GUS Daily Digest            Wed, 22 Feb 95  9:37 PST     Volume 19: Issue  22 

Today's Topics:
                               Aladdin
                Archives of recent Ultrasound digests?
                 Best CD-ROM for low-end use with GUS
                Correction on Warcraft floppy patch...
                           Dark forces-gus
                          DarkForces and GUS
                    Dark Forces will support GUS!
                           Digest on WWW!!!
                        Gravis and Windows 95
                       GUS Daily Digest V19 #20
                  GUS Daily Digest V19 #21 (2 msgs)
             GUS Daily Digest V19 #21; OS/2 beta first!!
                    GUS Max Codec - bad crystal?!
                                 Help
                       I heard from Lucas Arts!
                             KQ7 and GUS
                       maxsbos causing reboots
                           Mortal Kombat II
                    Original GUS still available?
                     OS/2 Warp/WinOS2 Question...
                         Pirates Gold w/ Gus
                    Suggestions to Advanced Gravis
                          Theme Park and HMI
                              Upgrading
                           Warcraft & SBOS

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: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 14:09:37 -0500
From: "Michael Grant Wilson" <mcq@oti.on.ca>
Subject: Re: Aladdin
Message-ID: <mcqTue21Feb1995140937EST@oti.on.ca>

on Fri, 17 Feb 1995 12:59:32 -0800 (PST), Matt Bachand <raistlin@cts.com>
wrote
> ONce I realized Aladdin and LionKing were just like the Genesius 
> versions, i went out and bought them and are impressed. EXCEPT aladdin 
> doesn't have GUS support, LionKing Does, so it looksl ike the future 
> games will, but I REALLY would like to get aladdins sound to work. If 
> therea re any patches or whatnot, please say so. Thank you.
>
I played the demo off of the PCGamer CD using SBOS. The sound was not
spectacular, but reasonable.

McQ.

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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 10:02:13 -0600 (CST)
From: rwright@dhostwo.convex.com (Randy Wright)
Subject: Archives of recent Ultrasound digests?

Hi -

I have been unable to locate recent back issues of this digest on any of
the official U.S. GUS archive sites.   The same applies to the music and
programmer digests, as best I can tell. The digests directory still
exists in the ultrasound hierarchy on wuarchive, but seems to cease at
V11, #10, which was from 12 Feb 1994.  Does anyone know if there is an
anonymous ftp site carrying more recent back issues?  If not, do any
readers have private archives which they could upload to one of the
current ftp archive sites? If readers will email responses to me, I'll
summarize what I learn in an upcoming issue of the digest.

-- 
Randy WrightUsmail:Convex Computers
Phone: (214) 497-48683000 Waterview Pky.
Email:rwright@convex.comP.O. Box 833851
Richardson, TX  75083-3851

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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 13:37:30 +0500
From: dbakken@BBN.COM
Subject: Best CD-ROM for low-end use with GUS

I have a GUS that I bought maybe six months after they came out,
and I'm now looking to get a CD-ROM for my PC.  I'd love recommendations
as to a good low-end one that others have gotten to work with the GUS
with no problems.  My basic requirement is double-speed, and I think
that multi-session photo CD capability would be helpful.  I don't need
to find the absolute cheapest one; I'm willing to pay a bit more than
the least possible if it gets me more now and in the future, though
I most certainly don't need anything approaching a high-end drive.
I mainly want to use it with educational programs for my kids (3 and 6).

The GUS FAQ lists the following, which is known to be out of date:

   -------------------------------------------------------------------
   | Advanced Gravis Product Support BBS      Pricing & Availability |
   -------------------------------------------------------------------
   |                Item                           When?    SRP($US) |
   -------------------------------------------------------------------
   | MIDI Connector Box                        |  --OUT--  |  $49.95 |
   | 16-bit Stereo Recording Interface Card    |  --OUT--  | $149.95 |
   | LMSI CD-ROM Daughter Card for CM205 and   |    ???    |  $59.95 |
   |  and CM215 (Phillips, Magnavox, LMSI)     |           |         |
   | Sony CD-ROM Daughter Card for Sony 31A    |    ???    |  $49.95 |
   | Mitsumi CD-ROM Daughter Card              |    ???    |  $49.95 |
   | SCSI CD-ROM Daughter Card                 |    ???    |   TBA   |
   -------------------------------------------------------------------

I guess, since I'm not a MS-DOS expert and don't have a lot of time
to waste getting things working right, that I would be best off getting
a daughtercard for the GUS and then the corresponding CD-ROM drive.
Which of the above daughtercards are available from Gravis now, and
which would be best for my modest needs?  I must say that the SCSI
daughtercard sounds very interesting if I could later get SCSI hard drives
to hook onto it, though I don't know anything about how many SCSI CD-ROM
drives are available and how they compare to non-SCSI ones.

Any help on the above would be greatly appreciated, as well as pointing
out other considerations I may not be factoring in.  Thanks for any
information!

Dave
====
Dr. David E. Bakken
Distributed Systems Department
BBN Systems and Technologies
10 Moulton Street  MS 6/3D
Cambridge, MA 02138  USA

Voice:617-873-6072
FAX:617-873-4328
email:dbakken@bbn.com

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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 19:43:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Jeff Angeles <jangeles@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Correction on Warcraft floppy patch...

I received a message from a person who could not find the Warcraft floppy 
patch. I figured out that I got the name wrong when I searched for it in 
wuarchive.wustl.edu. For those who is interested in the floppy patch, I 
have enclosed a couple of FTP sites who carry it. I apologize for any 
inconveniences because of my error.

Jeff Angeles

Filename to look for: flop115.exe
FTP sites who carry the Warcraft floppy patch:

archive.orst.edu (easier to logon, but directory is a mess...)
in pub/packages/gravis/submit

wuarchive.wustl.edu (cleaner directory, harder to logon...)
in systems/ibmpc/ultrasound/game

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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 95 11:24:49 GMT
From: S94 <abrahami@cs.man.ac.uk>
Subject: Dark forces-gus

To all GUSes there is still hope..
I recieved this message from lucasart today, 

>
>From LucasArts3@aol.com Wed Feb 22 00:48:54 1995
>From: LucasArts3@aol.com
>Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 19:48:39 -0500
>To: abrahami@cs.man.ac.uk
>Subject: Re:  Dark FORCES-ultrasaound
>Content-Length: 126
>
>We hope to support the GUS card in native mode for the release version of the
>game. Hope you liked the demo!
>
>Ian / LucasArts

Nice of them to reply personally so quickly and
hopefully they will include gus support in Dark Forces.

Ivar

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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 95 08:32:16 GMT
From: ljb@spclmway.demon.co.uk (Lewis Berrie)
Subject: DarkForces and GUS

I E-Mailed LucasArts yesterday and had a prompt reply today .. many thanks.

The reply stated they hoped to have native Ultrasound support before the
game is shipped.

I guess we'll have to wait and see.


Lew
:-)

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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 20:48:20 -0600 (CST)
From: BackTrak <backtrak@ais.net>
Subject: Dark Forces will support GUS!

Hi folx! I just wrote off to Lucas Arts the other day, and you'll be 
pleased to note the results! Gravis take note! This is 'customer support!'

[Following message to Lucas Arts]

Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 01:30:09 -0600 (CST)
From: BackTrak <backtrak@ais.net>
Subject: Dark forces/GUS...
To: Lucasart1@aol.com

>Hi! Just like to say that you guys make some excellent games, and I 
>enjoyed playing the Dark Forces demo... Unfortunatly, I have heard that 
>this game will not be Gravis UltraSound supporting... How come? Many MANY 
>demo groups who recieve no compensation at all have successfully been 
>programing for the GUS for the last couple of years, with FANTASTIC 
>results! In fact, supporting the GUS only makes Lucas Arts look better, 
>due to the improved sound quality, not to mention a wider equipment 
>support base, both of which greatly improve a software companies public 
>image! Nonetheless, I will not be purchasing a copy of Dark Forces, 
>untill it does support the GUS. 
>
>                  Thanks for taking the time to read this!

[To Which Lucas Arts had to say this!]

Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 19:48:46 -0500
From: LucasArts3@aol.com
To: backtrak@ais.net
Subject: Re: Dark forces/GUS...

We hope to support the GUS card in native mode for the release version of the
game. Hope you liked the demo!

Ian / LucasArts

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[ Myasmic whorls of incandescense...  [25.8%]------> BackTrak@ais.net <-----]
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 14:05:13 -0700 (MST)
From: "Ignatius Tam" <itam@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: Digest on WWW!!!

Hi boys and girls,

i've put recent general digests in a web page since no one
is doing this.  the functionality of the page is somewhat limited
due to my laziness and stupity but at least let everyone browse through
past digests.  I'll keep new digests for about a month or so then
it will be compressed and sent to epas since my account quota is
not unlimited.  I don't know if the site actually works so pls
try it and mail me back if you can't access it.  if you guys are
satified with the page then i'll post this message to the soundcard
newsgroups.

access the page using:

http://gpu.srv.ualberta.ca/~itam/digest.html

hope u enjoy it!

-iGnatius

Marto Piggus(tm)!! Your dreaming pig-meat is here! Contact your local dealer
e-mail: tam@cs.ualberta.ca    ^..^   __^                       My home page:
  itam@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca  | <||>  |  }    http://ugweb.cs.ualberta.ca/~tam
Phone: 403-433-3187 ---------\_____/ ---------------------------------------

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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 14:38:57 -0500
From: kjancef@tiac.net (Ken Jancef)
Subject: Gravis and Windows 95

Well, I got the GUS drivers to work in Windows 95!!!!!

I have build 331 (and I got build 337 about an hour ago). I did a fresh
install on my Packard Bell Pentium. After the install, I dual-booted into my
old DOS, renamed my ULTRASND directory and hid it (a different way I use to
back a directory up).

I then installed the GUS software (3.57 mind you) as I would if I had
Windows 3.1 installed. It found the Windows stuff it needed, and the install
was flawless. I then re-booted into Windows 95, and lo-and-behold...I had a
Gravis program group with all the icons!!! I figured I was in, and I was
right, except....

Well, the Windows apps work great (Midisoft Recording Studio, SoundStation,
etc...), but the DOS games don't work so well (yet!). The only one I tried
was DOOM, and it locked when it went looking for the Gravis. I'm going to
install 337 this week, and I'll let you all know the results.

By the way, with an original SoundBlaster 16 (which I have at work), Most,
if not all DOS games work well, including DOOM and DOOM II.

Sorry to ramble...

Ken Jancef

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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 15:17:20 +0200
From: m@mjf.pp.fi (Mika Fonsen)
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V19 #20

        I finaly got my US Navy Fighters CD and I have an USNFGUS.ZIP
upgrade from epas, which provides digital sound for the game.
        Is there a way to get those both (music & digital) to work?
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  / /\__/\ \| |__   : Mika Fonsen  : Kaukonpolku 4b14 :   / /\__/\ \| |__
 / /      \ \  _/   : m@mjf.pp.fi  : FI-04200 KERAVA  :  / /      \ \  _/
 \/  OS/2  \/_|     :              : Finland          :  \/  GUS!  \/_|

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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 22:16:08 +0200 (EET)
From: Saari Anssi <s106275@cs.tut.fi>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V19 #21

>Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 10:22:10 -0600 (CST)
>From: read@utpapa.ph.utexas.edu (Dave Read)
>Subject: X-COM and GUS?
>
>Has anyone gotten X-COM to work with a GUS?  It's a DOS4GW game, so
>megaem is out...And it doesn't use anyone's standard sound libraries
>(as far as I know).  SBOS works, but...well...you know.
>
>If any X-COM players are out there, please drop me a line so we can
>compare notes on getting sound from it (or talk about the game
>itself).  If you're not an X-COM player, I highly recommend it!

Well, there are several solutions. For example, use tactical.exe from
UFO 1.0, which gives you very nice GUS sound effects with panning and
all, but has some bugs later versions, like the one in Xcom, fixed. In
case you didn't know, European customers are Microprose's beta
testers.

I currently use a SBPro clone.

You can also use Maxsbos, but that doesn't help if you don't have a
Max. Besides, the music doesn't sound that great to me at least.
Perhaps it's better with 1M than 512K.

Another option is to pressure Microprose, I think their representative
claimed they have the patch that was supposed to come out in November
in "internal testing" which I doubt very much. Seeing is believing.

Anssi

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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 12:08 +0000 (GMT)
From: GBRINK@NKI.NL
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V19 #21

Dear All,

I just got a reply-mail from Lucas Arts on GUS support and the games 
Dark Forces and The Dig. They said that they are probably going to include
native GUS support in the release versions of these games.

Well, let's pray they will.

Guido Brink
Amsterdam 
Holland

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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 12:13:56 GMT-0100
From: "HOOGENDOORN,A" <9210246@HSU1.HVU.NL>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V19 #21; OS/2 beta first!!

> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 19:55:57 -0500
> From: Alex Harden <harden@acsu.buffalo.edu>
> Subject: Win95 drivers
> 
> so when are we going to see some wide-beta Win95 drivers for the GUS
> to complement the upcoming wide-beta (3) or Windows 95?
> 
> t'would be nice to see the GUS support Win95 before/at-the-time-of its
> release.

I want GRAVIS to finish the OS/2 drivers first, or at least release a 
beta version of the driver......

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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 00:49:22 +0200 (EET)
From: Jani Mattsson <janmat@utu.fi>
Subject: GUS Max Codec - bad crystal?!
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950222003408.24624A-100000@polaris.cc.utu.fi>


Hey all GUS Max owners! I'd like to ask a favor from you..
if you haven't got any problems getting the card out of
your computer, could you take it in your hand so that
you can see the 'Cystal' text on the Codec chip oriented
like it should be when you normally read text. On the left
from ithe Codec, there are two metal-covered oscillator 
        crystals. Could you please read what is written on the
leftmost one and E-mail me what it says there? (** Don't
use (r)eply to this digest!! **)

The problem is, that the Codec data sheet says the codec
needs a 16.9344MHz input, but on the crystal my GUS Max
has, it reads 19.75MHz. And everytime I use playfile or
any Windows program to digitize or playback something, the
sampling rate is too high, i.e. if I set the sampling rate
to 22050 in the program, the actual rate is something like
25700Hz, which matches closely the difference between
the frequencies of the invalid and the correct crystal
frequencies.

So I now suspect that Gravis has accidentally put a wrong
type of crystal on the card that I have, and I'd like
to know if everybody else has a 16.9344MHz chip there
instead (as it should be).


/Jani Mattsson
 

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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 95 11:43:56 GMT
From: F J Dosil + A P Duchement  <grupo29@sopa.dis.ulpgc.es>
Subject: Help

> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 15:58:38 GMT
> From: " CoverSoft " <JSALGADO@dma.ulpgc.es>
> Subject: Subject:
> 
> HELP
> 
> ------------------------------
> To (un)subscribe or get help:     <gus-general-request@mail.orst.edu>
 en la linea superior puedes ver en donde puedes obtener ayuda. Para ello, en
elsubject del mensaje tienes que poner la palabra help y enviar el mensaje
asm, 
 sin mas nada dentro.

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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 00:02:14 +0000 ()
From: "Eric M. Busalacchi" <emb@herman.tiac.net>
Subject: I heard from Lucas Arts!
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950221235954.7705B-100000@herman.tiac.net>

Here is the responce I got about GUS support:

>Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 20:26:24 -0500
>From: LucasArts3@aol.com
>To: emb@herman.tiac.net
>Subject: Re: GUS-MAX Support for Dark...
>
>We hope to support the GUS card in native mode for the release version 
>of the game. Hope you liked the demo!
>
>Ian / LucasArts

That's cool, it looks like a good game.  Have a good one.

--
Eric M. Busalacchi
emb@herman.tiac.net

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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 95 13:16:56 -0800 (PST)
From: Francis Li <fli@nermal.santarosa.edu>
Subject: KQ7 and GUS

Here are a few hints to try to get KQ7 and the GUS working together...

According to Sierra, you should DISABLE WinG when playing KQ7 with the GUS.  
This is done by adding WinG=False into the INI file in the SIERRA\KQ7 
directory.  I don't know how much of a performance decrease you might see...

If you're running Windows for Workgroups, turn OFF 32-bit File Access 
(but leave 32-bit DISK Access on).

I don't know if it makes a difference, but to load the MIDI patches into 
the GUS, I used the appropriate MIDI Mapper Config (Ultra 1024k, Ultra 
512k, etc) and the appropriate MID file (LOAD1024.MID, LOAD512.MID, 
etc).  Sierra's tech file says to run the setup program and run the MIDI 
test each time, which sounds silly to me...

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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 10:07:06 -0600 (CST)
From: rwright@dhostwo.convex.com (Randy Wright)
Subject: maxsbos causing reboots

I recall seeing recent discussions about maxsbos causing reboots, but as
I didn't save any of this discussion thread, I'll have to ask again:  is
there a known workaround for this problem? The system is an Intel P/90
motherboard, using an older non-max GUS with 1024K installed.
-- 
Randy WrightUsmail:Convex Computers
Phone: (214) 497-48683000 Waterview Pky.
Email:rwright@convex.comP.O. Box 833851
Richardson, TX  75083-3851

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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 23:59:32 +0000 ()
From: "Eric M. Busalacchi" <emb@herman.tiac.net>
Subject: Mortal Kombat II
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950221235722.7705A-100000@herman.tiac.net>

Is the official Mortal Kombat II out, or are you guys still 
talking about the beta?  I live in Boston, Massachusetts (USA) and 
all of the stores I call haven't heard anything about it.  *shrug*  
Thanks!  
One more thing, if anyone has the FTP site for the MK II demo, 
could you email it to me?  Thanks.

--
Eric M. Busalacchi
emb@herman.tiac.net

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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 23:10:44 -0600 (CST)
From: blarsen@robinhood.engg.uregina.ca (Bryan Larsen)
Subject: Original GUS still available?

 Hey, does anybody know if the original GUS is still available?  I've
 got a friend who wants one, but he doesn't need to do any recording
 or a CD-ROM interface.
 
 We're in Saskatchewan, Canada.
 
 Bryan
 

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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 21:46:50 -0500
From: Nick Avgerinos <gambel@wam.umd.edu>
Subject: OS/2 Warp/WinOS2 Question...

Hello all, my first post to the digest so forgive me if i screw something up!

Anyway, I have a question about OS/2 Warp & the GUS.  I've loaded the beta
drivers from Gravis and they work great, but that's not really my problem.
My problem is when I load a Windoze session, I always get two error messages
for the GUS drivers (in windoze) saying that the driver needs to be in
Enhanced Mode to run, and then another error saying that the GUS can't be
initlized.  

I understand that the OS/2 probably had control of the GUS set for itself.
My questions are these: Is there are way to set Windoze to run in 
Enhanced Mode (I couldn't find any on the settings) and will this fix my 
problem, or is it even possible to get the GUS to work in Windoze while in
OS/2.

If it's not possible, is it at least possible to get it so it doesn't display
those error windows every time I load a Windoze program, while still having
the drivers installed so I can run Windoze from DOS???  Or am I the only
one having this problem because I havn't seen anything like it mentioned
on the digest so far.  Oh well, thanks for any help you can give me!


  ()  ,                      _  "If I wanted to I could turn mountains to sand
  /`-'|              /      //     Have political leaders in the palm of my
 /   / __.  ______  /___/> //         Hand."  - Melissa Etheridge
/__-<_(_/|_/ / / <_/_) (__</_       

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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 10:46:34 -0800 (PST)
From: "\"h0mi\"" <homi@netcom.com>
Subject: Pirates Gold w/ Gus

I've got a Gus with 1 meg, and was playing Pirates Gold, using the 
Mega-Em emulator for the SB and Roland (rt32 I think.) When playing 
music, the sounds appear to be mixed up, like the music goes off key and 
such, and during the boat battles, when you fire cannon and it hits, a 
piano chord is played. If you miss, a different one is played. I was 
wondering if this is "correct" and "normal" for the game, normal for the 
GUS using emulations, or if perhaps this is totally abnormal.

Also, if anyone uses the GUS with os/2, I wanted to ask if you had 
problems running windows sessions in Os/2. My system tells me that I need 
to run Windows in "enhanced mode" to use the GUS, despite the fact I'm 
telling win-os2 to do just that. And I'm left without any sound. I've 
used the Manley vd and e drivers, as well as the Alpha drivers, to no avail.

"I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely 
idealizing envy." Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.homi@netcom.com
Don't like guns? Don't buy one.

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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 21:36:15 +0000
From: alek@linefeed.com (Alek Hayes)
Subject: Re: Suggestions to Advanced Gravis

RE: From: Ted Ching <eauu906@ea.oac.uci.edu>
Subject: Suggestions to Advaned Gravis

>2) Since the card's performance is based entirely on the software running 
>it, invest more money/resources in professional programmers. This means 
>flawless Sound Blaster emulation.

BAH! (SPIT) Ptooeeey... Why bother with the poxy, crappy SB? Ultrasound 
support is so wide spread that you can basically fart on SB.
And as for the AWE16 (not bloody 32 you twats at CL), all that makes it so
blooody different is the reverb. Anyone heard the patches for AWE *without*
reverb? THEY'RE CRUD! 100 times worse than the Gravis patches. It just
proves how hard working the chaps at Gravis are: They've managed to create
patches which sound fantastic without any silly special FX units.
Besides, I dont know if this happens to anyone else, but after a while of
listening to my friends AWE16, the synthesised, reverbed and echoed sounds
make me feel physically sick... Honestly. The same with another friends
Roland D110.
The GUS just doesnt have that "plasticy" feel to it. Its simply real.
What more can I say?

>3) Either update your General MIDI patch set, or increase the memory of
>your card. 1 MB is the bare minimum for General MIDI support. Or maybe
>find a way to use XMS memory as a cache storage for patches, which can be 
>loaded into the GUS when needed.

Yes, memory is my only grudge.
COME ON GRAVIS! WE WANT MORE MEMORY! Let's put vocals in our Midi files!
WAHEY!

>Thats it. I really think that the GUS can become as famous as the Sound 
>Blaster one day if its implmented correctly.

The SB is DEAD, Dude... Long live the GUS! HURRAH!

Oh, I'm British by the way...

Alek.
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 95 15:41:50 MET
From: <martinus@morra.et.tudelft.nl> (Martijn de Jong)
Subject: Theme Park and HMI

Hi Gussers,

I tried yesterday to copy the hmi-drivers from Nascar-racing
over those of Theme Park (they have the same names). Of
course it didn't work, cause I do need at least something in
the config-file, but I don't know what. Anyone out there who
actually did get Theme park to work with something else than
sbos or maxsbos? 

Thanks in advance,

Martinus.

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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 95 21:43 GMT
From: haydn@cix.compulink.co.uk (Haydn Evans)
Subject: Upgrading

Hi All!
I have a 1 meg GUS (upgraded), not the MAX. It came with ver.2.06 
software. I purchased THE ULTRASOUND EXPERIENCE CD-ROM and tried to 
upgrade the software to ver.3.56. Unfortunately it does not work. I have 
tried numerous times but I get the following error, on loading windows,

APPLICATION ERROR
WNDT caused a General Protection Fault in module ULTRASND.DRV at 0001:AA6F

I use PCTOOLS for WINDOWS v1.0 as my user interface. My Gravis has been 
very reliable and have had no problems other than the usual 
incompatabilities we all suffer from,  from time to time.  I would like 
to upgrade the software as (I assume) it will benefit me.  I tried using 
the ULTRASND.DRV from ver.2.06 but it only works in a limited capacity. 
Generally it locks the computer up. Hope someone can offer some 
advice/assistance as I have been trying to resolve this problem for quite 
some time now :-(

                        ]-[aydn

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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 21:48:23 --800
From: kwlau@gandalf.HK.Linkage.Net (Lau Kwok Wai)
Subject: Re: Warcraft & SBOS

In the mail from STESLE@calvin.nhidh.nki.no, he wrote:

>Does anyone know how to get digital soundeffects to work in the game 
>WARCRAFT??? 
>The music works with sbos, but when I try to install soundblaster for 
>digitaleffects the program locks up and I have to reboot my machine.
>Does anybody have a answer to this problem?

        I also notice that the SBOS sometimes does not function well under
protected mode (WarCraft is run under protected mode). The game Cyberia also
has this problem. I need to plug back by SB2.0 in order to play the game!

        Hope that next version of SBOS from Gravis will solve the problem la.


Best regards,
Johnny

  

        

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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 13:08:05 -0700 (MST)
From: "ttait@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca" <ttait@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>

Hello one and all.
I was wondering if anyone would happen to know what the best method of 
getting sound up and running with the Electronic Arts game called 
Noctropolis.  It does not seem to have native GUS support.  I have tried 
MegaEm which just locks up on me, as well as SBOS which does the same.  
Any ideas would be muchly appreciated!  Thanks.


Tim Tait                             email: ttait@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

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