Ultrasound Daily Digest Thu Jul 8 00:07 Volume 4: Issue 37 Today's Topics: 1-800-Gravis? Betrayal at Krondor Dune2 and AIL (2 msgs) DUNE II AIL Installation flaming in this digest GUS MIDI and DOS and PATCHES GUS support Next batch of upgrade disks to be sent in about 3 weeks Non-registered people. People complaining about not enough support ULTRASOUND DAILY DIGEST V Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #36 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 7 Jul 93 10:26:12 -0400 From: Subject: 1-800-Gravis? Message-ID: <9307071426.AA16542@iris.Ariel.YorkU.CA> I need the 1-800 number to Gravis from Canada.. I somehow doubt they received my reg. card. Thanks. -Tony ./ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jul 93 09:46:32 CDT From: andrew@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Andrew Wheeler) Subject: Betrayal at Krondor Message-ID: <9307061446.AA28371@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu> Hello, I'm having troubles running Betrayal at Krondor w/ SBOS - the computer has a tendency to lock up whenever a sound sample is sent to the GUS. To note, the playing of music works just fine, it's only during some samples that it locks up. any ideas? btw, my settings are: ultrasnd=220,1,1,5,7 -andrew ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Jul 93 05:38:11 -0500 From: Stephen Neely Subject: Dune 2 and AIL Message-ID: <9307071038.AA16291@celnext.BoysTown.ORG> I have replaced dune2ail.zip on archive.epas.utoronto.ca with a new version that selects Sound Canvas for midi instead of MT32. The sound effects are still not quite right, but the music sounds much better than with MT32. ============================================================== Stephen T. Neely INTERNET: neely@BoysTown.ORG Boys Town National Research Hospital 555 North 30th Street PHONE: (402) 498-6751 Omaha, NE 68131 FAX: (402) 498-6638 ============================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Jul 93 12:37:21 EDT From: "Christopher Kellmeyer" Subject: Dune2 and AIL Message-ID: <9307071637.AA27618@mole.cis.ufl.edu> ARGHHH!!!! I just spent 3-4 hours last night trying to get the AIL drivers to work with Dune2. And every time, I get the same results as the other person (sorry I forget who) that posted here a few days ago. That result is that it tries to initialize the mt32 and for some reason tries to access the a: drive in my case (single floppy system a: and b:). After approx. seven ......., Dune2 bails giving me an insufficient memory error. I have a 386dx 16 :( 4 mb ram dos 6.0 stacker 2.0 ps. I have tried with several different configs, including loading everything high, and some without the mouse. A disgruntled GUSer, Chris Kellmeyer cfk@beach.cis.ufl.edu GOOOOOOOO GATORS !!! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1993 20:27:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Sam Mertens Subject: DUNE II AIL Installation Message-ID: The problem with the installation program for the GUS can be easily overcome; simply look at SOUND.PAK with a hex editor; you should find several filenames, which should be pretty self explanatory. Write down (or remember, whatever) the names of the drivers you wish to replace (in this case, it looks like SCC-1 and Sound Blaster). Edit the Dune 2 patcher file with a hex editor; look for the two sound driver names that it mentions (you can run this program over and over again on Dune 2, it'll still work) (not the GUS ones, but the ones similar to what you saw in SOUND.PAK). Now, change the filenames there to the preferred ones, and if the filename is shorter than the original, fill up the slack with 00hex. Now, when you run the program again, it will insert the GUS drivers into the new files. I guess sometimes you just have to explain to your computer quite bluntly that you're not going to fool around. >:) P.S. How about no more posts dedicated towards Canada Post, good or bad? please!? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Jul 93 9:45:53 CDT From: Michael J Stumpf Subject: flaming in this digest Message-ID: <9307071445.AA06961@tamsun.tamu.edu> This is not the time, nor is it the place for all this flaming. Please do not forget that one of the functions of this digest as originally proposed was to draw in more Ultrasound users. Let's stop the flames now, allright? fully clad in asbestos, Michael. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1993 15:17:37 +0930 (CST) From: SCARMAN@hfrd.dsto.gov.au (Gavin) Subject: GUS MIDI and DOS and PATCHES Message-ID: <930708151737.1e34@hfrd.dsto.gov.au> I built the MIDI interface from The FAQ and it works fine (IN/OUT) from all windows programs eg, kbmidiin,cakewin,winjammer,etc. But I get no joy from any DOS programs, eg cakepro4,and various other share/freeware stuff. What port am I supposed using? I read it as if my GUS is at 220h then the midi port is at 320h, is that right? and the midi IRQ is the one set for the soundblaster, eg. 5. I suppose it's possible that all my dos software is using it in smart mode but I can't tell. For those wanting to create their own patches the pogram to get is pacth.exe that comes with the SDK and can also be found separtely at epas. There are no docs with it , though Francois Dion has written a small tutor called patchkit. All I want to say is to keep trying with this program as it is quite powerful once you work it out. A few tips: F1 gets you help (sort of ;-), the green line is the start of the loop , the red line is the end of the loop, set the end marker to the last data point of the patch ('e'). All pathces play from the first data point to the end and loop between the red and green. The other important thing to know is the root is the sample frequncy ie. click on range then the sample note eg c3. MODs are a good source of samples, they can be extracted using MODED3.1 or sim. just remember to 'c'onvert them after reading them in ('a'). ------------------------------ Date: 07 Jul 1993 06:09:17 -0500 (EST) From: STU_JABIRCHE@VAX1.ACS.JMU.EDU Subject: GUS support Message-ID: <01H09183TQFM91WB3A@VAX1.ACS.JMU.EDU> If you have any doubts about the GUS catching on like wildfire in the near future, just go back and read WCHARTS again. John Smith and Gravis, you are the best company I have ever had the opportunity to deal with. Keep up the excellent work. :) Francois Dion, thanks for patchkit. :) Happy happy, GUS GUS. -=Marc=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = stu_jabirche@vax.acs.jme.edu (John Birchett) Carpe Yak - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jul 93 10:49:49 -0700 From: Bob Beck Subject: Next batch of upgrade disks to be sent in about 3 weeks Message-ID: <9307061749.AA17275@eng2.sequent.com> I called Gravis again today to see if they received my letter trying to prove I am a legit GUS owner (they lost my original registration card, which (BTW) was sent to their current address). Good news is they received my letter and I am now registered. Bad news is the next set of disk set mailings is to be in about 3 weeks (that's also what I was told when I talked to them about 2 weeks ago, so we'll see when it actually happens). So... For those complaining about not receiving your disks: they probably don't have your registration card. You should call them at (800)663-8558, stay on the line until a person answers and ask if you're registered. If not, they'll tell you how to send them a letter proving you're a legit owner. The odd thing about the registration card is that I sent it from Portland Oregon to Bellingham Washington (ie, in the US, no Canada post problems), and Gravis claims it was lost in the mail. Fascinating that so many bills I send in the mail always make it but this card didn't (nor the registration cards of many other people). Hmmm... Now if they'd only do an NT driver, I would be a happy person ;-) - Bob (rbk@sequent.com) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1993 11:22:29 -0400 (EDT) From: elminstr@hudlink.hoboken.nj.us (J.J. Pierson) Subject: Non-registered people. Message-ID: <7VPB7B1w165w@hudlink.hoboken.nj.us> For anybody that called Gravis and found out that their registration was lost, make sure you send them your sales receipt. I was told that if I couldn't find the receipt I could send the Proof of Purchase from the box. Now, I needed the adress to know where to mail it to, so I found gravis's number and called them and asked them where I could send it, and they tell me that they can't accept the Proof of Purchase symbol. How come every time I decide to stick with the card some idiot at Gravis makes me change my mind again. First they lose my registration card, then they tell me they can't accept a Proof of Purchase symbol as proof of purchase. I wonder what I would be doing with the update disks if I DIDN'T have an UltraSound. --- J.J. Pierson Internet EMail: elminstr@hudlink.hoboken.nj.us Prodigy Email: TVFF82B ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1993 16:16:28 -0700 From: Eric N. Liao Subject: People complaining about not enough support Message-ID: <199307072316.AA09793@aerospace.aero.org> Well, this is a response to the person who told everyone to stop complaining. If we stopped complaining, then wouldn't Gravis stop writing SBOS, GUSAIL, etc. for the Gravis Ultrasound? (grin) Anyway, these things ARE important, not just to "win confidence." The cards coming out next year (TB Maui, Tahiti, cards based on Ensoniq chipsets) will be GM compliant out of the box. THis means (theoretically) you plug the card in, select "General MIDI" in one of your games, and you hear music. Because the GUS card uses patch RAM (no ROM), and has no coprococessor on it, TSRs are needed to achieve compatilibity. Without GM compatibility, it's unlikely the GUS will have a future, because it certainly doesn't look like game developers will want to write drivers for the GUS when they can just write a generic GM driver that handles many cards. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Jul 93 11:56:15 From: john.smith@gravis.com Subject: ULTRASOUND DAILY DIGEST V Message-ID: <9307071156.A9158wk@gravis.com> ----------------------------- >From: woan@austin.ibm.com (Ronald S. Woan) >Subject: GUS Update diskette mailout >So now you all know, that we're not all just awaiting the postman but >for AG to get them into the mail. Actually I was going to post a msg about this latter. But I have exported the May '93 dbase of GUS Reg. users as an ASCII Text file and chopped out a bunch of the fields so all you get now is FIRST, LAST, STATE, last few digits of phone. You can get the file from our BBS as GRAVDBAS.ZIP and I'm sure you'll find it on the FTP sites by the time you read this. This is a copy of the dbase that actually went down to the fulfillment house in the states. TTUL John --- ~ QMPro 1.50 05-8925 ~ Tried to play my shoehorn... all I got was footnotes! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Jul 93 09:21:05 -0700 From: winston@Cadence.COM (Winston S Worrell) Subject: Re: Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #36 Message-ID: <9307071621.AA00836@cds653> I stil can't get digital sound or speech for X-Wing on my GUS. I've been through the diagnostics/setup. I have everything set at the defualts 220 1,1, 7 (?) , 5. (using the setgus utility) My system is Adaptec 1522 SCSI controller. D: Fujitsu 185 MB SCSI drive (stacked using Stacker 3.0) C: Conner 95 MB SCSI (unstacked) DOS 5.0 SpeedStar24X 486-33 Opti Chipset. Logitech Bus Mouse 2 Serial I parallel I game port GUS (game port diabled) Central Point Transcopy board Please HELP. ------------------------------ End of Ultrasound Daily Digest V4 #37 ************************************* To post to tomorrow's digest: To (un)subscribe or get help: To contact a human (last resort): FTP sites: archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound wuarchive.wustl.edu systems/msdos/ultrasound archive.orst.edu pub/packages/gravis FTP mail server: mail-server@nike.rz.uni-konstanz.de Hints: - Get the FAQ from the FTP sites or the request server. - Mail to for info about other GUS related mailing lists (UNIX, OS/2, GUS-MIDI, etc.)