GUS Daily Digest            Fri, 9 Dec 94  9:37 PST      Volume 17: Issue   9 

Today's Topics:
						  AMD wavetable chip
							CD-Rom problem
							   cyberwar
							 Good Times!
						  GS bank switching
					   GUS Daily Digest V17 #8
						  GUS RAM vs Patches
				   GUS works with Warcraft!! (fwd)
						   Midi box source
							 PGP comment
							  PGP Sig...
							Power Patch CD
						 Ultima Underworld II
					 WC3 demo and GUS native mode

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: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 11:38:15 GMT
From: "Mark D. Billinge" <PPYLMDB@ppn3.physics.nottingham.ac.uk>
Subject: AMD wavetable chip

Here's another bag of rumors to add to your collection.  I heard them 
all from someone who visited a recent trade show in Germany, so I 
have no reason to doubt them.  No facts and figures I'm afraid.

If you know any more about the following, or want to tell me I'm 
talking a load of bull (that's not my intention), please do so.

1. The new chip is designed to be built in to the main PC processor.
2. It contains a great big extremely clever fancy DSP.
3. It is downwardly compatible with the SoundBlaster.
4. It is GRAVIS ULTRASOUND compatible!
5. It can address a larger amount of memory than a GUS.
6. The sound quality is superior to any currently available soundcard.
7. It uses hard drive based patches, but for all I know may have ROM 
also.

So basically it's a go-faster GUS on a chip, possibly built into the 
processor.  This means that potentially AMD can add it to their CPU 
designs and every new AMD-based PC will be GUS compatible!

Good eh?

Mark Billinge

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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 94 11:10:56 MET
From: <martinus@morra.et.tudelft.nl> (Martijn de Jong)
Subject: CD-Rom problem

Hi Gussers,

I have a Philips CD-Rom player CM-206 and I have some
programs to record RAW data or WAV data from an audio-cd.
My problem is that when I try to use these programs I get a
message that my cd-rom can't read the data. When I run a
diagnose to see if it should be able to read audio data
directly it says it should.
Did anyone else have this problem and solve it (or never had
the problem with a Philips CD-rom)
I know that Mitsumi cd-roms can't read the data, but I
hadn't heard so far that Philips cd-roms can't either. 

Thanks is advance,

Martinus.

P.S.
I shouldn't be mailing this question to this list, as it
doesn't really have anything to do with the gus, but I know
the digest is one of the best-read groups with many smart
people so please don't flame me on this one.

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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 94 13:09:49 "CST
From: Jim English <jenglish@hpserv.keh.utulsa.edu>
Subject: cyberwar

hey, I was wondering how good the Native GUS support on Cyberwar is.
It looks like an interesting game, but the part on the box about 320x200
scares me.  I mean why put a game on 3CD's if it's just going to be
320x200.  Anyone have this game?  I'd like to hear what it really looks/
sounds like in action.
-jim

--
______________________________________________________________________________
Jim English - jenglish@hpserv.keh.utulsa.edu / EJP51823@vax1.utulsa.edu
______________________________________________________________________________

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Date: Fri, 09 Dec 94 11:04:39 CST
From: dwaldron@ccmail.rrddts.donnelley.com
Subject: Good Times!

	 
	 
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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 15:01:26 -0800 (PST)
From: George <gmontem@mercury.sfsu.edu>
Subject: GS bank switching

> There are more than enough patches to fill out the GS requirements, I would
> imagine. If you want GS compatibility, that would have to happen in the driver
> - it would have to map GS bank select/patch select commands to the appropriate
> patches.
> 
> The UltraSound drivers are set up so that you can make up banks with any
> sounds you want, and up to 1024 or more of them, as well. Right now all the
> sounds in one melodic or drum bank have to be in the same subdir. The Power
> Patch CD has the patches organized by set, and has copies in one huge subdir
> as well. So you can make a bank up using any of the patches that you want.

Hmm.. either I don't know what you're talking about or ...  Anyways, I 
found out that to properly bank switch, first of all, you need a midi 
player that supports bank switching.  Using Cakewalk Pro 3.0, I was able 
to play midi files that used the standard melodic patches (which reside 
in my /ultrasnd/midi directory) and the power drum patches (which reside 
in my /ultrasnd/midi/bank16 directory).  Strange thing is, I have to have 
the power drums which are officially in bank 16 be in bank 17 because 
Cakewalk Pro 3.0 has the Power Drums patch number to bank 17.  Quite 
strange.  Now I must note this that the drivers cannot bank switch via 
the SysEx auto bank switch command.  That leaves me to reading the midi 
events and check which bank it uses and manually editing the midi file.  
This work gets tedious on some midi files, but once i got it saved, it's 
showtime.

As for your Howling Dogs CD collection of GUS patches, I would be 
interested in purchasing it so I can get my hands on  the orchestra/jazz 
drum patches, but I don't have access to a CD-ROM player.  Don't you sell 
separate banks on disk?

-George

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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 14:43:57 -0500
From: GravisTech@aol.com
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V17 #8

>>From: Francis Li <fli@nermal.santarosa.edu>
>>Subject: Warp Drivers/MEGA-EM Beta?
>>Since Advanced Gravis is apparently a little behind schedule >>in the OS/2
drivers and the new MEGA-EM, and is unwilling to >>release them unless they
are complete...
>>Is there a way us users on the InterNET can become "legal" >>beta testers
for this?  It certainly would appease a lot of us >>out here...

Well the beta drivers will be put on the boards for everybody to use, try and
enjoy...and no we are not behind schedule.. the scheduled date for the beta
driver release is end of december..

gravistech@aol.com
Advanced Gravis Technology

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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 00:22:26 -0800
From: Zacharias Morales <zachm2@hooked.net>
Subject: GUS RAM vs Patches

Responding to msg by gus-general-request@gaia.ucs.orst.edu (GUS 
Server) on Thu Dec   9:37 AM

Date: 07 Dec 94 18:57:09 EST
From: "Eric Bell, Howling Dog Systems" 
<71333.2166@compuserve.com>
Subject: Howling Dog Power Patch CD-ROM
Message-ID: <941207235709_71333.2166_DHQ42-1@CompuServe.COM>


>The UltraSound drivers are set up so that you can make up 
banks with any
>sounds you want, and up to 1024 or more of them, as well.

>Eric, Howling Dog Systems

Correction: that's 1024k of RAM. Each instrument could take up 
to a whopping 700k+ such as the Acoustic Grand Piano that's 
included in ProPats! There's is no way possible to even load 
all the General MIDI instruments at the same time due to this 
memory limitation. That's why they use patch cacheing.  

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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 11:01:04 -0600 (CST)
From: cannon@netcom.com (Chris Cannon)
Subject: GUS works with Warcraft!! (fwd)

> From: "Joakim Erdfelt" <JOAKIM.ERDFELT@OFFICE.WANG.COM>
> Subject: GUS works with Warcraft!!
> GUS works with WARCRAFT !!
>  (at least the DEMO disk that the Game Manufacturer provides)
> 
>  ok here's what i did....   (all "/" is meant to be a backslash - dont ask)
>  i downloaded that AIL30.ZIP beta from epas.
>  unpacked it in my C:/WARCRAFT/DRIVERS   directory.
>  made a backup of SB16.DIG and SBLASTER.MDI
>  copied UMID.DIG over SB16.DIG
>  copied UMID.MDI over SBLASTER.MDI
>  ran ULTRAMID -c -nUM206A.INI -d./
>  went to my C:/WARCRAFT  directory and ran SETUP
>  choose SB for music. (auto-detect)
>  choose SB16/AWE for sound effects. (auto-detect)
>  exit the SETUP.
>  run the game via WAR
>  play the game.
>  adjust the volume levels. (grin)
>  exit the game.
>  when back in DOS I ran ULTRAMID -f

  Has anyone gotten this to work with the full version (CD).
  I get a protection error when the setup program tries to test digital
  sound.  Crashes hard.  I can't even get the setup program to see my 
  shitblaster pro for use w/ digital sound (like my setup for Tie Fighter).

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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 09:57:06 -0500 (EST)
From: "K.S. Holly" <u8843389@muss.CIS.McMaster.CA>
Subject: Midi box source

> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 10:22:28 -0800
> From: DAVE@AMADUS.PE-Nelson.COM (Dave Ciabattoni (Dave.Ciabattoni@PE-Nelson.com))
> Subject: Where can I find the MIDI box??
> 
> Ive been out of the GUS scene for a while, so a very basic
> question is where do I get that midi box for the GUS.???
> Do I still have to order it thru Gravis or does some supplier also
> carry it????
> 

You can get a midi box CHEAP from PME@holonet.net

I was quoted $12 for a kit that you assemble yourself, or $19 already 
built and with a 1 year warranty. They also have one with a joystick port 
on it for $24.

All are $4 for shipping. I'm not affiliated, but I was considering buying 
the kit....

A joystick port should be pretty easy to add yourself.

Kevin

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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 15:20:24 -0800
From: Brian Edmonds <edmonds@cs.ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: PGP comment

Newsgroups: bwe.gravis.lists.gus-general
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

>>>>> "David L. Britton" <fishead@cwis.unomaha.edu> said:

DB> PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is a Public Key encryption software
DB> package that allows military grade encryption of data/text.  What
DB> you see at the end of the "offending" person's post is their public
DB> key, which allows you to send them encrypted mail messages (provided
DB> you have pgp installed on your system) by encrypting it with their
DB> public key.

Ok, so this doesn't belong on a GUS list, but there is far too much
misinformation out there about PGP.  Yes, PGP is an encryption package,
but it's also an *authentication* package.  What you see at the end of a
PGP signed message is not the person's key, but is a message digest
(like a hash function) of the contents of their email, encrypted with
their private key.

This can be decoded with the individual's public key (availble from PGP
keyservers worldwide) and if the resulting message digest matches the
message, then you *know* that the person who appears in the From line
actually sent it.

Now, just for the sake of argument, I'm going to PGP sign this. :)

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: 2.6

iQCVAwUBLueT8ZM3vmyXnQsJAQHTzAQAlwZm6oOAgklzgnGJeU5BlUT1EZruLnBh
FDhanmb/ExMfgiAHciQH5r5AEEIOajq9OEBghBHf9QNsBCI6Vf8vKQ8amjjzOQR7
77EBDf0prSwVcP2/QmRuUz+hbW8DEfa7UwARURmwOFFFO6OIxpDTqmcdpINnkHLh
YSvgH6cb0NE=
=+ccx
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

So, that bit up there, you can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt (unless
I give away my public key, and its passphrase -- not bloody likely) that
I wrote it.  This stuff down here, anyone with a bit of interest in
reading SMTP RFCs could trivially forge.

You can all go back to crying about the latest video game which doesn't
sing for you now.

---Tenchi-Muyo---UF---KOC---Greenwood---Akira---KOR----/================
 Brian Edmonds (MSc CompSci) aka Jubal@tmi-2          / SCA: Bardas,OFLT
 http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/edmonds          ...FLQ / Lions Gate, AnTir
---Leslie-Spit-Treeo---REM--INXS--ZZ-Top--JS-Bach---/___inux spoken here
	 Canada?  I was in Vancouver once.  Is that near there?

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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 94 15:50:20 EST
From: "Brian K. Dowtin" <dowtin@ncat.edu>
Subject: Re: PGP Sig...

I believe the point is not about security but rather - the need for it in
this situation. A pgp signiature is useful, but is it really necessary
when posting to this list? That, I think is the question.

`Brian
  

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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 94 15:02:48 EST
From: ivan@molson.ho.att.com (Ivan Strom)
Subject: Re: Power Patch CD

In the last digest, Eric Bell stated:

>The UltraSound drivers are set up so that you can make up banks with any
>sounds you want, and up to 1024 or more of them, as well. Right now all the
>sounds in one melodic or drum bank have to be in the same subdir. The Power
>Patch CD has the patches organized by set, and has copies in one huge subdir
>as well. So you can make a bank up using any of the patches that you want.

The question is, how would one use these patches with existing .mid format files
(as opposed to .pow or other format files).  The only .mid-format compatible
(i.e. reads and writes .mid files without changing them, or with only minimal
change) sequencer I know of that maps CC0/CC32 changes into the wBank argument
for bank switching is wincake, and then only for drum banks.

					Ivan Strom

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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 94 11:36:51 MET
From: <martinus@morra.et.tudelft.nl> (Martijn de Jong)
Subject: Ultima Underworld II

Hi Gussers,

Just one simple question about this game. I reputted it on
my harddisk lately and saw that the install asks if you
really want to add the speech to the game as it costs a lot
of HD-space. Of course I didn't care, so I installed them
but I haven't found any speech so far. 
The question is: Does anyone have speech with this game?
(I use megaem for the sound and music)

Martinus.

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Date: Fri, 09 Dec 94 00:42:43 EST
From: Greg <BGUZ@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA>
Subject: WC3 demo and GUS native mode

Here is how to get the Wing 3 demo to work with the
GUS and GUS MAX in native mode. This is for digital
music and sfx only. Midi music is not supported. In other
words, this fix will give you music, digital speech and sfx
in the intro and digital sfx but no music during gameplay.

For GUS:
Choose none for music and sb16 for digital. Save the settings
and exit the program. Using a hex editor, edit the wc3.cfg file
in your wc3 directory. Change 17E00000 to 25E00000 and change
16E00000 to 24E00000. Save these new settings and the demo should
work.

For GUS MAX:
Same as GUS but change 17E00000 to 29E00000 and 16E00000 to
28E00000

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