Ultrasound Daily Digest     Sat, 27 Feb 93       Volume 2 : Issue  55 

Today's Topics:
					gmod204 wont work-help please
				   GM patches + new software: when?
						  LucasArts support
						   MIDI IN for GUS?
							   submit 
						  We Shall Overcome!
				  X-Wing release, not working right

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 10:18:04 GMT
From: "James Andrews, User Support" <james@sol1.east-london.ac.uk>
Message-Id: <20921.9302261018@uk.ac.uel.sol1>
Subject: gmod204 wont work-help please
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

I downloaded the new version of gusmod, with the scopes an' all last weekend
and I cant get it to go.  My ultrasnd card is on port 210, instead of the
more usual 220, but I dont usually have trouble getting gus stuff to work.
The tsr in the gmod package works fine, but when I try to run gmod it
say something like "file not found" and clears the screen.  After this happens
though, any attempt to do a dir results in the system hanging.

I have a 486sx with 4megs, an ide disk and an adaptec 1542 scsi disk. The
scsi is mounted with aspi disk and I usually run smartdrv.

hints, tips copies of config.sys and autoexec.bat files gratefully received.

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 19:23:32 SST
From: Shih-Ping Chan <matcsp@nuscc.nus.sg>
Message-Id: <9302261123.AA20569@nuscc.nus.sg>
Subject: GM patches + new software: when?
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

This is no longer just a FAQ but a QWAIDM (question whose
answer I desire most): When will the new GM patch set and
software be available? 

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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 93 20:16:28 PST
From: ericb@sierra.com
Message-Id: <9302260416.AA08653@sierra.com>
Subject: LucasArts support
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

The following is a reply concerning support for GUS:

Here is a comment from Peter McConnell.

"We are impressed with the Gravis card. However, support of any
new hardware takes a significant development effort. Since the
Gravis card is brand new, very few people have one, and we need
to see what kind of customer support it gets before we embark
on new development. If the card is popular, you can be sure that
we will give it the same full support we do for other widely used
hardware."

Also Michael Land says this:

"Ever since I heard about the Ultrasound, I have been extremely
enthusiastic about the significant step forward it represents. As
a person who is primarily focused on audio, I can really
appreciate the value of having this kind of power to work with.
For me, the only real question is how to get there... i.e., how
soon can I justify to my managers the extra overhead of supporting
the card in native mode. The answer depends on sales. I hope it
sells big, soon, so I can start working with it."

Take Care

Wol@LucasArts

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 18:28:52 -0500
From: Roger Frederi Clark <helios@bach.udel.edu>
Message-Id: <199302262328.AA16828@bach.udel.edu>
Subject: MIDI IN for GUS?
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

I've been trying to make my MIDI IN on the GUS work for well over a month now,
I need help.  I sent for the pinout of the port from Gravis and got it, but it
still doesn't seem to work.  I would greatly appreciate it if someone who
has this working could tell me which pin on the midi out of a synthesizer
goes to which pin on the GUS.  Please reference it as if I was looking at
the connectors from the outside.  I have a Yamaha PSR400 if that makes any
difference.  Thanks.

Roger Clark
helios@bach.udel.edu

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 10:13:40 -0500
From: "It's your hand, Buckaroo" <dantonio@magick.tay2.dec.com>
Message-Id: <9302261513.AA23686@magick.tay2.dec.com>
Subject: submit 
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

As far as I can tell, there is no way to get SBOS to work with OS/2 2.0,
nor does Gravis seem to have a consistent answer when asked about OS/2 2.0
native drivers. First they are going to do them, then they aren't, then a
3rd party will, then Gravis will, etc. I'd suggest sending mail to someone
(Alan Alveraz?) requesting drivers (yet again) in the hopes that they get a
clue.

In other words, yes, Gravis, there ARE lots of folks out here running OS/2.
We want native drivers/SBOS that we can use to get sound out of your
soundcard. In case you haven't noticed, both Creative Labs AND MediaVision
think enough of OS/2 to have released (free) driver sets. Get with the
program!

DDA

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 15:40:56 EST
From: pccmoddan@aol.com
Message-Id: <9302261540.tn29513@aol.com>
Subject: We Shall Overcome!
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

Well, it's ABOUT TIME people! Wake up! There are a lot of GUS owners, and you
CAN get these companies to support you. 
   1) Boycott companies who say they won't fix compatibility problems (Sierra
sure comes to mind) and write them (snail mail works best) and tell them why
you won't buy their products.
   2) Write to companies that do support the GUS (ex. Accolade, Novalogic)
and thank them for doing it. 

There is no excuse for a company like Sierra Online to exist today. They are
the Microsoft of the entertainment world, and the reason they exist is
because thousands of people seem to think they have to take whatever they can
get in computer games. This is 100% BS.If you let the companies know what you
want, and let them know that you won't take anything less, they will have no
choice but to comply. 

- Dan Nicholson

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							  553 Thoreau Terr. 
							  Union, NJ 07083
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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 93 08:08:23 EST
From: mspe@phsbbs.princeton.nj.us (Matthew Spewak)
Message-Id: <ocykZB1w164w@phsbbs.princeton.nj.us>
Subject: X-Wing release, not working right
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

X-Wing just came out in my area, and since I have read that it is 
supposed to be better than Wing Commander II, I bought it.  To my 
surprise, the game runs INCREADIBLY slow on my 386/33 w/387 co processor 
running with sbos on my GUS.  In fact it is UNPLAYABE.  The speach does 
not work either.
I have read though, that it is supposed to be increadibly smooth, even on 
a 386/33.  I think this is due to SBOS.  Is there any way to fix this?
I have (like I mentioned) a 386/33 w/386 co, 4 megs or ram, running with 
QEMM 6.02, DOS 5.0, and SBOS 1.22 loaded.

I would really like help on getting it to work.  I do not want to play a 
game without sound when it cost me 60 bucks.

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Matthew Spewak, Princeton High School BBS
DNS: mspe@phsbbs.princeton.nj.us      UUCP: ...!princeton!phsbbs!mspe
Disclaimer: Author bears full responsibility for this message.

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