GUS Daily Digest            Wed, 23 Feb 94  0:07         Volume 11: Issue  21 

Today's Topics:
				   Audio cables for CD-Roms and GUS
								DMKIT?
							GUS & Pentiums
					Hired Guns - GUS 3D Positive!
						Magasines & Gravis US
						 Manley OS/2 Drivers
					new drivers,etc, i.e. gus00041
					  Please upload GUS0041.ZIP.
					   Ultinit 2.18 is bugged!
	   What is the current Hardware revision number of the GUS

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, 22 Feb 1994 10:52:27 -0500
From: KWAN  RICHARD SIK YIU <kwanr@ecf.toronto.edu>
Subject: Audio cables for CD-Roms and GUS

	I am planning to buy a CD-ROM in the next few weeks. Due to the limited
budget, the only model I am able to afford is Panasonic, Philips, Sony and 
Mitsumi (the low-end double-spin models).
	
	I want to know are all the CD inputs on all soundcards (including GUS)
are the same or different? Cause I saw there are different audio cables for
different brands of CD-ROMs and I want to make sure if it is compatible with
my GUS. 
 
Thanks in advance!

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 13:17:16 -0400 (AST)
From: Jurassic Mark <markus@Info.UMoncton.ca>
Subject: DMKIT?

GUS Day people,

	A few issues back, someone mentioned about DMKIT.ZIP (The Myles 
drivers developper kit).  It's not on epas anymore neither on the 
mirrors.  Can anyone upload it somewhere or tell me where to find it?

		 Marc Y. Paulin - Jurassic Mark (Usenet) - J-Mark (IRC)
			  Graduating CS student in search of a job...
   - markus@clement.info.umoncton.ca (Talk 'n Mail) - (506)856-9518 -
 Inertia Player Beta Tester - Author of the G-List for Ultrasound owners

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Date: 22 Feb 94 15:09:00 PST
From: "Midnight Cowboy" <LDANG@CSUPomona.Edu>
Subject: GUS & Pentiums

I don't know if I missed it, but I didn't get a response to the following:

Can I use a GUS in a Pentium?  Have there been any reported problems?

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 23:10:03 -0500
From: TOMMYLEE@uhura.trinity.toronto.edu
Subject: Hired Guns - GUS 3D Positive!

   I went to the local software shop today and saw Hired Guns on the
shelf.  And, lo and behold, right on the box there was a sticker
which read "Gravis 3D Holographic Sound"!  Kudos to Psygnosis for
taking the Gravis plunge..

   I might get this game just to check out the sound...  Has anyone
out there heard the sound from this game first hand?  If so, how
convincing is the 3D effect?  The numerous 3D demos I've tried so far
have only been moderately well done.  Although I suppose with a
graphic screen to look at the effect might be more impressive.

Tommy.

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 13:32:05 GMT
From: Mcgarry D P <mcgadj@essex.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Magasines & Gravis US

> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 10:23:31 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Toby <T.W.Nichols@hertfordshire.ac.uk>
> Subject: Magasines & Gravis US

> I have noticed this and it really annoys me. Reading the review of Doom 

The GUS gets very bad press in the UK - most of the reviews have basically
said "nice card, but it's not a SoundBlaster is it". The latest PC Review has
a good example of an unfair review - they mentioned the problems with SB
compatibility, and then said there were still problems even when using the GUS
in native mode; they were referring to the original problem with DOOM 1.0, where
the GUS sound didn't work properly. They said OK, this isn't the Ultrasound's
fault, but it does highlight the card's incompatibility.

> eg. "Do I get a GUS of a sound wave32?" they say "the GUS is a top 
> card... GET A SW32 or SB16" I suspect they all have a GUS in their 
> computers at home but are not going to upset creastive labs and orchid.

Maybe you're right. As far as I can tell, the GUS is selling well in the UK
(I was at a couple of shows last year and exhibitors were running out of them),
but a lot of people don't seem to want it to happen. Maybe we should all write
to these magazine publishers until they acknowledge we really exist - they seem
to think not many people have them.

Does the GUS get this kind of review and lack of attention in US magazines
anyone?

Dave.

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 14:10:08 -0500 (EST)
From: rjm@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca
Subject: Re: Manley OS/2 Drivers

> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 94 13:54:31 -0500
> From: "Momentary language, sexual situations" <dantonio@tay2.dec.com>
> Subject: Re: GUS OS/2 Drivers
> 
> > I have found that the OS/2 MMPM drivers recently uploaded to
> > ftp.cdrom.com basically require the MMPM CSD patch to be installed
> > prior to the driver installation. The CSD can also be found on
> > ftp.cdrom.com as mmpmcs.dsk in the ibm directory.
> 
> I found this to be true also (Robert Manley verified it for his driver). I
> also found I had to reboot after installing the CSD; for some reason, it
> wasn't obvious to me and I tried to install the drivers without much
> success. After rebooting, all went perfectly.
> 
> I have noticed that sometimes the sound get "behind." For example, a window
> will open and a second later, I'll hear the noise!
> 
> DDA
> ------------------------------

The sound is behind because the MMPM streaming subsystem is behind.  It's
just an artifact of a pre-emtive multitasking OS.

As for the drivers, the latest version can be found at ftp-os2.cdrom.com in
pub/os2/incoming as ultra01c.zip.  A stereo version will be released at the
end of this month.

Robert.
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# NTT Systems Inc., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA      #
# OS/2:OSs :: 92,93 Blue Jays:MLB :: Canada:World #

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 12:54:01 EST
From: "David Penick" <penick@vnet.IBM.COM>
Subject: new drivers,etc, i.e. gus00041

What FTP site has this?  Doesn't seem to be on epas.

David Penick

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 00:39:15 +1100 (EST)
From: Shan Yap <int341m@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au>
Subject: Please upload GUS0041.ZIP.

Greetings,
		  Can someone who has access to the "GUS0041.ZIP" please upload it
to EPAS, I am sure that there are some other GUSers who are also interested
in this file too. Thanks a lot.


Share and Prosper
Shan
int341m@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au 

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 18:11:08 +0000 (GMT)
From: Toby <T.W.Nichols@hertfordshire.ac.uk>
Subject: Ultinit 2.18 is bugged!

I down loaded the gus0040.zip update to *fix* the problem with v2.16. 
Guess wot ... v2.18 does not work properly either.

Nice bugfix Gravis!!!!!

The Honky.pat problem with megaem is not fixed either. Does gus0041.zip 
fix all of this or will i have to wait ages longer for gravis to release 
yet another bug fix ???

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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 17:03:53 SST
From: "FLAT^^TOP AT DISCS, NUS, SINGAPORE" <kohkhang@iscs.nus.sg>
Subject: What is the current Hardware revision number of the GUS

hello fellow GUSers

I have the rev2.4 GUS, and was wondering what the current hardware revision is
and what is the difference with earlier revisions...

please advise...

cheers

Jerry
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