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- GUS Daily Digest Tue, 17 May 94 9:37 PST Volume 13: Issue 16
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- Today's Topics:
- 669s in Windows?
- Change my e-mail address
- GUS/SBOS/Rebel Assault
- GUS and Linux.
- GUS Distortion on B's 5th
- IRQ's, Video boards, and some guys problems...
- MIDI questions
- More Zork problems
- multiple sc. patches
- PARITY errors revisited
- Program GUS
- Sampling directly from CDROM
- subscribe
- UFO Music & GUS ?
- unsubscribe
-
- 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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-
- Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 23:39:22 -0700 (MST)
- From: "Shawn T. Rutledge" <rutledge@enuxsa.eas.asu.edu>
- Subject: 669s in Windows?
-
- Is there a good player for 669s, ults, etc. in Windows? I like GLX but
- it won't work in a window.
- --
- _______ KB7PWD
- (_ | |_) shawn.rutledge@asu.edu
- __) | | \__________________________________________________________________
- * robotics * IEEE * sci fi * Internet * electronics * RISC * ARS * PIC *
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 11:27:48 -0500 (CDT)
- From: MBV4741@SUMMA.TAMU.EDU
- Subject: Change my e-mail address
-
- Change my e-mail address if possible to:
- MATT.VOSS@CLD9.COM
- It currently id
- MBV4741@SUMMA.TAMU.EDU
- tHANKS
- __________________________________________________________________
- Houston - "CHOKE CITY" HA!!! How about "CLUTCH CITY"
- Houston Rockets World Champions - Has a nice ring to it....
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 16:44:32 -0700
- From: akumar@hposl00.cup.hp.com (Arun)
- Subject: GUS/SBOS/Rebel Assault
-
- Hi,
-
- I am trying to get my GUS to work with Rebel Assault and SBOS 3.82.
- (The native GUS support does not sound that good.)
-
- I have tried -o2 and -o3 options.
- -o3 gives no sound
- -o2 hangs the system
-
- I have a Pentium 66 MHz system with Dos 6.2.
- The soundblaster variable is set to IRQ 5, DMA 1
-
- Thanks,
- Arun
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 17 May 94 11:59:11 WET DST
- From: g.r.quigley@ic.ac.uk
- Subject: GUS and Linux.
-
- I have recently installed Linux and X on my PC (major hassle, but worth it) and
- was wondering if anyone knew of any decent software (and where to find it) that
- will make use of the GUS. Having recompiled the linux kernel to support the
- card it would be a shame not to make full use of it.
-
- Thanx.
-
- Geoff Quigley.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 17 May 94 9:31:52 CDT
- From: Daniel A Nielsen <dnielsen@ria-emh2.army.mil>
- Subject: GUS Distortion on B's 5th
-
- Emory,
-
- >> Subject: Distorsion on Beethoven's 5th
- >>
- >> Well, One more time I guess. I used midi1m to play B's 5th. After the applause
- >> it starts to make what sounds like a beeping distorted fog horn sound. At
- >> first I thought something was played wrong, but now I think it shouldn't
- >> be there at all. Any suggestions?
- >>
- >> Thanks again
- >> dan
- >
- >After your earlier posting I went back to play the 5th with what I have
- >(unfortunately not midi1m). Here's my report:
- > PowerTracks -- OK
- > Midisoft Session -- OK
- > Cakewalk demo version --OK, but after a message that says not
- > enough memory to hold all the patches (though PatchMan says
- > there's 594K left after loading)
- > Midisoft Studio -- Major skipping (whole sections). Contacted
- > MidiSoft and found there is a problem with patch caching, soon to
- > to be corrected.
- > Playmidi -- this too gives a strange noise after the applause, in
- > this case more like the audience continues softly applauding into
- > the opening of the symph.
- >
- >What to make of this? I assume the midi1m is a direct DOS player like
- >Playmidi -- maybe it's the same. One wonders if there is some miscueing
- >of the midi information, though things seem OK after the beginning. Did
- >Gravis write Playmidi? Who wrote Dan's? The problem needs looking into.
- >
- >By the way, Dan -- sorry about the earlier lame joke about the noise being
- >the applause.
-
- >Emory
- >
-
- No need to be sorry, I thought you were just trying to determine when the
- problem started! :-) I don't mind lame jokes as much as no responce.
-
- I think it is the playmidi in a bat file that I'm using and it is a
- new one from gus0041. I just thought it would be a common pat or
- initialization problem that I missed in the group discussion since I
- haven't been able to subscribe and must pull each digest from epas,
- but I guess not.
-
- I just thought I couldn't be the only one with this happening. Being new
- to music cards, I didn't realize how tempormental they could be. (Just
- bought GUS in Feb, my first music card) I hadn't thought of trying other
- midi players. I guess I will have to find and try them out when I get time.
- Thanks for your help.
-
- regards
- dan
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 23:26:06 -0500 (CDT)
- From: vic@cd.com (Vic Serbe x237)
- Subject: Re: IRQ's, Video boards, and some guys problems...
-
- John Fulmer writes:
- > Date: Fri, 13 May 94 17:24:47 -0500
- > From: jfulmer@databank.com (John Fulmer)
- > Subject: Subject:
- >
- > >PROBLEM 4
- > >---------
- > >Also, I've had it all of a sudden lose the CMOS info (HD codes, etc). Has
- > >happened about 6 times. Again, only when the GUS and LAPC were in the box.
- > >This is scary.
- > >
- > >486dx2/66, 8MB RAM, Diamond SS Pro VLB (recently disabled its IRQ2 option,
- > >though it hadn't cused any probs with the LAPC), Contaq chipset. No SCSI,
- > >just IDE, CD-rom connected to the SBPro, DOS 6.2.
- >
- > Right now I would suspect the Diamond board. Some people have problems with
- > them, others don't. Personally I don't like them much. I've heard of people
- > have problems with them, and not just with the GUS.
-
- John, I think you're thinking of the *STEALTH*. This guy has the
- SPEEDSTAR. The Stealth is based on a low end S3 chip, and has gotten a
- lot of bad marks from users attempting to enjoy them. The Speedstar is
- based on the Cirrus Logic 5428/5426 chips and is actually pretty stable.
- Not the fastest Win GFX board, but probably one of the more stable
- designs. I've used one and I have a clone of one right now that I have
- no problems with.
-
- > jf
- > *--------------------------------------------------------------------*
- > |John Fulmer(jfulmer@databank.com)| "I find it in-ter-es-ting, *
- > |Micom Computer Systems | A noun's a person, place, *
- > |Lawrence, Ks. | or thing..." *
- > *--------------------------------------------------------------------*
-
- --
- Vic Serbe (vic@cd.com), Applications Engineer
- Central Data Corp. - Makers of the scsiTerminal Server
- 800/482-0315 or (+1) 217/359-8010 (FAX-6904)
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 13:05:24 -0400
- From: jntyk@rs733.gsfc.nasa.gov (Young Koh)
- Subject: MIDI questions
-
- Hello all!
-
- Here is my first post, so bear with me.
-
- I have a gus with 1024k mem.
- I want to hook up my Yamaha synthesizer.
-
- Ok, should I buy Gravis' midi interface kit or
- buy Roland's MPU-401 midi card?
-
- First of all, will those 2 cards work together? In dos? in windoze?
- I'm doing this to please my girlfriend, who's a music major.
- Any help would be appreciated.
-
- --
- Young J. Koh NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- jntyk@rs733.gsfc.nasa.gov Greenbelt, MD
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 18:18:51 GMT
- From: Mike Geileskey <GEI0089L@whstud1.uel.ac.uk>
- Subject: Re: More Zork problems
-
- I also have problems with the excellent game, Return to Zork;
- although in my case, I am able to play the game.
- The trouble starts when I run the game with full sound capability:
- SFX, voice and music on. The game crashes when I enter the first
- windmill/storeroom and I have music on. If I enter the location with
- music switched off, the game still plays.
-
- I have hed the same trouble at the fool's monument when I go off to
- the right to the ranch, and it's all to do with the music.
-
- Is there anyone else experiencing the same trouble? Am I the only one?
-
- -:@) -Mike!
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 15:20:20 MET-1
- From: "Juhasz Norbert" <NJUHASZ@btkstud.jpte.hu>
- Subject: multiple sc. patches
-
- Hi GUSers!
-
- First of all I would like to thank all, who answered my Lands of Lore
- multiple soundcard patch location qst.
-
- My question I. : I have midi music, digital speech but no digital
- sound effects. If I choose that in the setup, I get no sound at all,
- for fights, spells, etc.Is it normal? How does it work on your system?
-
- Question II : Please inform me if there are multiple soundcard
- patches exist for the following games, and of course where can I get
- them from ?:
- Kyrandia I.
- Simon The Sorcerer.
-
- Thanks in advance
- Norbert Juhasz
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 12:41:44 SAT
- From: "MMike" <PATRICIO@odie.ee.wits.ac.za>
- Subject: PARITY errors revisited
-
- My GUS works fine in my system except for midi-in under windows. When
- I have something connected to the midi-in, I get an "OFF BOARD PARITY
- ERROR" and have to reboot. This problem is erratic, it may not happen
- as soon as I enter windows, but will eventually happen, usually within
- a few minutes. The chipset on my motherboard is one of
- those problem UMC sets (same 16 bit DMA problem as the OPTi boards),
- so I use an 8 bit DMA channel. SBOS does work, so the NMI on my
- machine seems to be OK (I understand that Midi-in uses NMI).
- Does anyone know what the problem is?
- Everything else is ok, including midi-in when I use MIDIFIER. I only
- get PARITY errors with midi-in in windows.
- Bummer hey?
-
- Also, I still get skipped notes when playing midi files under windows
- (using Winjammer), I have the windows drivers from GUS0039 (or was it
- GUS0038?) Am I the only one with this extremely annoying problem?
-
- Thanks.
-
- MikeyMike
- patricio@odie.ee.wits.ac.za
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 16 May 94 17:55:53 -0400
- From: davej@ferry.polymer.uakron.edu (Dave Jiang)
- Subject: Program GUS
-
- Does anyone know where I can get some info on how to program the GUS? thx!
-
- David Jiang
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- email : davej@eby.polymer.uakron.edu phone: (513) 435-6227
- usmail: 207 Carters Grove Rd. FAX : (513) 435-6227
- Centerville, OH 45459
- U.S.A.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 13:39:49 -0400 (EDT)
- From: "Out of it..." <JKS4675@ritvax.isc.rit.edu>
- Subject: Sampling directly from CDROM
-
- OK-
- 1) I have the 16-bit DC.
- 2) My CDROM is SCSI-2, obviously not controlled by the GUS
- 3) I have 16 MB RAM.
-
- Question:
-
- How do I sample directly from CDROM?? What settings should I use on
- SMARTDRV.EXE for caching? Do I need a TSR CD player?? Any suggestions for one?
- Is USS16 the best way to go for the sampling???
-
- Jeff
- +--------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
- |"Sometimes I try to beat other people's achievements but on |JK Salzmann |
- | occasions I find it's better to beat my achievements. That |JKS4675@RIT.EDU|
- | can give me more satisfaction. I don't feel happy if I am +---------------+
- | comfortable. Something inside me pushes me when I get comfortable. |
- | It makes me go further and want to keep pushing" - Ayrton Senna, 1960-1994 |
- +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 18:43:38 -0500 (CDT)
- From: SCHERBM@wartburg.edu
- Subject: subscribe
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- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 17 May 94 15:47:43 BST
- From: Jonathan Horden <jrh@harston.cv.com>
- Subject: UFO Music & GUS ?
-
- Has anybody managed to get music out of "UFO - Enemy Unknown" with
- a GUS ?
-
- UFO supports the GUS for sound effects, but not music (Although the demo
- supports both!)
- SBOS and MEGAEM just make the game hang. Any comments on how to get this
- working would be more than welcome.
-
- Thanks,
-
- Jon
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 16:48:16 -0700 (PDT)
- From: Ernest Chow <echow@chaph.usc.edu>
- Subject: unsubscribe
-
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