GUS Daily Digest            Sat, 23 Oct 93  0:07 MDT     Volume 7: Issue  22  

Today's Topics:
				   Cable for Toshiba 3401B --> GUS
							Composers.....
							  Correction
				 Does the GUS support dual joysticks?
					   GUS Daily Digest V7 #21
					Halloween Harry and SBOS 1.20
				   Help needed with that darn GUS.
			   Is GUS picking up steam or losing steam?
				Jitter/Dropout Free Recording with GUS
							 KQ6 DOS disk

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, 22 Oct 93 17:35:06 EST
From: heitbaum@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Rudolph Jan HEITBAUM)
Subject: Cable for Toshiba 3401B --> GUS

Are these cables pre made up, and if so where can I get one, or can I
use another card's cable to bridge the gap.

Thanks in advance.

Rudi

-- 
Rudi Heitbaum      Ah Ph: +61-3-3375440 | e-mail: heitbaum@mundil.cs.mu.oz.au   
RMIT Comp. Centre  Bh Ph: +61-3-6605042 |         at Melbourne Uni (School).
P. O. Box 2476V      Fax: +61-3-6635652 |     or  heitbaum@rmit.edu.au 
Melbourne      3001           Australia |         at RMIT (Work).   

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 00:03:46 EST
From: John Fulmer <quixote@metrobbs.com>
Subject: Composers.....

Does anyone know of some good MOD and 669 composition programs that wil
will work with GUS?

I suppose MODed will, but I really want a good 669 program. Farandole
doen't like my VGA card and Composer669 doesn't recognize my GUS as a
sound blaster (even with SBOS 2.0b10)


anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

J. Fulmer

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 17:56:37 -0400
From: davidm@marcam.com (David MacMahon)
Subject: Correction

Hi (again),

In another message I incorrectly stated the name of the FTP site.  It is 
archive.epas.utoronto.ca.  It is NOT .edu as given in my other message.

Sorry for any confusion this caused,
Dave

David MacMahon
Systems Administrator
davidm@marcam.com  <---New address, use this one
davidm@opl.com     <---Old address, don't use this one

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 11:05:40 MST
From: "Dean C. Johnson" <JOHNSODC@caedm.et.byu.edu>
Subject: Does the GUS support dual joysticks?

	 I plan to buy a GUS one of these days, probably for Christmas.
	 I read that the GUS has a speed compensating Game Port, but  I 
have not been able to find out if the port supports dual joysticks(I 
know most sound cards do not).  Can anyone tell me if you can hook 
up the Gravis GamePad to the GUS and use all four buttons, or hook 
up a Y-connector cable and use two joysticks at once?  I have a dual 
joystick speed compensating Game Card but it would be great if I 
could use the GUS instead.

Thanks in advance.

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Date: 22 Oct 93 16:22:00 PST
From: EBULALACAO@CSUPomona.Edu
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V7 #21

What?!  MEGAEM now a GRAVIS product?  Hmm...I thought the writer of the
program wanted to keep it his own.

Anyway, has anyone else tried Silverball with a surround sound setup?
Awesome on the GUS!  Music on the front and sound effects on the rear speakers!

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 15:44:03 +0800 (PST)
From: Francis Li <fli@nermal.santarosa.edu>
Subject: Halloween Harry and SBOS 1.20

Yes, I HAVE been able to get HH1 from Apogee to work with SBOS 1.20. The
problem is that the music is VERY garbled as is the sound effects. Are
there any options (-o1, -x2, etc) that will make it work properly? Or
maybe a different version of SBOS (1.21, 1.4, etc)? I would love to know...

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 18:46:40 +0200
From: tjakobs@mswe.dnet.ms.philips.nl (THEO_JAKOBS TEL.62667)
Subject: Help needed with that darn GUS.

Hi..

I have my GUS now for some time, and mods and demos sound terrific, but last
night when i installed RETURN TO ZORK, ultramid (wich is included with the ga-
me didn't recognize my GUS.. it said that the ultrasound card wasn't located.
I have the old disks (with SBOS 1.2)... Do i need the new disks?

Andre Jakobs
  MicroBrain Technologies Inc.
	The Netherlands

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 14:56:56 -0500
From: "David Grayless" <grayless@shell.com>
Subject: Is GUS picking up steam or losing steam?

Reading this Digest makes the UltraSound seem like the best thing since
sliced bread.  However, when I try to find one, I get a very different
picture.

I can't find a single local store that carries it.  Some used to, but say that
they no longer carry it.  Checking mail-order ads, I can only find two places
that even list the UltraSound at all.  I tried calling Advanced Gravis, and
was told that "we don't sell direct to customers".

So what's the story here?  Is this product too new? (its been out over a year)
Will it ever become a mainstream sound option for PC's, or is it destined to
only be a niche oddity?  Is it on the verge of being discontinued?

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 17:51:36 -0400
From: davidm@marcam.com (David MacMahon)
Subject: Jitter/Dropout Free Recording with GUS

Hi,

I have uploaded TESTRECS.ZIP to archive.epas.utoronto.edu in the
/pub/pc/ultrasound/submit directory.

TESTRECS.ZIP contains three test recordings from the Gravis UltraSound 
soundcard.  I made these recordings to compare the quality of three 
different recording programs: USS8, PLAYFILE, and GUSDELAY (a new, 
unreleased version).  This new, soon-to-be released version of GUSDELAY 
uses a revolutionary new recording technique that I developed (so I may be a 
little biased when I say "revolutionary") which allows jitter-free and 
dropout-free recording with the GUS.

Dave

David MacMahon
Systems Administrator
davidm@marcam.com  <---New address, use this one
davidm@opl.com     <---Old address, don't use this one

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 21:24:41 EDT
From: ddr@math.ufl.edu
Subject: KQ6 DOS disk

I just loaded KQ6 on my hard drive and installed
the GUS drivers.  The music/digitals are fine
during the game, but if I attempt to ewatch the
opening scene I get a lock up on the video and then the audio dies too!
Can anyone help?  I have a 1meg GUS, 1meg Trident 8900 video,
486DLC with 4 megs RAM.  Thanks!

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