GUS Daily Digest Mon, 7 Nov 94 9:37 PST Volume 16: Issue 7 Today's Topics: [Q] Manley drivers compatible w/ OS/2 WARP? Alone in the Dark and CD-ROM port audio DOOM/GUS EPS samples ftp site ? GUS and Doom 1.2 GUS Daily Digest V16 #6 gus sampler for linux Gus to Digital Amplifier. HOW?? Linux, Mosaic and GUS LOL patch Magic Piano (was: Any registered Ultrasound to help me ?) Problems w/ PC Tools and GUSMAX Reunion and the GUS MAX Ultramid and SCSI? WC3 demo and GUS Zool 2 & Cool Spot 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: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 07:36:25 -0600 (CST) From: lance@mpd.tandem.com (Lance Hartmann) Subject: [Q] Manley drivers compatible w/ OS/2 WARP? OS/2 v3.0 (WARP) arrived at our local CompUSA Saturday so I bought a copy and am preparing to take the plunge. While I'm not expecting any kind of Windows support, can anyone confirm whether or not the Manley drivers work with the rest of WARP, or if there's any kind of update needed? thanks, -- Lance Hartmann lance@mpd.tandem.com ============================================================================= ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Nov 94 19:48:54 -0400 From: "Robert White" Subject: Alone in the Dark and CD-ROM port audio I am thinking about getting the game Alone in the Dark, but first, I want to know if it will work properly with my gus. Secondly, I am looking for a cable to connect my cd-rom audio cable to my gus. The gus has the thicker type wires on the connector, and the cd-rom has the smaller ones. I called the store where I got both the GUS and the CD-ROM drive and they told me I couldn't get a cable to connect them. Well, since I need port audio, I want to know if anyone can tell me what I should do. Thanks. -- Robert White nstn1306@fox.nstn.ca ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Nov 94 14:12:36 GMT From: dwj@kid01pml.icl.co.uk (Dave Johnson) Subject: DOOM/GUS Hi all, I am a new GUS user who has just purchased the GUS MAX. My problem is that when I try to run DOOM 1.2 with the Aliens WAD and my soundcard, DOOM bombs out the instant I die. The unmodified DOOM also freezes up _very_ occasionally. I have tried disabling the joystick port on my soundcard, to avoid conflict with the one already on my machine, but the problem still occurs. Can anybody help? Thanks, Dave - dwj@kid01pml.icl.co.uk PS. Apart from this exception, I have had no problems - the GUS is great. Now, where's that BFG?... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Nov 94 19:53:44 +0100 From: goubier@enstb.enst-bretagne.fr (Thierry Goubier) Subject: EPS samples ftp site ? Hello, I was looking for indonesian instruments samples on the net (Gamelan, Anklung, etc...) and there was some on EPS disks (according to the patch reference). But all eps material seem to have disapeard from the ftp site (ftp.reed.edu)... Does anybody knows where to find the EPS archive ? Thanks in advance, Thierry. ___________________________goubier@enstb.enst-bretagne.fr____________________ Dinosaures, brontosaures, tyrannosaures, illautresors. Pteranodons, dimetrodons, optalidons, grossdondons. Diplodocus, double-focus. L'automne sera dinosaurien ou rien. [Claude AZIZA] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 16:21:54 EST From: Hal Black Subject: GUS and Doom 1.2 Someone could not Get Doom 1.2 to run with the GUS... Use IRQs of 7 or less. Like set ULTRASND=220,3,3,7,5 then ultrinit, and that should work. Many programs now use a dos extender called DOS4GW, which doesn't like extended IRQs. (some extender, huh?) Ah, well. Hal -- | Wacky Hall Bean | sylk@mik.uky.edu | Entitlements kill | GAT d* p+---* c++(++++) l u+(++) e+* m++(-) s+/ n++(-) (?)h(--) f*@ ((!))g w t+(++) r(++) y ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 23:40:11 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Dedman Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V16 #6 On Sun, 6 Nov -1, Cohen francis wrote: > > Date: Sat, 5 Nov 1994 10:35:32 -0800 > From: cohen@tc.msu.edu (Cohen francis) > Subject: Any registered Ultrasound to help me ? > > I'd like to buy an Ultrasound MAX... Unfortunately, I'm not > yet a registered customers, but I can't stand having to pay the > full price when I know I could pay $175 for it if I was registered .. > > Is there anybody out there registered who could buy it for me ?? > > ------------------------------ I presume you are refering to the A.G. offer for registered owners to upgrade. Even if it _WAS_ proper to circumvent the offer rules( which it Ain't) the offer EXPIRED on October 31st!! Chuck ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Date: Sat, 5 Nov 94 20:31:29 +0100 > From: jpdgreve@vub.ac.be (De Greve Jean-Pierre) > > Hi, I got a little question: a while ago I got my GUS max, but I didn't send in my registration card yet. I'm going to send it to : > > Advanced Gravis Ltd. > Antennestraat 70 > 1322 AS Almere > The Netherlands > > hope it's the correct adress... this may be a stupid question, but where on my GUS MAX is my serial # located ? Can I see it in my manual or on the anti-static bag so I don't have to reopen my computer? > > JP. -------------------------------- There should be a sticker 1/4"x1" stuck on the face of the board. In addition, the cardboard wrap-around has it in ink. Chuck > > ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 20:34:27 -0500 (EST) From: warren@home.csd.uwo.ca (A Warren Pratten) Subject: gus sampler for linux Can someone point me to software that runs under Linux that will allow me to make samples from my GUS? A nice graphical interface would be nice but not necessary. Thanks for the info. - Warren ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Nov 94 12:58:15 MET From: (Martijn de Jong) Subject: Gus to Digital Amplifier. HOW?? Hi all, I'm have to do a project in which I have to connect a 16-bits soundcard directly to a digital amplifier, so I guess I have to disconnect the dac in the gus and send the digital signal directly to the Amp, but is the digital signal in the right format and how do I disconnect the dac? I believe this subject was covered in a digest a long time ago, but I don't have that digest anymore. Any help would be appreciated! Martinus. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 20:36:35 -0500 (EST) From: warren@home.csd.uwo.ca (A Warren Pratten) Subject: Linux, Mosaic and GUS Does anyone know what I would need to do to get Mosaic to play sounds through my GUS under Linux? I have some sound players like adagio and gmod but I suspect I need something more generic. Thanks. - Warren ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 12:02:35 -0800 (PST) From: George!!! Subject: LOL patch > I'm looking for a patch for the game The lands of lore that will let me use > MIDI and SB at the same time (So the sound effects and great music will > play at the same time). I am also looking for patches for KQ5&6 (That I u/l to Epas a while ago LOLSOUND.ZIP which edits the setup file so users can select multiple sound cards, allowing you to select MIDI music for one sound card and Digital voices for another sound card. Use this to patch up LOL so you can get Roland emulated music (and Roland Sound Effects if you don't have a SB card to do the non-digital sound effects) and Sound Blaster emulated (or not emulated if you have a SB card) digital voices. You can also get the AIL patch and patch up the AIL drivers in LOL so you can have 16-bit GUS music (versus Mega-Em's 8-bit music) via ultramid, but you will need a SB card to do the digital voices since the GUS AIL Sound Blaster digital drivers don't seem to work (LOL is probably doing a hardware detect of the SB card). Good luck, GUS & LOL users. -George ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Nov 94 10:24:47 -0600 From: jaj@dal.mcd.mot.com (John Johnson) Subject: Re: Magic Piano (was: Any registered Ultrasound to help me ?) If you are referring to keyboard, Ultrasound, and Musicware piano learning software that AG is offering, the answer is no, you can't buy just the keyboard and software. I called to order the Ultrasound Experience CD-ROM and asked about the keyboard - it is only sold in the bundle now for $499, I think. However, the number for Musicware is 1-800-997-4266 (U.S.) You can buy the keyboard of your choice, order the learning software, and use the GUS you already have. I may do this or I may learn piano the old-fashioned way - on the real piano my wife just inherited! ----- John A. Johnson N5NHH \ "A spare tube & a radio - don't leave Systems Engineer \ __o home without them!" Motorola Computer Group _'\< _ jaj@dal.mcd.mot.com Dallas, Texas (*)/'(*) Phone: (214) 888-3029 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 00:47:15 -0800 (PST) From: Stanley Kwong Subject: Problems w/ PC Tools and GUSMAX Well, I just installed the full version of PC Tools for Windows and it's not working with my Gravis Ultrasound. I deleted the old versioin of PC Tools, the "Tools on Top" that came with the system a year ago. I get an error message that looks something like "WNDT causes a general protection fault in ultrasnd.drv at (some hex number)." Has someone else had the same problem? my GUS worked fine with the "Tools on Top" so what my problem now? Stan Kwong ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 23:13:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Ambrose Jack Subject: Reunion and the GUS MAX I'm having a problem with Reunion and my GUS MAX. It doesn't seem to want to play any sounds at all. Since the docs don't give much info on setting up the card with the game I haven't gotten it to work(I'm using my SB16 instead). I am wondering if the game doesn't like the GUS at IRQ 11. Doesn't anyone know about this. Does it work on a lower IRQ? --- Jack Ambrose jambrose@raven.csrv.uidaho.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 21:46:22 -0500 (EST) From: Robert A Calico Subject: Ultramid and SCSI? Okay, recently I pulled out DUNE II since I now have a bigger Hard drive and can keep some stuff around. Anyways, I played Dune II for a few minutes, enjoying the great sound by using the patch on epas. Then it locked up. So I tried to think what I had added since it used to work fine. After a few other things, I tried removeing the SCSI drivers for my new HD. It is a SCSI-2 working on an Adaptec 1542CF. Bam, it works fine. First I tried changing a few things like IRQ, DMA, Base port etc. Nothing changes, but when I remove the ASPI4DOS.SYS and ASPIDISK.SYS everything is cool. Any suggestions. I really hate booting up without one of my drives. Any thanks is really appreciated. Rob -- Robert Calico calico@en.ecn.purdue.edu Scitex DPI rcalico@expert.cc.purdue.edu Oh this is the worst looking hat I ever seen, why I bet you buy a hat like this, you get a free bowl of soup..... Oh, but it looks good on you. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 15:09:10 -0800 From: Derek Suzuki Subject: WC3 demo and GUS Hi, I'm still working on this, but I haven't had any luck getting sound. The demo only supports SB and G-MIDI, so I'm attempting to get SBOS running. Problem is, my SBOS (2.08, I think, off of the 3.56 disks) doesn't seem to like anything. Come to think of it, I couldn't even edit the README or run MEM with SBOS loaded. I'll try downloading another version, but these seem like odd errors. Anyone else have any luck? Trailer is cool, even without sound. Derek drkszk@ocf.berkeley.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Nov 94 09:38:22 GMT From: kmh@kid01pml.icl.co.uk (Kieran M. Hoban) Subject: Zool 2 & Cool Spot I bought both these games as they were on offer at my local games store. However, Cool Spot has a nasty buzz on the music and Zool 2 is giving sound problems as well. Is there anyone who has got both these games running with full, clear sound. Thanks in advance, Kieran. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kieran M Hoban, ProcessWise Consultant, International Computers Limited ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GUS user and proud of it! - contact me on kmh@kid01pml.icl.co.uk ----------++++++++++++====================================+++++++++------------- ------------------------------ End of GUS Daily Digest V16 #7 ******************************