan K. Baskin)
Date: Thu, 04 May 95 21:58:24 EDT
Subject: Dude's lets cool down some...
Hey,
I'm detecting a little stress in the last few digests....
To GUY WHO BITCHED IN CAPS ABOUT WIN95 QUESTIONS...
Chill. This list is for questions, answers, comments, announcements,
etc. That's what they are. I agree Win95 isn't out yet and won't be
for many months, but many people do use it and many are interested in
how it performs and works with the GUS. I am and i use OS/2 and am no
fan of MS. Win95 is in beta and thats what beta programs are for,
working out bugs and problems.
If i were brave enough i'd install it on my good machine with my GUS
and thoughly test it, but i'm not that desparate. I've already got a
good, stable OS...
To guy who bitched at me at my "Dope won't run in OS/2" comment...
Chill. I agree that demo programers should utilise every resource
availible to get max performance, etc. But i think Express by Abstract
Concepts shows nearly the skill and performance of Dope and its
cleanly coded so it runs in OS/2's DOS VDM. An OS/2 is not some
strange environment. It emulates DOS and the entire PC very well, just
ring 0 commands are not allowed.
I DO like the blue hazy beginning of DOPE though...
And about: "It's not as if MS will write "Win 95 is a crap OS" in the
feature review." ...
No, but Bill himself has commented several times that corporations and
heavy users should use NT, not Win95 as its MS's more advanced and
long term OS...
About new GUS OS/2 Manley drivers...
They work nice and the UltiMOD app that is included also sounds nice
and clear like GUS mixed music should. Now i'm just waiting for more
formats... most of my files are now XM's.
About CD-ROM's...
Any ATAPI EIDE CD-ROM should work fine with the GUS. Look around for
good deals. Sony makes one and i've had no prob's with it. I think
Toshiba makes a 4x under the Media Magic name, its also good.
Later, and don't sweat the finals... pick one and urinate on it and
then turn it in. Sure, you may fail, but everyone will remember you
and you'll feel good...
Baskin
UT Austin
Team OS/2
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From: Alex Harden <harden@acsu.buffalo.edu>
Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 23:35:59 -0400
Subject: RE: THE END OF WIN '95 DISCUSSION
>From: alek@linefeed.com (Alek Hayes)
>Greetings Gussers,
> I have been watching the acumulated shit about Win 95 build up in this
>digest over the past few months. I have a few things to say to end this
>matter once and for all.
>DO NOT POST MESSAGES ABOUT WIN 95 UNTIL IT IS OUT. GRAVIS HAVE GOT NO
>OBLIGATION TO SUPPORT WIN 95 BECAUSE IT IS NOT OFFICIALLY OUT YET.
no one is saying it's Gravis' obligation to *support* Win95 *yet*. we want
to know that Gravis has begun work on the Win95 drivers. all of us who are
using/want to use Win95 want to see an inkling of support from a company
who has had 2 years to write drivers for OS/2 (which *they* have promised
for those 2 years), but releases "alpha" drivers for OS/2 that make them
look even worse because Manley and team have done such an excellent job
supporting Gravis (admittedly reletively small) OS/2 base. i for one want
to know that the day Win95 ships, Gravis has TESTED, WORKING drivers ready
for us old faithful to use. Win95 may support legacy Win3.1 drivers, but
in case you haven't been reading the trades, running *any* legacy 16-bit
Windows code will slow down Win95. Creative Labs' drivers included with the
current beta are not only tested, they are mature and will probably not need
a ton of tweaking before the release date. i know it's unfair to compare
CL's resources with Gravis, but ISV's have had since last fall to get their
act together (thats when the Win32c API was finalized by Microsoft), and
there's no excuse for Gravis to not have eval drivers out for those of us
who are beta testing Win95 for the rest of you.
choke on that,
alex
- --
alex harden -- university at buffalo -- harden@acsu.buffalo.edu
"i've seen the path - the one you take - shows the truth for you to make -
this turn of phrase we might not see is the thirst of desire found so easily"
dream theater _awake_ (1994) "caught in a web" words: labrie/petrucci
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From: Alex Harden <harden@acsu.buffalo.edu>
Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 23:35:59 -0400
Subject: RE: THE END OF WIN '95 DISCUSSION
>From: alek@linefeed.com (Alek Hayes)
>Greetings Gussers,
> I have been watching the acumulated shit about Win 95 build up in this
>digest over the past few months. I have a few things to say to end this
>matter once and for all.
>DO NOT POST MESSAGES ABOUT WIN 95 UNTIL IT IS OUT. GRAVIS HAVE GOT NO
>OBLIGATION TO SUPPORT WIN 95 BECAUSE IT IS NOT OFFICIALLY OUT YET.
no one is saying it's Gravis' obligation to *support* Win95 *yet*. we want
to know that Gravis has begun work on the Win95 drivers. all of us who are
using/want to use Win95 want to see an inkling of support from a company
who has had 2 years to write drivers for OS/2 (which *they* have promised
for those 2 years), but releases "alpha" drivers for OS/2 that make them
look even worse because Manley and team have done such an excellent job
supporting Gravis (admittedly reletively small) OS/2 base. i for one want
to know that the day Win95 ships, Gravis has TESTED, WORKING drivers ready
for us old faithful to use. Win95 may support legacy Win3.1 drivers, but
in case you haven't been reading the trades, running *any* legacy 16-bit
Windows code will slow down Win95. Creative Labs' drivers included with the
current beta are not only tested, they are mature and will probably not need
a ton of tweaking before the release date. i know it's unfair to compare
CL's resources with Gravis, but ISV's have had since last fall to get their
act together (thats when the Win32c API was finalized by Microsoft), and
there's no excuse for Gravis to not have eval drivers out for those of us
who are beta testing Win95 for the rest of you.
choke on that,
alex
- --
alex harden -- university at buffalo -- harden@acsu.buffalo.edu
"i've seen the path - the one you take - shows the truth for you to make -
this turn of phrase we might not see is the thirst of desire found so easily"
dream theater _awake_ (1994) "caught in a web" words: labrie/petrucci
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