GUS Daily Digest            Tue, 28 Feb 95  9:37 PST     Volume 19: Issue  28 

Today's Topics:
			Advanced Gravis to use AMD chips in next GUS?
			  Cubic 0.95 and effects: church, hall etc.
					  Do Gravis listen to this?
				  Emulating VxD services under OS/2
				   F-14 Fleet Defender and more...
				  GUS Daily Digest V19 #27 (2 msgs)
			   GUS Daily Digest V19 #27, Gus and Cubase
							Internet Phone
					  Interweave from AMD thingy
								iphone
						 KINGS QUEST 6 HELP!
						  Lands of the Lore
						MicroProse wimps out!
					   missing file in Settlers
					   missing file on Settlers
						  Noctropolis & GUS
					   space quest 4 & ultramid
	Ultrasound Bank Manager bug, (undocumented feature, whatever)
						Where is Maxsbos v0.2
					  Windows muted on start-up?

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: Tue, 28 Feb 95 11:37:24 TZ
From: Daryl James <darylj@microsoft.com>
Subject: Advanced Gravis to use AMD chips in next GUS?

I keep hearing the AMD/Gravis line and I was wondering if anyone has 
actually confirmed whether Gravis is really gonna use the AMD chip? I 
certainly haven't read anything posted here that confirms this 
alliance- or did I miss something?
Thanks to all who posted the info about the new AMD chip- it certainly 
looks hot ! ... but was there any mention of the amount of memory it 
can address?

Daryl James- DownUnder

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Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 09:15:08  GMT+2
From: "Zsolt Parak" <PARAK@cogpsyphy.hu>
Subject: Cubic 0.95 and effects: church, hall etc.

Dear Gusers,


In Cubic player I can`t hear any differences with sound effects.
I make the enviroment changes right but no change.
This effects is only the AWE or it don`t working in this version or 
what???


But this player is the BEST player.


				
									Monster Lajos

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Date: Tue, 28 Feb 95 13:51:04
From: <paul@quansoft.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Do Gravis listen to this?

Do Advanced Gravis actually listen in on this conference?
I know they're going to have their own internet node 'real
soon now' but at the moment I have found no easy way to get
the Gravis bulletins available on their BBS.  Calling their
BBS is an expensive game from the UK.  They haven't answered
e-mail asking about OS/2 drivers and I don't know where to go to 
get their latest news.  

Is there another mailing list to get Gravis bulletins?  
If anyone knows about progress on the OS/2 drivers could they 
please let me know?

If this question is in the wrong place - I'm sorry!

Paul Bristow
paul@quansoft.demon.co.uk

"Another OS/2 using GUS MAX owner with awesome sound most of the 
time sand a spare SBPro for WinDoze under OS/2 (sob)"

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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 14:59:21 -0500 (EST)
From: rjm@dciem.dnd.ca (Robert Manley)
Subject: Emulating VxD services under OS/2

"Peter C. Chien Jr." <pchienjr@ocf.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:
> Subject: .VxDs like GUS drives in OS/2
> 
> Can't someone write some memory resident program that can "trick" the 
> VxDs into thinking they can call for ring 0 functions and let them run, 
> but won't actually let them take over the system?  I'm sure there's some 
> way.  Some kind of VxD emulator for OS/2?  If a completely alien computer 
> like the PowerPC can emulate Windows with SoftWindows, certainly an x86 
> OS like OS/2 can do better?  I suspect that whoever can get this to work 
> will make *big* bucks!

I looked at doing this but came to the conclusion that it would take
an unacceptable amount of time given that MS are even publicly saying
that their days are numbered: develop your driver for the NT model or
be left behind!  There has been a rumour circulating that an IBMer in
fact accomplished this feat but the package was buried because it gave
away too much in terms of system integrity - something that I guess
MS aren't worried about very much for the years to come :).  Hell, we
can always rename a GPF to something else!

Robert.
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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 13:28:09 -0500 (EST)
From: bill.hyman@ccmail.bsis.com
Subject: F-14 Fleet Defender and more...

	 I recently dumped my SoundBastard Pro sound card in lieu of getting
	 a better card.  The things that were important to me were:
	 
			 1. Wavetable synthesis
			 2. Longevity (future support in games, etc.)
			 3. No background noise
			 4. Compatibility with older games
	 
	 After considering all of these points, and pushing Computer City's
	 return policy to its limit, I settled on the Gravis Ultrasound MAX.
	 I think the GUS Max addresses the first three points really well, but
	 I am still having some problems with compatibility of older games,
	 particularly with flight sims.  I looked at the GLIST (game list)
	 to check out compatible games, but noticed a lack of testing done on
	 flight sims.  Can anyone give me a more complete listing of how to get
	 the card working with many of the flight sims.  Here is my experience
	 so far:
	 
	 1. USNF - Got the GUS patch from Gravis, it sound awesome!
	 2. Tie Fighter - Once I found the custom patches for tie, it too 
		sounds great. I am getting some joystick drift though.
	 3. X-Wing - No luck yet, but haven't tried too hard yet.  Is there a
		set of patches for it like Tie Fighter?
	 4. F-14 Fleet Defender - Music works ok, speech works ok, but no
		sound fx.  Please, please, please help me to get this working.  FD
		is my favorite sim.
	 5. PAW - Haven't tried it yet, but expect that it will be like F-14    
		FD.
	 6. Falcon 3.0 - Haven't tried yet, but appears to be supported (GLIST  
		sez so).
	 7. Wings of Glory - No luck whatsoever.  If I don't get it working, 
		soon, back to egghead it goes.  
	 8. Strike Commander - Haven't tried yet.  Does it work...
	 
	 Any help appreciated!  What future flight sims will have GUS native
	 support in them?  What other flight sims work with the GUS (or don't
	 work with it)?
	 
	 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
	 Bill Hyman - bill.hyman@bsis.com
	 
	 "Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be      
	  looking."
		- H. L. Mencken
	 ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 20:10:01 +0000 (GMT)
From: Sam <Samuel.Marshall@durham.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V19 #27

> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 19:36:13 GMT
> From: alek@linefeed.com (Alek Hayes)
> Subject: Ultrasound Experience
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Can anyone tell me where I can get this CD in the UK?
> Also, a brief description of what it consists of would be nice. :-)

Ours came from the CD-ROM User Group. You should prob. see their adverts 
in magazines. They do supply non-members at an increased cost.

A reasonably recent GUS driver update (one that works).
Apart from that, it's got all the shareware games you already have, *and* 
- now this is the good bit - just about every demo up to the date it was 
released. (It has a copy of this section of the Gravis BBS).

So it's a great disk for the price. Oh yeah and there's a presentation
advertising GUS, which is OK for lending to your GUSless friends I
suppose. 

Sam

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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 23:46:49 +0000 (GMT)
From: smarij@ismennt.is (Hordur Smari Johannesson)
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V19 #27

Hey Gussers


	I just wanted to tell everybody that having a cheap old sb@with my
GUS saves me a lot of trouble in getting games to work.  But I still
prefer using my GUS so i usually end up emulating the music, but @think
about buying an old SB if you're fed up with this emulation bullsh**. 
But don't give up on GUS!  

	GUS forever!

Hordur Smari Johannesson
Halsasel 6
109 Reykjavik
ICELAND

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Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 10:28:17 GMT+1
From: "Emil Heyrovsky" <HEYROVSKY@km1.fjfi.cvut.cz>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V19 #27, Gus and Cubase

>      Yoh GUSSERS,
>      
>      I've got a Gus card and Cubase (Steinberg Midi program). I can't get 
>      the two to work together. I can't get any sound out of my GUS card. 
>      When I open a midi file and want to play it I hear .........NOTHING!
>      When opening a Midi file in an other program it plays just fine, so 
>      it's not my midi setup. 
>      
>      Can someone give me any clues? Or tell me that it just doesn't work!

One possibility is to load the neccessary patches through 
PatchManager. That's not very comfortable, but it works.

Emil

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Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 01:03:28 GMT
From: alek@linefeed.com (Alek Hayes)
Subject: Internet Phone

Hi All!

I just got iPhone and am having similar problems with it as David Ross
mentioned in V19 #26. People seem to hear me fine but incoming voices get
seriously screwed up.... :-( Major bummer. Please help, anyone!
BTW, I have a GUS MAX 1Mb.

Alek.
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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 15:10:17 -0500
From: rodman@wizvax.com (Josh Rodman)
Subject: Interweave from AMD thingy

I seem to have missed it when the information on this was disseminated, or
was it disseminated?  

If anyone has answers to either of these questions, I would be very happy to
hear them.

Where can I find more information about the upcoming GUS product?

What type of memory will the product have (I have to sell x36 simms now
unless I can use them later)?

Thanks.
--
Serve the Computer.
The Computer is your friend.
Be a happy Alpha Complex citizen.

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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 19:11:02 -0600
From: tmcgoug@metronet.com (Timothy J. McGough)
Subject: iphone

Has anyone besides me had a problem with GUS locking up after the first 3 or
so seconds of using the iphone by vocaltec.  I went out and purchased a true
sblaster pro and the problem went away.  My friend has a Gravis MAX and he
has no problems.  Im running the 3.59 drivers and wfw with 8 meg ram.  Any
suggestions would be great!

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Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 13:33:39 -0400
From: nstn1306@fox.nstn.ca (Robert White)
Subject: KINGS QUEST 6 HELP!

I've tried everything, ultrasound, ultra 256k, base and extended midi but I
can't get any music out of Kings QUest 6 cd-rom. I can only get voice and
some sound effects... Anyone know what I should do? Thanks


Rob White, nstn1306@fox.nstn.ca

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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 21:53:26 -0800 (PST)
From: George <gmontem@mercury.sfsu.edu>
Subject: Lands of the Lore

Really strange that people are getting yucky digital voices with Lands Of 
the Lore. I use a patch called lolsound.zip (or something like that) that 
enables multiple sound card configurations, so I can use Mega-Em and select 
Roland Sound Canvas for music and Sound Bastard for digital voices. 

What drivers are you using?  The AIL drivers?

-George

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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 14:20:54 -0500 (EST)
From: bill.hyman@ccmail.bsis.com
Subject: MicroProse wimps out!

	 What follows is my prompt but terse response from MicroProse regarding 
	 my question about future support for the GUS...
	 
		Hi Bill,
	 
		>>>> What are MicroProse/Spectrum Holobyte plans for supporting     
		>>>> the Gravis Ultrasound in the near- and long-term future?
	 
		Unfortunately, we have experienced numerous problems with the card, 
		and we have dropped plans to support it natively.
	 
		-Brian/MicroProse
	 
	 Maybe we need to put a full-court-press MicroProse in the same manner 
	 that Lucasarts was swayed.
	 
	 Bill Hyman
	 bill.hyman@bsis.com
	 
	 p.s. I still need to get the GUS Max working with Fleet Defender: 
	 music, speech, and sound fx if at all possible.  

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Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 09:33:41
From: "N.J.Cook" <N.J.Cook@sheffield.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: missing file in Settlers

	I also do not have that file, but it is possible to make it work 
using Ultramid (which I believe IS supplied). You simply run Ultramid 
BEFORE running the sound setup program and it will recognise the GUS 
present. After that, you'll need LOADPATS before running the game 
each time - to load the midi patches for the music.
	I've also extracted the music using RIPXMI which allowed me to 
make a copy of PATCHES.INI specifically for Settlers - so that it 
loads all the correct patches first. I don't have access to my copy of 
the .ini file at the moment, but you can EMAIL me direct and I'll try 
and get hold of it.  
  I think the music and sound effects are brilliant - hope you agree!
	Hope that helps!
	
Nick Cook (N.J.Cook@Sheffield.ac.uk)    
  

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Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 08:13:44 +0200
From: m@mjf.pp.fi (Mika Fonsen)
Subject: Re: missing file on Settlers

>recently bought The Settlers (Blue Byte software) but it
>refuses to run with GUS.  The readme file says to load
>Ultrasnd.bat to set up a permanent GUS file, but the
>Ultrasnd.bat file does not exist on the disks supplied with the
>game.  The game will start with GUS but hangs up after awhile.
>I've tried Loadpats.exe but nothing improves. Any suggestions?

		I haven't played that game for a while, but I think the you have to
run ULTRAMID with the install program and LOADPATS with the game. Strange?
If this doesn't work, I can check how it was.

--        ,
 Mika Fonsen  * m@mjf.pp.fi <about to change
		

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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 14:19:28 -0800 (PST)
From: nullset@netcom.com (nullset)
Subject: Noctropolis & GUS

To the person concerned about Noctropolis and GUS:

Sorry, it's probably not gonna work.

I own a GUSMAX. Tried SBOS, Megaem, etc. I didn't have MAXSBOS when it 
had come out though, so hey, maybe there is hope. :)

Anyway, I had to use my Soundman Wave. Pity. It had some really nice 
music, but the SMW MIDI sounds just a tad bit better than FM synth.
Maybe there's a fix out there somewhere?

Regards,
Alvin M.
nullset@netcom.com

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Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 18:12:00 GMT
From: boaz.chow@eclair.com (Boaz Chow)
Subject: space quest 4 & ultramid

hi there,

		I just bought a copy of sq4 cd.  I installed the sierra drivers
but I only got digital sound (speech) but there wasn't any music.  Do
any of you know how to fix it?

___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12

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Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 11:20:19 AEST-1000
From: Andrew McDonald <ANDREWM@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au>
Subject: Ultrasound Bank Manager bug, (undocumented feature, whatever)

hi everyone! great to be back! I've been on summer holidays at home 
since december 1994, so it's been a while since i've been reading the 
daily digests. But i have a question about the Ultrasound Bank 
Manager. Hope this hasn't already been discussed while i was away.

Here's my problem: 

I'd like to have a separate set of patches in my own directory, ie 
C:\ULTRASND\ANDREW, and then switch back and forth to that set using 
the bank manager. So I set up my bank in that directory and select 
"Copy to bank 0", but windows can't find the patches, and i don't get 
any midi sound. I took a peek inside the ULTRASND.INI file and found 
that in bank zero the PatchDir is set to PatchDir = C:\ULTRASND\MIDI, 
when it should have been changed to C:\ULTRASND\ANDREW. That's why 
windows can't find the patches. If i change the PatchDir manually 
by editing ULTRASND.INI it works, but i'd rather not do that every 
time.

So the problem is that "Copy to bank 0" copies the patch names to 
bank 0, but it doesn't copy the PatchDir. For now i'll just have to 
junk all my extra patches in the C:\ULTRASND\MIDI directory, which 
i'd rather not do. Has anyone else had this problem? Am I doing 
something really dumb? Any help will be appreciated.

By the way, I was impressed with the UltraSound Experience CD. Top 
stuff! It makes me really glad i didn't get an fm card. It's funny, 
everyone i've showed who doesn't own an Ultrasound thinks that the FM 
demo music must have been purposely distorted to get it to sound that 
bad! haha! Those FM drums sound awful!

Oh yeah, I think all my versions are the latest and all that. Windows 
driver version is 5.48, with an Ultrasound MAX.

Anyway i'm gonna get some lunch. Catch Ya! :)

- AndrewMAC        __  __                    
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	 THE \  / FILES               Engineering II
	 --- /  \ -----               Monash University
		/_/\_\                    Melbourne AUSTRALIA
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THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE...         ANDREWM@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au
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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 14:56:52 -0500
From: demersc@lambto.lcbe.edu.on.ca (Chris Demers, Computer Services, Lambton County Board of Ed.)
Subject: Where is Maxsbos v0.2

Someone posted the other day that the archive.epas.utoronto.ca archive had
v0.2 of Maxsbos.  I could not find it?!  Which directory is it in? Thanks

chris

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Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 01:32:07 -0600 (CST)
From: BackTrak <backtrak@ais.net>
Subject: Windows muted on start-up?

Hi all! I don't know how often this problem occures, but I ran into it 
briefly, so I thought I'd put in... 

To the guy that had volume drop when he started up windows...
Here's whathappened to me: When I started up windows, it would always 
decrease one channel to 30% and the other to 40%. I figured out that if I 
started soundstation, and chose setup, then preferances, then locked 
left/right volume, and save settings on exit, the problem went away for 
that session. On the next boot, the problem returned, until I started the 
soundstation (Not the mixer). Then, I put the soundstation into my start 
up folder, and editied the sndstation.ini file to set the startup mode to 
type 7 and then ATTRIB'd it to 'read only' so that windows would keep its 
hands off. (The mode seven starts the Soundstation in 'Invisable' mode. 
You can't see it, even tho it gets started in the startup folder. Don't 
ask how I found it. (?)) Now, when you startup windows, you should get a 
breif decrease in voulme, but after that, everything should be fine! Good 
luck! (Attrib command is "ATTRIB +R <file>")


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