Ultrasound Daily Digest     Sat Jul 31 00:45     Volume 4: Issue  59  

Today's Topics:
                           AIL driver woes 
        another TREMSTR question (ultrasnd.ini vs default.cfg)
                    ERROR IN P669V105. NEED HELP! 
               NT release to mfg ==> NT GUS Driver ?? 
                     Sounds like Sh*t in windows
                    Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #58

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: Fri, 30 Jul 93 11:24:35 -0400
From: "Momentary language, sexual situations" <dantonio@magick.tay2.dec.com>
Subject: Re: AIL driver woes 
Message-ID: <9307301524.AA23677@magick.tay2.dec.com>

> Someone mentioned awhile ago about the following error:
> 
>           FATAL ERROR AT SCRIPT LINE 343
>           Unable to open destination file
> 
> I tried the suggestion of giving an explicit path for [SysPath], but
> to no avail.  After about two days of tinkering around with winsetup.inf,
> I gave up and installed the Windows stuff manually.  I think the reason
> is because I have DR DOS, as I haven't seen many posts with this
> particular problem.

You forgot [ComPath] is my guess. I also had this problem, I also use DR
DOS and I also fixed it in the same way. I'd dearly love to know why so
much stuff from Gravis just doesn't work right under DR DOS...

Re: AIL drivers

UltraMID will take a very long time to load if you use the -c switch 'cause
it's loading up to 1MB of patches into the GUS...As I don't have Dune I
can't say what might be the problem...

DDA

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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 93 11:23 MET DST
From: hst@mh.nl (Klaas Hemstra)
Subject: Re: another TREMSTR question (ultrasnd.ini vs default.cfg)
Message-ID: <m0oLqgX-00029ZC@dacapo.mh.nl>

Yesterday again a question about ultrasnd.ini file and where to find
find which patch. I had this problem too some time ago and some other
person also asked a question about it.
So here is a short explanation about which file is used for which
player.

WINDOWS:
	Uses ultrasnd.ini (located on the ULTRASND directory if you
	                   installed everything standard way)
	I am not sure but i THINK this file is read at startup time,
	which means that changes wont take effect while in windows.
PLAYMIDI:
	Uses 'default.cfg' in the \ULTRASND\MIDI directory
	It first tries to read the file <midifilename>.cfg and does
	that on all directories from the current PATH. This last
	'feature' can cause unexpected problems if there is a xxxx.cfg
	file floating around somewhere and you have a xxxx.mid file
	which you want to play with PLAYMIDI.

I hope the above information is correct and clarifies the method for
everybody.

Klaas

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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 93 11:26:51 -0400
From: "Momentary language, sexual situations" <dantonio@magick.tay2.dec.com>
Subject: Re: ERROR IN P669V105. NEED HELP! 
Message-ID: <9307301526.AA23689@magick.tay2.dec.com>

> I just installed p669v105. It looked very good, I liked what it did and it
> sounded just like the old 669 player (the quickie hack). BUT...

For what it's worth, I've had alot of trouble with this program. While I
like the graphics and such, it tends to lock up. Interestingly enough,
hitting Shift Lock a few times tends to unlock it! Although it's also hung
my system at times...:-(

DDA

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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 93 11:30:33 -0400
From: "Momentary language, sexual situations" <dantonio@magick.tay2.dec.com>
Subject: Re: NT release to mfg ==> NT GUS Driver ?? 
Message-ID: <9307301530.AA23724@magick.tay2.dec.com>

> Now that NT has been released to manufacturing at Microsoft (and I'll have my
> FCS copy within a week or two (or so they say ;-)), when might we expect a GUS
> driver for NT?

AFTER we get an OS/2 driver, I hope! I've had OS/2 2.1 now for a couple
months with a noticable lack of sound from my GUS. If an NT driver comes
out before the OS/2 driver, I'd be sorely tempted to ship the GUS back to
Gravis and get a soundcard froma company that will support my OS of choice.

And yes, this is a hot button for a number of people...
DDA

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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 93 11:04:16 -0500
From: ks25!dougw@uucp-gw-2.pa.dec.com
Subject: Sounds like Sh*t in windows
Message-ID: <9307301603.AA07419@hummer.ks25.chi.il.us>

I am missing something here.  I've been running GUS in DOS mode
and things have been dandy with SBOS 2.04.

I decided to become dangerous and I loaded the drivers to run
sound from windows.   I am getting sound, but also lots of screeches.
When I choose one .wav file to play, it plays it, then it goes on
an plays all the other .wav files.

Do I need an update?  Is my Port configuration wrong?

Thanks for any info.


Doug

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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1993 23:15:54 +1000 (EST)
From: int757n@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr. Thaddaeus)
Subject: Re: Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #58
Message-ID: <9307301315.AA13630@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au>

> Ultrasound Daily Digest     Fri Jul 30 00:46     Volume 4: Issue  58  
> 
> From: Peter.Enzerink@FINANCE.ausgovfinance.telememo.au
> Subject: Betrayal at Krondor?
> 
> I vaguely remember seeming something about this a while back but would just 
> like to clarify; how well does BAK work with the GUS? I notice it supports 
> GM and SB. Will ULTRAMID and SBOS provide good results?
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

	Definitely NOT. ULTRAMID and SBOS don't mix.
 
> From: geirj@hsr.no
> Subject: ERROR IN P669V105. NEED HELP!
> 
> When i try to quit the program it locks up and the last tone being played
> never stops. What is wrong? Is it me, or is it a general fault?

	Ditto here, seems to be a bug in the program.
 
> From: jericho!gord (Gord Wait S-MOS Systems Vancouver Design Center)
> Subject: Oh no! not another tremstr question!!
> 
> I had a look in my ultrasnd.ini: No sign of tremstr.pat on Any
> patch number. Hmm. Maybe I have an old ultrasnd.ini lying around
> somewhere.... (where is unix find when I need it!!)  Nope: can't find
> any spare ultrasnd.ini files... Hmm, I though midi files specified patches
> by number, but I'll look into the midifile (g.mid FYI). I use mf2t to turn
> g.mid into g.txt. Nope, no name tremstr in there, just a patch call to
> patch 44..

	That is because you are looking in the wrong place. The correct file
is in the MIDI directory, default.cfg. For those of you who do not know this
yet, the file tremstr.pat is located in gus0034.zip.
 
> From: FINK_MARTIN/HP2000_13@idacom.hp.com
> Subject: SBOS 2.08 With Syndicate Patch
> Message-ID: <"dc7HJK(0000xzDqm*"@MHS>
> 
> Someone says they get Syndicate to work with SBOS 2.05.
> I can't get it to work with SBOS 2.08.  Any ideas?
> What are the option switches?

	Grab syn-gus.zip from one of the ftp sites and run it with SBOS
without any switches. Or you can edit the batch file so that everything
after main.exe is deleted.  

	Happy GUShing.
 
-- 
	Special Offer : Buy one, get one free ........ pay two.
		- Thaddaeus Kong a.k.a int757n@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au

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