Ultrasound Daily Digest Mon, 2 Nov 92 Volume 1 : Issue 7 Today's Topics: GUS and OFT Links 386 Pro with SB emulation Mailing list and UseNet midi-connector Mod Files New Windows Driver for GUS Digest Address: ultrasound@dsd.es.com To post to tomorrow's digest. Request Server Address: ultrasound-request@dsd.es.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, and request files. Owner Address: ultrasound-owner@dsd.es.com To contact a human if the server has troubles. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1992 16:23:07 -0800 From: Paul Wang Message-Id: <199211020023.AA03738@bigbang.berkeley.edu> Subject: GUS and OFT To: Ultrasound Daily Digest Has anyone out there gotten GUS to work with Falcon 3.0: Flying Tiger? I've gotten music when I'm in the war room but I can't get any other kind of sound to work at all. There's absolutely no sound at the starting sequence of the F16 chasing the mig. I have 2 megs of memory and talked to SH about it but he couldn't help me and said that he hasn't gotten much complaint about GUS not working with Falcon. Paul Wang paulwang@ocf.berkeley.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Nov 92 21:30:39 CST From: (Ronald S. Woan) Message-Id: <9211020330.AA16664@exeter.austin.ibm.com> Subject: Links 386 Pro with SB emulation To: Ultrasound Daily Digest Has anyone gotten Links 386 Pro to recognize the SBOS emulation as a SB? It only recognizes it as a Adlib for me thus far. Ron ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Nov 92 23:51:50 PST From: (Gnit Leirbag) Message-Id: <9211020751.AA20278@fraser.sfu.ca> Subject: Mailing list and UseNet To: Ultrasound Daily Digest There's no doubt in my mind that this mailing list is a great way to obtain info about the GUS - I have one myself and already have gained a few tips from the digest. However, has anyone noticed that absolutely nothing's been posted about the GUS on comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard since the digest went into effect? I just feel that some of the newcomers to the net might not have heard about this wonderful card and without any mention about it on c.s.i.p.s, they might not even know of its existence. Not exactly the best way to advertise the card, is it not? I was just thinking, wouldn't it be better if the digest could be posted to c.s.i.p.s on a daily basis? I'm sure a lot of the newcomers on the net would appreciate it. Gab. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Nov 92 15:59:11 GMT From: Caalie Message-Id: <9211011557.AA15885@orca.es.com> Subject: midi-connector To: Ultrasound Daily Digest ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Nov 92 10:30:57 MST From: kdorff@NMSU.Edu Message-Id: <9211011732.AA22788@NMSU.Edu> Subject: Mod Files To: Ultrasound Daily Digest Someone posted before, but I can't remember... Where can I find some good "mod" files to use with my gus? I know I should be using "winmod" (got it) to play 'em. Anyway, I just upgraded my gus to 1meg (cost $41 with tax) now I can play some of those midi files I could not. NOW if I only had the general midi patches!! Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Nov 92 14:43:19 MST From: Stuart Yoshida Message-Id: <9211012143.AA29659@elektra.fc.hp.com> Subject: New Windows Driver for GUS To: Ultrasound Daily Digest I received the following note from Chris Yuzik of Gravis concerning loading patches into the GUS. -- Stuart Yoshida Internet: yoshida@elektra.fc.hp.com Voice: (303) 229-2324 reprint--reprint--reprint--reprint--reprint--reprint--reprint--reprint-- Hi Stuart, Thank you for your interest (and your patience) with UltraSound. :) In the future we will be making a driver for windows 3.1 that does patch caching "on the fly." This should solve everyone's problems, and also alleviate the need for programs like pload. This and other updates will be available on our new BBS (which will be up next week). Hope this helps. Regards, Chris Yuzik ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1992 14:13:08 +0100 From: Hans Christian Egeberg NTH H92 Message-Id: <9211011313.AAnic08291@nic.unik.no> To: Ultrasound Daily Digest Re: Offboard memory parity error I heard from a friend that the Pro Audio Spectrum 16 also has problems with offboard memory parity errors on some "PC-brand" motherboards. This would, according to my friend, be corrected by using an 8bit DMA channel (DMA channel between 0 and 3 inclusive). Of course DMA 2 is needed for the floppy controller, and DMA 0 is used for memory refresh (i believe) on 8088 / 8086 machines. In the IBM PC-AT technical reference manual, DMA 1 is reserved for SDLC. I don't know what that is, but I always thought DMA 1 was available. DMA channels are typically used for memory transfers to and from disks, streamers, scanners, soundcards... meaning there are never enough DMA channels, at least 8bit ones. It should be worth a try, to set up theUS on for instance DMA 3, to check wether this has something to do with the offboard memory parity errors. The problem with GUS could of course be something completely different... Hasta la basta... Christian ------------------------------ End of Ultrasound Daily Digest V1 #7 ******************************