GUS Daily Digest Thu, 28 Apr 94 9:37 PST Volume 12: Issue 28 Today's Topics: AWE32 can't install 3.11 bonus disks!! DMA and Windows DOS 6.3, QEMM, Cyrix ftpeeing archive.orst.edu games: BK, AD2, Raven General Midi under 1 MEG? GUS Daily Digest V12 #26 GUS started making noise in Windows GUSTALKR MEGAEM / EMUSET hoses disk access? Need info on GUS MAX No sound with DOOM v1.3 Qsound Soundtrak Sierra & Gravis 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: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 10:16:28 +1000 (EST) From: Iain Huxley Subject: Re: AWE32 I can confirm that the AWE32 can indeed have up to 28 Mb of ram on it - it has two simm sockets on it - thus with 2x16Mb simms (they cost over $1000 australian each) you could get 28 Mb of ram. Not that you would, of course. Still, I think we should give AWE32 a bit of credit - it's heaps better than anything else we've seen from CL, and I think a pretty good soundcard. The internal sounds may not be the best, but with all that ram you've basically got yourself a GUS and more.. also you have your reverb, chorus etc... It's a nice soundcard. But too expensive unfortunately. And anyway, I'm not suggesting it would be worth crossgrading/downgrading/upgrading (circle applicable) from the GUS! cya.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iain Huxley Electrical Engineering II University of Sydney email: ihuxley@extro.ucc.su.oz.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A GUS * GET A GUS * GET A GUS * GET A GUS * GET A GUS * GET A GUS * GET A GUS * GET A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 18:17:56 +0000 (GMT) From: olivier martinelli Subject: can't install 3.11 bonus disks!! Hi there... I just tried the 3.11 install' disks. Everything's allright for the drivers, patchs, etc.. but... I couldn't install the 'bonus disks': I get a message telling my UltraSound can't be detected !!!! As it is an upgrade and everything runs well with other softwares, I wonder where the problem comes from. Know that a friend of mine had no problem installing the bonus with the same set of disks.... so ...... could anyone help me please? P.S.: I'got a 3.4 Gus and deleted the old ULTRASND directory before installing the new one. Each time I try, a new directory is created on drive C: containing INSTALLIT.EXE . 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Cross you eyes !!! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Apr 94 17:18:15 MEX From: MKRITZLE@IBERO.UIA.MX Subject: DMA and Windows I've configured my GUS outside of Windows and it works fine. Even IN windows it had no problem, until now. I bought a Roland Keyboard and tried to hook it up, but USS8 didn't recognize it. I checked with SETGUS using DOS and all the parameters were working fine. Then I checked it using Windows(via MSDOS promtp) and it hangs the computer when I check the DMA, no matter what DMA I choose. I've already changed all the other DMA's I have, but the GUS won't accept any DMA under windows, although it does make sound. Only thing that doesn't work is the keyboard. Is this a bug on SetGUS or a driver for windows? Anyhow, where can I get a program for composing MIDI on DOS, in case nothing else work's? Thanks in advance. Markus Kritzler ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 10:22:25 GMT+1 From: "F. Viktor" Subject: DOS 6.3, QEMM, Cyrix More questions: I'm about to upgrade to DOS 6.3. Did anybody tried this version out? Are there any known problems/errors with memory-managers or other stuffs from this version? PS: Somebody asked about qemm settings for some days. So here are mine. It's actually for v7.04: device = C:\QEMM\qemm386.sys RAM ST:F NOVIDEOFILL HANDLES=64 R:1 (If it still doesn't work try without the ST:F par.) I have an OPTI-495 Mobo, with a Cyrix-40 CPU, without errors.* (I also usee a math-co but still no problems) *:I had errors with my GUS (IRQ timeout) ->But now it is fixed! Viktor ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 22:03:20 -0700 (PDT) From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." Subject: ftpeeing archive.orst.edu Does anyone else have problems trying to "get" files from the archive.orst.edu ftp site? I notice that downloading files just seems to hang, (as opposed to the epas, which sends files nearly instanteously). This hangup on orst happens all the time, so I don't think it was my server having a bad day as I try but fail to download files. If anyone knows any settings, or solutions, please help. Thanks. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 17:48:47 -0400 (EDT) From: gt0074b@prism.gatech.edu Subject: games: BK, AD2, Raven I'm about fed up with buying and returning games that don't support the GUS. Betrayal at Krondor CD is broke. No SBOS, no Megaem. I've been trying to get Alone in the Dark 2 to work with SBOS since it uses custom drivers. It locks up after a couple minutes of play. Anyone having problems with AD2? A call to Infogrames yielded nothing, except for revealing that AD2 uses strange bootstrapped drivers that were added after it was received from France. Ravenloft uses the standard 32-bit Miles drivers (thank you SSI!) and has excellent SVGA graphics. Unfortuantely, it locks up on my system after a few minutes of play. All these problems only happen with sound on. I was suspicious of my IRQ and DMAs, but no conflicts, and since other programs like SimCity2000 run fine, I am suspicious of the program. Are there any updated Miles drivers? Any older ones? I've exhausted all possible configurations: no Smartdrive, EMM, different GUS IRQs. I'll have to return this stuff again if these companies don't get off their tails. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 11:38:58 +1000 (EST) From: Thaddaeus Kong Subject: General Midi under 1 MEG? I was wondering has anyone thought of making patches of the entire GM set to fit 1 meg on the GUS. I know the quality won't be very good (probably 8 bit 11 khz) but it *should* sound "right" for games that offer GM music. Any takers? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hate people who don't finish their Thaddaeus Kong teddy@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Apr 94 08:46:00 MDT From: Thomas Day Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V12 #26 Why do some .WAV's play at home on my GUS and refuse to even allow the play key on SOUND PLAYER to "light up?" I've pulled a few .WAV samples which won't work on my work machine, but do work at home with my GUS. Anyone know why? thanks, Tom Day ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 17:19:03 -0600 (CDT) From: Orcun Kolcu Subject: GUS started making noise in Windows Hi, A couple of days ago, I booted into Windows to find strange whirrs, clicks, buzzes etc. come form the right speaker. I don't recall changing anything and the card sounds quite OK otherwise. The noises start as soon as the Windows driver is initialized and they are appearantly caused by the electronics (screen scroll, hard drive etc.). Just like my old SB really but everything was perfect with GUS uptill now. SBOS, Megaem etc behave properly, the problem is clearly Windows related. Also, is ULTRAMID useless without the AIL drivers ? How do I find out if a game needs ULTRAMID rather than mega-em ? Thanks, Orcun ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Apr 94 14:56:52 CDT From: cardona@rwasic23.aud.alcatel.com (Gabe Cardona) Subject: GUSTALKR The GUSTALKR utility that I asked about in yesterday's digest is available via ftp from archive.orst.edu under pub/packages/gravis/util/dos/gustalkr.zip. It should also be on the wuarchive.wustl.edu site under the corres- ponding directory. Try it out and let me know if it works (it locks up my machine) and if so, with what settings for SBOS. Thanks..... Gabe Cardona ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Apr 94 12:58:14 -0400 From: "Marco Coletti" Subject: MEGAEM / EMUSET hoses disk access? I am having a problem running MEGAEM and EMUSET. I've tried the following two configurations and each time EMUSET finishes loading I can't access the hard drive (I'm forced to power off and on): GF1 IRQ DMA Port SB IRQ 5 1 220 7 5 5 220 7 The GUS is v3.7 and the software is from the 3.11 disks. Interestingly, the above configurations do not cause any problems in Windows. I'm using a fairly clean boot (one of multiple ones w/DOS 6.20) with the following other hardware: COM 1 & 2, LPT 1, SCSI controller (IRQ 11, I/O 330), and a Diamond Speedstar PRO 1 MB (IRQ 2). The SCSI controller is used for a CDROM; the HD controller is IDE. I don't know if this is related, but the Second Reality demo hangs the PC (cold boot) right after the rotating cube is displayed. Other apps that support the GUS in native mode such as Epic Pinball, Doom, and Return to Zork run flawlessly. Any help is greatly appreciated. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 10:32:55 -0700 (PDT) From: "George A. Montemayor" Subject: Need info on GUS MAX I read on the c.s.i.p.s (is this correct?) newsgroup a message that says that the GUS MAX offers true wavetable. True wavetable? How about the regular GUS? I thought the MAX was basically an upgraded GUS. -George ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 10:22:04 GMT+1 From: "F. Viktor" Subject: No sound with DOOM v1.3 Hi gussers, I have DOOM v1.3 upgrade (2nd level betatest-version) and I can't get any sound out of my GUS. (It is just a doom.exe file) Everything works with 1.2 but not with 1.3. Any ideas ? (Suggestions?) Viktor ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 10:44:37 +0100 From: P.VanHorssen@hol0606.wins.icl.co.uk Subject: Qsound Soundtrak ----------------------------- Start of body part 1 see attached ----------------------------- Start of body part 2 Dear GUS Cyberspacers (???) I am very interested in the use of the GUS towards 3D music and Virtual Reality. Sofar I have been playing a little with the SDK 3D kit, but last I found in the Advanced Gravis mail area on Compuserve some comments about the use of Qsound in combination whit Soundtrak of MCS. The comments of GUS users was negative, but Animotion contradicted that. I am personally using CD-Master of MCS and I am impressed. So, I was thinking of buying Soundtrak / Qsound for the 3d stuff. Anybody who had already experience with these products on the GUS?? Regrds, Pieter van Horssen ----------------------------- End of body part 2 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 01:54:16 -0300 (ADT) From: Jurassic Mark Subject: Sierra & Gravis GUS day people, Just to keep you up-to-date with Sierra and the 32bit GUS drivers, here's what I received from my source... ---------start--------- Those drivers are real close... I had to send them back for a minor revison but we are testing them again now.... Please let me know if I can be of any further help! ---------end--------- As I said on IRC to several people, my next target is Origin systems. If I could make Sierra move, then I'll give it a try for Origin. So, until then, don't sell or return your Sierra games! Soon, the wait will be over. Real soon. :) 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 - Father of the G-List for Ultrasound Users ------------------------------ End of GUS Daily Digest V12 #28 *******************************