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- Ultrasound Daily Digest Fri, 22 Jan 93 Volume 2 : Issue 19
-
- Today's Topics:
- ---> Dune II <---
- CD-ROM daughter board
- GUS and T2029 WORKING
- MAXOK not working with GUS
- Micropose Games with GUS
- Opti Chipsets
- Questions and List of Gravis Contacts
- re : The latest from Gravis...
- Sierra/Dynamix -- BAD NEWS
- Tested working GUS MIDI interface
- ultima7
- Ultrasound Daily Digest V...
- Ultrasound Daily Digest V2 #18 (2 msgs)
- Windows Drivers
- Winjammer 2.23 + GUS has a small bug
- Winjammer problems
-
- Information about the UltraSound Daily Digest (such as
- mail addresses, request servers, ftp sites, etc., etc.) can be found
- at the end of the Digest.
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 02:28:44 -0700 (MST)
- From: michael a finkel <mfinkel@argon.GAS.uug.Arizona.EDU>
- Message-Id: <Pine.3.05.9301210244.A9338-a100000@argon>
- Subject: ---> Dune II <---
- To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
-
- Playing Dune II I seem to have to make a choice, hearing music in the
- title screen (before crashing), hearing Voice before crashing, or no sound
- and playing the game. This is not a choice that I like to have to make.
- Has anyone gotten it to work with music and sound? If so, please let me
- know your SBOS setup, memory setup, IRQ etc...
-
-
- Also...Ultima Underworld II, I cannot get the voices to play at all. The
- game doesn't crash, but I don't get voices.
-
- | | Tell me something I don't know |
- | MFinkel@Gas.uug.Arizona.edu | Show me something I can use |
- | =----> Tucson, Arizona | CONNECT THE GOD DAMN DOTS |
- | | -=Ministry=- |
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 01:31:19 -0800
- From: Charles Choi <choi@ocf.Berkeley.EDU>
- Message-Id: <199301210931.AA05731@bigbang.berkeley.edu>
- Subject: CD-ROM daughter board
- To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
-
- In a previous issue of the digest (v2 #13), there was a list of
- daughterboards posted. One of them was a daughterboard for the
- Mitsumi CD-ROM drives. All the ads I've seen for Mitsumi drives
- also included a controller. Does anyone know what benefit you
- get (if any) from using the daughterboard rather than the standard
- controller?
-
- Charles
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 21:29:41 -0500
- From: Kevin Wengcheong Cheng <kc3b+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Message-Id: <8fLUeJe00VpEMZkpZC@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: GUS and T2029 WORKING
- To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
-
- Just in case anyone is wondering...
-
- I managed to get the digitized audio to work... I think...
-
- Using SBOS 1.23 with no switches ( -o3 seems to hang the thing )
- and settings
- ULTRASOUND IRQ = 5
- MIDI IRQ = 7
-
- This was someone's ( I can't remember who ) suggestion that IRQ 7 is
- hardwired in T2029. I figure that this might be the same problem with
- alot of games with digitized audio problems. Unfortunately, I also found
- out that with the IRQ settings this way, The Lost Files of Sherlock
- Holmes just crashes on me...
-
- Anyone want to confirm this?
- And who's updating the compatibility list?
- /<evin
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:07:32 GMT
- From: norm@bnr.ca (Norm MacNeil)
- Message-Id: <1993Jan21.200732.16911@bcars6a8.bnr.ca>
- Subject: MAXOK not working with GUS
- To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
-
- After recently getting my GUS card, I decided to try out the Maximum OverKill
- (Commanche) demo I downloaded but no matter what the option, I can't get any
- music or sound. I have run the setup program (or whatever it was) and chose
- both SoundBlaster and AdLib but neither will work.
-
- Anybody got the MAXOK demo to work with a GUS?
-
- Thanks,
- Norm.
-
- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
- Norm MacNeil Phone: (613) 763-3372
- Data Systems Fax: (613) 765-2854
- Bell-Northern Research Ltd. EMail: norm@bnr.ca (INTERNET)
- #include <disclaimer.std> "Roller bladers do it in-line!"
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 18:22:09 GMT
- From: pancake@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Christopher Daniello)
- Message-Id: <1jmpkiINN1v7@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>
- Subject: Micropose Games with GUS
- To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
-
- >Yes, I find Civilization and F15-III to be painfully slow. Even on a
- >486DX2-66. Deep hurting. I really haven't found a cure though.
- >
- >Dan
-
- I have troubles with Civilization now and then, but it seems to me that
- EMM is the culprit. It runs quick without it.
-
- --
- /// The Fierce Pancake /// "...because you have another eyelid."
- /// pancake@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu /// -Galaxie 500
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 17:03:19 EST
- From: wolf@allegro.mit.edu (Brian Perreault)
- Message-Id: <9301212203.AA05655@presto.mit.edu>
- Subject: Opti Chipsets
- To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
-
- I just bought a GUS, and was wondering what the symptoms
- of a bad motherboard are. I set it up on a 16 bit DMA channel,
- and my system still works, but I've had a little trouble getting
- SBOS to work with anything. Oh, yeah, I cannot get the Wing Commander
- II Install program to run(it crashes my system now) whereas I could
- before I installed the ultrasound.
-
- So, what are the classic symptoms?
-
- -Brian
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 11:20:18 -0500
- From: "It's your hand, Buckaroo" <dantonio@magick.tay2.dec.com>
- Message-Id: <9301211620.AA10931@magick.tay2.dec.com>
- Subject: Questions and List of Gravis Contacts
- To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
-
- > Thanks for the warning! I think I still end up trying and hoping.
- > I got my computer in late '91 or early '92. It shouldn't be an "old"
- > chip set (if those are the ones mostly having the problems).
-
- No problem...
-
- I've called Digital Audio Labs (the folks who informed Gravis of the
- details of the problem) and they say it's sorta random. They contacted
- OPTi, who sent them a spec sheet with UMC at the top of the page. So I
- think the chipsets are related.
-
- The chip is question is the 82C206, DMA and interrupt controller chip. Both
- bad systems that Digital Audio Labs saw had a datecode of 9149. There are a
- couple known solutions, the easiest of which is to simply use an 8-bit DMA
- channel. The next is to disable the DMA cascade (channel 4), however this
- causes all the low DMA channels to be inactive (0-3). Generally not a good
- thing. The third is a hardware mod, adding a pull-up resistor to the bad
- pin. This is a dangerous solution as soldering irons and motherboards
- usually don't do well together.
-
- DAL is faxing me some more specific info, including OPTi's number so I
- can get something "offical", perhaps...
-
- DDA
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 09:31:47 +0000 (GMT)
- From: Dave Ingles <davei@central1.lancaster.ac.uk>
- Message-Id: <10443.9301210931@central1.lancaster.ac.uk>
- Subject: re : The latest from Gravis...
- To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
-
- > Ok, folks, just got off the phone with Gravis. A couple bits o' info...
- >
- > The MidiSoft and Power Cords bundle should be about $10 which just about
- > covers shipping/handling to send it out. There is supposed to be a message
- > on the Gravis BBS with all the details...
-
- Are they intending on sending out order forms to registered users or do we
- have to make contact ourselves ?
-
- I hope that they are also going to use an upgraded version of MidiSoft
- Session as my version doesn't support auto patch loading. Also the Staff
- Notation editor is pretty useless to use in anger.
-
- Davei
-
-
- --
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >> D.Ingles@uk.ac.lancaster <<
- >> Telephone (0524) 59 3679 <<
- >> Higher Education National Software Archive, <<
- >> Computer Centre, The University, Lancaster, LA1 4YW, United Kingdom <<
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 14:18:51 MST
- From: bfa!poet@uunet.UU.NET (John Poet)
- Message-Id: <9301212118.AA28974@noname>
- Subject: Sierra/Dynamix -- BAD NEWS
- To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
-
- I logged onto the Sierra/Dynamix BBS and asked about the sound problems
- with their games ane the Gravis Ultrasound. Within a couple of days I got
- this response back from them:
-
- The Gravis board just started selling in the U.S. We are aware of
- the incompatabilities with our software. We're working on creating
- drivers for this board being that it's Soundblaster emmulation is
- not the greatest in the world. Wwhen drivers are available
- we'll have them in the MUSIC library for downloading. Keep in
- touch. Take care.
-
- Steve
-
- This was good news and I was hoping to get a time-frame as to when the
- driver would be available, so I sent this message:
-
- I realize that you are working on Gravis Ultrasound support. Can you
- give me some time frame as to when this might be available? I don't
- need exact info just a guess so I don't have to log in every day just to
- see if it is ready yet.
-
- Thanks,
- John
-
- Unfortunately, this is the response I got back a week later:
-
- We're aware of incompatabilities with the Gravis Ultrasound's
- Soundblaster emmulation. This is really a Gravis issue. It's not
- up to us as a software company to produce sound drivers for every
- sound card out there. We've already create sound drivers for many
- of the most popular sound devices. Given that the Gravis Ultrasound
- is "supposed" to emmulate the Creative Labs Soundblaster, we will
- probably not be creating a individual driver for the Gravis card.
- We have as yet been unable to contact Gravis in an attempt to obtain
- on of their cards for testing purposes. Eventually we'll have more
- information as to compatibility with our products. Take care.
-
- Steve
-
- So Sierra/Dynamix seems to have changed their mind as far as supporting
- the GUS in the near future.
-
-
- John P. Poet uunet!bfa!poet
- Systems Software Engineer (505) 828-9120
- Aeon Systems
- 8401 Washington Pl, N.E.
- Albuquerque, N.M. 87113
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 21 Jan 93 15:44:26 GMT
- From: pcunnell@micrognosis.co.uk (Paul Cunnell)
- Message-Id: <C17nq3.LM5@micrognosis.co.uk>
- Subject: Tested working GUS MIDI interface
- To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
-
- Just another data point - the circuit below works for me. This has
- been posted here and elsewhere before. Only minor mod is the pin
- assignments for the midi-out inverters, which were originally
- incorrectly drawn as 14-13, 12-10.
-
- Have tested this with my D50, and both midi in and out are OK.
-
- 15 pin D connector
- 220R
- pin-1 +5v ----+--------------------------/\/\/\---------------\
- | \ 4
- | Gnd--2 MIDI OUT
- | |\ |\ 220R / 5
- pin-12 tr >---|------| o-----| o----------/\/\/\--------------/
- | 13|/ 12 11|/ 10
- | 220R
- +---------------------------/\/\/\-------------\
- | \ 4
- pin-15 rx <---|--------------------+ Gnd--2 MIDI THRU
- | |\ |\ | 220R / 5
- | +--| o-----| o---+-------/\/\/\------------/
- | | 1|/ 2 3|/ 4
- | |
- | +------+
- | 270R | 220R
- +--/\/\/\--+ +------+----------/\/\/\--------\
- |B |C |A | \ 4
- +-|----------|----|-+ | MIDI IN
- | 8 6 2 | ----- / 5
- | | / \ IN914 or IN4148 +-/
- | 6N138 | --- |
- | | | |
- | 5 3 | | |
- +------------|----|-+ | |
- | |K | |
- pin-5 Gnd --------------+ +------+----------------------+
-
-
- Inverters are 74LS04. (This is a 14-pin IC containing 6 inverters.
- Connect pin 14 to +5V, pin 7 to GND)
-
- Leave pin 2 of the MIDI IN unconnected (Don't connect to ground)
-
-
- Oh, does anyone have the MIDI implemetation chart (or other tech.
- reference for a Roland D-50 ? I was trying to get it to give me
- a Sys-EX dump, but it appears to be waiting for something to happen
- *after* I press the button to do a send.
-
- Any clues ?
-
- --
- Paul Cunnell (pcunnell@micrognosis.co.uk)
- Micrognosis, 63 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4N 4UD, UK +44 71 815 5294
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 18:19:06 -0600
- From: Michael J Stumpf <mjs7529@tamsun.tamu.edu>
- Message-Id: <9301220019.AA00692@tamsun.tamu.edu>
- Subject: ultima7
- To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
-
- Apologies if this has been posted and missed, but how did any of you guys
- get Ultima 7 to work? I read in the general listing that you use sbos 1.23,
- and I did that.. but, the digital speech comes out ofor only a split
- second and then dies..
-
- The manual said if this happened it was an irq conflict, but that was for
- a genuine sb..
-
- My computer is a 486/33, never had a problem with any other ultrasound tool
- except the dram tester. (reports bank 3 and 4 or just 4 bad) Bare system,
- except himem.sys and dos being high, and of course sbos 1.23.
-
- Whoever got this working, please let me know how you did, if you used the
- device driver in conjunction with the tsr (as the included text file implies)
- or what..
-
- Thanks,
-
- Mike.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 14:58:06 EST
- From: nickwt@aol.com
- Message-Id: <9301211458.tn65724@aol.com>
- Subject: Ultrasound Daily Digest V...
- To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
-
- Please drop me from the mailing list.
- Thanks
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 10:47:58 -0500
- From: adhir@cygnus.umd.edu
- Message-Id: <9301211547.AA12386@cygnus.umd.edu>
- Subject: Ultrasound Daily Digest V2 #18
- To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
-
- >
- >Gravis was wondering, with all the clamour for OS/2 drivers, what all
- >people were going to DO with them. Can you send me a list of apps that will
- >use the GUS if native drivers become available? Are there alot of apps that
- >support MMPM/2? What will you use the GUS for under OS/2??
- >
- >DDA
-
- Swallowing my incredible annoyance with this INANE question, I'd like to
- be able to USE my Ultrasound under OS/2. When I say USE, I mean I want to
- be able to use it with WinOS/2, with the OS/2 MMPM/2, and with DOS under
- OS/2. With ALL apps. I want an OS/2 specific version of SBOS so that games
- will think there is a SBPro installed etc etc etc.
-
- How does it MATTER whether there are a lof of apps that support MMPM/2?
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 14:53:47 -0800
- From: paladin@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Robin Yang)
- Message-Id: <9301212253.AA03800@ucscb.UCSC.EDU>
- Subject: Ultrasound Daily Digest V2 #18
- To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
-
- Okay, thanks.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 09:23:41 +0000 (GMT)
- From: Dave Ingles <davei@central1.lancaster.ac.uk>
- Message-Id: <8131.9301210923@central1.lancaster.ac.uk>
- Subject: Windows Drivers
- To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
-
- > What's the deal? What did I do wrong? Did I forget to sacrifice an
- > animal? I switched back to the old drivers, and MIDI worked again.
- > Not patch manager, of course, but Media Player and Winjammer
- > worked fine.
-
- I found that when I updated to the new drivers the same thing happened - no
- sound device worked under windows.
-
- My solution was to remove the new sound driver, reboot, reinstall the
- old driver, check to see if the old driver worked - it did, remove the
- old driver, reboot, install the new driver, reboot, and then it worked
- ! Why it didn't work the first time, I don't know.
-
- I also have found on a couple of occassions that after using a sound
- program, Windows will no longer be happy with the driver. I have to
- remove and restall the driver to get it to work again.
-
- Davei
-
- --
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >> D.Ingles@uk.ac.lancaster <<
- >> Telephone (0524) 59 3679 <<
- >> Higher Education National Software Archive, <<
- >> Computer Centre, The University, Lancaster, LA1 4YW, United Kingdom <<
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:42:40 +0100 (MET)
- From: Andreas Henning <d2henan@dtek.chalmers.se>
- Message-Id: <9301211943.AA05634@hackes.dtek.chalmers.se>
- Subject: Winjammer 2.23 + GUS has a small bug
- To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
-
- About Winjammer 2.23 causing a general protection error:
-
- According to the author of WinJammer, the GPE occurs if you have
- configured more than one port, for instance, GUS and an MPU-401,
- and you only use one of them.
- Even if your only MIDI device is the gus, you can configure it
- as two output ports, one for the internal synth, and one for the MIDI
- port.
- If you configure the Winjammer to use only the GUS as the output port,
- it should work. (It does for me)
-
- Hope this helps,
-
- --
- Andreas Henning -- d2henan@dtek.chalmers.se
- Student of Computer Science at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
- "Why stop now, just when I'm hating it?" - Marvin The Paranoid Android
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 10:06:26 CST
- From: ken@batman.austin.ibm.com (Ken Goach)
- Message-Id: <9301211606.AA20744@batman.austin.ibm.com>
- Subject: Winjammer problems
- To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
-
- >So "works wonderfully" isn't the term I would use to describe WinJammer
- >2.23...And there is also the fact that it succeeds in being BOTH
- >crippleware AND nagware at the same time! I am impressed...
-
- I have had no problems with it. Works great. Could it be something else
- on your end?
-
- I'd suggest that anyone who has trouble with Winjammer contact the
- author, Dan McKee, at 70742.2052@CompuServe.COM. He's very good
- about answering user questions and very nice too.
-
- Your mileage may vary, but things work great for me.
-
- Ken
-
- ------------------------------
-
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