GUS Daily Digest            Fri, 17 Mar 95  9:37 PST     Volume 20: Issue  17 

Today's Topics:
					daily digest archives on epas
				  GUS & Dissapearing mouse in Win...
					GUS & SB (How It works for me)
					   GUS and QuickTime movies
					   GUS Daily Digest V20 #16
					   In search of a MIDI box
							MIDI Playback
							More DMA Woes
			   New Warcraft Patch - GUS Support Broken
							   No SBOS
						number of gus'es sold?
							 OS/2 Drivers
						  SB-PRO and GUS-MAX
   Ultrasound Internet Archive Servivces- New Files To Be Validated

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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 20:10:31 -0600 (CST)
From: rwright@dhostwo.convex.com (Randy Wright)
Subject: daily digest archives on epas

Today's (short) installment in the ongoing saga of the Ultrasound Digest
archives...  After considering for a few days that the pathname
digest/general might be well-known and well-loved,  I have rebuilt the
archives of the daily general digest to extract to the path general/
rather than daily/ and have reloaded the resulting tar image to the
submit directory of epas, as general.tar.  This tar image has the same
contents as last weekend's daily.tar, it simply will extract to a
different path.
-- 
Randy Wright            Usmail: Convex Computers
Phone: (214) 497-4868           3000 Waterview Pky.
Email:  rwright@convex.com      P.O. Box 833851
					Richardson, TX  75083-3851

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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 16:28:28 +0100
From: Martin Laukkanen <martin@triode.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: GUS & Dissapearing mouse in Win...

> From: Sinclair Shuit <sshuit@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>
> Intriguing. I have had my mouse pointer disappearing the first time I 
> enter windows each bootup. It all started when I added LAN workplace for 
> Dos into my system with a GUS.... I thought it was LWP4DOS related but 
> maybe it is something to do with the GUS... I installed the 5.xx software 
> at about the same time.... 
> Anyone have a similar problem / solution?

	I have the EXACT same problem! But under different sircumstances, 
a while ago i got angry at windows and deleted its 10mb swap file, just 
to irritate it :), but it came back, it now hides my mouse! I did also 
upgrade the gus disks about the same time, (but i dont remember which one 
as they change soo much). The only way i can get the mouse working is (in 
a strange way), i have to goto control panel, then run 386Enhansed mode 
setup then goto virtual memory (where you change the swapfile settings), 
then without changing ANY settings quit out of all that and exit windows, 
then just re-run it, after that the mouse is perfect! But if you reset 
the computer it will not work any more...

	Weird hey?? But it doesnt really bother me, Windows is out to get 
me but i can face the chalange... :-)

Anybody know what is going on????

Thanks in ad..
> 
----
Random....
AKA Martin Laukkanen.   (martin@triode.apana.org.au)

REMEMBER! Dos For EVER! :)

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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 19:28:48 -0500 (EST)
From: Mike Batchelor <M.Batchelor@babylon4.clark.net>
Subject: Re: GUS & SB (How It works for me)

Not the GUS Server once wrote...
> 
> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 00:50:17 -0600 (CST)
> From: Reginald Atkins <ratkins@comp.uark.edu>
> Subject: GUS & SB (How It works for me)
> Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.950316003918.23523A-100000@comp>
> 
> You may have to do some playing to get the correct setup for your system, 
> for example on mine my SCSI controller didn't appreciate my attempting to 
> set my GUS up at 240 in hex eventhough it is sitting at 340, go fig. 

That's because the GUS uses 16 ports at the base address (0x240-0x24f) and
16 ports on the next bank (0x340-0x34f).  There IS a conflict.

It also uses 0x388 and 0x389 for Adlib.

-- 
\\\ Mike Batchelor /// mikebat@clark.net \\\ M.Batchelor@babylon4.clark.net ///
"The avalanche has already begun.  It is too late for the pebbles to vote."  

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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 20:04:34 -0500 (EST)
From: Pete Kilcullen <pmk@access.digex.net>
Subject: GUS and QuickTime movies

I have the latest Quictime for Windows (2.0); and the latest GUS drivers. 
However, when I play a QT movie, the sound is very choppy (cuts in and 
out). What is the problem??

Pete

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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 14:10 -0500
From: DANTONIO@PROCESS.COM (Momentary Language, Sexual Situations)
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V20 #16

>Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 16:23:47 -0045 (GMT-0:45)
>From: jwarren@capital.edu (Jeremy Warren)
>Subject: OS/2 Drivers

>Greetings all.  I have a question that someone out there might be able to 
>answer:
>I know that Gravis has released their 0.31a drivers for OS/2, but these 
>only support sound in the Presentation manager, and not in DOS boxes.  
>Are there any plans for any serious support of OS/2, in the sense of true 
>drivers for OS/2 DOS Box sessions?  As far as I know, there are no 
>currently existing drivers for DOS which will work under OS/2, due to 
>their "creative use" or hardware.

Gravis has annouced that they will be releasing another version of the OS/2
driver "soon." Until then, Robert Manley's fine OS/2 drivers (once registered)
give one full Roland compatibility (and perhaps SB, but I don't recall) in DOS
boxes. Which means that you can load Roland drivers in WINOS2 and they will 
work!

Hurrah! :-)

DDA

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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 19:43:44 -0800 (PST)
From: George <gmontem@mercury.sfsu.edu>
Subject: In search of a MIDI box

Hi,

I got a keyboard about a week ago and now I want to get a MIDI box so I 
can connect it to my GUS.  Should I get the GUS Midi box or are there 
alternatives (cheaper perhaps).  Oh yeah, and if I should got for an 
alternative MIDI box, why?

Thanks,
-George

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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 21:10:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Ted Ching <eauu906@ea.oac.uci.edu>
Subject: MIDI Playback

I think that Gravis should try and implement some software MIDI effects 
such as chorus, reverb, etc. in their drivers.  Without them, the GUS's MIDI 
playback sounds really dry and shallow, in my opinion. The percussion (hi 
hats, toms snare drums), guitars, and bass are *especially* poor. Maybe i'm 
biased becucause i'm comparing the GUS to a Sound Canvas, but i still think 
Gravis could do a better job, even if their expertise is making joysticks.

I believe impelementing MIDI effects via software will vastly enhance the 
GUS's  MIDI playback quality. This is important, because now as the GUS 
is actually being supported in games, users are comparing MIDI playback, 
and currently, the GUS doesn't fare to well.

This task also isn't too diffcult (it may be for Gravis though). For
instance, a way to make insturments sound better is to use two channels to
produce it.  (Roland uses this method).  Don't tell me this wastes
oscillators. The GUS has 32, which is plenty for the average GMIDI file.
the SCC-1 only has 24 and sounds worlds better than a GUS (largely
becuause of better patches, but also becuse of its MIDI effects, and the
use of two oscillators to play one inturment)

Just exactly what is Gravis working on right now?  It should be on
improving their software.  ICS gave them a great chip, but their shoddy
software hasn't done anytthing for it.  It took them a few years just to
get some decent software for the card.  If they don't make their card
significantly better, i really don't think it will be around for another
few years. 

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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 20:12:57 -0800 (PST)
From: "Scott@CCnet Tech Support" <scall@ccnet.com>
Subject: More DMA Woes

After Further testing, it appears my GUS fails all DMA testing (I thought 
it was just DMA1) and this prevents HMI based games (Descent) from working.

Any ideas?   DarkForces and Doom still work, as does Linux and OS/2, but 
Descent doesn't,
 
-Scott

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|Scott Call aka Zapo Zapper |<A HREF = "http://www.ccnet.com/~scall"</A>|
|Linux and OS/2 Rock!!!     | Owner: Atari Jag and Gravis Ultrasound    |
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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 12:19:23 -0800
From: Scott.Jordahl@Eng.Sun.COM (Scott A. Jordahl)
Subject: New Warcraft Patch - GUS Support Broken

I grabbed the new Warcraft 1.2 patch from the games/incoming directory
on one of the game archive servers (sorry, I forgot which one). I
installed it and found that it no longer recognizes the GUS for digital
sound (an error message is displayed and the programs exits). If you
re-run the new setup utility and re-specify the GUS for sound and
music, you get the same error. I tried different combinations to no
avail. Does anyone know the best way to contact these guys to let them
know?? I would upload the new patch (warcr1_2.exe) to EPAS, but it
doesn't make since if it breaks GUS support!!

BTW: Here are the details on revision history for this patch release:

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1.20:
	Significantly improved speed for slower systems
	Corrected irregular slow modem play for all modems
	Added support for WaveJammer and RAP 10 sound cards
	Updated Pro Audio sound drivers
	Added WAR_EDIT.EXE utility for extra FUN!

1.16:
	Added command line option for enhanced connectivity 
	Final copy protection enhancement

1.15:
	Enhanced direct link and modem connectivity
	Fixed bug affecting scores over 12,000
	Improved copy protection for ease of use
	Gravis UltraSound support added

1.14:
	Fixed speech bug

1.13:
	Replaced CD-ROM copy protection with floppy copy protection
	Fixed human level 7 bug
	Updated DOS 4/GW extender

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-- Scott

|=|=|=|=|=|    Scott A. Jordahl - SMCC           |=|=|=|=|=|
|==|=|=|==|    Sun Microsystems - Menlo Park, CA |==|=|=|==|
|=|=|=|=|=|    VOICE: [415] 786-7319             |=|=|=|=|=|
|==|=|=|==|    INTERNET: scottj@Eng.Sun.COM      |==|=|=|==|

If you give a man a fish, he'll fish for a day.
If you teach a man to fish, he'll fish for a life time....
 .. And he'll live for a life time.            -- Dan Quayle 10/13/92

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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 14:35:33
From: "Acs Attila  Elemental of Exact" <G3ACSATT@gyakg.u-szeged.hu>
Subject: No SBOS

Hi all!
I have some problems with SBOS. I've changed my motherboard to a
Cx486DX2/66, and since then I get no sound with SBOS. Well, it's
a bit strange for me, that all programs tell me I have no SB card
(these programs worked well before). And the strangest is that
MEGAEM works well as an SB. I checked it with GUS's INSTALL prg,
but it didn't find any problems. Please help if you can. Thanks!

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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 19:14:58 GMT
From: Stig Arne Olsen <stigo@ifi.uio.no>
Subject: number of gus'es sold?

Has anyone seen any numbers indicating how mange GUS'es that
has been sold worldwide?

Stig A. Olsen
stigo@ifi.uio.no
--            Stig A. Olsen             --
--           stigo@ifi.uio.no           --
--     http://www.ifi.uio.no/~stigo     --

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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 09:13 GMT+0100
From: RTHI@btma74.se.bel.alcatel.be
Subject: Re: OS/2 Drivers

>I know that Gravis has released their 0.31a drivers for OS/2, but these 
>only support sound in the Presentation manager, and not in DOS boxes.  
>Are there any plans for any serious support of OS/2, in the sense of true 
>drivers for OS/2 DOS Box sessions?

I've read that they are working on it:)

>  As far as I know, there are no 
>currently existing drivers for DOS which will work under OS/2, due to 
>their "creative use" or hardware.

Check Robert's drivers (ulta06d or something) they give me sound support
even in DOS, e.g. I can work with fasttracker in a DOS-box, Wing-Commander,
DOOM 2 music no sound effects, etc.

Roland

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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 09:50:17 +0100 (MET)
From: gbrink@NKI.NL
Subject: SB-PRO and GUS-MAX

Dear All,

Recently Damian Scully wrote :

> I have a GUS and an old mono SB compatible. I tried to get them to work
> together a while ago, but many of my GUS compatible games would not run with
> the GUS, so I took it out. Please could you tell me if you use multiple
> config and autoexec files when you have both cards together, or wether you
> just have the one. Also when I used both cards together my dual game card
> did'nt work, will I be able to use the joystick ports from both soundcards
> together so I still have two?
>
>Damian Scully

I've got a SB-PRO and a GUS-MAX in one computer.
The only configuration that worked for me was :
GUS-MAX  addr 230 Int 11 DMA 1
SB-PRO   addr 240 Int 5 DMA 1

I've got both soundcards hooked up to a mix-panel which is hooked up to my 
amplifier.
So both cards are on one amplifier channel. This is very handy. For instance 
with
Little Big adventure , you can choose Music through GUS and digital 
soundeffects through SB-PRO. Both cards will play simmultaneously through 
one amplifier channel without any problem.

Guido Brink

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Date: 16 Mar 95 23:37 -0800
From: Thomas Wong <twong@civil.ubc.ca>
Subject: Ultrasound Internet Archive Servivces- New Files To Be Validated

			 GRAVIS ULTRASOUND INTERNET ARCHIVE SERVICES NEWS
==============================================================================


Howdy all. It's that time again. The directory is getting full and it's
time once again for me to validate the new files in the submit directory
of EPAS. I'll be doing that for the next couple of days so don't be
surprised of the files started moving to the appropriate directories in
the archive hierarchy. I'll let everyone know when I'm done.


Thomas.

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