GUS Daily Digest            Sun, 13 Feb 94  0:07         Volume 11: Issue  11 

Today's Topics:
				   DOS4WG or whatever its called...
							Dune on CDROM
						Game company addresses
						 GUS0038.ZIP and misc
						 gus0038 and Windows
				  GUS Daily Digest V11 #10 (2 msgs)
						GUS for FIFTY BUCKS?!
							   GUSTRIT
						 HOW TO FIX SBOS NMI
						Mortal Kombat & GUS/SB
					   Multimedia presentation
					   Random faults in Windows
						 Recording on the GUS
					SBOS with Day of the Tentacle?
					  tie fighter playable demo?

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: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 23:15:14 +0800 (WST)
From: Roderick Nasir DAVID <ruffus@tartarus.uwa.edu.au>
Subject: DOS4WG or whatever its called...

G'day again,

Here is something to add a bit more fuel to this 'will the GUS be
supported in protected mode without 32bit AIL" discussion.... <g>

I got the Star Trek : Judgment rites game from interplay the other
day and included in the game (30 Meg Game mind you...;) was this
demo called STAR REACH....a new release for them.

Now, this Demo uses this DOS4GW (dont hassle me...I cant remember
if the G goes before the W or the D goes... :) and supports the
gus natively...(ANY IRQ me thinks...) . Sounds great and its got this
wicked bit in it where it says....."Unreal sound support" and then 
it flashes to the next screen shot of the control menu for sound card
selection and well, the ULTRASOUND is highlighed on the menu (above
the SB16 and the others... *BIG GRIN* I wonder why??? )

I'll upload it before the weekend is up. I'm sure Interplay wont mind
distrubuting there demo... ;)

Cheers and many a good beers (not Ice...dont like the taste..),

Nasir.

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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 11:11:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kids run for the nutritious taste of Sampo <JKS4675@ritvax.isc.rit.edu>
Subject: Dune on CDROM

Hello....

	Two questions-

1) Has anybody got SBOS or Megaem to run reliably with Dune (the first one)
   on CDROM? SBOS gets FM and digital, but locks the computer- including
   ctrl-alt-del reboots. Megaem gives a host of odd errors, but the result
   is that I can't get the CDROM to work properly. (OK, Steve, I know the 
   use of 'properly' is redundant there)

2) Why doesn't the new ultramid load patches? Maybe I'm ignorant, but moving
   ULTRAMID.INI all over the place didn't help either.

Later,
Jeff



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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 14:30:00 -0500
From: eddie.maste@ablelink.org (Eddie Maste)
Subject: Game company addresses

Hi!  First, this is my first time posting to the digest, so if
something goes wrong, sorry.  Anyway, I've been reading about
Origin's position on GUS support.  What I'd like to do is
write to as many software companies as possible, and ask for
their position on the GUS.  So, if you don't mind, could you
send me the names and (snail mail) addresses of any game
companies you know.

You can send e-mail to me at

				eddie.maste@ablelink.org

BTW, I've had my GUS for about 2-3 weeks now and I love it!
However, I tried out Sierra's LSL6 and had some problems with the
sound effects.  The samples would pause or loop while playing,
but stopped properly.  The music worked perfectly.  I really
don't mind too much because I finished the game in about 6-7
hours anyway and then deleted it, but I was just wondering if
anyone else had problems, or knows what's wrong so I could fix
it if I have problems with other games.  LSL6 came with
Ultramid.exe, but I used my own (later release.)  Could this
have been the problem?

Ed.

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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 1994 00:50:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Phat H Tran <ptran@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: GUS0038.ZIP and misc

> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 09:17:12 -0800 (PST)
> From: Eli Bingham <ebingham@tcsgi.mhs.mendocino.k12.ca.us>
> Subject: CHARANG.PAT
> 
> I was trying to run Mega-Em last night to try out the new Tie Fighter 
> playable demo. When I did, emuset complained that I was missing a patch 
> called CHARANG.PAT (the Gen MIDI name is Lead 5 (charang)). I looked 

charang.pat can be found on the 2.06[L/a] disks, I believe.  Look in
 ./gravis/disks on the GUS archives.

> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 07:50:43 -0500
> From: MANOHARARAJAH  VALAVAN <manohar@ecf.toronto.edu>
> Subject: DUNE---New Version???
> 
> I heard from some friends that they released a new version that had enhancement s to the game as well as Gravis Ultrasound support.

Dune 2 can be patched with GUS drivers.  Check on the archives in the
games directory for dune* files.

> Also any new games out there that have excellent GUS support?

Pinball Fantasies looks and plays great.  Doom is excellent.

> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 18:59:43 -0700 (MST)
> From: Derek the Dweebosaurus <dng@med.ucalgary.ca>
> Subject: Falcon 3.03
> 
> This has probably asked before... but what is way to get the best sound
> from the GUS for Falcon 3.0 and OFT?
> 
> If I use SBOS the flight sounds such as guns and missle launches are
> pretty bad and If I use Roland emulation with Megaem the sounds are turned
> into honks and clanks... any ideas? Dig. speech is OK but a little rough 
> at times.

SBOS is probably the best you can do for the sound effects.  Different
versions of SBOS do the sound effects differently, so you might want
to audition a variety of versions.

> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 17:44:57 +0100 (MET)
> From: Rickard Falk <rash@lobo>
> Subject: GMC-chipset
> 
> I'm having problem loading the sbos progg. (the nmi disabled problem)
> Do anyone know if there is a known problem using the GMC chipset?

The NMI problem is related more to the motherboard than to any
particular brand of chipset.  Some motherboards just do not have
the NMI implemented according to the AT bus specs.  You might 
want to try asking your dealer to exchange your motherboard for
one that does have a working NMI.

> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 94 10:19:17 +0000
> From: eeyjsfa@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: Syndicate Hell!!! Somebody must be able to help!!!
> 
> PLEASE HELP ME!!!
[...]

Download gail3214.zip from the submit directory on epas and install
it in Syndicate for GUS support (read the readme for further instructions).
If you experience lock-ups, then set both your Ultrasound IRQs to 5 or 
less (technically, 7 or less, but I don't trust IRQ 7).

=============
gus0038.zip problems:

The new ultrinit (version 2.16) and ultrajoy put revision 2.4 (and 
likely any other revision less than 3.4) GUSes in an unstable state 
that causes a few GUS programs to crash (eg. Inertia Player and 
Triton's GUS Commercial).  Use the old ultrinit.exe from the 2.06 
disks, rename it oldinit.exe, and place it after ultrinit.exe and
ultrajoy.exe in your autoexec.bat.  For example:

   rem New Ultrinit -- use it to float the adlib ports, if desired
   d:\ultrasnd\ultrinit.exe -ej
   rem Let Ultrajoy calibrate the game port, if desired
   d:\ultrasnd\ultrajoy.exe 22
   rem Use the old ultrinit.exe to place revision 2.x GUSes in a 
   rem stable state for certain software.  It has to go after the
   rem new ultrinit and ultrajoy.
   d:\ultrasnd\oldinit.exe

If that's too confusing, just wait a couple of days for Gravis to
release the necessary bug fixes.  They've already fixed the new
PlayMIDI, Ultramid, Midifier, and AIL 32's.

Phat.

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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 12:06:36 -0500
From: SHEMAVONIAN  DEREK MICHAEL <shemavo@ecf.toronto.edu>
Subject: Re: gus0038 and Windows

I too have been having trouble with Windows since installing gus0038.
So far, I have had the following things happen:
  -  Screen clears, and then nothing happens.
  -  Background and hourglass appears, then nothing.
  -  Loads alright, but mouse doesn't respond.
  -  Loads alright, but mouse curser doesn't appear.
With the last two cases, an Alt-F4 would get me back to Dos fine,
and the mouse would work again in other programs.
With the first two cases, a reset was required.

I have also had trouble with the new Modus and certain mod files.

That reminds me of the last time I had trouble with Windows.  That time,
the old Modus crashed Windows permanently.  I had to wipe out the entire
Windows directory, and completely reinstall it.

I really don't wnat to do that again...
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  )   ) \_/~\  |   (Ringworld Engineer)   |  I just want your half."
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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 10:41:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Rath <cllym@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V11 #10

RE:
Is there a new version of dune out?!
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yes, dune version 1.07 is out now.  i heard it fixes some of the major 
bugs in the last version.

Rath

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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 10:40:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Rath <cllym@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V11 #10

RE:
	 (I am told by a friend of a dentistry demo in 3-D sound that cannot be
released--Focal Point's exclusive property--that makes you turn your head to
see what is "clanking" behind you....and he says "Don't even ASK me about the
drill!" <G>)---
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How funny  !  I went to see Gravis at the InterMedia show in San Jose 
last year (1993) and got to listen to this exact demo.

it was quite impressive, to tell you the truth.  And the 3-d was VERY 
effective.

Rath

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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 11:43:07 -0500
From: animals are not food <dbewley@tech.iupui.edu>
Subject: GUS for FIFTY BUCKS?!

>       I only bought my GUS because it was $82 w/1Meg and I guess



Where did you find one for that price?  That's a smoking deal!  Let us

know.  I can tell some friends about it.

--
 Well if you get a job @ a software store you get all kinds of deals from
manufacturers so you can tell your customers what a great product they have.
For example, you can get a GUS for $50 and add a mem upgrade for $32. I
couldn't resist. :)

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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 15:30:31 -0700 (MST)
From: Derek the Dweebosaurus <dng@med.ucalgary.ca>
Subject: GUSTRIT

Has anyone tried the GUSTRIT demo yet? I spent hours downloading it and 
found out I get a Fatal NMI error... anybody else have the same problem? 
I've got a 386-33 and I don't think I can disble the NMI... any ideas? Thanks

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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 94 10:57:48 +1030
From: jordan.noblet@adam.com.au
Subject: HOW TO FIX SBOS NMI

To anyone who can't get SBOS to work because of the N.M.I error, try this;

Load SBOS with the -o3 switch first, THEN, you can load sbos normally
(ie. just SBOS)  I'm using version 3.7b2, and it also works with the version
that came on my install disks (2.05).  I told someone else who was having the
problem, and it worked for him too, SO i assume it will work for everyone.

At first I thought it still wasn't working properly, but I've since been
informed that it doesn't work peoperly for anyone :-)

Happy GUSing!

---jn
 

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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 17:15:19 -0500 (EST)
From: David Rubin <ccd@panix.com>
Subject: Mortal Kombat & GUS/SB

Hi there.  Okay, I have Mortal Kombat for the PC and it's one great game. 
I use my GUS with Megaem to get the Roland sound, and my Sound Blaster
(yes I got them to cooperate) for the SB sound.  However, sometimes, when
playing, I get a car horn when hitting a person.  Are there patches which
are better for playing this game?  Is there a way so I can have better
support? Preciate it.. 

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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 12:46:00 -0500
From: scott.mccurdie@canrem.com (Scott Mccurdie)
Subject: Multimedia presentation

Does anyone know a GOOD multi media presentation/composition software 
program?  It does not matter whether it is retail or shareware.  I am in need 
of a program, which will allow me to compose slideshow/text/ demos along with 
music/voice of a number of different subjects.  I also need to be able to 
"snip" screen shots of graphics and text with this same program or another 
program and import these screen captures/snips into the multi media composer/
viewer.  

Thanks for any and all suggestions!

Sincerely,

Scott McCurdie



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___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12

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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 94 9:37:10 CST
From: tom@cornhusker.oppd.gov (Tom Heng)
Subject: Random faults in Windows

It might be important to those of you who have been experiencing
random windows problems might not be solely due to the gus
software.  Columnist Brian Livingston for INFOWORLD magazine
reports that the line "MaxBPS = 768" should be put in the 
386Enh section of WIN.INI.  This takes care of a lot of problems
with windows dying prematurely, which is caused by using up
all of the breakpoints (BPS) and windows having random errors
after this is exceeded.  Give it a try, it might work for you.
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Thomas Heng
Nuclear Design Engineer
Email at tom@densun.oppd.gov
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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 22:45:17 +1100 (EST)
From: Jason Hecker <hacker@cairo.anu.edu.au>
Subject: Recording on the GUS

Ho all!

I have been fiddling with the mic. and line in inputs for sampling and have
come across a few odd things.

A) The resultant sample sounds dead in the upper frequency range.  Is there any
   way to bypass the input filters, if there are any?

B) Sampling from the microphone is quite noisy, despite the pass through being
   very very clear and line in being noiseless (as far as I can tell) when
   sampling albeit flat.

Will the 16-bit daughterbaud fix these problems for me for a large sum of
money?  Any hints and ideas will be appreciated.

jASON
hacker@cairo.anu.edu.au

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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 94 18:29 GMT
From: DAVE <CSU0001@VAX2.QUEENS-BELFAST.AC.UK>
Subject: SBOS with Day of the Tentacle?

Ok, here's another one...

I'm trying to run "Day of the Tentacle" with my GUS. I get music and lots of it
but any speech is extremely short and seems to hang the game.

I'm still on v2.08 of SBOS - no qi2699++MegaEm 'fraid!

Any thoughts?

Thanx

Jonny C
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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 94 15:03:02 CST
From: Jim English <jenglish@hpserv.keh.utulsa.edu>
Subject: tie fighter playable demo?

someone mentioned a tie fighter playable demo in the last newsletter...
where can i ftp it?
Also no to waste bandwidth...should i install the new gus0038.zip stuff?
I've got the drivers from the opm
pmlite installed, and they work ok (mizxer probs though)
But i dont want my system to go teo hell with the new 30
38zip files...comments?
-jim

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