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- GUS Daily Digest Thu, 28 Apr 94 9:37 PST Volume 12: Issue 28
-
- Today's Topics:
- AWE32
- can't install 3.11 bonus disks!!
- DMA and Windows
- DOS 6.3, QEMM, Cyrix
- ftpeeing archive.orst.edu
- games: BK, AD2, Raven
- General Midi under 1 MEG?
- GUS Daily Digest V12 #26
- GUS started making noise in Windows
- GUSTALKR
- MEGAEM / EMUSET hoses disk access?
- Need info on GUS MAX
- No sound with DOOM v1.3
- Qsound Soundtrak
- Sierra & Gravis
-
- 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.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 10:16:28 +1000 (EST)
- From: Iain Huxley <ihuxley@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>
- Subject: Re: AWE32
-
- I can confirm that the AWE32 can indeed have up to 28 Mb of ram on it -
- it has two simm sockets on it - thus with 2x16Mb simms (they cost over
- $1000 australian each) you could get 28 Mb of ram.
-
- Not that you would, of course.
-
- Still, I think we should give AWE32 a bit of credit - it's heaps better
- than anything else we've seen from CL, and I think a pretty good
- soundcard. The internal sounds may not be the best, but with all that
- ram you've basically got yourself a GUS and more.. also you have your
- reverb, chorus etc... It's a nice soundcard. But too expensive
- unfortunately. And anyway, I'm not suggesting it would be worth
- crossgrading/downgrading/upgrading (circle applicable) from the GUS!
-
- cya..
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Iain Huxley
- Electrical Engineering II
- University of Sydney
- email: ihuxley@extro.ucc.su.oz.au
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- A GUS * GET A GUS * GET A GUS * GET A GUS * GET A GUS * GET A GUS * GET A GUS * GET A
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 18:17:56 +0000 (GMT)
- From: olivier martinelli <martin_o@epita.fr>
- Subject: can't install 3.11 bonus disks!!
-
- Hi there...
-
- I just tried the 3.11 install' disks.
- Everything's allright for the drivers, patchs, etc.. but...
- I couldn't install the 'bonus disks':
- I get a message telling my UltraSound can't be detected !!!!
-
- As it is an upgrade and everything runs well with other softwares,
- I wonder where the problem comes from.
- Know that a friend of mine had no problem installing the bonus with
- the same set of disks.... so ...... could anyone help me please?
-
- P.S.: I'got a 3.4 Gus and deleted the old ULTRASND directory before
- installing the new one.
- Each time I try, a new directory is created on drive C: containing
- INSTALLIT.EXE .
- ( just to let you know , if it can help ...)
-
-
- --
- . . . . . . . .
- @ . @ . @ . @ .
- > /^\ /^\ /^\ /^\ /^\
- > ####################################################################
- > ####################################################################
- > / #### / ####\ / #### \ / #### \ /#### \
- >/ ## \__/ ## \__/ ## \__/ ## \__/ ## \
- > ____ ## ____ ## ____ ## ____ ## ____ ## ____
- > / \## / \ ## / \ ## / \ ## / \ ##/ \
- > | 2D |# | 2D |## | 2D | ## | 2D | ##| 2D | #| 2D |
- > | or |# | or |## | or | ## | or | ##| or | #| or |
- > | 3D |# | 3D |## | 3D | ## | 3D | ##| 3D | #| 3D |
- > | ?? |# | ?? |## | ?? | ## | ?? | ##| ?? | #| ?? |
- > | | | | | | | | | | | |
- > -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
- > \\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\
- > \\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\ \\\n\r\\ \\f\o\d\ \\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\
- > \\\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\
- > DR J
- Change your life... Cross you eyes !!!
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 94 17:18:15 MEX
- From: MKRITZLE@IBERO.UIA.MX
- Subject: DMA and Windows
-
- I've configured my GUS outside of Windows and it works fine. Even IN windows
- it had no problem, until now. I bought a Roland Keyboard and tried to hook it
- up, but USS8 didn't recognize it. I checked with SETGUS using DOS and all the
- parameters were working fine. Then I checked it using Windows(via MSDOS promtp)
- and it hangs the computer when I check the DMA, no matter what DMA I choose.
- I've already changed all the other DMA's I have, but the GUS won't accept any
- DMA under windows, although it does make sound. Only thing that doesn't work is
- the keyboard. Is this a bug on SetGUS or a driver for windows? Anyhow, where
- can I get a program for composing MIDI on DOS, in case nothing else work's?
- Thanks in advance. Markus Kritzler
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 10:22:25 GMT+1
- From: "F. Viktor" <VIKTOR@evt.bme.hu>
- Subject: DOS 6.3, QEMM, Cyrix
-
- More questions:
-
- I'm about to upgrade to DOS 6.3. Did anybody tried this version
- out? Are there any known problems/errors with memory-managers
- or other stuffs from this version?
-
- PS:
- Somebody asked about qemm settings for some days. So here are mine.
- It's actually for v7.04:
- device = C:\QEMM\qemm386.sys RAM ST:F NOVIDEOFILL HANDLES=64 R:1
- (If it still doesn't work try without the ST:F par.)
- I have an OPTI-495 Mobo, with a Cyrix-40 CPU, without errors.*
- (I also usee a math-co but still no problems)
- *:I had errors with my GUS (IRQ timeout) ->But now it is fixed!
-
- Viktor
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 22:03:20 -0700 (PDT)
- From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." <pchienjr@ocf.Berkeley.EDU>
- Subject: ftpeeing archive.orst.edu
-
- Does anyone else have problems trying to "get" files from the
- archive.orst.edu ftp site? I notice that downloading files just seems to
- hang, (as opposed to the epas, which sends files nearly instanteously).
- This hangup on orst happens all the time, so I don't think it was my
- server having a bad day as I try but fail to download files. If anyone
- knows any settings, or solutions, please help. Thanks.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 17:48:47 -0400 (EDT)
- From: gt0074b@prism.gatech.edu
- Subject: games: BK, AD2, Raven
-
- I'm about fed up with buying and returning games that don't
- support the GUS. Betrayal at Krondor CD is broke. No SBOS,
- no Megaem. I've been trying to get Alone in the Dark 2 to
- work with SBOS since it uses custom drivers. It locks up
- after a couple minutes of play. Anyone having problems with
- AD2? A call to Infogrames yielded nothing, except for revealing
- that AD2 uses strange bootstrapped drivers that were added
- after it was received from France.
- Ravenloft uses the standard 32-bit Miles drivers (thank you SSI!)
- and has excellent SVGA graphics. Unfortuantely, it locks up on
- my system after a few minutes of play. All these problems only
- happen with sound on. I was suspicious of my IRQ and DMAs, but
- no conflicts, and since other programs like SimCity2000 run fine,
- I am suspicious of the program. Are there any updated Miles drivers?
- Any older ones?
-
- I've exhausted all possible configurations: no Smartdrive, EMM,
- different GUS IRQs. I'll have to return this stuff again if
- these companies don't get off their tails.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 11:38:58 +1000 (EST)
- From: Thaddaeus Kong <teddy@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Subject: General Midi under 1 MEG?
-
- I was wondering has anyone thought of making patches of the entire
- GM set to fit 1 meg on the GUS. I know the quality won't be very good
- (probably 8 bit 11 khz) but it *should* sound "right" for games that
- offer GM music.
-
- Any takers?
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- I hate people who don't finish their
-
- Thaddaeus Kong teddy@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 94 08:46:00 MDT
- From: Thomas Day <ThomasD@tps.com>
- Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V12 #26
-
- Why do some .WAV's play at home on my GUS and refuse to even allow
- the play key on SOUND PLAYER to "light up?" I've pulled a few .WAV
- samples which won't work on my work machine, but do work at home with
- my GUS. Anyone know why?
-
- thanks,
- Tom Day
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 17:19:03 -0600 (CDT)
- From: Orcun Kolcu <orcun@umr.edu>
- Subject: GUS started making noise in Windows
-
- Hi,
- A couple of days ago, I booted into Windows to find strange whirrs,
- clicks, buzzes etc. come form the right speaker. I don't recall changing
- anything and the card sounds quite OK otherwise. The noises start as soon
- as the Windows driver is initialized and they are appearantly caused by
- the electronics (screen scroll, hard drive etc.). Just like my old SB
- really but everything was perfect with GUS uptill now. SBOS, Megaem etc behave
- properly, the problem is clearly Windows related.
- Also, is ULTRAMID useless without the AIL drivers ? How do I find out if a
- game needs ULTRAMID rather than mega-em ?
- Thanks,
- Orcun
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 94 14:56:52 CDT
- From: cardona@rwasic23.aud.alcatel.com (Gabe Cardona)
- Subject: GUSTALKR
-
- The GUSTALKR utility that I asked about in yesterday's digest is available
- via ftp from archive.orst.edu under pub/packages/gravis/util/dos/gustalkr.zip.
- It should also be on the wuarchive.wustl.edu site under the corres-
- ponding directory.
-
- Try it out and let me know if it works (it locks up my machine) and if so, with
- what settings for SBOS.
-
- Thanks.....
-
- Gabe Cardona
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 94 12:58:14 -0400
- From: "Marco Coletti" <p00923@psilink.com>
- Subject: MEGAEM / EMUSET hoses disk access?
-
- I am having a problem running MEGAEM and EMUSET. I've tried the
- following two configurations and each time EMUSET finishes loading I
- can't access the hard drive (I'm forced to power off and on):
-
- GF1 IRQ DMA Port SB IRQ
- 5 1 220 7
- 5 5 220 7
-
- The GUS is v3.7 and the software is from the 3.11 disks. Interestingly,
- the above configurations do not cause any problems in Windows. I'm
- using a fairly clean boot (one of multiple ones w/DOS 6.20) with the
- following other hardware: COM 1 & 2, LPT 1, SCSI controller (IRQ 11, I/O
- 330), and a Diamond Speedstar PRO 1 MB (IRQ 2). The SCSI controller is
- used for a CDROM; the HD controller is IDE.
-
- I don't know if this is related, but the Second Reality demo hangs the
- PC (cold boot) right after the rotating cube is displayed. Other apps
- that support the GUS in native mode such as Epic Pinball, Doom, and
- Return to Zork run flawlessly.
-
- Any help is greatly appreciated.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 10:32:55 -0700 (PDT)
- From: "George A. Montemayor" <gmontem@eis.calstate.edu>
- Subject: Need info on GUS MAX
-
- I read on the c.s.i.p.s (is this correct?) newsgroup a message that says
- that the GUS MAX offers true wavetable. True wavetable? How about the
- regular GUS? I thought the MAX was basically an upgraded GUS.
-
- -George
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 10:22:04 GMT+1
- From: "F. Viktor" <VIKTOR@evt.bme.hu>
- Subject: No sound with DOOM v1.3
-
- Hi gussers,
-
- I have DOOM v1.3 upgrade (2nd level betatest-version) and I can't get
- any sound out of my GUS. (It is just a doom.exe file) Everything
- works with 1.2 but not with 1.3. Any ideas ? (Suggestions?)
-
- Viktor
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 10:44:37 +0100
- From: P.VanHorssen@hol0606.wins.icl.co.uk
- Subject: Qsound Soundtrak
-
- ----------------------------- Start of body part 1
-
- see attached
-
-
-
-
-
-
- ----------------------------- Start of body part 2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Dear GUS Cyberspacers (???)
-
- I am very interested in the use of the GUS towards 3D music and
- Virtual Reality. Sofar I have been playing a little with the SDK 3D
- kit, but last I found in the Advanced Gravis mail area on Compuserve
- some comments about the use of Qsound in combination whit Soundtrak
- of MCS. The comments of GUS users was negative, but Animotion
- contradicted that. I am personally using CD-Master of MCS and I am
- impressed. So, I was thinking of buying Soundtrak / Qsound for the 3d
- stuff.
- Anybody who had already experience with these products on the GUS??
-
- Regrds,
- Pieter van Horssen
-
- ----------------------------- End of body part 2
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 01:54:16 -0300 (ADT)
- From: Jurassic Mark <markus@info.umoncton.ca>
- Subject: Sierra & Gravis
-
- GUS day people,
-
- Just to keep you up-to-date with Sierra and the 32bit GUS
- drivers, here's what I received from my source...
-
- ---------start---------
-
- Those drivers are real close... I had to send them back for a minor revison but
- we are testing them again now....
-
- Please let me know if I can be of any further help!
-
- ---------end---------
-
- As I said on IRC to several people, my next target is Origin
- systems. If I could make Sierra move, then I'll give it a try for Origin.
- So, until then, don't sell or return your Sierra games! Soon, the wait
- will be over. Real soon. :)
-
- Marc Y. Paulin - Jurassic Mark (Usenet) - J-Mark (IRC)
- Graduating CS student in search of a job...
- - markus@clement.info.umoncton.ca (Talk 'n Mail) - (506)856-9518 -
- Inertia Player Beta Tester - Father of the G-List for Ultrasound Users
-
- ------------------------------
-
- End of GUS Daily Digest V12 #28
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