GUS Daily Digest            Fri, 1 Apr 94  9:37 PST      Volume 12: Issue   1 

Today's Topics:
								CD-ROM
							 Daily Digest
						DOOM: Divide Overflow
				  GUS Daily Digest V11 #55 (4 msgs)
							GUS FAQ v1.55
			 I need info. on installed base of soundcards
						   No Mouse in USS8
						   Police Quest III
							  Seawolf!!!
						Sierra GUS drivers...
								  U8

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, 1 Apr 1994 09:37:25 +0800 (CST)
From: b2502056@cc.ntu.edu.tw (b2502056)
Subject: CD-ROM

I have one little problem about GUS + Mitsumi FX001D CD-ROM

I use the CD-ROM interface which comes with CD-ROM and when I use
Windows CD-PLAYER, I can't control the VOLUME when I play CD.
I try many kinds of CD-PLAYERs, but all of them appear the same thing.
Can somebody tell me WHY !??? Thanks a lot !!!

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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 14:41:18 -800 (PST)
From: Matt Bachand <raistlin@crash.cts.com>
Subject: Daily Digest

I would like to recieve the daily digest!!!!! 

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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 14:16:53 -0600
From: "David Grayless" <grayless@shell.com>
Subject: DOOM: Divide Overflow

About 1 out of every 5 or 6 times I run Doom, it dies during startup
with the message "Divide overflow".  Has anyone else seen this occur?
It seems to happen while patches are being loaded into the GUS.  I can
usually remedy the situation by rebooting and trying again, although
sometimes I have to reboot twice before it will start the game.

I mention this because I have seen lockups during the game discussed
many times (I also get these lockups), but I have never seen discussion
of the "Divide overflow" lockup before the game starts.

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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 13:43:37 -0800 (PST)
From: Shawn Talbert <ironside@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V11 #55

My os/2 gus drivers work fine. I don't think anyone should really say 
anything about Chicago unless they are running it on their own desktop 
right this minute. 

AS for my, my gus is working fine under os/2... right now!

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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 20:15:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Phat H Tran <ptran@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V11 #55

> 
> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 6:31:08 -0600 (CST)
> From: Erek Adams <941ADAMS@MERLIN.NLU.EDU>
> Subject: Some Newbie Questions.
> 
> Hello!
> 
>   Having recently gotten my GUS ($299 CD-ROM/GUS Bundle from SYNERGY),
> I've got some basic questions.
> 
>   1)  I got a rev 2.4 board.  Is that normal?  Should I complain?

The 2.4 board is an old revision, but there's nothing wrong with it.
It's lacking the new mixer found in revision 3.7 GUSes, but most GUS
users are in the same boat.

>   3)  How should I setup my GUS for ease of use with most programs?
>       IRQs, DMAs, port addresses, etc....

Avoid IRQ 7, since it's been found to be problematic for many people,
me included.  The base address should be 220h so that the GUS emulates
the SB on that address.

>   4)  What utils should I FTP?

The latest GUS drivers (gus0041a/b).  Be sure to delete your SBOS files
and ultrasnd.ini before you install the new software, though.

> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 18:00:18 -0600
> From: Sesterhenn Steven J <ssesterh@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu>
> 
>   2.) Since I upgrades to gus0041[a,b] I can't get Megaem to work because
> I am missing charang.pat and honky.pat.  Who knows what other .PAT's I am 
> missing besides.  Any clue where I can get these PAT files?

Try gus0034.zip.

Phat.

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Date: Fri, 01 Apr 94 10:16:33 +0300
From: Yossi Oren <LIOREN1@WEIZMANN.weizmann.ac.il>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V11 #55

>I've got some basic questions.
First of all, welcome aboard!  The GUS is a great deal, and I'm sure you'll
love it if you have a LITTLE BIT of endurance.
>        1)  I got a rev 2.4 board.  Is that normal?  Should I complain?
Rev 2.4s are about the same as the newest except for line-in mixing or supm'
like that.  I got a GUS 2.4 when I bought one in Israel, and I had no problems
running anything from Windows to Hell (no, not OS/2, the Hell demo, dorks) on
it.
>        2)  With the 2.06m Install disks I am missing MidiSoft Recoding
>            Session, PowerChords For Ultrasound, Power Chords Tutorial,
>            Power Chords Demo, and Ultra Help.  The GUS manaul says I should
>            get this, Synergy says its 'Not included with the standard
>            package.  It can be yours for just $10.00"  Is this normal?
This sucks!
Well, those ten bucks are worth their while, beleive me.  PC is the easiest
sequencer around.
>        3)  How should I setup my GUS for ease of use with most programs?
>            IRQs, DMAs, port addresses, etc....
What I did is set it up as P220, both DMA 1, both IRQ 7, and create a little
DOSKey macro (a batch file could do too) called u11 which consists of:

set ultrasnd=220,1,1,11,7
ultrinit

To get the GUS set up for things like DMP and Epic Pinball.  Under Windows I
think I use DMA 1, IRQ 5, since my scanner craps out on anything else.
>        4)  What utils should I FTP?
FTP to archive.orst.edu, pub/packages/gravis/gravis, and get gus0041 (both
parts).  This will upgrade your software to version 3.1.
You should also get 2PAT (version 1.0 at the moment) which opens MODs and
friends and creates samples from them.  Also check out the PCMag utility
KBMIDI for Windows (ftp.cica.indiana.edu, pub/pc/win3/sounds).  This little
app lets you play music on your keyboard and it's also useful for 2PAT since
you can check out the samples using that keyboard.
Get GUSAIL14 and GAIL3214 to use Miles drivers in games.  Get the Sierra
driver for Sierra games.
>        5)  Some basic Do's and Dont's for the GUS and for using it with
>            various games.  (Yes, I know about the Glist! :)
OK.  When you get the game, check for many small files called ???.ADV, bearing
names such as SBFM or PASOPL.  This is your break since this game uses AIL
drivers.  The readme in the AIL archive contains more info.
If you can't find any, run the game's setup utility and check if it supports
General MIDI.  More preferrably, GM plus Sound Blaster for effects.  If it
can, EXIT THE UTILITY, run Mega-Em, ENTER THE UTILITY and set up the sound
support.  You have to do this because those devices don't really exist before
MegEm's loaded.
If all you can get is SB or nutt'n, run SBOS and write hate-mail to the
publishers.
Happy GUSsing, and we're here for you!
Yossi.

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Date: Fri, 01 Apr 94 10:29:54 +0300
From: Yossi Oren <LIOREN1@WEIZMANN.weizmann.ac.il>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V11 #55

>Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 03:45:00 BST
>From: f.graham@genie.geis.com
>Subject: Ultima 8 patch available now
>
>Re: Ultima 8
>
>        Gravis uploaded a patch to Genie, I assume it's at least on the
>Gravis board, in case this is still news. Here it is!:
>
>U8GUS.ZIP   940330   72192   Ultima VIII patch for Ultima8 and GUS
>
>MMmph... oh yeh, I can't send it, I only got email....
Don't worry, it's already at EPAS, had an error, and has been reuploaded.
Get U8GUS2.ZIP.
Yossi.

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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 13:01 EST
From: "Matthew E. Bernold" <MEB117@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
Subject: GUS FAQ v1.55

The most current version of the FAQ has just been posted to netnews.
Following, is the changes file that accompanies this version.  It lists
the changes made from v1.53-v1.55 of the FAQ, as well as requests for more
information.

Please read the changes file, and if you have ideas for updating the FAQ,
please let me know.

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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 12:54:01 EST
From: Matthew E. Bernold <MEB117@psuvm.psu.edu>
Message-ID: <94090.125401MEB117@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard,comp.music,rec.music.makers.synth,
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Subject: FAQ: Gravis Ultrasound CHANGES
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Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu
Keywords: gravis ultrasound gus faq synth synthesizer soundcard adlib
soundblaster music midi sound audio os2 os/2

Archive-Name: PCsoundcards/gravis-ultrasound/diff
Last-Modified: 94/03/31
Version: 153-155

NOTE: All submissions by mail to the GUS FAQ must have a subject line that
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Following is a list of changes in the GUS FAQ from v1.53 to v1.55:

Changed:   Q6   Where can I get the latest GUS software?
		 The FAQ listed our Taiwan site in Europe.  Fixed to say Asia.

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		   INTRO
		 The GUS Daily Digests have moved from dsd.es.com to
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Added to:  Q24  Where can I find more information on the GUS?
		 Added 6) G-List pointer.  Full information on the G-List can
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			daughtercard, and on the GUS MAX when it is released.  Also,
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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 16:13:13 -0600 (CST)
From: Christopher Allen Kalin <ckalin@cae.uwm.edu>
Subject: I need info. on installed base of soundcards

G'day all,

I was wondering if anyone out there knew the number of users of all
major soundcards. (SB, SB16, WaveBlaster, PAS, and GUS)  Now, I
realize the numbers may be approximate, but I just need a ballpark figure.

The reason I ask is, I'm going to mail Origin on CI$ (and PERSONALLY
talk to Richard Garriott and Warren Spector at CES this June) and SHOW
them that the GUS is not this minor little soundcard that can be
ignored, it has thousands of users that are getting pissed off that
some major companies are STILL not supporting it, after almost two
years of mainstream existance.  Yet,  in Ultima 8, there's the option
for the WaveBlaster, which I'm sure does not have nearly the installed
base that the GUS has.  But to prove it, I need concrete figures.

Mail to me directly, and I'll post a summary in a few weeks.

Thanks!

Chris Kalin

				 Chris Kalin-----> ckalin@watt.cae.uwm.edu
System Administration Grunt         President and co-founder of
for the College of Engineering          Eon Designs, Ltd. 
at Univ. of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
			   Your friendly neighborhood Babbage's employee.
				  Oh yeah, I'm a CompSci student as well.

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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 16:06:57 PST
From: thomas.lew@octel.com (Thomas Lew)
Subject: No Mouse in USS8

I don't recall anyone ever having this particular problem before, so I thought
I'd post it and see what came up.

For some strange reason, I never get a visible mouse pointer when I try using
USS8 (I hope I have that name right...I'm talking about the DOS based recording
program shipped with the GUS - 2.06a disks).  The mouse IS active, because if I
move it in an upper-left direction and then to the right with the button down,
I can activate the menus along the top of the screen; I just can't SEE the mouse
pointer.

My mouse is an older Mouse Systems (optical) mouse.  I've never had any problems
with it in DOS programs before, including the GUS setup, playmidi, etc.  It
really seems to me that its a problem with USS8.

Has anyone ever heard of this problem before (or have a fix for it)?

Thanks!

Thomas Lew

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 09:43:12 -0500
From: ab861@freenet.carleton.ca (Mike Mainville)
Subject: Police Quest III

Does anyone know how to use SBOS with Police Quest II from Sierra.  All I
get is an error message saying that my music card can't be initialized.  I
think I've tried every SBOS option there is, and even the -x2
(recommended by Gravis) doesn't work.  Has anyone got it to work?  If so,
please contact me.

P.S. It will work if I select Adlib music, but you don't get any
synthesized speech.

Mike


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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 16:31:55 -0500
From: Fok Leslie Li Sze <a228fokl@cdf.toronto.edu>
Subject: Seawolf!!!

OK, Just got Seawolf. It has GUS support via Ultramid, and it sounds quite
good. A nice thing is that it comes with a tester in the installing routine so
that you can hear it the set up sounds right or not. Nice touch. The sound
effects in the sonar suite is in stereo, and are very effective. I only wish
they would have supported the GUS natively and use all the pan positions. But
as it is, it is still very impressive. Some gripes, however, during the game, 
the music will play a ver annoying "static/ metal noise like" sound (like
tuning a radio, and you get white noise). It is really horrible, but I am not
sure what is causing it. It pops up from time to time, and I think it is 
associated with a certain patch. After paying the game for a few hours, I
think I am finding a pattern in when that aweful screech occurs, but I think
I'll go back and check with other setup to see if it helps. Secondly, 
whenever I go to the sonar room for the waterfall display, it takes away 
keyboard control for some reason. It gets really annoying when you are in
close duking it out with Ivans and a fish on your tail. I also noticed that
it reverse my CAPS lock key when it does that (after I exit the game, the
caps lock was on even though I didn't depress the key, and that it change
bnack to normal when I go to C: drive <the game is in d: drive>). 
In any case, this is a very good game. Plays very much like 688 Attack Sub.
If only I have more control of the sub....sigh...

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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 11:49:39 -0400 (AST)
From: Jurassic Mark <markus@info.umoncton.ca>
Subject: Sierra GUS drivers...

Here's what I received from Sierra On-Line on America On-Line.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 94 10:24:48 EST
From:sierras@aol.com
To: markus@info.umoncton.ca
Subject: GUS and GKCD

Technical Support does not have Gravis Ultra Sound drivers for the DOS
versions of  our SCI32 products at this time, nor do we know when, or if,
such drivers will be released. At this time, GUS users can play these games
in Windows, assuming that the correct GUS drivers have been installed in the
Windows environment. If you are encountering difficulties with your sound
card in Windows, contact Gravis for assistance in properly 
installing the necessary drivers and patch maps for your particular GUS card.


If and when such drivers are available, they will be posted on our BBS and
AOL and will be available through our Technical Support Department. However,
at this time they are not available and we have no information about when
these drivers may become available.

Good luck and happy gaming!

SierraS/Janet
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

	I don't know, but I feel like I've seen this reply before.  Looks 
like a recording to me.  In the other hand, I got a reply from Greg on 
Compuserve (still from Sierra On-Line) saying that he will get the latest 
information for me and be back in one or two days...

		 Marc Y. Paulin - Jurassic Mark (Usenet) - J-Mark (IRC)
			  Graduating CS student in search of a job...
   - markus@clement.info.umoncton.ca (Talk 'n Mail) - (506)856-9518 -
 Inertia Player Beta Tester - Author of the G-List for Ultrasound owners

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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 21:55:51 EST
From: Greg <BGUZ@musicb.mcgill.ca>
Subject: U8

I downloaded the patch for Ultima 8 and it only contains a
music driver. The documentation said no digital support was planned.
Is it that difficult to program a driver for Origin Games?

I noticed that The Horde and Microcosm are 2 new CD Rom games
that support the GUS. Has anyone tried them yet?

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