Ultrasound Daily Digest     Sat, 4 Sep 93   :46 MDT      Volume 6: Issue   3  

Today's Topics:
                             dune2ail.zip
                           GUS SDK Corrupt?
                             Matt Spewak
                              Space Hulk
                              subscribe
                        The new ULTRAMID 1.02
                    Ultrasound Daily Digest V6 #2
                       What the Hell is Megaem
                  Wing Commander Academy and GUS AIL

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, 3 Sep 1993 09:31:49 -0500 (CDT)
From: Michael Allen <mlallen@uafhp.uark.edu>
Subject: dune2ail.zip
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9309030949.A18587-8100000@uafhp.uark.edu>

I am trying to get the dune2ail program to work but I don't know where to
find the files: ultramid, gf1midi.adv, or gf1didi.adv. I looked in the
ultrasound directory and did not find them. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks
Mike

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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1993 17:53:20 -0600 (MDT)
From: BRUECKD@yvax.byu.edu
Subject: GUS SDK Corrupt?
Message-ID: <01H2IQU84JPE8Y5IZQ@yvax.byu.edu>

 I have tried to get the Ultrasound SDK from all 3 FTP sites listed in the FAQ,
but the file I get is always corrupt. The file, GUSDK201.ZIP is unreadable by
PKUnzip... stupid mistake on my part?? Any help appreciated..

Thanx..

Dave Brueck
BRUECKD@yvax.byu.edu

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Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1993 11:17:33 +0501 (EDT)
From: Gunnar Swanson <gunnar@gibbs.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Matt Spewak
Message-ID: <Pine.3.05.9309031133.A27946-9100000@gibbs.oit.unc.edu>

Hi there folks I know that this should have been sent direct, however, the
mail I originally sent was barfed back to me by the mail DAEMON.


	Hey Matt I see that you goto UNC.  That would not be UNC Chapel
Hill would it?  Please write and we can swap GUS horror stories ;).

		Sincerely a TarHeel


		Gunnar Swanson


gunnar@gibbs.oit.unc.edu


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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1993 22:25:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: elminstr@hudlink.hoboken.nj.us (J.J. Pierson)
Subject: Space Hulk
Message-ID: <89yB0B1w165w@hudlink.hoboken.nj.us>

To whoever asked about Space Hulk. The reason it won't work is because
the SOUND.DRV file is actually the BLASTER.DRV that came with the sound 
blaster. I somehow got the original file names to appear in the DRV_DIR 
directory when re-installing it after messing it up trying to install the 
GUS drivers. So, until Gravis comes out with a BLASTER.DRV replacement, 
we can't do anything.

---
J.J. Pierson               Internet EMail: elminstr@hudlink.hoboken.nj.us
                            Prodigy Email: TVFF82B

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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1993 17:15:33 +1030 (DST)
From: Harrie Scholten <harrie@apanix.apana.org.au>
Subject: subscribe
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9309031733.A31168-2100000@olivaw.apanix.apana.org.au>



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Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1993 09:18:10 -0300 (ADT)
From: Gravis Ultrasound Lover <markus@Info.UMoncton.ca>
Subject: The new ULTRAMID 1.02
Message-ID: <Pine.3.02.9309030910.A6228-a100000@clement>

	I took the latest ULTRAMID from epas yesterday.  Everytime I try
to run it, I get an "Error in EXE file" message.  I downloaded it twice
from epas and the ZIP file reports no errors.  Am I missing something?

                            Marc Y. Paulin
     /-----------------------------------------------------------------\
     |  Fidonet: 1:255/200   Internet: markus@info.umoncton.ca         |
     |           <to come>       Talk: markus@clement.info.umoncton.ca |
     \--------------+------------------------------+-------------------/
                    | Gravis Ultrasound forever!!! |
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Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1993 14:18:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: Phat H Tran <ptran@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Re: Ultrasound Daily Digest V6 #2
Message-ID: <Pine.3.05.9309031450.B554-c100000@sciborg>

> Date: Thu, 02 Sep 93 09:35:15 
> From: jason.lin@support.com
> Subject: FILE REQUEST
> Message-ID: <9309020935.A2853wk@support.com>
> 
> I'm looking for the Ultima 7 MIDs for GM that were once uploaded on
> Epas.  Can someone please upload them to Epas again or send an uuencoded
> copy to me?
> Thanks in advance..
>

I don't think there were any U7 MIDs on Epas.  I would have grabbed them
right away had I seen them.  There were some MIDs from Sierra Online
games, though...
 
> Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1993 17:09:58 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Timothy C. Gion" <gion@chopin.udel.edu>
> Subject: Megem Question
> Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9309021756.A23901-a100000@chopin.udel.edu>
> 
> I just d/l'ed megem15b.zip last night.  I ran megem.exe and then tried to
> run the emuset.exe program.  It gave me an error msg stating that it
> couldn't find the ultrasnd.ini file.  Did I accidentally delete this file
> by mistake?  I can't find the file any where on my hard drive.  I didn't
> bring my GUS disks to college, so I haven't been able to check there.  I
> believe my disks were version 2.05 (I'm one of the many who have yet to
> receive the upgrades :) ).  Thanks.
>

The ultrasnd.ini file is used by the Windows driver, so if you are using
your GUS in Win, then you must also have ultrasnd.ini lying around 
somewhere.

However, emuset uses ultramid.ini, not ultrasnd.ini.  Ultramid.ini can be
found in the GUS AIL package on Epas.  Place it in your /ultrasnd/midi
directory.
 
> Date: Thu,  2 Sep 1993 10:29:31 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Adam K. Rixey" <ar2w+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> Subject: Return to Zork (demo)
> Message-ID: <cgVUB=O00VpJ0BU0cN@andrew.cmu.edu>
> 
>    There's a demo of the new Return to Zork game at wuarchive
> (/pub/msdos_uploads/game_demos/zorkdemo.exe) and I'm happy to say it
> sounds INCREDIBLE with the AIL drivers.  To get it working, copy
> gf1midi.drv to the directory (I couldn't get digitized sounds working,
> I'm not sure if there even are any in the demo) and execute the demo
> with the command "made demo -o -m:gf1midi".  
>    Now if only it's as good as the other Zork games were...
>

I want to pressure Activision into putting GUS drivers into this game
when it ships.  I'm really looking forward to it, but will feel much
better buying it if it supports the Ultrasound.  Anybody know Activision's
email address?
 
> Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1993 11:34:58 +0300
> From: Erik Bunn <ebu@gamma.hut.fi>
> Subject: Space Hulk and AIL
> Message-ID: <9309020834.AA10718@gamma.hut.fi>
> 
> Continuing on the thread of games.. Anyone playing this one on the list? 
> I noticed Space Hulk has AIL drivers (sound.drv and midi.drv in the
> subdir dr*). However, it doesn't have any roland support and
> it won't work when I replace it's own drivers with Gravis' versions. 
>

You can copy gf1midi.adv over midi.drv, but you can't copy gf1digi.adv
over sound.drv, since sound.drv is not an AIL driver.  Setup the game
for PC speaker sounds and SB music, and then copy gf1midi.adv over
midi.drv.  That should work (at least it worked on the playable demo).

Phat. 

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Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1993 11:15:23 +0501 (EDT)
From: Gunnar Swanson <gunnar@gibbs.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: What the Hell is Megaem
Message-ID: <Pine.3.05.9309031123.A27946-9100000@gibbs.oit.unc.edu>

Pardon me but what is Megaem,

	I was out of town this summer and I missed allot of my mail, so I
missed the big deal over Megaem.  What is it and what does it do?  Please
some one tell me.


		Thanks :)


		Gunnar Swanson

gunnar@gibbs.oit.unc.edu
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Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1993 03:45:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Phat H Tran <ptran@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Wing Commander Academy and GUS AIL
Message-ID: <Pine.3.05.9309030316.A8799-a100000@sciborg>

I had a quick look at the game, and it appears that it does not use the
*.adv files in its directory at all for the intro or for the missions. You
can even delete all the *.adv files and the game will still run with full
sound and music on the SB or the Roland.  So copying the GUS drivers over
top the SB or Roland drivers in the /wca directory will not accomplish
anything. I thought maybe the game inserted the *.adv files on the install
disks into PAK files during installation, but copying GF1DIGI.ADV and
GF1MIDI.ADV over topy of SBDIG.ADV and MT32MPU.ADV on the install disks
and then doing a complete re-install didn't affect anything.  Oh well. The
game does sound very nice with Mega-Em, though. 

Phat.

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