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Ultrasound Daily Digest     Tue, 5 Oct 93   048 MDT      Volume 7: Issue   5

Today's Topics:
           "Computer Game World" gives GUS bad wrap! (fwd)
                 Ail/miles drivers, DOS 6/Doublespace
                  Back to the patch/frequency thing
                       CGW gives GUS bad wrap.
                 Computer Gaming World inconsistency
                      Dagger of Amon Ra (Sierra)
                             Engine sound
           Everything you ever wanted to know about replies
                           Give me a brake!
                 GUS review in Computer Gaming World
                          I need default.cfg
                            Installing GUS
                            KLF Mailer???
                         Lands of Lore + AIL
                            Line in level
                          Megaem+SB+X-wing.
                        Micro$oft Flight Sim 5
                             os/2 drivers
                          Privateer and GUS
                      Re-entering the GUS world
        Replies, replies all around, and not a drop to drink.
                            Return to Zork
                            Sierra drivers
                Star Control the straight dope. (fwd)
                    Ultrasound Daily Digest V7 #2
                    Ultrasound Daily Digest V7 #3
                            Windows Driver

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: Sun, 3 Oct 1993 11:56:39 +0501 (EDT)
From: Gunnar Swanson <[e-mail]>
Subject: "Computer Game World" gives GUS bad wrap! (fwd)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Again a repeat fo all of those that may have missed my earlier installation.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1993 16:00:55 +0501 (EDT)
From: Gunnar Swanson <[e-mail]>
To: Gravis Digest <[e-mail]>
Subject: "Computer Game World" gives GUS bad wrap!


Well I just picked up my copy of computer game world this Friday and they
did not like the GUS very much.

Here is the reprint from CGW Oct 1993 #111

    "We tried two versions of the Gravis Ultrasound (GUS) card.  The
first one had old software and 256K of RAM (into which one must load MIDI
patches).  It worked great under Windows, but we found it to be less
desirable under DOS.  We also tested a new version of the card with a 1MB
RAM upgrade and new software drivers.  For games that support the card, we
found the wave table synthesis and digital audio to be quite acceptable.
However , in Sound Blaster emulation, we had less luck.  The card uses FM
synthesis emulation to provide FM u\music in a game---a less than optimal
solution, as explainded the introduction [of this article].
    Due to the need for many TSRs , lack of vendor support (less than
Adlib Gold at press time) and poor Sound Blaster emulation, it is hard to
to anyone other than a Windows MIDI musician.  Wee are not saying for a
given game that the GUS won't work, it's just that for the casual gamer
wanting Sound Blaster compatability, we found that it is not worth the
configuration headaches.  The 32-voice wave table synthesis is based on an
older Ensoniq technology and sounds very good, though not as good as some
of the other products surveyed."


    None to flattering eh?!  I must say though thatonce again the reviewers
were unfair in their evaluation.  For instance they did not explain the
difference and the advantages between RAM and ROM patches.  Also they have
just been bought be that evil mega corp Ziff-Davis Publishing specializing
in the purveying of pablam.  The reviews in CGW are usually pretty good
pick up a copy and read for yourself what they said.  They did not like
the Sound Blaster 16 ASP very much either.  Go figure?!


        Happy GUSing


        Gunnar Swanson


        [e-mail]


end.

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Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1993 09:23:06 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Ail/miles drivers, DOS 6/Doublespace
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Could someone explain what ail and miles drivers are, and what games they're
available for, how do they sound, where are they available, etc?  I've been
reading this for a while now and everyone seems to know about them except me.

Also, i read somewhere a mention about SBOS problems with doublespace.  Could
this be why i can't get sound blaster emulation for Xwing (only adlib & gmidi -
sounds like a concert when i fire a laser) and can't get megaem to work with f1
grand prix, etc etc?

Thanks,
Andrew Clarke
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1993 23:07:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Bonjour, Le Prof" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Back to the patch/frequency thing
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hmmm, maybe using a MIDI patch to make a racecar engine sound isn't
a good idea. Maybe the way to do it is to use the Micro$oft approach,
like they did with their Flight Simulator. The engines sound fine.
At least whenever there isn't any SBOS interrupt problems.

I figure that they do it by using an undocumented DOS call
(Sorry, I had to get that in there).

Anybody got any ideas on how to do this?

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Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1993 12:19:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: CGW gives GUS bad wrap.
Message-ID: <9310031619.AA08799@prism>

:Well I just picked up my copy of computer game world this Friday and they
:did not like the GUS very much.

:Here is the reprint from CGW Oct 1993 #111
(reprint deleted)

Personally, I agree fully with CGW. Aside from people who are just beginning
their exploration of the MIDI universe, or even semi-serious 'musicians', the
GUS is nothing more than an over-hyped sample playback card. Sure, you can
playback 32 voices at once, but at what cost? Less sound fidelity.

My major gripe with the GUS has been the apalling lack of support to do
anything with it that I couldn't do with a simple SB Pro. Where's the
patch creator/editor? I mean one that has a DECENT interface. Where's the
midi software? Aside from Cakewalk 2.0, which just came out only a couple of
months ago, what else is there?

And of course, I can count, ON MY HAND, the number of games that came out
since it was released, that support the GUS in native mode. Where are all these
great, awesome games that will have NATIVE support? Sorry folks, but AIL,
MegaEM, SBOS, all that just adds to the GUS 'kludgeware' library, and doesn't
help matters any.

If I ever decide to by a new soundcard, its going to be one that has HARDWARE
support for the current standard, as well as some friggin effects that can
be added to samples. So far, all I've been able to do is sample something off
a CD, and play it back. Sure, I can assign it to a patch, AFTER wasting
several minutes loading, editing, and saving the ultrasnd.ini file, and then
RESTARTING windows. Sheesh! This is NO way to be going about making music. If
its gonna take this long, I may as well invest in something I know has
support, will work OUT OF THE BOX, and will work with the software I need.

Nice try Gravis. Better luck next time.

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Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1993 10:48:59 -0400
From: Martin H Rogers <mrogers@stealth>
Subject: Computer Gaming World inconsistency
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Gunnar Swanson noted yesterday that CGW didn't give a very good review of
the GUS in their latest roundup of sound cards. The writers of this article
must not have reviewed the rest of the issue. In particular, on page 24,
Scorpia noted that "Arkania is the only game I've played so far that would
not work with the Gravis Ultrasound card." She makes her living reviewing
computer games, and must have played a fair number. For authors Weksler &
McGee to state "Getting sound from the few games that will work with the GUS
emulating a Sound Blaster requires a LOT of tinkering." must mean they
didn't check very thoroughly with knowledgeable users of the GUS.

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Date: (null)
From: "Alexander Majarek, Sascha, SAM"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Dagger of Amon Ra (Sierra)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Has anybody got any idea why the AIL/Sierra-drivers only work for the
CD-version of 'Dagger of Amon Ra' (Laura Bow II) ?

Any help/hint appreciated.
Thanx

Sascha

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 15:12:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: Phat H Tran <[e-mail]>
Subject: Engine sound
Message-ID: <Pine.3.05.9310041545.B20432-a100000@sciborg>

> Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1993 09:51:05 +1000
> From: David Vu <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Re: OK, somebody else asked about the World Circuit Stuff...
> Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
>
> I don't think so.  The engine sound is a very complex sound.  Since the
> sound is continiuously and linked to the throttle level, the sample has to
> have infintite patches otherwise you will hear discontinuity when you
> play with the accelerator :-).
>

A good throttle-linked engine sound can probably be created from just
pitch shifting one sample.  No need to have "infinite patches", IMO.

Or maybe all we need is a sample of one stroke, and instead of pitch
shifting it, we just trigger it more or less frequently depending on
the RPMs.  Underneath the stroke we can also have the whine of the
gears, which we pitch shift.  At high RPMs, we can switch to the
single pitch-shifted sample for the engine.

Phat.

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 14:11:35 -0600 (CDT)
From: [e-mail] (Dave DeBry)
Subject: Everything you ever wanted to know about replies
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

> From: Gunnar Swanson <[e-mail]>
> Subject: "Computer Game World" gives GUS bad wrap!
>
> Well I just picked up my copy of computer game world this Friday and they
> did not like the GUS very much.
>
> Here is the reprint from CGW Oct 1993 #111
> [...]

    Ya know, folks, there's a LOT of people who read this Digest.
Why don't we start a write-in campaign (via snailmail, not email...
it's more substantial) to these magazines that have been slagging on
the GUS, and tell them how wrong they are?

    Could someone please post the addresses of these magazines
that have been mentioned on the Digest recently so we can inundate
them with letters telling them that the GUS is a keen card that
deserves more attention than they are giving it?  Thanks!


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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 06:07:39 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Robert Lee DeRaud)
Subject: Give me a brake!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

>From: David Vu <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Re: OK, somebody else asked about the World Circuit Stuff...
>Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

>"Bonjour, Le Prof" <[e-mail]> wrote:

>> Nonetheless, the excitement is dampened by synthesized engine sounds.
>> That and the lack of brake screetching.

I dunno...the ESPN in-car cameras don't usually pick up any brake noise,
at least not from the Name-Brand (tm) cars with ABS and carbon-fiber discs.
This might change next year under the new rules...

>> Now, I got to thinking.....After puttering around with HELIPCTR.PAT or
>> whatever it's called (and bugging the hell out of the upper apartment ;)
>> I figure there's got to be some way to manipulate a patch (frequency) so
>> that we could get an authentic engine sound by making the game play a MIDI
>> patch of the engine. The same applies for braking. Maybe we could sample
>> Ayrton Senna (note the proper spelling :) yelling when HE gets rear-ended
>> (what a switch that would be). Well, maybe not. Anyway, I think this has
>> some interesting possibilities for World Circuit diddling, or for the
>> next racing game.

He never yells, he just shakes his fist at the drivers too stupid to get
out of his way :-)

>> So what do you think, sirs?

>I don't think so.  The engine sound is a very complex sound.  Since the
>sound is continiuously and linked to the throttle level, the sample has to
>have infintite patches otherwise you will hear discontinuity when you
>play with the accelerator :-).

>Too bad all these F1 cars are normally-aspirated, I miss the whistling sound
>of the turbo in the old F1 cars.

>.David.

It shouldn't be THAT bad: almost all of the engine noise except intake
'honk' and/or turbo whine is directly RPM-related, so one or two decent
patches should cover the whole rev range. You DO need different patches
for the V8 Fords, the V10 Renaults, and the V12 etc as they have wildly
different harmonics and such at a given RPM. ObGUS, doing this with MIDI
is IMHO a bad idea since the accelerator pedal would be hooked directly
to the pitch-bend controller :-)

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 10:01:34 SAT
From: "Michael Patricios" <[e-mail]>
Subject: GUS review in Computer Gaming World
Message-ID: <MAILQUEUE-101.931004100134.1888@odie>

Has anyone seen this review? I think it is in the October issue. They
really rip the GUS badly and it has the worst rating of the 20 cards
reviewed. They specifically concentrated on games for the review of
their soundcards. The midi sound on the GUS they referred to as
"adequate" whilst the SB16-Waveblaster combo they hailed as wonderful
(ha! what a laugh, from my own tests, I found the GUS to sound as
good as, if not better than the waveblaster).

The main reasons it scored badly was: difficult to install, very
little support (I wonder if they know about the AIL drivers and the
Sierra drivers?), bad FM emulation etc, etc..

I think these guys need to be informed of the wonderfulness and the
support of the GUS (anyone know if they have an Internet address?)

They also previewed Ensoniq's new Soundscape (I think that is the
name) card. It sounds pretty neat, but they hailed it as an amazing
card, even though it has no soundblaster compatibility and they
ripped the GUS for not having on-board FM chips, but a TSR instead
(SBOS).

Oh well.

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 20:23:01 +1000 (EST)
From: Michael Daniel <[e-mail]>
Subject: I need default.cfg
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

could someone please mail me a copy of the default copy of 'default.cfg'
or whatever the file playmidi uses to choose patches is, 'cos when I was
installing the 2.06 disks I got a CRC error on some files and the
installation stopped.  This was on the last disk (I think) so default.cfg
and the mod stuff was the only things that didn't install,  also has
anyone been able to get the "restore individual files" option to work with
the installation disks? It just crashes on my computer.

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Date: Sun, 3 Oct 93 07:13:03 PDT
From: Rick Skalsky <[e-mail]>
Subject: Installing GUS
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I just got GUS and installed it and am pretty impressed overall.  However,
one problem I had installing the 6 disks was CRC errors when I tried to
install it on my G drive which is Stacked but had over 22 meg free.  It
would error out on the 2nd disk with a CRC error.  Got a new set of disks
at the computer store and had the same problem on the 2nd disk.  Now can
anybody tell me if you just can't install the software on a stacked driv
drive or do I have some other problem.  BTW, I'm using Netroom 3.01 or 3.1
which I compared to Qemm 7+ and found Netroom to be better.  I think it
is underrated as a memory manager even though PC Week and PC Magazine
recently picked it over QEMM and 386Max.  Any info appreciated.  I'd like
to get the GUS software on a stacked drive since it takes up so much room.

Another question-why does the sound sometimes stop in the Windows Midi player
even though there are still more notes being notated on the screen?  In
other words, the songs play awhile, then the sound stops before the song
is actually done.

Thanks for any feedback.

Rich

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 18:46:44 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: KLF Mailer???
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello all,
    In a past Digest there was a message on a mailing list
being set up for KLF Mods.  The address was [e-mail]
If I remember right.  I sent a subscribe message, but I haven't
ever heard anything back.  Has Anyone??

Jeff
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 16:43:30 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Lands of Lore + AIL
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello, I can't seem to get Lands of Lore to use Ultramid.  I'm using v1.03
from the Sierra driver archive.  I have used the patch that updates the
game to v1.11A and Loreail to put the gf1 files into DRIVERS.PAK.  The
sound is set on General MIDI.  I have a 1meg GUS, rev 2.2, and the updated
drivers that I got in the mail.  I load ultramid high with -m100 and -c
and start the game.  The Westwood logo appears and no sound. (sigh)
I hit escape and the main screen comes up but the menu doesn't and the
game just sits there.  It does this with QEMM 7.01 and EMM386.  I have
a 386SX-25, 4 megs RAM, and a bus mouse.  The GUS is set at 220,7,7,11,7

Ultramid works with Dune 2 (Very good in fact!!!) also by Westwood. hmm...
It refuses Seal Team too.  Same problem, no sound.  I'm toying with the
idea of reinstalling Eye of the Beholder 3 (but LOL takes forever and
a day to install). I know it worked with earlier AIL drivers.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thank in advance,

Erik

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 20:44:23 -0400
From: Evan Champion <[e-mail]>
Subject: Line in level
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Has anyone written a utility that can set the volume of the line out on the
Ultrasound?  Specifically, I need to lower the total volume (of all channels
plus the line in/CD audio) because my stereo can't deal with the regular
default level.  Thanks!

Evan

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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1993 12:42:29 +1000 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Mr K.S. Yap)
Subject: Megaem+SB+X-wing.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Greetings,
   I know a lot of you have tried the above combination and get X-wing
working nicely on your computer. I have also manage to get the combination
working (music is great and digital sound is allright), but there is one
small glitch in my combination, and that is during the intro. when the
X-wing fighters appear, they will be accompanying by a high-pitch whistle
like sound, instead of some aircraft engine sound like the TIE-fighters.
   I have never seen anyone mentioned a similiar problem, and I am wondering
if this is the "normal" case or is it something wrong with one of mine
patches ? I am currently using Megaem 1.00 and SB 2.0.
   Please help. Thanks in advance.

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Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1993 16:03:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Bonjour, Le Prof" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Micro$oft Flight Sim 5
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

    I keep getting what sounds like interrupt confilicts with this
program- very impressive, I might add.

    Anybody got it to work flawlessly??

/Jeff

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Date: Sun, 3 Oct 93 12:42:25 CDT
From: Michael J Stumpf <[e-mail]>
Subject: os/2 drivers
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Did os/2 driver betas ever come out?  I saw something like that a while
back, or was that just linux?

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Date: Tue,  5 Oct 93 00:13:00 BST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Privateer and GUS
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

To all Trying to run Privateer and the GUS together,
     The only way it will work is without sound effects on.
I have successfully installed a SB Pro next to my GUS tho and set the
GUS to IRQ 12 and DMA 6.And can get it to play thru SB Pro ok, tho I
Have to run setgus and run test on all system execept SB Irq.This is
the only way it will work with Both cards in Computer.
     But you will have to live without sound with just the GUS.Set sound
to none and Music to SB or SB Pro.
By the way I've completed the plot in Privateer on my 25mhz 386.
Don't try this at home kids!
                          ***StarHawk***

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 6:08:24 EDT
From: "The Wombat" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re-entering the GUS world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello All!
After a 4 or 5 month Hiatus I am attempting to return to the world of
the GUS.
I had been on this list almost from it's inception as a mail bouncer,
up to the point at which Gravis had begun to mail out the ful set of
General MIDI patches.
Now I am in the position to perhaps aquire a GUS with the original, or I
believe version 1.21 install disks.
I have popped off to epas to look around but the increase in volume
there is a little overwhelming, could anyone sumarize in general what
programs I should be aware of and want to get so that I could be on a
current GUS level if I do get this card and put it in my system
AMD 386-40 DX
MT-321 PC Chips motherboard
(Do we still have MB problems or has that been fixed?)
Paradise SVGA 1024i
Oh yes, the GUS in question has 1 meg of ram
I really appreciate any insight and help you can provide.

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 14:05:48 -0600 (CDT)
From: [e-mail] (Dave DeBry)
Subject: Replies, replies all around, and not a drop to drink.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

    Replies!  Whee!

> From: [e-mail] (Mike Batchelor)
> Subject: It still isn't working (SC2)
>
> I did both of those things, and it made no difference.  It's on DMA 7 now,
> checked out free of conflicts with setgus, and sounds as bad as it always
> did.  I played a 669 file all the way through before starting melee.
> Anything else?  Offerings?  Bowing in obeisance?

    Have you read the FAQ?  There are several different ways to
fix this listed in there.

    (Reminder to all readers:  HEY!  READ THE FAQ BEFORE ASKING A
QUESTION!!  Ok.  I feel better now. :)

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 19:14:00 EDT
From: Matthew Spewak <[e-mail]>
Subject: Return to Zork
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

They support GUS!! Yea... It sounds great too.  Good game, only I am
stuck.  Can someone help me at the town next to the river?  What do I do
there?  I am lost in this game (I didn't read any of the text yet)...

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 13:41:01 CDT
From: Fitzgerald Jr Steele <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sierra drivers
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I can't seem to find the new Sierra drivers anywhere.  I've check all the
FTP sites listed in the FAQ, but to no avail.  Someone told me I could
reach Sierra through the address [e-mail], but my mail was bounced
back to me.  Is there anywhere I can get those new drivers!?

Jerry Steele
[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1993 11:54:56 +0501 (EDT)
From: Gunnar Swanson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Star Control the straight dope. (fwd)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Here is a repeat for all of you who may have missed my earlier postings
concerning Star Control II.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1993 15:51:18 +0501 (EDT)
From: Gunnar Swanson <[e-mail]>
To: Gravis Digest <[e-mail]>
Subject: Star Control the straight dope.

    Ok this is to all of you folks having Star Control II
problems.  I got the game a long time ago because it was one of the
first to work with the GUS with out SBOS.
    The problem is this, originally Gravis sent Accolade a
flawed SDK |-> so the game has the flaws that you already mentioned.  Now
there are three solutions that I know of, one is you can run "gusdram -z"
some claim that this is the best solution.  Another is to play a 669 file,
finally there is removing all of the memory from the card (caveat, I never
did this) because supposedly this was the problem with the SDK it had
trouble with memory management.  Anyways I hope that you can get it to
work because it is a really great game.


        Good Luck GUSing


        Gunnar Swanson


[e-mail]

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Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1993 17:40:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Phat H Tran <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Ultrasound Daily Digest V7 #2
Message-ID: <Pine.3.05.9310031706.B21998-c100000@sciborg>

> Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1993 20:58:51 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Phil Johnson <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Files on epas
> Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
>
> My first message was messed up, so I'll re-enter it..
>   There are those 808* files and such on epas, and I was wondering what
> exactly they are useful for...?  Can someone please explain?
>

The 808* files are Francois' 808 drum machine patches for the GUS.

> Date: Fri, 1 Oct 93 18:35:04 PDT
> From: [e-mail] (Mike Batchelor)
> Subject: It still isn't working (SC2)
> Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
>
> I did both of those things, and it made no difference.  It's on DMA 7 now,
> checked out free of conflicts with setgus, and sounds as bad as it always
> did.  I played a 669 file all the way through before starting melee.
> Anything else?  Offerings?  Bowing in obeisance?
>

Did you play the 669 file using Tran's p669gu0 player?  That's the one
that clears memory for me.  The other 669 players do not.

> Date: Fri, 1 Oct 93 09:37:26 CDT
> From: [e-mail] (Mark S. Wyman)
> Subject: SSI Dark Sun
> Message-ID: <9310011437@lead13>
>
> I just went out and bought SSI's new Dark Sun game (their new
> AD&D game engine).
>
> IT HAS GUS SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!!
>
> No SBOS or megaem needed for this game.  It uses ultramid (for
> some this may be a curse) which it includes.  You will surely
> need to load utlramid high (I am using QEMM) because Dark Sun
> needs around 610,000 bytes of conventional memory.
>

*Ugh* There's no way I'll be able to free up that much memory after
ultramid loads.  My UMBs are filled to the brim, due to DoubleSpace,
my CD-ROM driver, and the EMS page frame.  I really, really, really
hope Gravis does something to reduce the size and/or conventional
memory footprint of ultramid.  I've heard that SSI do not like how
much memory GUS support requires (because of that dang TSR) in Darksun,
and have put GUS support on hold for the time being.  If you enjoy
their games with GUS support, tell them in writing to continue to
support the card.

> Date: Fri, 1 Oct 93 16:27:26 -0400
> From: [e-mail] (Dave Jiang)
> Subject: tech support
> Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
>
> Does anyone know how long does the gus tech support over internet to reply an
> email? It seems taking forever...
>

If your email gets through, they should reply quite promptly.  Try mailing
to [e-mail].

> Date: Fri, 1 Oct 93 16:25:36 +0100
> From: [e-mail]
> Message-ID: <9310011525.AA29802@messua>
>
> Hi there !
> Could please somebody explain me how to use mt32pat.cfg with the mt32
> sequenced mids on epas ? I get errors all the time during patchloading.
> Thanx...Olli
>

I saw an MT32 to GM convertor on Epas, which I assume you can use to
convert MT32 MIDI files to ones that the GUS can play with the proper
instruments.  MT32PAT.CFG might not be necessary any longer.

Phat.

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Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1993 17:53:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Phat H Tran <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Ultrasound Daily Digest V7 #3
Message-ID: <Pine.3.05.9310031725.C21998-a100000@sciborg>

> Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1993 03:08:06 -0400
> From: Evan Champion <[e-mail]>
> Subject: CD Audio on Ultrasound
> Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
>
> I have a Texel 3024 and a Gravis Ultrasound...  At great expense I went and
> got a CD Audio cable to hook them up and everything seemed to go fine...
> Then I noticed that it was only playing on the left speaker (and very, very
> quietly on the right).  This doesn't happen with anything else so it is not

Sounds like a problem with the CD-audio-to-GUS connector.  The CD jumper
pins on the GUS are Right, Ground, Ground, Left.  Make sure that the
proper wires from the Texel connect with the proper pins on the GUS.

Phat.

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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 00:59:00 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Zoran Cacevski)
Subject: Windows Driver
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Does anyone have a stable Ultrasnd Drivers for Windows, since I'm Using
the latest version, and it just keeps on crashing the ultrasnd since it
seems it can't recover properly playing several sounds at once. It has
very unstable drivers, compared to the PAS 16.

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