Ultrasound Daily Digest     Tue Jun 15 00:38     Volume 4: Issue  15  

Today's Topics:
			   [GUS] Recording Studio bugs (_annoying_)
			[GUS] Tidbits from Computer Entertainment News
					  Advanced Gravis stock news
						   A SBOS question
							  Composing
							  ecoquest 2
							  Flashback
							 GUS for Sale
								 Hey!
						Installing 2.06 update
						  Mailing complaints
				  missing notes in Recording Session
						MM V hates SBOS 2.0B9
						more motherboard notes
					   nasty Harpsichord patch
					patches don't work in GUSORGAN
				Pocket Recorder works in _mono_ only!
							POP2 PP2 huh ?
				   Thanks for reposting the digest 
						  The 1-meg debate 
						To edit or not to edit
					Toshiba 3301B -> GUS CD output
	  WCHARTS (was Re: Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #11)  (2 msgs)
					Whoever wrote this - EMAIL ME!
								xwing
			   Yes! PLEASE release the betas! (2 msgs)

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: 14 Jun 1993 04:16:41 GMT
From: adhir@anywhere.umd.edu (Al Dhir)
Subject: [GUS] Recording Studio bugs (_annoying_)
Message-ID: <1vgu39$lh4@umd5.umd.edu>

ReprintFrom: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard

Hey all - I finally got my upgrade disks here in Maryland.  I am happy
to report that the two programs (MidiSoft Recording Studio &
Powerchords) are very nice.  I _really_ like Midisoft recording
studio...  it is exactly what I have always wanted for my Ultrasound
(aside from OS/2 support, but that's being work on :-/ ).

However

(skipped lines for effect), there is a GLARING bug in it which makes
it all but unusable for us Ultrasound owners.  During playback of a
file, occassionally certain tracks will just cut out - their little
meter still bounces up and down, but there is no music coming from
that channel.  I found a way to make the music come back - by hitting
mute and then unhitting mute...  this makes that track play out loud
again until the next time the thing decides to cut out.  For those of
you with the software, try this:  Load 5thsymp.mid (needs one meg)
into Recording Studio and play it.  On mine, a little ways into the
song, the cello cuts out.  On indian.mid, which I picked up a while
back when the GUS was young, the piano parts never even play...I have
to mute and unmute them to get any sound out of them.  This is
_irritating_.  Please, Gravis, fix this.

Incidentally, I don't thing it is just my setup...  I have a meg on my
GUS, 20mb ram in my 486/50, nothing else gives me troube with the GUS
under Windows (Powerchords, MCS Stereo, Winjammer, Midi Player all
work fine with no note loss).

Last problem with Recording Studio:  After editing indian.mid (I
changed some instruments, nothing else), I wanted to save it and play
the file in Midi Player to hear my changes (a workaround for the bug
related above).  No such luck.  Recording Studio cried after a few
seconds of disk activity that one of the tracks had exceeded 64k and
could not be saved any more.  What the %$#$@^% is this?  Some sort of
a limit on the program?  And how in the world had a track exceeded 64k
on a 41k midi file?

Thanks for any help anyone can offer (especially Gravis - with
bugfixes.

:-(


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 | Internet: adhir@is-next.umd.edu  (o o)    (301) 405-1500 (301) 405-3014   |
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Date: 14 Jun 93 23:43:53 GMT
From: oscar@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (Oscar M Fowler)
Subject: [GUS] Tidbits from Computer Entertainment News
Message-ID: <1993Jun14.234353.2709@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>

ReprintFrom: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard

If you take a look at the bottom of page 12 in Computer Entertainment News
(some new mag that ended-up on our doorstep...), there's a bit on Gravis.
According to the mag, Gravis has begun shipping UltraPaks, which include
a GUS, a game (AirCombat, Test Drive III, Winter Challenge), and either
a GamePad or an Analog Pro.

It also says Gravis "is about to introduce a 3-D space game, and later this
year it will be bundling the UltraSound board in a multimedia upgrade kit."

Just thought you GUS-types would like to know...

Oscar

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Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1993 13:31:52 GMT
From: gkirikos@epas.utoronto.ca (George Kirikos)
Subject: Advanced Gravis stock news
Message-ID: <1993Jun12.133152.15840@epas.toronto.edu>

ReprintFrom: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard

Advanced Gravis was mentioned in today's (June 12, 1993) Globe & Mail,
in the Report on Business section (for readers outside Canada, the G&M
is Canada's equivalent to the New York Times or Wall Street Journal).
The piece was quite brief, so I'll quote the entire article:

"		Advanced Gravis, $3.10, up 15 cents
	Sagit Investment Management has purchased through a private
agreement one million common shares of Advanced Gravis Computer on
behalf of several funds it manages. Together with 1.5 million Advanced
Gravis shares acquired from Logitech, those funds now hold 2.5 million
Advanced Gravis shares or about 18 per cent."

It looks as though the biggest stakes in Gravis are now held by
Logitech, Sagit, and management. Logitech seems to be reducing its
holdings, while others are increasing theirs (actually Logitech
exercised some warrants recently, and those shares were probably the
ones sold to Sagit, so one could argue that Logitech's holdings are
unchanged -- they still hold about 45 per cent of the shares). Of
course, one could also argue that the biggest stakeholders in Gravis
are the GUS owners .... 

+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| George Kirikos                   Internet: gkirikos@epas.utoronto.ca      |
| Toronto, Canada                 Telephone: (416) 537-1756                 |
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Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1993 02:43:51 GMT
From: gmontem@eis.calstate.edu (George A. Montemayor)
Subject: A SBOS question
Message-ID: <C8JGx4.C3D@eis.calstate.edu>

ReprintFrom: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard

--
Why can't Gravis create an SBOS program to emulate Sound Blaster Pro? 
What's so hard about doing that? Won't it be like SBOS except that it must
keep track where to play which instrument?

It would be nice if Gravis Ultrasound can also emulate the Sound Blaster
Pro.  I don't mind whether GUS can or cannot emulate SB-Pro.  I was just
wondering.

George Montemayor 
<gmontem@eis.calstate.edu>
 -----------------------------------------------------
Kids, ask your parents before you mail to me.
$2 for the first line.  $.45 for each additional line.
 -----------------------------------------------------

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 19:28:22 EDT
From: Stephen Ferguson <FERGUSOS@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Subject: Composing
Message-ID: <9306142334.AA24610@orca.es.com>

Well, I just toured the extensive EPAScatalog and would like some input.
I see various programs referred to as "composers" and "sequencers".
I have no MIDI equipment right now (grad school doesn't pay very well
these days) so that rules out what I would call a "sequencer" program for
me.  Do any of the programs on the EPAS allow a user to load in MIDI
patches and compose musical pieces note-by-note and voice-by-voice?  I'm
not expecting any full-blown SVGA graphics, just a nice solid program that
works.  Who can recommend a good one to try?  I don't feel like downloading
several megs on a trial and error basis.

thanks
Stephen Ferguson

Clinical Mechanics Group
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
<fergusos@qucdn.queensu.ca>

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 23:22:42 CDT
From: Michael J Stumpf <mjs7529@tamsun.tamu.edu>
Subject: ecoquest 2
Message-ID: <9306150422.AA25684@tamsun.tamu.edu>

Just got around to installing windoze drivers.

I get no midi sound on a 1024k ultrasound, playing sierra's ecoquest 2.

I have tried base & extended level midi, with all sorts of settings on the
midi maps..  All I get is digital audio, no midi.

Probably been asked/solved before, but I'd appreciate it if you would 
repost it.

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Date: 14 Jun 1993 20:56:46 -0500 (EST)
From: STU_JABIRCHE@VAX1.ACS.JMU.EDU
Subject: Flashback
Message-ID: <01GZDRIFT3O28Y6WZU@VAX1.ACS.JMU.EDU>

Just to let you know, Flashback sounds horrible with SBOS. :) It's not out in
the U.S. yet, so Gravis/Forte can look at that if they wanna before it's
released. The game is AWESOME, though, with or without sound. If you've
played any other Delphine Games, you know what I mean. The version I have
is all in French, so I have no idea whether it's SBOS or my memory config.
I muddled through enough of the French docs to see that at certain levels
of memory availability, things will automagically be shut off (music/sfx).
The music sounded like a bunch of Bagpipes being sat upon continuously thru
the GUS, but all the sounds were pretty cool from the SB. I'd rather have
GUS, tho. :)
Happy Happy Gus Gus
-=Marc=-

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 10:35 EDT
From: Scott Bringen                        <ZMSKB@GIBBS.GSFC.NASA.GOV>
Subject: GUS for Sale
Message-ID: <9306141435.AA15162@orca.es.com>

Hi everyone,
  Some of you might remember that I tried to do this about 6
months ago. Well, I've decided to sell my PC again. I'm beginning
to show signs of Carpal(sp) tunnel syndrome and so I want to get
the PC out of my house. I guess the 8 hours a day at work, plus
2-4 hours at home was too much :(.  My sister has agreed to buy
the PC, but she has *NO* use for the GUS.  Rather than letting it
go to waste, I thought someone might want to buy it 8). The
upgrade disks came in the mail Saturday. I will let the
GUS/upgrade disks go for $90, buyer pays postage.  I live in
College Park, Maryland, USA, so consider that went calculating
shipping charges.  I can be reached at ZMSKB@GIBBS.GSFC.NASA.GOV.
  Thanks, Scott Bringen

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 16:18:04 CDT
From: ddebry@itchy (Dave DeBry)
Subject: Re: Hey!
Message-ID: <9306142218.AA01128@itchy>

So speaks Ed Reddy (mailed to ultrasound-owner@dsd.es.com):
> When do you guys plan to get off your BUTT and mail your fellow Canadians
> the new GUS disks!?!?
> Stop playing the friendly DIPLOMAT and think about those at home!
> You guys are something else...

	This mailing list is not supported by Gravis or Forte.  I'm
doing this myself, because I think the GUS is a great card and needs
an information channel.  Gravis and Forte read the list, and sometimes
post to it, but that's it.

	Notice the site name: dsd.es.com.  Do you see the word Gravis
in there?  Nope.  Not even a hint of it.

	Don't send me stuff like this.

	(Sorry to be so humorless about this, but I don't like getting
Gravis' hate mail.  I've got enough people on my bad side already. :)

-- 
Dave  ddebry@ debry@   \ 
DeBry dsd.    peruvian. | "Yeah, a meeting!  It's like talking to 
	  es.     cs.utah.  |  yourself, only with a gang."
	  com     edu      /  

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 13:42:08 -0500 (EST)
From: sjm@se01.elk.miles.com (Scott Mark)
Subject: Installing 2.06 update
Message-ID: <9306141842.AA27657@se01.elk.miles.com>

I had a couple of wierdnesses while installing the update disks I received
from Gravis.

Firstly, I had the same problem that other people had in terms of the install
program repeatedly asking for disk2.

My problem (probably) stemmed from the fact that I run Norton's cache program,
and my solution was to wait about 70 seconds between disks to give my cache
time to flush.  It worked like a champ.


The second funnyness that happened was that after doing the Windows install,
instead of rebooting as it claimed, it brought up the same
	A complete install requires 72976384 bytes of hard disk space
and I thought that 72 megabytes was excessive.  And I made a mistake -- I
clicked on Install All UltraSound Software.

That was a mistake.  There's no way out except to reboot after that point.
There's no way during the path entry to cancel the install.

Anyway, time may be the solution to some of you who are having trouble
getting disk #2 recognized.

Scott
Scott Mark      (219) 262-7452      8:00 - 4:30 EST
sjm@se01.elk.miles.com

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 09:48:28 EDT
From: "Burns Fisher, VMS Engineering  14-Jun-1993 0949" <fisher@skylab.enet.dec.com>
Subject: Mailing complaints
Message-ID: <9306141348.AA03616@us2rmc.bb.dec.com>

The Gravis disks were mailed out "Bulk Rate" in the US.  I suppose this is 
probably true in Canada as well.  This is why the arrivals are so sporadic.  
There is no "guaranteed" delivery time with Bulk Rate (not that there is much of 
one with First Class).  I think Bulk Rate is a perfectly reasonably way to save 
Gravis some fairly big bucks.  Most of their customers won't care. 

But my point is that I think it is kind of silly to say that Gravis is 
discriminating against domestic owners.  I doubt that Gravis failed to mail 
domestic packages.  That's just the way the postal system happened to work.

Burns

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 11:07:29 +0000
From: Clarke Brunt <CLARKE@lsl.co.uk>
Subject: missing notes in Recording Session
Message-ID: <0096E02C.8F90C16B.9994@lsl.co.uk>

When playing 5thsymp.mid (or whatever it is called) using Midisoft
Recording Session (supplied with new GUS disks), I noticed that some
notes were being missed out, while WinJammer or Media Player would
play all the notes.

Has anyone else noticed this?

I wonder if it is a patch loading problem, but is is hard to tell as
PatchMan will not run at the same time as Recording Session.
I notice that Recording Session does not list Program Change events
at the start of a track (instead just marking the track as using that
particular patch), so does it load patches for Program Change events
ocurring later in a multi-patch track?

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 06:23:09 -0400
From: mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Michael Chen)
Subject: MM V hates SBOS 2.0B9
Message-ID: <9306141023.AA15507@sol4.cs.psu.edu>

I downloaded SBOS 2.0B9 the other day, and Might and Magic V (Dark
Side of Xeen) started crashing at random intervals.  Anyone had 
similar problems?

-- Mike

P.S SBOS 2.08 seems to work just fine.

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 17:58:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bob Tinsman <bobti@sco.COM>
Subject: more motherboard notes
Message-ID: <9306141758.aa27706@srv100a.sco.com>

Just some more information on motherboards...

When I got my GUS, I plugged it into my 486-33 motherboard of fairly old issue--Zymos 
chip set and AMI bios with a date of about 1990, which is pretty old as far as 486's 
go. It was extremely flakey. At first, mididemo would hang after a song or two, and 
SBOS would hang immediately. I got it to work better by pulling out an ancient tape 
controller, but SBOS still didn't work. This was such a bad hang that the reset switch 
would not pull it out...I had to turn off the machine! This was kind of weird because I 
had not had any problems with this motherboard, even running SCO Unix, which is a 
pretty good test of a motherboard.

After cursing at the GUS for awhile, seeing a lot of the problems with motherboards on 
this list, and getting the GUS to work fine on a 386/25, I went out and paid a whopping 
$120 for a new VLB motherboard based on the Contaq chipset (no, I had not heard of it 
either), again with the ubiquitous AMI bios, as well as a Genoa 8500-VL video card. Now 
it works like a champ! I don't know the name of the motherboard manufacturer--I 
basically went to a flea market in San Jose, CA and got the cheapest thing I could 
find. So it seems that in the space of 3 years or so, it's not rocket science anymore 
to get a 486 motherboard right. Now the Pentium, that'll be another thing... 
 

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 10:59:47 +0000
From: Clarke Brunt <CLARKE@lsl.co.uk>
Subject: nasty Harpsichord patch
Message-ID: <0096E02B.7BC7DD4B.9990@lsl.co.uk>

Now we've all (well some of us) got our new disks, and are very
happy with them, the time has come to nit pick about finer details.

Does anyone else think that the Harpsichord patch is horrible? The
sound is accompanied by a metallic buzzing or something. I think
that it was better in the very early releases. Can someone come up
with a better one, more suitable for use as a solo instrument?

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 11:16:18 +0000
From: Clarke Brunt <CLARKE@lsl.co.uk>
Subject: patches don't work in GUSORGAN
Message-ID: <0096E02D.CAABDEAB.9996@lsl.co.uk>

I am trying GUSORGAN, downloaded from epas. Using the default
configuration file, I cannot select two of the patches. I haven't
got my information to hand, but the ones that fail are either
11 and 12, or 12 and 13. The patch files selected for these numbers
certainly exist, but when I try to turn them on (using SHIFT/1,
SHIFT/2 etc.) the marker does not appear next to the patch, and
no sound is made.

Is it possible that these particular key sequences are not being
passed to the program, or is it something about the patch files?
Obviously, I could experiment further by changing the configuration
file, but I wonder if anyone else has had the same problem?

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 11:38:48 +0300
From: Lauri-Juhani Jussi S{{ski <lsaaski@utu.fi>
Subject: Pocket Recorder works in _mono_ only!
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9306141145.A6156-9100000@polaris.cc.utu.fi>

Dear fellow GUSsers
 
I am having trouble using the Pocket Recorder ver 2.1 for Windows. 
Has any of you managed to make samples in 44.1 kHz _stereo_ mode? For me 
it works only in mono! My GUS driver for Windows is the one that came 
in with the version 2.5 disks. Pocket Recorder is a nice piece of 
shareware, the only one (to my knowledge) that samples directly onto the
hard disk. That way the size of samples are virtually unlimited!
 
 
Jussi Saaski
Finland

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 08:17:48 +0501 (EDT)
From: Gunnar Swanson <gunnar@gibbs.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: POP2 PP2 huh ?
Message-ID: <Pine.3.05.9306140848.A25199-a100000@gibbs.oit.unc.edu>

Allot of people have been writing in and talking about POP2 and PP2 but it
is not clear what those two contractions mean.  Now POP2 could be
Prince of Persisa 2 or Populous II although it is pretty clear that PP2
means Prince of Persia 2.

In order to clear this this confusion up might I suggest using POP2 for
Prince of Persia 2 and PopII for Populous II.  We can probably drop PP2
altogether.  Hopefully doing this will make it clear which game is being
discussed even if the fix for the problem is not clear.

Thank you for the wasted bandwith


Gunnar Swanson

gunnar@gibbs.oit.unc.edu


end.
 

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 10:36:02 -0400
From: adhir@anywhere.umd.edu
Subject: Re: Thanks for reposting the digest 
Message-ID: <9306141436.AA03424@anywhere.umd.edu>

In message <9306140910.AA03488@concave.cs.wits.ac.za> you write:
>
>Your repost of the digest was much appreciated by all of us who had 
>already read it on the previous day. If you reply to the digest, have the
>decency to edit out the stuff irrelevent to what you have to say.
>Also, if you are going to reply, actually say something, instead of merely
>reposting the digest for no apparent reason!

I didn't repost the digest - I edited out the entire thing and entered
an article of my own.  If the digest was reposted, it was not due to
any mistake of mine.

Apologies for the wasted time and bandwidth...

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 12:34:27 -0400
From: "Momentary language, sexual situations" <dantonio@magick.tay2.dec.com>
Subject: Re: The 1-meg debate 
Message-ID: <9306141634.AA12951@magick.tay2.dec.com>

> I can sort of agree with you about 1 meg, but I don't agree that
> *every* GUS sold have 16-bit recording, SCSI, and every other
> option. Why? Cost for one. 

I agree although I think the choice should be there. I dislike
daughtercards (they take an extra slot for one) and I think they end up
costing more. But my main gripe is that they aren't released yet! But
Gravis is obviously working on this UltraSound Pro (or whatever) so what's
going on? What ELSE will the Pro have that I can't get for my card and,
more importantly, how much will it cost? Will it be cheaper than the
GUS+daughtercards?

> But I'll chime in and say everyone will eventually need 1 meg RAM! ;-)

Yup. The video card manufacturers figured this out a while ago...

DDA

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 09:44:04 EDT
From: "Burns Fisher, VMS Engineering  14-Jun-1993 0944" <fisher@skylab.enet.dec.com>
Subject: To edit or not to edit
Message-ID: <9306141344.AA03498@us2rmc.bb.dec.com>

Dave:

You said if a line begins with a "." that ends the message.  Maybe you should
considering terminating the message if you see a Digest header preceeded by
the ">" mark.  Sort of :-).

Burns

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 22:20:29 +0800 (SST)
From: Shih-Ping Chan <matcsp@nusunix2.nus.sg>
Subject: Toshiba 3301B -> GUS CD output
Message-ID: <9306141420.AA04767@nuscc.nus.sg>

I would like to make a CD connection between a
Toshiba 3301B and the Ultrasound CD 4pin connection.
The Toshiba uses a weirdo ELCO 3-pin connector.

1. Are there any ready-made housings available?

2. If not, where can I find the ELCO 3-pin housing? I
   need phone, fax, and a company that will do mail order.
   The connector: Part# 008283931100000; I need the matching
   housing: Part# 608283303815000.

3. Alternately, has anyone done this before? How did you 
   do it?

4. Thanks all! 

Every time I play boesendo.mod I marvel anew at how
fantastic the GUS sounds!

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 12:40:41 -0400
From: "Momentary language, sexual situations" <dantonio@magick.tay2.dec.com>
Subject: WCHARTS (was Re: Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #11)
Message-ID: <9306141640.AA12975@magick.tay2.dec.com>

> PKUNZIP (R)    FAST!    Extract Utility    Version 1.1    03-15-90
> Copr. 1989-1990 PKWARE Inc. All Rights Reserved. PKUNZIP/h for help
> PKUNZIP Reg. U.S. Pat. and Tm. Off.

You need 2.04g. The files are "Deflated", the new compression mechanism.

While I'm here, can someone please tell the Future Crew that not everyone
runs MS-DOS! I use DR-DOS and all their stuff refuses to run, claiming it
needs more memory. I gave WCHARTS 590K but it still bitched about needing
580K. Of course, neither UNREAL nor PANIC will run on my system.

I'd love to see this thing, but I refuse to install MS-DOS 5.0 just to do
so...

DDA

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 13:17:34 -0400
From: Bill Norton <wbn@merit.edu>
Subject: Re: WCHARTS (was Re: Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #11) 
Message-ID: <9306141717.AA02163@fox.merit.edu>

  >While I'm here, can someone please tell the Future Crew that not everyone
  >runs MS-DOS! I use DR-DOS and all their stuff refuses to run, claiming it
  >needs more memory. I gave WCHARTS 590K but it still bitched about needing
  >580K. Of course, neither UNREAL nor PANIC will run on my system.
  >
  >I'd love to see this thing, but I refuse to install MS-DOS 5.0 just to do
  >so...
Thanks to everyone who told me to upgrade my pkunzip executables to
2.04g - I did so and everything works fine.  

I ran into this problem too, and upgrading to DOS 6.0 so as to run
memmaker allowed me to be able to run WCHARTS in my DOS shell.
Memmaker moves as much as possible from below the 640K line to high
memory and left me with over 600K to run apps.

Bill

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 17:41:18 -0500
From: ken@austin.ibm.com (Ken Goach IBM)
Subject: Whoever wrote this - EMAIL ME!
Message-ID: <9306142241.AA23376@daedalus.austin.ibm.com>

Will whoever wrote the following:

>       I am using emm386 (populous 2 requires a lot of ems), 4dos,
>sbos 2.08, smartdrv, and so on.  386sx (packard bell should be shot
>for leaving off that reset button... I'm not bitter), 8 meg ram...
>


Please drop me a line. Maybe we can debug this friggin' P Bell
problem. I've discovered a few things along the way.

Also, thanks to Mike Batchelor for his motherboard info and
an explanation of EMM386 vs. QEMM and 386MAX. I plan to try
QEMM and see if it really isn't some flakey EMM386 DMA thing.

Ken

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 08:05:57 -0700
From: cliff@trifid.astro.ucla.edu
Subject: xwing
Message-ID: <9306141505.AA07285@trifid.astro.ucla.edu>

 I just started to play with xwing late last week and I can't seem to get it
 to play in sound blaster mode with sbos.  I had version 2.08 installed but
 then upgraded to 2.09b.  I can choose adlib sound and it works ok.  If I
 try to configure it for sound blaster, the game starts up with a blank screen
 and locks up my computer.  I also tried settings for general midi.  I tried
 two IRQ's (5 and 7) but that made no difference.  My current configuration
 is as follows....

 33mhz 486 Eisa
 Do 6.0 (no double space)
 Himem and emm386 are both loaded
 Dos is loaded high

 set ultrasnd=220,6,6,11,7
 set blaster=a220 I7 D1 T1

 I tried using the -o2 switch but since I've never had to use any switches
 before (all of my other games run without any switches), I may not have done
 it correctly. 

 Thanks in advanced,

 cliff
 cliff@astro.ucla.edu

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 22:41 GMT0BST-1
From: Paul Kokis <scratcher@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Subject: Yes! PLEASE release the betas!
Message-ID: <memo.324512@cix.compulink.co.uk>

I'm sure there are plenty of GUSers who feel the same way about
this...please go ahead and release the MIDPAK/DIGPAK or Miles drivers -
whatever ya wanna call 'em! Even if they're the betas. We're all loyal to
the GUS around here, so come on, give us a break and let us check 'em out
for ya! I for one can't wait to try Seventh Guest with 'em. Pleeeeeze!
Regards,
		Paul (Scratch)

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 22:41 GMT0BST-1
From: Paul Kokis <scratcher@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Subject: Yes! PLEASE release the betas!
Message-ID: <memo.324512@cix.compulink.co.uk>

I'm sure there are plenty of GUSers who feel the same way about
this...please go ahead and release the MIDPAK/DIGPAK or Miles drivers -
whatever ya wanna call 'em! Even if they're the betas. We're all loyal to
the GUS around here, so come on, give us a break and let us check 'em out
for ya! I for one can't wait to try Seventh Guest with 'em. Pleeeeeze!
Regards,
		Paul (Scratch)

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