GUS Daily Digest            Sun, 16 Oct 94  9:37 PST     Volume 15: Issue   9 

Today's Topics:
						 Announcing 2PAT v1.4
				   Dark Legions 1.1 Patch Released
								 GF2
							GUS CD adapter
				   GUS Daily Digest V15 #7 (5 msgs)
			 GUS Daily Digest V15 #7 microphone recording
						GUS installation disks
					GUS MAX / 16bit Linux Drivers
						GUS problems with DOOM
				In favor of the mailing list (3 msgs)
							   New GF2
					  Os/2 3.0/2.11/any d (fwd)
		  PASCAL program to read the digest from the server
					   Patch for Rebel Assault?
				  Putting the PC-Beeper thru the GUS
							stuff (2 msgs)
						Thanks for the support
							  ULT v1.61
					Windows '95 Drivers and app's

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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From: f93-maj@nada.kth.se
Subject: Announcing 2PAT v1.4

Anouncing 2PAT v1.4; the premier windows based instrument converter!
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You can find it on:
  archive.epas.utoronto.ca/pub/pc/ultrasound/submit/2pat14.zip
and it will probably trickle out to the other Ultrsound sites as well.

If you haven't installed the Win32s extensions yet, you may as well get
  ftp.microsoft.com/developr/DEVTOOLS/WIN32SDK/win32s115a.zip
and install it as well, since it is required to run 2PAT nowadays.


News since version 1.1 (v1.2 and v1.3 never was released) is:


version 1.4,    <94-10-14>
  Improved support for Turtle Beach WaveFront based cards! (Maui/Rio/Monterey);
  Reads .WavePatchs.WFB, WFP and WFP files (v1.2 or later only).
  Exports .WFP files.
  Supports downloading instruments to the Maui card, 
  using the WF GateKeeper (WFGATE.DLL).

  Reads ScreamTracker 3 instruments (S3I).


version 1.3,    <94-08-02>
  Now a Win32s (v1.1 or later) program.
  CTL3D32.DLL replaces CTL3DV2.DLL.
  FMJMTHRU.DLL no longer needed.
  Saves config in the Win32 registry instead of in an .INI file.

  Now reads the GKH disk image files in addition to INS/EFE for Ensoniq EPS.

  Barebone .SBK import support (EMU SoundFonts Banks / SB AWE32); at wavesample
  level.


version 1.2,    <94-07-28>
  Licensing policy has changed to Shareware, so now you MUST pay a small fee 
  to get the legal right to use it. See REGISTER.TXT.

  Restructured for multiple export formats, currently:
	Ultrasound patches (.PAT)
	Turtle Beach Maui (.WAV+.WFS+.DES)
	Ms Windows wave files (.WAV+-DES)
	Midi Sample Dump Standard files (.SDS+.DES)

  Config dialog window where you can choose export type and midi in device.
  Saves config in 2PAT.INI.

  You can start 2PAT with a filename on the command line and that file will be 
  loaded at once; so now you can associate various file extensions with 2PAT 
  in the File Manager and launch 2PAT by double clicking on a file.

  Reads and writes .WAV files with the (new Ms standard) smpl (root key, 
  finetune, loop points) and ICMT (name) chunks.


thats all for now, regards,

F.M.J.
f93-maj@nada.kth.se

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From: "MR George M." <gmontem@mercury.sfsu.edu>
Subject: Dark Legions 1.1 Patch Released

Just to inform the world of GUS:
Taken from the comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.announce:

Dark Legions Patch(s) 1.1 has finally been released!

You can get the patches by anonymous ftp at the following sites:

wuarchive.wustle.edu :  pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/patches 
--  File Names:  dl3511c.exe & dlcd11c.exe

ftp.uwp.edu: pub/incoming/games 
--  File Names:  dl3511.exe & dlcd11.exe & dl3511.zip  & dlcd11.zip

vaxxine.com : pub/silicon_knights
--  File Names:  dl3511.exe & dlcd11.exe & dl3511.zip  & dlcd11.zip

These have just gone up tonight.  I assume that they will be moved to the 
appropriate places after they have been checked.

Below is part of the readme file that describes the patch:

********************************************************
		   DARK LEGIONS PATCH VERSION 1.1
********************************************************

New Sound Board Support:

1) Gravis Ultra Sound and Ultra Sound Max - Native Mode
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[STUFF DELETED TO MAKE MY POINT SHORTER]

Hooray!

-George
--
<EOT>

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From: "MR George M." <gmontem@mercury.sfsu.edu> wrote about:
Subject: Re: GF2

>  * Be available as an upgrade?  In other words, can we trade in our
>    old GUS cards along with some extra fees for the new GF2 model?
Funny, about 1 year ago, I posted a message asking this on the Usenet. 
Sure enough, no one was able to tell me something I didn't know already. 

>  * Will it feature a special effects chip for Reverb and Chorus effects?
It better, after all, that is the whole idea of having a new chip

>  * How much memory can the GF2 handle?
If it were available as a chip upgrade, it may not be possible to add 
more mem because of teh Gus card itself. there are 8 chips, with 20 pins 
each. it is highly likely that it has been hardwired to only support the 
pinouts of the 256*4 chip. (regular Gus, not Max). Perhaps some sort of 
internal compression routine could help. even with just an extra 50% 
gain, to bring the total memory to 1.5 meg would help. 

>  * Will it kick AWE-32 butt?  (I think so 8-))
Right now, in terms of price/performance, The gus already kicks the 
AWEful32's ass higher than its head. 

>  * Will it have a wierd fancy name attached to the old name?
>    (like UltraSound FX, UltraSound Studio, UltraSound Blaster (yuck!),
>     UltraSound Millenium, etc... etc...)
Sure hope as hell they wont change it too much. How bout just Ultrasound 
Upgrade. Nothing fancy.

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From: drwestco@mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu (Derek Richard Westcott)
Subject: GUS CD adapter

I've got a GUS 3.4 and Gravis' 3-on-one CD-ROM interface card hooked
up to a Sony CDU33a.  TThe Sony doesn't use any IRQs or DMA channels,
even though the card supports them for other drives.  When only the
Sony is hooked up, are these IRQs and DMAs disabled, or do I (and
can I) remove the jumpers for them?

I am most concerned because since installing the CD, my modem program
seems to be hanging on a semi-regular basis.  I don't know if this is the
fault of the Ultrasound, the CD adapter, the CD drive, the SLCD device
driver, or what.  Anyone have any suggestions?

Also, I've seen that Gravis added CD Line-In control to the 3.7 card.  On
the 3.4, is the line-in just always enabled?

-- 

Brought to you from the desk of

					-- The Eradicator
					-- drwestco@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu

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From: DANTONIO@PROCESS.COM (Momentary Language, Sexual Situations)
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V15 #7

#flame on
>Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 18:46:50 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Phat Hong Tran <ptran@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>
>Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V15 #6
>
>FWIW, Gravis had not been working on OS/2 until the past summer.  (They
>were planning to for a long time, but other projects overrode OS/2 in
>priority.)  But over the summer, Forte had a preliminary version of the 
>OS/2 driver already working, and Gravis also put one of their own 
>programmers on the OS/2 project.  (The programmer Gravis placed on OS/2
>is an unabashed OS/2 fanatic, and very competent.)

We know they've never been working on them. We don't believe they are working
on them now. Or at least I don't. What I WANT is AG to finally admit that 
they've lied to all us OS/2 folks for nigh on 3 years! Then I want them to fix
the damn Windows drivers such that they will work under OS/2. Or at least admit
that they have no interest in supporting OS/2 so I can take my soundcard 
business elsewhere.

>This is not to say that the public will see an OS/2 driver any time soon.

We have OS/2 drivers from Robert Manley. They work. Well. Apparently, AG has
refused to license them (after leading him on a bit) whilst NOT working on any 
themselves. So they've missed the boat for OS/2 3.0 as far as getting the 
drivers included in the box. Now they tell us we'll see 'em by the end of
November. Of course, they don't say WHICH November. :-)

So, Gravis, are ya gonna fess up?

Wicked pissed,
DDA
#flame off

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From: Phat Hong Tran <ptran@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V15 #7

On Fri, 14 Oct -1, GUS Server wrote:

> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 11:54:49 -0600 (MDT)
> From: rkornilo@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Ryan Korniloff)
> Subject: Bad MIDI mapping
> 
> Maybe it's just me (I don't THINK it is) but it seems to me that Gravis 
> STILL has not been able to get the MIDI map correct on either General 
> MIDI OR Sound Canvas. Another example I just ran into is with Day Of The 
> Tentacle. If you select Gen. MIDI instead of Sound Canvas some 
> instruments are different than with the Sound Canvas setting. The Sound 
> Canvas setting sounds really weird to the point of being annoying. Can 
> anyone give me any insite into this??? 

Well, the Sound Canvas (i.e. SCC-1) isn't strictly General MIDI.  It's 
also GS (anybody care to expand this acronym?), meaning that it has 
instruments and effects not part of the GM standard.  (GS is a superset 
of GM.)  Thus, it shouldn't surprise you that the music for the Sound 
Canvas configuration sounds different than that for the GM configuration.

Now, Mega-Em isn't truly GM, GS, or MT-32 compliant.  It tries its best to
approximate all three.  (Well, it has two different MIDI maps, but since
GS and GM are pretty close, one of the maps is used to approximate two 
standards.)  Work was done over the summer to optimize the GM approximation
for the next release of Mega-Em, though.

> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 14:29:10 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "C.Moore" <yaga@u.washington.edu>
> Subject: In favor of the mailing list
> 
> I don't know about y'all, but it is really hard to scroll through the 
> huge digest and pick out what I want...  I would prefer to have the 
> messages come individually and have the option to go to digest if I so 
> desire...
> 
> Count this one vote for the mailing list.

I'd like to receive individual messages instead of a digest as well.
The gus-general digest, in particular, has grown large and cumbersome
to wade through.

> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 16:45:37 -0400
> From: Xes Laro <cdmckill@novice.uwaterloo.ca>
> Subject: MONO Recording on MAX...
> 
> Okay...
> 
>   Maybe my opinions are wierd on recoding in stereo, but for most 
> INSTRUMENTS, there is very little diference in sound unless you use two 
> mics in different places, which is do able to with adaptors, is a pain.  
> 
>   Now, as for the standard GUS being mono input...They are now 
> using pretty much the same mixing chip on the GUS and the MAX, therefore, 
> since the SDK has yet to be updated (correct me if I am wrong) for the 
> MAX and the new revision of the GUS, it could be possible that the new 
> mixing chip is being used in the GUS too????

The mixers are quite different on the GUS and the MAX.  The MAX uses
the mixing facilities of its CS codec, while the (post-3.7) GUS uses an 
ICS component as its mixer.

> Why did they remove Stereo recording from the MAX???  Wouldn't that be 
> considered a DOWNGRADE????  Gravis people help me out on this one could ya??

The reasons were technical.  Originally, the designers thought that there
was only a mono input left on the CS codec's mixer (after the GF1, CD audio,
and line input were fed to it), so they implemented a mono mic.  There is,
however, a stereo input remaining that could be used, but it can't be
monitored like the mono input.  Also, op-amps come in packages of 4, and
going stereo with the mic would mean putting on another op-amp package and
using only a quarter of it.  A stereo mic could be implemented with the
existing op-amps if the mic jack didn't have to supply power to condensor
mics, meaning that users must buy dynamic mics.  (The MS Sound System
came with a condensor mic, so Gravis felt that the MAX should support those
mics since its CS codec is supposed to be Sound System-compatible.)
Anyway, I can't quite remember what the final decision was regarding the
mic on the MAX.  

If you really want to record in stereo, use an external amp for the mic
and feed its line out into the line-in on the MAX.  The line-in is also
not as noisy as the mic in.

> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 94 23:02:47 CDT
> From: epyle@alliant.backbone.uoknor.edu (Eric Pyle)
> Subject: Sampling, Samples and UT 1.61?
> 
> Ok I got three things for you GUyS, 
> 
> First of all, can anyone give me some tips on
> making noisless samples?  When I record a sample
> of my voice through the mic. I get a lot of noise
> over my voice...When I don't talk, there isn't much
> noise...until I start talking.  

This is on the GUS?  What you're hearing is the quantization noise
of 8-bit sampling.  You can minimize the noise relative to the signal
by recording as close to clipping as possible (i.e. turn up the input
level until the recorded waveform just touches the top and bottom of
the amplitude vs time plot).

> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 13:20:03 -0500
> From: DMCATEER@LoyalistC.ON.CA
> Subject: Subject:
> 
> Hello Gusers.
> 
> It is now my firm belief that the good old days were using install
> disks ver. 3.11!!
> Since upgrading to 3.56, GUS and Windows  hate each other's guts.
> Avi's that used to work now lock up. Program Manager sometimes comes
> up blank with error messages like "xxx.grp is invalid or damaged etc.
> etc ." and sometimes locks up when trying to exit Windows and clicks 
> and chirps playing waves are now heard. Mods, mids, and s3ms etc all
> sound excellent though but this is only half the fun.

It sounds like the upgrade didn't go smoothly.  Try re-installing the
3.56 disks fresh instead of over an existing installation.  Delete
the GUS files, and remove the GUS drivers from Windows, etc.

Phat.

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From: Christopher J Unsicker <cju@garnet.msen.com>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V15 #7

Apologies to the GUS community for a double-dip into the bonehead mistake 
pool - I've been trying out PC Eudora and did not realize it was 
automatically including the original message in replies - a reply I was 
sending to the wrong address anyway.  

(head hung in shame)
Chris

P.S. I still love my GUS, but don't have time to read every digest - just 
could someone please yell REAL LOUD when AG releases official OS/2 
drivers, eh?

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From: Vince - IE - Experimental Mail Server Admin Acct <mailserv@ucs.orst.edu>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V15 #7

	This is a message forwarded by the GUS Daily Digest Owner to the
GUS Daily Digest due to the author sending the article to the wrong address.

---------- Text of forwarded message ----------

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From: "THEO_JAKOBS TEL.62667" <tjakobs@mswe.dnet.ms.philips.nl>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V15 #7

Hi...

About SYNDICATE CD-ROM
	 I have this game, but i have not found a path so you can use the cd-rom
with the gus...
BUT.....

 hahahahaha....|-> If you have enough DiskSpace Like i have rthen you could copy the Game Onto your harddisk and copy the GUS32MID.DLL over the gameFM.dll and 
the GUS32DIG.Dll over the gamedg.dll (the gamexx.dll could also be gamexx.dat)
Be sure to use the Normal Soundblaster game and not the SB16 game (save you about 11 or even more megs on your harddrive) because the sound will continue if pla
yed, So use the Soundblaster version to copy the drivers over...

BTW this 'patch' works also for the Disk Version...

Andre Jakobs

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From: Reginald Atkins <ratkins@comp.uark.edu>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V15 #7 microphone recording

I bought two popular mechanics microphones from wal-mart for 9$ 
each...aside from the usual background noise to be expected recording by 
mike causes no real problems.....it's probably the microphone you bought...

reg.

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From: TFR@breakpoint.fido.ee (TFR@BREAKPOINT.FIDO.EE)
Subject: GUS installation disks

Hi and greets from Estonia!

Glad the GUS digest is back.

Got one question - is there any utility for extracting files from GUS
installation disks? The version of them that came with my GUS is 3.11.
Now I got ver 3.53. I'm only interested in new SBOS. Do I really have
to install all the software again just to get new SBOS?

TFR

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Date: Sat, 15 Oct 1994 20:51:18 +6000
From: Karsten Rohrbach <alpha@beauty.nacamar.de>
Subject: GUS MAX / 16bit Linux Drivers

lo people!

i am now one of the proud owners of a GUS 2.4 w/ 1MB and 16bit 
daughterboard. Everything runs fine with it, but my only problem is 
Linux. Are there any driver updates for Linux that support the fuzzy 
mixer chip? BTW: did anyone get his hands (and probably his solder iron) 
on his gus to get the mixer de-fuzzed? It makes lotsa noise... Bad design 
Gravis guys! (w/o daughterboard my GUS sounds like a CD-player, now it 
sounds like a SBPro :(( )

happy GUS'ing, -karsten

--
			--== .:: ::  :: :: Karsten Rohrbach, -alpha=/AXL ==--
		  --== .::::  ::::  ::        alpha@neutron.nacamar.de ==--
		--== .:::::: ::  :: :::::.  Demo & Game Music / Sound/FX ==--
				NACAMAR Helpdesk / System & FTP Administration
						   Member of Legend Design

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From: A.M.Zanker@newcastle.ac.uk
Subject: GUS problems with DOOM

Hi folks, I've just bought a GUS (version 3.73 it says on
the card) and upgraded it to 1MB straight away. In general
the card is working very well and I'm extremely impressed
with the sound quality, especially the MIDI patches.

However (and there always seems to be a "however" :),
both DOOM and DOOM II (both 1.666) are giving me no end
of grief. I initially had my card set to GF1 IRQ 5,
SB/MIDI IRQ 7, rec. and playback DMA 1,1 and both DOOM
and DOOM II locked up within seconds. Changing the DMAs
to 16-bit ones (6 and 6) has improved things quite a bit.
DOOM II now runs for anything up to a couple of hours
before locking up - but it *does* eventually lock up.
DOOM I also runs a lot longer but it also invariably
crashes the entire system with the message "parity error-
system halted".

Interestingly enough, running without a memory manager
(ie pressing F5 to bypass config.sys and autoexec.bat,
but initialising the GUS and its environment variables)
causes DOOM 1 & 2 to lock up very quickly, but running
with EMM386 or QEMM 7.04 improves things.

My other games that support the GUS natively run fine
with no lock-ups. Megaem is causing trouble with TIE,
but I gather that I'm not alone on that one :)

Anyway, I'd really like to know whether it's my machine,
my new GUS, or DOOM that's at fault. I've seen plenty
of messages about the scratchy sound in DOOM 1.666 but
I can live with that - what I can't live with is not
knowing when DOOM is going to crash.

Thanks in advance,

Mike

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From: lrg@ironwood.cray.com (Lee Gordon)
Subject: Re: In favor of the mailing list

C.Moore wrote:

> I don't know about y'all, but it is really hard to scroll through the 
> huge digest and pick out what I want...  I would prefer to have the 
> messages come individually and have the option to go to digest if I so 
> desire...
> 
> Count this one vote for the mailing list.

I was going to reply to the author directly, but other might be interested
in this too.  Sorry about the non-GUS'ness of this.

I subscribe to several digests, and I too prefer to read only selected
messages.  My solution was to write a very simple filter which splits the
messages up into something which 'elm' can cope with.  I send all of the
digested mail I receive through the following script before it gets stored
in my mailbox.

#! /bin/sh
/bin/cat $* | /bin/awk '{
	if ($1 == "From") {
		hdr = $0
	} else if ($1 == "From:") {
		print hdr;
		print $0;
	} else if (     $1 == "Received:" || \
			$1 == "id" || \
			$1 == "Errors-To:" || \
			$1 == "Message-Id:" || \
			$1 == "Message-ID:" || \
			$1 == "Precedence:" || \
			$1 == "Date:" || \
			$1 == "Return-Path:" || \
			$1 == "Apparently-To:" || \
			$1 == "Content-Type:" || \
			$1 == "Content-Length:" || \
			$1 == "Reply-To:" ) {
	} else {
		print $0;
	}
}' | /usr/ucb/fold -160

It is pretty simple, works for the most part, and strips out quite a few
headers which only serve to fill my mailbox.  Hope it helps you out.

	-Lee

Lee R. Gordon                   ATT:    1-612-683-5484
Cray Research, Inc.             Fax:    1-612-683-5599
655F Lone Oak Drive             Email:  lrg@cray.com or
Eagan, MN  55121                    uunet!cray!lrg

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From: seligman@netcom.com (Scott Seligman)
Subject: Re: In favor of the mailing list

> p.s.  if it's too much for the current listowner to do, it's really easy 
> for me to set up a mailing list.  I don't know how many people would want 
> to subscribe to both, though  (the digest would have to subscribe too, so 
> that all the messages would go to it as well...  rambling...)
> 
Ahh, but if any one really wants it I can send them the undigestfied 
version of this list as I get it (whenever I get a digest procmail splits 
it up into the sperate message and spits it to mailbox like that.  
Suffice to say, if you're reading this on an unix system I suggest you 
look at procmail, and formail)

-- 
 | `seligman@netcom.com`  |  Required Viewing:   Deep Space Nine, |
 | `seligmn@metronet.com` |    Voyager, Red Dwarf, Dr. Who.       |

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From: Christopher Allen Kalin <ckalin@cae.uwm.edu>
Subject: Re: In favor of the mailing list

C.Moore wrote:

> I don't know about y'all, but it is really hard to scroll through the 
> huge digest and pick out what I want...  I would prefer to have the 
> messages come individually and have the option to go to digest if I so 
> desire...

I actually prefer the digest form...I have a nice little script called
"digest" that I pipe to from ELM and it automagically splits up the
digest into its component parts.  Any takers?

Chris Kalin

				   Chris Kalin-----> ckalin@cae.uwm.edu
Head PR guy for and co-founder of   Your friendly neighborhood
Eon Designs, Ltd.               Babbage's employee.
"The Universe is Our Playground"    3D Studio maniac in training.

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From: Dylan Nicolle <dnicolle@tcsgi.mhs.mendocino.k12.ca.us>
Subject: New GF2

On Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 17:51:11 -0700 (PDT)

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Date: Sat, 15 Oct 1994 10:59:31 -700 (PDT)
From: Matt Bachand <raistlin@cts.com>
Subject: Os/2 3.0/2.11/any d (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.SCO.3.90.941015105918.4105A-100000@crash.cts.com>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 94 16:54:48=20
From: paul.malcolm@gravis.com
To: RAISTLIN@CRASH.CTS.COM
Subject: Os/2 3.0/2.11/any d


TO: RAISTLIN@CRASH.CTS.COM


R>Then I am sorry I doubted you. Can you answer one more question? Will
R>these  drivers work with the NEW os/2 3.0 Warp?=20
Well most likely they will, the programer is write the drivers under=20
OS/2 Warp 2 2nd BEtA version.


 -----------------------------------------------------
Paul Malcolm
Tech Support/Sysop
Advanced Gravis Computer Technology
Private email: paul.malcolm@gravis.com
Tech Support email: tech@gravis.com
Fidonet Add: Paul Malcolm - 1:153/978
10/14/94 13
---
 =FE CMPQwk 1.4 #9048 =FE Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser.

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From: boaz.chow@eclair.com (Boaz Chow)
Subject: PASCAL program to read the digest from the server

Hey man!  I am tired to read the stupid messages from the server!  You
know.  It puts everything into one single message.  I just wrote this
program to handle the messages.  First, you use your offline mail reader
to save the message(s) into a file, and then run my program.  My program
will stop at every screen (24 lines) AND it will STOP AT EVERY MESSAGE.
You don't have to search for/look for/guess for/etc/etc where the @#$%
is the next message no more!

--------
uses crt;

const
	 max = 80;
	 crlf = #13;
	 YourFile = 'c:\bwave\gusd5.txt';
	 MaxLen = 24;

type
	stringrangetype = 0 .. max;
	stringtype = record
			   len : stringrangetype;
			   chars : array[1..max] of char
	end;


procedure GetFile(var MyFile : text);

var filename : string[20];

begin
	 clrscr;
	 writeln('Press "ENTER" to read ', YourFile);
	 write('or input [path\filename]: ');
	 readln(filename);

	 if filename = '' then filename := YourFile;

	 assign(MyFile, filename);
	 reset(MyFile);
end;

procedure Readline(var f:text; var s:stringtype);

begin
	 s.len := 0;
	 while not eoln (f) do
		   begin
				s.len := s.len+1;
				read (f, s.chars[s.len]);
		   end;
	 if s.len = 0 then s.chars[1] := crlf;
	 readln(f)
end;


var
   f : text;
   s:stringtype;
   i,k,k1,l:integer;


begin
	 Getfile(f);
	 k:=0;
	 k1:=0;
	 l:=1;
	 while not eof (f) do
	 begin

		  readline(f, s);

		  if (s.chars[1] = crlf) and (k=2) then k:=3;
		  if (s.chars[1] = 'D') and (k=3) then k:=4;
		  if (s.chars[1] =  crlf) and (k<>3) then k := 1;
		  if (s.chars[1] = '-') and (k=1) then k:=2;

		  if k = 4 then
		  begin
			   k := 0;
			   k1:=0;
			   l:=1;
			   write('*****PRESS ENTER TO READ NEXT MESSAGE');
			   readln;
		  end;

		  for i:=1 to s.len do
			   write(s.chars[i]);
		  writeln;
		  l:=l+1;
		  if l>Maxlen then
		  begin
			   l:=1;
			   write('******PRESS ENTER FOR MORE');
			   readln;
		  end;


	 end;
end.
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hope this help!

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Date: Sat, 15 Oct 1994 21:10:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: "David HL. Hoang" <dahoang@sparta.sjsu.edu>
Subject: Patch for Rebel Assault?

Was there ever a patch for Rebel Assault? Any info would be appreciated. 
Thanks.

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From: Dylan Walkden <Dylan.Walkden@jcu.edu.au>
Subject: Putting the PC-Beeper thru the GUS

Hi ya all,
		  I was just wondering if its safe to connect the PC beeper 
output to the GUS's line in. I've heard horror stories about unfortunates 
who tried it and fried their beloved card so I thought I'd better check 
it out before I try it.

	 Thanxs a lot,
	   Dylan.

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From: Broderdue <iqivar@hp1.cbs.dk>
Subject: stuff

Regarding cd-rom audio hook up on the gus:

Many have posted notes as to how the cables should be connected, but
I think that the real solution in playing through is merely done by
altering your ultrinit. Do a ultrinit /? to see what settings you
should use to enable audo through from cd during your dos session.

For windows, there are some shareware "cd players" that do it for you.

Regarding origin:

Enough already! Origin has kept their word, and are supporting every
title after Wing Commanda armada as promised. No need to mail them
asking for support, mail them your thanks... :)  This may partly be
due to the new HMI drivers that are present in System Shock and will
be in Wing Commander III. Furthermore, and more interestingly so, it
might be a result of the major e-mail campaign we did some 6 months
ago. Way to go Origin; the way forward.

(I read in an interview with Origin that Bioforge will not support
3d sound, but they were very keen on the idea. Still it will have
native (if HMI is that) support.)


Great to see that Gravis take an activ part in replying to the digest,
I truly have faith in the OS/2 drivers and enhanced megaem arriving
this year.

Lastly, PLEASE DON'T USE REPLY WHEN MAILING TO THE DIGEST! Too many
people use the copy message (y/n) option and send the WHOLE DAMN
digest again. Ie, we have to read through so much more to get the
essence.


Thanks,
	\////
	|. .|
	( - )   Broderdue

		Ivar Froelich

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Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 09:47:45 -0500 (CDT)
From: Christopher Allen Kalin <ckalin@cae.uwm.edu>
Subject: Re: stuff

Broderdue wrote:

> Regarding origin:

> Enough already! Origin has kept their word, and are supporting every
> title after Wing Commanda armada as promised. No need to mail them
> asking for support, mail them your thanks... :)  This may partly be
> due to the new HMI drivers that are present in System Shock and will

[stuff deleted]

Just a minor clarification: System Shock used the 32 bit AIL drivers,
but you are otherwise correct, the other products you mentioned are
reputed to use the HMI drivers.

Chris Kalin

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From: rjm@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca
Subject: Thanks for the support

Phil Longstaff <phill@dnbf01.bram.cdx.mot.com> wrote:

> Subject: OS/2 drivers and other stuff
> 
> I agree completely (I am the guy).  However, given the rabbit-like speed
> with which AG has written these drivers (I agree with the previous message
> in this digest in which they promised drivers RSN back in June of 1993),
> I am looking for anything which will give me some sound in my DOS sessions.
> I noticed in a later message that Robert Manley would contact them about
> putting the MegaEm functionality in a VDD.  If they are not planning to do
> this and they let you do this, my eternal gratitude.

I'm working on native MT-32 emulation now.  Eternal gratitude is a bit
much though, isn't it? :)

> I think Robert Manley should be sent our collective thanks (and lots of
> registration cheques/checks) for filling the void left by Gravis.  He may have
> been put into a lowsy position if, after spending a lot of his own time on
> helping people who were royally pissed off (and rightly so) at AG, they come
> out with some free drivers.  Of course, he may have done a much better job than
> AG did.  Who knows?

Yes, who knows?

As for the time put into this project, I would estimate around 400 hours
already.  I'm sure many of you know though that it wasn't undertaken for
the massive financial payoff, but as my contribution to the TeamOS2 grass
root support campaign.  The money does allow me to buy nice things for
myself though like disks to back it up :(.

Enough about me.  Thanks for the kind words Phil.

Finally, does anybody know who's maintaining the GUS FAQ these days - I
still haven't been able to change the extremely outdated information in
the OS/2 drivers section.  If anyone knows, could they please add this:

	Site:   hobbes.nmsu.edu
	Dir:    os2/2_1/drivers
	Files:  ultraxxx.zip (Manley drivers)
			most recent is ver 0.5d == ultra05d.zip
		gusos2xx.zip (Ernst drivers)
			most recent is ver 0.2 == gusos202.zip

	Site:   ftp-os2.cdrom.com
	Dir:    pub/os2/2_1/drivers
	Files:  ultraxxx.zip (Manley drivers)
			most recent is ver 0.4d == ultra04d.zip
		gusos2xx.zip (Ernst drivers)
			most recent is ver 0.2 == gusos202.zip

Thanks.  Robert.
-- 
# Robert J. Manley,  rjm@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca      #
# NTT Systems Inc., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA      #
# OS/2:OSs :: 92,93 Blue Jays:MLB :: Canada:World #

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From: lala@interaccess.com (Imre Olajos)
Subject: ULT v1.61

To the guy who asked about it:

UltraTracker v1.61 is available on the GUS FTP site in sound/ult/util I 
think. I downloaded it from there around 2 months (!) ago, and it loads the 
PAT samples perfectly. Just make sure that file scanning is on and it will 
load them as signed smaples, not unsigned ones. Do it this way, and You will 
have some 192 extra 16-bit CD-quality samples! :) At least, I do! :)



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From: Jim English <jenglish@hpserv.keh.utulsa.edu>
Subject: Windows '95 Drivers and app's

Hey all, I have a question.  Is Gravis going to write Windows '95 drivers
and app's to take advantage of the new system?  It would be stupid to be
using the nasty windows drivers with Win'95.  Granted the OS/2 drivers have
been a long time in the coming, but you would think that Microsoft would
have some pull too.  Then again Win '95 may be just as big a flop as windows3.1
-jim

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