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Here again .. 9.23 with in it 9.22...


[e-mail] (GUS Server) writes:

>
>GUS Daily Digest            Thu, 23 Dec 93  0:07         Volume 9: Issue  23
>
>Today's Topics:
>                                 faq
>                   GUS Daily Digest V9 #22 (4 msgs)
>                           GUS Mailserver?
>                      GUS with Dracula Unleashed
>                         mail for john.smith
>                         Modus!  Windows Mod!
>                            Returned mail
>
>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: Wed, 22 Dec 93 06:22:11 EST
>From: David Pomerance <[e-mail]>
>Subject: faq
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1993 03:10:10 EST
>From: [e-mail] (Dave Horoschak)
>Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V9 #22
>
>Has anyone been able to get Cakewalk Pro for Windows to work w/ the GUS?
>MidiSoft works fine, but Cakewalk doesn't.  I am simply getting no output.  I
>have the MIDI output port set to GUS MIDI synth (not MIDI out) and it doesn't
>work.  Do I have to load the patches manually into memory before I run
>Cakewalk?  If so, how will they map?  Will they be 0,1,2... according to the
>order in which I loaded them, or will they maintain their original patch
>number?
>
>Also, regarding WAV2PAT, after I run the conversion, the name is not being
>changed on the patch.  For example, if I set it up to patch 127 in the
>ULTRASND.INI file and then go into Patch Manager, the new patch is there and
>it works, but it's still labelled as Gunshot.  In addition, does anyone know
>if there is or if there will be a version that will allow greater than 32k WAV
>files?
>
>Thanks to everyone who can give me some insight and thanks to everyone who has
>helped me get this far.  Later...
> - Dave
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                    Dave Horoschak  -aka-  [e-mail]
>                        Chief engineer of WLVR 91.3 FM.
>               Treasurer & Project Engineer - Lehigh Formula SAE
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Wed, 22 Dec 93  0:07
>From: GUS Server <[e-mail]>
>Subject: GUS Daily Digest V9 #22
>Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
>
>GUS Daily Digest            Wed, 22 Dec 93  0:07         Volume 9: Issue  22
>
>Today's Topics:
>                A message to all of the GUS people...
>                   Annoying Sound when I play mods
>                              DOOM audio
>                               Doom SFX
>                           Duke 2 and SBOS
>                       floating adlib registers
>                              Goal & Gus
>                             Gravis EMail
>                GUS and NEC 3Xe CD-ROM works (so far).
>                   GUS Daily Digest V9 #21 (4 msgs)
>                     Headphone out to line level
>                        Help for Noisy GUSses
>                           Mega-em with t7g
>                           MIDI patch names
>               Need .MOD and .MID players for windows.
>                              NHL Hockey
>                          Ranting and Raving
>                            Rebel Assault
>                             RTZ and GUS
>                              Subscribe
>           The Seventh Guest (T7G) and MegaEm works for me!
>
>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: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 10:33:49 -0800 (PST)
>From: "George A. Montemayor" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: A message to all of the GUS people...
>
>I know how frustrated some of you guys are with the Gravis, but lighten
>up! It's almost Christmas. Don't get mad at it now.
>
>Merry Christmas to all of you!
>-George
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 93 11:57:50 -0500
>From: [e-mail] (Charles Miller)
>Subject: Annoying Sound when I play mods
>
>Just the other day, while playing a mod, my GUS started making a really
>obnoxious noise. Right in the middle of a song, it made a loud sustained
>sound kind of like an air horn. It did this on two different mods, during
>one I even turned off all the channels and it still made the sound (I
>was using gusmod).
>I have never had this problem before and it didn't happen last night while playing
>playing mods.
>I recently upgraded to MS-DOS 6.0, have a 486-dlc40 with 4 megs RAM.
>I also recently changed my GUS settings to comply with DOOM (the irq is
>at 7 and the DMA's are at 5)
>Does anyone know what could have happened? I checked the 1MEG RAM with
>gusram and it checked out...
>
>BTW: Did anyone ever post an updated version of gusmod??? There was some
>talk about 1 1/2 months ago...
>
>chuck miller
>[e-mail]
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 15:40:20 -0500 (EST)
>From: Phat H Tran <[e-mail]>
>Subject: DOOM audio
>
>To get both music and sound working in DOOM, your GUS must use IRQs < 9.
>This is a limitation of the DOS extender that DOOM uses -- it just won't
>support the high IRQs.  I suggest using settings of 5 and 7 for your
>GF1 and SB/MIDI IRQs, respectively.  Create a DOOMGUS.BAT file that
>does the following
>
>set ultrasnd=220,1,1,5,7   ;use your own port and DMA settings
>ultrinit
>doom.exe
>set ultrasnd=220,1,1,12,5  ;return the GUS to its usual settings
>ultrinit
>
>Phat.
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 93 10:51:01 EST
>From: David Ball <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Doom SFX
>
>> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 93 12:38:30 EST
>> From: "Frank Pikelner" <[e-mail]>
>> Subject: Sound effects in doom - trouble
>>
>> I've installed and finished Doom over the weekend. The only thing I could not
>> do was get the sound effects working on my GUS (1MB). The music plays fine
>> and I ended up using the speaker for sound effects. For sound effects the
>> gravis only game me very soft pops when the gun was fired. Have I done
>> something wrong in the install or setup? I triedd both 4 and 2 channels when
>> running the game setup. Also since I upgraded my hard drive I reinstalled the
>> 2.06 disks - did I miss someting during the reinstall maybe?
>>
>In case some one else hasn't mentioned it yet, you need to use a low IRQ
>for the GF1.  9 or lower maybe, I used 7. OOOHHHH what a difference!
>(maybe you can help me too, I can't find any of the secret stuff on the last
>regular level.  Any hints?)
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 93 12:02:08 -0500
>From: [e-mail] (Charles Miller)
>Subject: Duke 2 and SBOS
>
>Well, I have been playing the new version of Duke nukem(pretty decent) and
>it seems to work with SBOS (too bad they don't support GUS or at least
>Roland). But when I got to level 5, at a certain point, it would freeze.
>I rebooted and tried again. It froze again. When I didn't use SBOS, it
>went right past that point where it would freeze and worked fine but
>w/o the cheezy sound blaster effects (that might be a good thing:) )
>but it is a little less excitng totally quiet...
>
>Any comments??
>chuck miller
>[e-mail]
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 93 12:19:56 EST
>From: [e-mail] (Ivan Strom)
>Subject: floating adlib registers
>
>Is there any way other than loading/unloading sbos to float the adlib registers
>(or to get sbos working for the following configuration)?
>A SB16/SCSI + GUS combo causes a load failure for sbos (current version gives
>error message, 1.20 just hangs). SB16 is at A220 I5 D1 H5 (highdma 5) T6 P330
>(MPU on 330).  SCSI using port 340, irq11, dma0.  GUS ordinarily at
>260,7,7,12,15, but I also tried 260,7,7,7,7 and 210,7,7,7,7.
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 23:09:13 +0200 (EET)
>From: Jani Forssell <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Goal & Gus
>
>It supports LAPC1 , SB and Adlib. Has anyone got it work right with gus ?
>Megaem doesn't produce any sound with SB DAC emulation. Sbos works , but
>samples play kinda too slow. Any suggestions  ?
>
>[e-mail]
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Wed, 22 Dec 93 3:48:13 GMT
>From: [e-mail] (Nemendur Bjorns Bjorgvinsson)
>Subject: Gravis EMail
>
>Hey Gussers
>
>What is Gravis's EMail adress in Canada?  And how long does it take,
>average, until I get my reply from them?
>
>Thnx
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 08:25:00 -0600 (CST)
>From: ibmpa!hartmann.austin.ibm.com![e-mail] (Lance Hartmann)
>Subject: GUS and NEC 3Xe CD-ROM works (so far).
>
>Previously:
>
>H> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1993 13:55 EST
>H> From: [e-mail] (LIFE IS A GREAT ADVENTURE)
>H> Subject: Does the NEC 3x have probelms with a GUS?
>H>
>H>         I was going to buy the 3x speed CD-ROM. But was wondering if
>H> anyone new of any problems if there are any. Thanks.
>
>Though I've only had the drive a few of days, the NEC 3Xe (connected to my
>Adaptec 1542B -- NOT the GUS -- with ASPI drivers, MSCDEX) hasn't caused
>any problems with my GUS.  I only own one computer-CD-title (The Seventh Guest
>[T7G]), but so far so good.  Also, I did buy a cheapy Y-cable to run from
>the AUDIO-OUT of the CD-ROM to GUS's AUDIO-IN port.  Seems to work okay,
>though I'd like to find a higher quality cable...
>
>--
>Lance Hartmann ([e-mail])
>               Yes, that IS a '%' (percent sign) in my network address.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>All statements, comments, opinions, etc. herein reflect those of the author
>and shall NOT be misconstrued as those of IBM or anyone else for that matter.
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 17:25:45 -0500 (EST)
>From: [e-mail] (Fred Coffey)
>Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V9 #21
>
>> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 93 15:26:17 EST
>> From: Philippe Chayer <[e-mail]>
>> Subject: au to wav converter
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking for an *.au to *.wav converter (*.au is sounds for the suns
>> at school on unix) is one ? if so where can I get it ?
>>
>> Thanx in advance, and keep on gussing !
>> --
>>              Philippe Chayer
>>                    [e-mail]
>
>    I have a program for the IBM that is called SNDSOX.  It converts
>from almost any sound format to any sound format.  .au is on the list.
>E-mail me and I we can negotiate transfer options.
>
>Fred Coffey
>
>
>--
>Fred Coffey                |
>Sandusky, Ohio             |  PGP Public Key Available Upon Request
>[e-mail] |
>"....for the world is hollow and I have touched the sky...." -- Star Trek
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 18:08:45 -0600 (CST)
>From: "WILL HATCHER, AKA SILIKON" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V9 #21
>
>The Gus is a lot more complicated to use than other cards.  Then again -- I
>purchased a PAS at Wal Mart and it wouldn't install correctly (a plug and play
>board to boot!)  After reading of some of the headaches, I was a little scared
>to buy the unit, but I wanted improved midi (over my current Soundblaster).
>$129 was quite a bargain it turned out.  As all of us here know, the music
>capabilities of the Gus are unbelievable.  I would have paid a good deal more
>for it.
>
>Nevertheless, I kept my Soundblaster too (blasphemy!) hoping that it would be
>easier to use than SBOS and Megaem.  And it has turned out that way.  Getting
>them to work together hasn't been much trouble either.
>
>Of course, as I am writing this I am planning on attempting to use the SB for
>f/x and pump the midi through the gus.  Could be a fun night!
>
>Will
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 16:24:27 -0800 (PST)
>From: Vincent Poy <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V9 #21
>
>On Tue, 21 Dec 1993, GUS Server wrote:
>
>>
>> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1993 10:33:07 -0500 (EST)
>> From: [e-mail]
>> Subject: Best(?) speakers
>>
>> I have a quick question about speakers for my GUS output.
>>
>> I currently have the card attached to a low-end Pioneer receiver
>> (20 watts per channel) using some OLD three way no-name speakers.
>> I have looked at the review of amplified speakers in the Oct. issue
>> of PC/Computing (they recommend the Acoustic Research) and was
>> wondering if I could or should get a new pair of speakers for
>> $100-200?  Will I see a big difference in sound quality?  What
>> should I get?  Thanks.
>>
>> Russ Birchall    [e-mail]
>>
>I think you should get the Altec Lansing ACS-300 or the SONY SRS-D4K
>Speakers since those seem to be the most popular among companies such as
>Crutchfield.  I think the Sound Quality on anything $150+ is supposed to
>be pretty good!
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>Vince
>[e-mail]
>[e-mail]
>System Administrator/Owner
>Kingdom Communications Inc./California Unix Public Access Systems Inc.
>San Francisco, California USA
>
>                         \|/
>                            (o o)
>           _____________oOO__(_)__OOo_______________
>          | No warranty for my actions of any kind  |
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 16:31:05 -0800 (PST)
>From: Vincent Poy <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V9 #21
>
>On Tue, 21 Dec 1993, GUS Server wrote:
>
>>
>> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1993 14:28:04 -0500 (EST)
>> From: [e-mail] (Francois Dion)
>> Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V9 #20
>>
>> > From: Vincent Poy <[e-mail]>
>> > Subject: Microphones
>> >
>> >     I am looking a Microphone to use with the GUS, what Microphones
>> > are available that are Stereo? Thanks!
>>
>> You dont need a stereo microphone. A mono microphone will work ok. Only thing,
>> it has to be either dynamic or self powered condenser. Check micro.arj if you
>> want to make one or use a Mac microphone. (I've put it on epas, but dont
>> remember the directory). BTW, somebody had promised me a Mac microphone...
>> If you are out there, i'm still interested you know, cause i had to canibalise
>> my mac microphone to do micro.arj...
>>
>I know but I want to buy a Stereo Microphone since I need it for my stereo
>also and don't know what is good.
>
>> >     I'm planning on getting new speakers for my GUS as the Labtec
>> > SS-700 I have kinda sucks.  Is there any particular speaker anyone out
>> > there would recommend? I saw Altec Lansing, Labtec, Koss, Sony, AR
>> > Speakers but are not sure which is the best...
>>
>> The best are the Accoustic Research 570 powered partners. If you have nowhere
>> that amount of money, get Sony SRS-D2K (i've heard about D4K but dont know if
>> they have the same quality/price ratio).
>>
>I thought the Acoustic Research 622 was the best ones from the Acoustic
>Research Line.  I'm thinking about the Sony SRS-D4K and the Altec Lansing
>ACS-300 but have no ideas what is the real differences among them.  Are
>the Sony SRS-D2K's any good at all since Crutchfield ran out of D2K's and are
>offering the D4K's for the same price as the D2K's at $169.95 + $3
>Shipping/Handling which seems to be a good deal since the D4K's sells for
>$225 elsewhere while the D2K's are like $149.  Do you know if the D2K's are
>shielded speakers or not?
> > > or maybe I should get a
>> > cheap SONY Receiver and hook up some Polk or Infinity Speakers ;-) Thanks!
>>
>> It's purely a budget thing...
>>
>I knew that but I see that Yamaha and AIWA have these Mini-Stero Systems
>for $400 or so and it seems like it's a full featured systems.
>
>> BTW, it's just out of curiosity i checked the Gus general today. Microphone,
>> speakers, amplifiers, interconnects and music at large is discussed in gus-
>> music. That's where i'm at, along with most people serious about their GUS
>> making music...
>>
>I saw that too.  I'm the one who posted about Microphone and Speakers and am
>getting famous for asking too many questions on one day I guess <grin>.
>
>> Ciao,
>> --
>> Francois Dion
>>     '  _   _   _
>>  CISM (_) (_)  _) FM       Montreal , Canada       Email: [e-mail]
>>       (_)  / . _)             10000 Watts          Telephone no: [phone]
>> _______________________________________________________________________________
>> Audio-C-DJ-Fractals-Future-Label-Multimedia-Music-Radio-Rave-Video-VR-Volvo-...
>>
>
>Cheers,
>
>Vince
>[e-mail]
>[e-mail]
>System Administrator/Owner
>Kingdom Communications Inc./California Unix Public Access Systems Inc.
>San Francisco, California USA
>
>                         \|/
>                            (o o)
>           _____________oOO__(_)__OOo_______________
>          | No warranty for my actions of any kind  |
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: 21 Dec 93 09:03:00 EST
>From: "VULCAN::WATTERS_C" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Headphone out to line level
>
>Ok, I've a NEC CDR36 external cdrom unit, with no line out ports, but a nice
>headphone jack.  I look kinda silly (that's what the wife said) wearing a
>set of earbuds and my full coverage headphones when playing software which
>supports music from the CDROM (Return to Zork) and SFX from the GUS.
>
>Here's my question:
>
>Barring opening the CDROM (still have 1.5 year's warranty on the thing) and
>finding some sort of line output (catching it before the amp, as it were) is
>there a SAFE and SANE method by which I may connect the headphone output of the
>CDROM unit to either the CDrom or Line inputs on the GUS?
>
>-Coyt
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 93 6:00:34 MST
>From: Steve "Bongos" Larson <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Help for Noisy GUSses
>
>I've uploaded a document some of you may find useful regarding
>noisy GUSses on Epas. Hopefully it will soon be a valuable
>addition to the FAQ. Look for GRNDLOOP.TXT in the submit dir.
>
>steve
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 20 Dec 93 19:58:45
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: Mega-em with t7g
>
>>Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1993 12:24:53 -0800 (PST)
>>From: Mark Harrison <[e-mail]>
>>Subject: Re: Megaem & T7G
>
>>Is this true Jayeson?  I'm using the first or second T7G patch (the
>>third locks my system up solid no matter WHAT I do.)  I ran T7G with
>>both MT-32 and SCC emulation to hear which was best.  Never had one
>>problem.
>
>>Mark Harrison
>>[e-mail]
>
>The incompatibility mentioned in the docs was based on a single user
>report. I later tested T7G with Mega-Em and it worked fine, except upon
>start up the game warned that the digital might fail because the memory
>manager was slowing things down. Sure enough 10 minutes into the game
>it quit to DOS with an error message saying something to the effect that
>the digital playback was falling behind.
>
>Jayeson
>---
> ~ QMPro 1.51 ~ GUS - The Quantum Leap of the 21st Century
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 93  08:27:32 EST
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: MIDI patch names
>
>First off, just want to say that I finally upgraded my GUS to 1 Meg and it sure
>cleans up a lot of staticky-sounding patches, NAUSICAA sounds great! Anyway, I
>have the .PAT files for 808 drums and ANASYN3 off of EPAS so I got into
>ULTRAMID
>INI and changed the patch mappings to those files (
>saving the original ULTRAMID.INI, of course!). I then go into Patch
>Manager under Windows. I noticed that the same sound names were there
>(Bright Acoustic Piano, etc..) but when I played the sounds they were
>the ANASYN3-ones that I had mapped in ULTRAMID.INI. Thinking about it,
>there's no way to indicate the *full name* of the patch in ULTRAMID.INI
>anyway, so where is the patch name coming from - do I have to change the names
>using MIDI MAPPER?  Is there just one program or file I can use or change that
>will update both the patch file name as well as the full name?
>
>--Dave ([e-mail])
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 17:00:31 -0500 (EST)
>From: Mark Firoozfar <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Need .MOD and .MID players for windows.
>
>Hi everyone,
>    I have a 486DX/33 with 8MB of RAM.  I use MS WORD for windows
>and Visio to do a lot of my school projects.  I like to be able to
>listen to music in the background since it relaxes me, and I love the
>sound of my GUS.  Currently, I use the Midisoft Recording Session to play
> MID files, but MRS was not desinged to be a background .mid player, since
>it does not even loop through songs.  Long time ago when I had an Amiga 500,
>I used a PD program called Multiplayer that allowed me to select a number of
>songs and then it would play them in-order, or randomly.  Is there such a
>thing?  Also, I need a similar tool for .MOD's and I have tried the one
>that was wrongly posted on c.s.i.p.s, but it was buggy and had a very
>choppy sound even on my 486DX/33.  Any help is appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Mark
>
>[e-mail]
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 10:05:24 -0500 (EST)
>From: Pete Kilcullen <[e-mail]>
>Subject: NHL Hockey
>
>Has anyone gotten the new NHL Hockeey (Elec. Atrs) to work with GUS? I've
>tried Megaem ,SBOS, And Ultramid to get sound effects ( I do get music)
>such as crowd noise, but no luck yet. Does ANYONE know what settings i
>should use??
>
>Pete
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 93 22:20:07 MST
>From: [e-mail] (Dustin Caldwell)
>Subject: Ranting and Raving
>
>> Well, I'm just about fed up.  I've been a GUS owner for about six months
>> and I must say..............
>
>[mucho ranting and raving deleted]
>
>Whoa boy! Sounds like he installed the board into his underpants. I'd be pissed
>too if I had that big 'ol board in _my_ shorts for 6 Mo.
>
>>Gravis themselves:  I read in a recent digest about some poor fella
>>who had to wait three months to receive his 2.06a disks.
>
>and related topic:
>
>>Product availability:  God help those without InterNet access.  They'd
>>never know about epas or the Digest.
>
>Well, if the person didn't have internet access, they wouldn't be reading the
>digest, and subsequently they wouldn't even know about the upgrade until it
>arrived at their door. I'd say that that is better support than I have _EVER_
>seen from _ANY_ of the 150+ software and hardware vendors that I have ever worked
>with in my 10 years experience. Having this digest, and the attention that Gravis
>pays to it is a BONUS of having the card, definitely not typical.
>
>>Add to that the complete ignoring of several help requests mailed to
>>Gravis.
>
>Are you sure that your mail is even reaching Gravis? I know that several people
>that subscribe to the digest have reported not being able to reach Gravis. It
>seemed that the problem was found to be that the mail never even made it to them.
>You might want to check how many hops it takes to reach gravis.com. It might be
>more than your sendmail can handle.
>Personally, I have had several responses from Gravis. Yes, it took awhile for me
>to get my upgrade, but I found out that it was due to a change of address problem.
>Gravis downloaded their database for us to search for our names. (above and beyond
>the call of duty) Otherwise, I would have joined the ranks of the users of _most_
>other computer products, and recieved NOTHING.
>
>>Compatibility problems:  It won't work with this, or that, or that ....
>
>Oh, you mean like MS Windows, Packard Bell, Zenith, and practically every DOS app.
>ever written? Definitely frustrating, but its the price you pay when you don't
>buy into a monopoly like Apple. Personally, I'll take my chances.
>
>>*WAKE UP, GRAVIS!!!  YOUR CUSTOMER BASE IS GETTING PISSED OFF!!!*
>
>Make that your CUSTOMER BASE -1. I for _at least_ one am perfectly satisfied with
>my GUS. I installed it with not a single problem. No, not one. I have since
>upgraded my computer, and still, nary a problem. Maybe its luck, maybe its just
>that I don't load every TSR known to mankind on bootup, who knows. All I know is
>that the GUS seems to me to be THE BEST SOUNDCARD AVAILABLE.
>As a side note, I was in the mall the other day, at Software Etc. and the salesman
>was trying to sell a soundcard to a kid who wanted to have MIDI support. Well, I
>grabbed the GUS box and said "This has better MIDI support and sound than any other
>card you will find anywhere". I told him the merits, and he seemed impressed. As I
>was leaving, I heard him talking to his friend, saying, "Cool, I'm getting this!".
>To which his friend replied, "I'll get my Mom to buy me one."
>Welcome to the GUS, pals.
>
>-Dustin
>
>Dustin Caldwell
>Computer Engineering
>University of Utah
>
>---- Data is the perfect example of asynchronous computer architecture ----
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: 21 Dec 93  12:19:00 GMT
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: Rebel Assault
>
>Hello!
>
>I just got Rebel Assault from LucasArts, but I can't get it to work
>with my GUS... :-(  When I run it with the UltraSound-driver, the
>game slows down to about half the normal speed, and the music/sound-
>effects are terrible.. I have a double-speed Toshiba CD-ROM, and
>Rebel Assault worked perfectly when I ran it with the "No Sound"
>option...
>
>I've read that it should work with the GUS if I use DOS4GW.EXE v1.8
>instead of v1.92 that is on the CD-ROM, but how do I exchange
>them?? I tried to copy all the *.EXE files to the harddisk and run
>it from there (after copying DOS4GW v1.8 to the directory), but it
>just said that it couldn't find the intro-files on the CD-ROM...
>
>Here's a copy of my REB.BAT (modified to run from the harddisk)...:
>  C:
>  CD\REBEL
>  ASSAULT /x2 /c7 /b220 /i11 /d0 /s700000 /f15 /t300 /u0
>
>And here's my computer's configuration...:
>- 486 DX 33MHz
>- 8 MB RAM
>- Paradise SVGA w/512 KB RAM
>- GUS v2.2 w/1 MB RAM     (ULTRASND=220,1,1,11,7)
>  (I have also tried other IRQ-settings, but nothing seems
>   to work.. And I also have an OPTI-chipset, so I can't
>   use a 16-bit DMA-channel...)
>- 2 x 330 MB IDE-harddisk
>- Toshiba XM-3401B CD-ROM w/Future Domain SCSI-controller
>
>
>**FV** - InterNet : [e-mail]
>
>Why be perfect, when you can be like me?!? ;-)
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: 21 Dec 93 19:43:31 EST
>From: "Ramsay B. Young" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: RTZ and GUS
>
>I am having a problem with RTZ and the GUS.  The sound is working, but only
>the digital part.  There is no MIDI music.  Is there supposed to be?   I
>have tried changing the RTZ.bat file to make it work, I have done
>everything I can think of.   Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
>
>Jessee Young
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 93 16:39:34 EST
>From: <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Subscribe
>
>Greets,
>   Please send me the GUS digest.
>                                                 --Joseph Baxter
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 08:17:42 -0600 (CST)
>From: ibmpa!hartmann.austin.ibm.com![e-mail] (Lance Hartmann)
>Subject: The Seventh Guest (T7G) and MegaEm works for me!
>
>With respect to T7G and MegaEm, we saw previously:
>
>MH> Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1993 12:24:53 -0800 (PST)
>MH> From: Mark Harrison <[e-mail]>
>MH> Subject: Re: Megaem & T7G
>
>   MB> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1993 07:37:49 -0800 (PST)
>   MB> From: [e-mail] (Mike Batchelor)
>   MB> Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V9 #17
>   MB>
>
>      LH> $ Thu, 16 Dec 1993 09:08:36 -0600 (CST)
>      LH> $ From: ibmpa!hartmann.austin.ibm.com![e-mail] (Lance Hartmann)
>      LH> $  Subject: Seeking help/suggestions installing T7G (The Seventh Guest).
>      LH> $
>      LH> $  I don't know how the rest of you do it, but it just doesn't seem
>      LH> $  possible for me to load EVERYTHING high:
>      LH> $
>      LH> $    o QEMM
>
>MH> I had to use Stealth Mode.  Works fine.
>
>I'll give Stealth Mode a try -- thanks.
>
>      LH> $  As such, I tried to use MegaEm.  I've used it quite successfully
>      LH> $  with
>      LH> $  XWing so I gave it a shot.  Unfortunately, I cannot even complete
>      LH> $  the
>      LH> $  install.  T7G's INSTALL immediately complains that it cannot find
>      LH> $  the "device" (yes -- I run MegaEm/Emuset BEFORE T7G's INSTALL).
>
>   MB>
>   MB> Read the MegaEm docs.  T7G is one of the games listed as incompatible
>   MB> for reasons Jayeson has not yet discovered.
>
>MH> Is this true Jayeson?  I'm using the first or second T7G patch (the third
>MB> locks my system up solid no matter WHAT I do.)  I ran T7G with both MT-32
>MB> and SCC emulation to hear which was best.  Never had one problem.
>
>
>I'm happy to report that I was successful in getting MegaEm to run with
>T7G.  I had to change my ULTRASND variable from 220,7,7,11,5 to 220,7,7,11,7.
>It seems that T7G didn't like the SB IRQ5 for some reason.  T7G seems to
>work fine except that at one point I did get some stuttered speech but I
>think this is due to the simultaneous sound and massive-screen updates
>on my crummy Diamond Stealth/VRAM (S3 which STINKS in DOS).  I plan to
>pick up one of the new Hercules ET4000/w32i boards soon.
>
>Thanks to all who wrote/posted,
>--
>Lance Hartmann ([e-mail])
>               Yes, that IS a '%' (percent sign) in my network address.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>All statements, comments, opinions, etc. herein reflect those of the author
>and shall NOT be misconstrued as those of IBM or anyone else for that matter.
>
> -----------------------------
>
>End of GUS Daily Digest V9 #22
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>------------------------------
>
>Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1993 07:20:22 -0800 (PST)
>From: [e-mail] (Mike Batchelor)
>Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V9 #22
>
>Not the GUS Server once wrote...
>$
>$  ------------------------------
>$
>$  Date: 21 Dec 93  12:19:00 GMT
>$  From: [e-mail]
>$  Subject: Rebel Assault
>$
>$  I've read that it should work with the GUS if I use DOS4GW.EXE v1.8
>$  instead of v1.92 that is on the CD-ROM, but how do I exchange
>$  them?? I tried to copy all the *.EXE files to the harddisk and run
>$  it from there (after copying DOS4GW v1.8 to the directory), but it
>$  just said that it couldn't find the intro-files on the CD-ROM...
>$
>$  Here's a copy of my REB.BAT (modified to run from the harddisk)...:
>$    C:
>$    CD\REBEL
>$    ASSAULT /x2 /c7 /b220 /i11 /d0 /s700000 /f15 /t300 /u0
>
>Put DOS4GW 1.8 in the c:\rebel directory.  Leave the files on the CD ROM
>where they are.
>
>Change the batch file to (asuming the CD is drive E:):
>
>E:
>C:\REBEL\DOS4GW ASSAULT /x2 /c7 /b220 /i11 /d0 /s700000 /f15 /t300 /u0
>
>By the way, if you are already getting it to work without crashing at
>startup, then switching extenders is unlikely to help the sound problem.
>
>--
>Mike Batchelor      |
>[e-mail]  |                  This space for rent
>[e-mail]   |
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1993 12:30:14 -0500 (EST)
>From: Phat H Tran <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V9 #22
>
>> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 93 3:48:13 GMT
>> From: [e-mail] (Nemendur Bjorns Bjorgvinsson)
>> Subject: Gravis EMail
>>
>> Hey Gussers
>>
>> What is Gravis's EMail adress in Canada?  And how long does it take,
>> average, until I get my reply from them?
>
>[e-mail]
>
>How long they take to reply depends on how busy they are and whether your
>mail ever reaches them or not.
>
>> Date: 21 Dec 93 09:03:00 EST
>> From: "VULCAN::WATTERS_C" <[e-mail]>
>> Subject: Headphone out to line level
>>
>> Ok, I've a NEC CDR36 external cdrom unit, with no line out ports, but a nice
>> headphone jack.  I look kinda silly (that's what the wife said) wearing a
>[..]
>> Barring opening the CDROM (still have 1.5 year's warranty on the thing) and
>> finding some sort of line output (catching it before the amp, as it were) is
>> there a SAFE and SANE method by which I may connect the headphone output of the
>> CDROM unit to either the CDrom or Line inputs on the GUS?
>
>Just use a male-to-male adapter and connect the headphone out to the GUS'
>Line In, and use the Windows mixer or ultrinit -o -l to enable in.  The
>headphone level matches that the of line in.
>
>> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 93  08:27:32 EST
>> From: [e-mail]
>> Subject: MIDI patch names
>>
>
>Patch Manager has an option to use General MIDI patch names or the
>names found in the patch header.  By default, Patch Man uses GM names,
>so patch 0 is always acoustic piano, patch 1 brite acoustic, etc.  Go
>into Options Names... to tell it to use the patch headers.  Note that
>most of the standard GUS patches don't have names in their headers, so
>you'll see a lot of question marks.
>
>> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 17:00:31 -0500 (EST)
>> From: Mark Firoozfar <[e-mail]>
>> Subject: Need .MOD and .MID players for windows.
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>     I have a 486DX/33 with 8MB of RAM.  I use MS WORD for windows
>> and Visio to do a lot of my school projects.  I like to be able to
>> listen to music in the background since it relaxes me, and I love the
>> sound of my GUS.  Currently, I use the Midisoft Recording Session to play
>
>There are many MIDI jukebox programs on Epas, including MIDI Surfer and
>Juker.  These let you play lists of songs in the background.
>
>Phat.
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Wed, 22 Dec 93 15:46:37 CST
>From: [e-mail] (Erick Bergquist)
>Subject: GUS Mailserver?
>
>Hello,
>
>  I was wondering if the GUS Mail Server was broke? I get the new file
>announcements, but when I try to send a request I don't get anything back.
>
>I don't have FTP access (YET), so have to use the mail server every now and
>then to get stuff. Does anyone know how to get a account at the local U if
>you don't go there, and have a CIS Degree already? I've been trying to get
>one for the past 2+ years...
>
>-- Via DLG Pro v0.995
>
>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=//-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\\-=-=-=
> ITCnet: 85:872/203 -!- KENOnet: 10:11/0 //  The Project Team '93  \\ T 9
> [e-mail]    // CIS Major - Happy GUSing \\ P 3
> [------Insert Wise Saying Here------] // Programmer/Artist\Musician \\ T
>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=//-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\\-=
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Wed, 22 Dec 93 09:27:18 EST
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: GUS with Dracula Unleashed
>
>Has anyone been able to get a GUS to work with this CD-ROM game?
>The compatability guide posted on the net says to use MEGA-EM,
>but Dracula just says "can't find a compatable sound card."
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: 23 Dec 93 15:44:56 GMT+1000
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: mail for john.smith
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> From:          [e-mail]
>> Organization:  Advanced Gravis, Burnaby BC Canada, [phone]
>> Date:          Fri, 17 Dec 93 12:08:08
>> Subject:       Bad dma transfers.
>> To:            [e-mail]
>
>>
>> TO: [e-mail]
>>
>> Have you changed anything in your computer recently? New video card,
>> motherboard, etc...
>
>No, everything is exactly the same as it has been for the past year.
>Just a note....I tried it in a friends computer and it gave exactly
>the same error.  This must surely indicate that the problem is with
>the sound card.
>
>>
>> ...try to find out the price to get it repaired. I know joysticks are
>> $20 but I don't know about the GUS.....just asked around and the person
>> who knows isn't here. Can you email me again for Monday morning? I
>> should have a number for you by then.
>>
>
>Great! If you can give me the postal address, I'll send the board as
>soon as possible.  How do you prefer payment?? Also, can you give me
>the price of a midi cable? I've been meaning to get one, so I might as
>well order it since I'm posting the card to you.  Oh yeah, don't
>forget the postage and handling costs.
>
>>
>> You aren't going to find any service places in AU. All Warranty work is
>> handled by us. Not that bad really, takes about 1week for your parcel to
>> get here and another week for you to get it back.
>>
>> C'ya
>>
>> John
>> ---
>
>Thanks John. Can't wait until I've got sound up and running again.
>I can't believe the card packed it in just before I got DOOM. Geez.
>
>>  ~ QMPro 1.51 ~ Tried to play my shoehorn... all I got was footnotes!
>
>                    Bye for now....
>                        David.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>I mailed the above message to [e-mail] on monday of this
>week but have still not recieved any reply.  I believe that it is
>because the mail does not get there. John can mail to me, but I cannot
>mail back to him.  So I have decided to use the digest to get into
>touch with him.....which was the way I got into touch with him in the
>first place.  I apologise to everyone out there, but my GUS has been
>out of order for over two weeks now and I really am getting frustrated
>not hearing anything from my computer.
>
>                                Thanks for the Bandwidth....
>                                    DAVID.
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Wed, 22 Dec 93 14:01:20 EST
>From: [e-mail] (Cuthalion)
>Subject: Re: Modus!  Windows Mod!
>
> Look into MODUS.  It's a windows .MOD player for the GUS.  It doesn not
>interact well at all with my windows drivers, though.  (it basically
>cripples them until you load windows again.  Also windows will not exit,
>after running this program.  (i've got to use Modus's crash that dumps you
>to dos to get out of windows! :)   Anyone else had these problems?)  But it
>does however sound very good, and allows you to tag a whole ton of mods,
>and supports 8 channel mods, and a bunch of other stuff.
>
>
> .. "Could you continue your petty bickering? I find it most intriguing."
>___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: 22 Dec 93 08:54:32 EST
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: Returned mail
>
>Your mail could not be delivered because of the following reason:
>
>
>   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>Executing: /usr/lib/mail/surrcmd/smtpqer -C -u ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM!ncrhub1!dsd.es.com!gus-general msgate ulmer@msgate
>smtpqer: Binary contents cannot be sent via SMTP
>server "/usr/lib/mail/surrcmd/smtpqer" failed - unknown mailer error 1
>
>   ----- Unsent message follows -----
>
>------------------------------
>
>End of GUS Daily Digest V9 #23
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