To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
I just got a hold of this version of SBOS and have tested it out with a few games. My feelings are mixed on this one.
This version is designed to be loaded during boot up and is supposed to work just about everything. So far, I've tried it on the XWing demo, Ultima Underworld I, and a few other softs. Most of the instrument sounds seem to have a bit more bass, but some of the music still sounds garbled. In Underworld, you don't have to listen to the buzzing when you're in the water! it actually splashes now! With the XWing demo, I couldn't get the digitized speech to work (although my memory says that it worked under SBOS v1.22).
Most other softs seem to work well, although the music sometimes sound a lot different than with v1.22; sometimes it sounds better, but not always.
All the instrument files are not packed into one 400K library, and .EXE version of SBOS takes up 19.2K loaded up high. I couldn't get the .SYS version to load properly.
Final version of SBOS as well as the new diskettes are supposed to be ready next week.
There is also a 3D demo game called Virtual Turkey; the 3D effect is pretty good (not as great as I had hoped it to be, but it may be due to the software), but the sounds they use in the game are mediocre at best. I don't know if it's available for public consumption yet.
> To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>
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> Well, Id like to say, I bought my card in early september of 1992, and received
> it in the beginning of October. My card came with version 1.1 of the Gravis
> disks and has almost nothing mentioned on epas or otherwise(I got all this
> myself). I turned my registration card in the minute I received the card
> and have yet to hear word 1 on wether they received it, if I am going to get
> any upgrade information or equipment, what they need from me for information, orif they even care. This kind of aggrevates me, because every other company
> I have ever sent a registration card to has at LEAST replied to me in a form
Well, sir, I have to admit that I'm quite envious of you. I write this
withOUT any sarcasm. I'm fairly new to the PC market (I've been involved
with UNIX, workstations for many years). I bought a 486 last March
and quickly started buying various software packages. I own absolutely
NO pirated software whatsoever. However, I'm a little more than just
miffed at the response I've gotten from ALL the vendors I've patronized --
ZERO!!!! NONE!!!! ZILCH!!!!
That's right. I'll list some names. I've bought hardware from Intel, Gravis,
and Diamond. I've paid some big bucks for software from Microsoft, Lotus,
DCA, and an array of smaller companies. Virtually every single one of these
companies has developed OFFICIAL patches, upgrades, etc. since I acquired
and REGISTERED their products; not ONE single company has ever written me!
I have noted, though, that somehow my name/address has "mysteriously"
appeared on various mailing lists (mostly computer magazines) which have
deluged me with requests for my patronage. Hmmmm....I wonder where they
got my name?
And while I'm on my soapbox, let me add that when I've had the need to
get support from any of these companies, it has usually involved not
one, but MANY expensive long-distance calls to finally reach someone
competent to get decent help. So here I sit -- a bonofide registered
hardware/software owner -- and reflect on some of the comments made
by pirates....
Sorry to introduce such a wild tangent, but feeling a bit better
