Ultrasound Daily Digest     Thu, 21 Jan 93       Volume 2 : Issue  18 

Today's Topics:
							 add-to-list
						GUS and T2029 WORKING
 GUS Press Release: Midisoft Recording Session to be bundled (2 msgs)
							GUS under OS/2
 HELP: does OPTi not work with GUS??? (was Re: Gravis UltraSound 3D! 
				Questions and List of Gravis Contacts 
					  The latest from Gravis...
					   What are the chances...

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 22:18:32 EST
From: brentwh@aol.com
Message-Id: <9301202218.tn62302@aol.com>
Subject: add-to-list
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 21:29:41 -0500 (EST)
From: Kevin Wengcheong Cheng <kc3b+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Message-Id: <8fLUeJe00VpEMZkpZC@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: GUS and T2029 WORKING
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

Just in case anyone is wondering...

I managed to get the digitized audio to work... I think...

Using SBOS 1.23 with no switches ( -o3 seems to hang the thing )
and settings
ULTRASOUND IRQ = 5
MIDI IRQ = 7

This was someone's ( I can't remember who ) suggestion that IRQ 7 is
hardwired in T2029. I figure that this might be the same problem with
alot of games with digitized audio problems. Unfortunately, I also found
out that with the IRQ settings this way, The Lost Files of Sherlock
Holmes just crashes on me...

Anyone want to confirm this?
And who's updating the compatibility list?
/<evin

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 09:11:43 GMT
From: gting@fraser.sfu.ca (Gabriel Ting)
Message-Id: <gting.727521103@sfu.ca>
Subject: GUS Press Release: Midisoft Recording Session to be bundled
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

Tad Simmons <SIMMONS@UCF1VM.BITNET> writes:

>(about this bundle)
>OK...  But what about people who bought the unbundled one? (In whose company,
>I now am)  Is there going to be a way for us to get the software?  Or, will
>we have to pay regular prices for this software?  Sounds like a nice piece
>of software, and I _hate_ USS8...  (It works, but I find Windows Sound Recorder
> to be preferable, at least for me...)

>So, anyone heard anything?

The latest bulletin on the Gravis BBS has both these programs listed at
US$10 (CAD$14) from Gravis. They also have an order form listing among other
things, the Ultrasound version of CYAC for US$14. I suppose net conventions
prevent me from posting the entire bulletin here since it's definitely a 
commercial item...

p/s: Before anyone gets confused; it's both the Midisoft Recorder (or whatever
they call it) and Powerchords *bundled* for US$10.

>-Tad
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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 18:53:31 GMT
From: gting@fraser.sfu.ca (Gabriel Ting)
Message-Id: <gting.727556011@sfu.ca>
Subject: GUS Press Release: Midisoft Recording Session to be bundled
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

fisher@decwin.enet.dec.com writes:


>In article <gting.727521103@sfu.ca>, gting@fraser.sfu.ca (Gabriel Ting) writes:
>|>
[munched]

>Gee, that's a pretty good deal.  I think it is fairly reasonable to ask for
>$10 just to cover the cost of postage and materials, etc.  After all, the
>registration price for PowerChords alone is $US80 or so, I think, and they
>have to pay more to ship it to us than they will have to pay for new buyers.

Oops. Sorry, but I forgot to post that the prices don't include shipping
and handling. =( It's US$4 (CAD$6) extra, though I can't remember what 
kind of shipping... is it legal to put the bulletin at epas?

>But what is CYAC? (All I can think of is "Cover Your xxx, Creep").  Must be
>some game???

Chuck Yeager's Air Combat. 

>Burns
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Date: 20 Jan 1993 17:09:59 -0600
From: graham@cs.utexas.edu (Ralph Arnold Graham)
Message-Id: <llrmu7INNj97@lovelady.cs.utexas.edu>
Subject: GUS under OS/2
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

There have been two posts from people (or was it the same person?)
stating they were running Wolfenstein 3D with the GUS under OS/2.
I have never been successful with that.  I managed to get some
partial DOS settings from one poster (via e-mail) which did not work.
Some of those DOS settings were in direct contrast with the DOS settings
I was given by someone long ago to get plain old Wolf3D (no soundboard) 
to work under OS/2 - those DOS settings *were* successful.

Please, whoever has the GUS, Wolf3D, and OS/2 peacefully coexisting,
post or send me as much information as possible.
	- DOS settings for the session in OS/2
	- DMA channel, IRQ settings for the GUS
	- Version of SBOS used (date of file also)
	- How SBOS driver is loaded
		* in config.sys file
		* as device driver for that DOS session in DOS settings
		* using a batch file to load driver and run program
		* initialized automatically on entry to OS/2
	- How/where the DOS environment variables are set (ULTRADIR, etc.)
	- Whether the joystick calibration is also done

Thanks so much for any positive response...

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 16:52:44 -0500
From: "It's your hand, Buckaroo" <dantonio@magick.tay2.dec.com>
Message-Id: <9301202152.AA09059@magick.tay2.dec.com>
Subject: HELP: does OPTi not work with GUS??? (was Re: Gravis UltraSound 3D! 
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

> In article <1993Jan15.221707.25347@athena.mit.edu>, blevins@athena.mit.edu
> (Matthew R B Conway) writes:
> |>>I have a Standard Computer 386/40Mhz with two BIG  OPTi VLSI chips smack
> |>>in the middle of my motherboard,  but want to get a GUS.
> |>>
> |>>1)Anybody know exactly what problems there are with the OPTi chipset????

Hey, someone ELSE who bought a computer from Standard Computer Corp! I have
their 486/33 and the GUS works fine on a 16-bit DMA channel. The trouble is
that SOME lots of SOME chipsets (OPTi and UMC have shown the problem) have
a bad DMA controller chip that doesn't respond fast enough, thus causing
timing problems and parity errors.

I'm trying to get some "real" info on what lots are bad, etc. You'll just
have to try it out to see if your machine displays the problem. If it does,
using an 8-bit DMA channel should fix it...

DDA

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 17:06:12 -0500
From: "It's your hand, Buckaroo" <dantonio@magick.tay2.dec.com>
Message-Id: <9301202206.AA09114@magick.tay2.dec.com>
Subject: Questions and List of Gravis Contacts 
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

> 1. I have a 82C481 and 82C482 UMC chipset in my 486 clone.  Does anybody
>    think that I'll have any trouble with getting the GUS to work with my
>    computer?  As far as I know (not much) UMC is not OPTi so it should not be
>    a problem.  

Only SOME lots are bad. Gravis first noticed the problem with UMC chipsets
(I think). I don't know of any way to test if your chipset will work, short
of trying a 16-bit DMA transfer.

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 19:22:06 -0500
From: "It's your hand, Buckaroo" <dantonio@magick.tay2.dec.com>
Message-Id: <9301210022.AA09537@magick.tay2.dec.com>
Subject: The latest from Gravis...
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

Ok, folks, just got off the phone with Gravis. A couple bits o' info...

The MidiSoft and Power Cords bundle should be about $10 which just about
covers shipping/handling to send it out. There is supposed to be a message
on the Gravis BBS with all the details...

Speaking of the Gravis BBS, they've hired a full time human to run the
thing. He ran the largest BBS in Canada (I think) before this so he knows
his stuff.

The UltraSound 3D software is licensed from Focal Point and is NOT Qsound,
which proportedly doesn't work with headphones and can't place sounds
front/back. Focal Point 3D works with any headphones and place sounds
up/down, front/back and left/right. The demo at CES used special $3000
headphones with a magnetic sensor to get the "virtual reality" effect.

The upgrade to the 3D software will be "less than the retail price
difference" between the base UltraSound and the GUS 3D.

Eye and I is putting the finishing touchs on the MIDI patch set and it'll
ship when they are done.

Gravis was wondering, with all the clamour for OS/2 drivers, what all
people were going to DO with them. Can you send me a list of apps that will
use the GUS if native drivers become available? Are there alot of apps that
support MMPM/2? What will you use the GUS for under OS/2??

DDA

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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 15:55:57 PST
From: brian@ccnext.ucsf.edu (Brian Huddleston)
Message-Id: <9301202355.AA15701@ ccnext.ucsf.edu >
Subject: What are the chances...
To: Ultrasound Daily Digest <ultrasound@dsd.es.com>

What are the Chances that Gravis will let us post the new software on internet?
That way the new patches, 3d software, etc will get around alot faster. 
Cheaper for them: No disks/postal expenses, etc....  And everone will be alot 
happier, alot faster....


						brian@ccnext.ucsf.edu

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