GUS Daily Digest Sun, 29 Jan 95 9:37 PST Volume 18: Issue 28 Today's Topics: Doom Crashing... now works! GUS & Myst AGAIN GUS clone... GUS Daily Digest V18 #27 (2 msgs) Linux and the GUS-Max Memory limit; new SDK; HMIDRV.386 mortal kombat II Nascar Joystick calibration Where is the bosendorf patch? Where to get GUS serviced? 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: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 08:50:03 GMT From: clint@kheldar.demon.co.uk (Clint Redwood) Subject: Doom Crashing... now works! Thanks to everybody who wrote to me about my problem with doom. It is now working! It looks like it was the video cacheing in the CMOS setup that was the bugbear. Suffice it to say that it is nice that it is working. Thanks again. Yours -- Clint Redwood ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 22:48:04 EST From: dth2@lehigh.edu (Dave Horoschak) Subject: GUS & Myst AGAIN Does anyone have a difinitive answer on how to fix the buzzing and crackling noises when playing Myst? I've switched to a 16-bit DMA, and I've tried buffer settings of 512, 1024, 2048, and 4096, and none of those help. I'm using v3.57 of the drivers. Thanks. Later... - Dave ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 01:38:13 UTC From: an142683@anon.penet.fi (__George__) Subject: GUS clone... > one more note, when i went to Hongkong this xmas, many computer stores > are selling GUSMax, and it seems many people are amazed with its > quality ... geez, consider GUS was/is being dumped by US developers/ > game magazines/etc... And i saw something really ridiculous - there is > a GUS clone yes, CLONE. (i only saw a box, so i can't confirm its existence) Well, perhaps i can add a line or two..... What i saw here at a local dealer was GUS Max clone, made by Primax, uses the same software as my gus, and comes with 512KB and cd-rom interfaces. Uses GF1 from gravis.... The board is in green, as oposed to gus beeing red... :) Price was arround 180 US$, but is beeing sold bundled with some cheap speakers, so the final price is somewhat more. Well, that's what i know. George. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To find out more about the anon service, send mail to help@anon.penet.fi. Due to the double-blind, any mail replies to this message will be anonymized, and an anonymous id will be allocated automatically. You have been warned. Please report any problems, inappropriate use etc. to admin@anon.penet.fi. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 14:25:20 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Batchelor Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V18 #27 Not the GUS Server once wrote... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 12:21:09 -0700 > From: Paul Tucker > Subject: 3.59 HORROR > > To my horror, though, >modem< DOOM no longer works with the GUS! It >[...] > Has anyone tried modem DOOM with the 3.59 update? Does it work for > you? It's really easy to see if it's a 3.59 software problem. Don't load anything. DOOM initializes the GUS itself. You only need the ULTRASND variable set. Don't run ultrinit or anything else. If it still breaks, it's not the new GUS software. -- \\\ Mike Batchelor /// mikebat@clark.net \\\ M.Batchelor@babylon4.clark.net /// "The avalanche has already begun. It is too late for the pebbles to vote." ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 22:57:53 +0200 (EET) From: Saari Anssi Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V18 #27 > Date: Sat, 28 Jan 95 13:51:52 WET > From: MAMMET Jean-Francois > Subject: gus clone > > I think it's a good new for all gravis users that there is a gus clone, > it prooves that the gus is a really interesting market for the asian, > so that may be a good card ! (I thing gus is the best card available, and > lots of people in France do think so too). What I'd like to know, are they legit or did they just copy the card and the software and get rich in the process or did they do it legal. If it's the former, I hope Gravis can get them nuked... After all, there should be some use for all those nukes in the world and I can't think of a better use :) > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 15:43:06 -0800 (PST) > From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." > Subject: Microphone with GUS MAX > > >I just replaced my GUS with the GUS MAX and everything works great but > >with one > >puzzling difference. My stereo microphone now only picks up sound from the > >right microphone and plays it in both speakers. > > I think in previous digests, people said that Gravis decided to make > microphone input mono. It's weird that going from GUS to MAX gave 16-bit > recording but allows only mono microphone input. As I recall, the reason was because they ran out of inputs in the mixer. > You may be able to get > around this by putting your stereo mike into a stereo system and then > putting line out through the line in jack, but avoid putting the stereo > mike in directly in line in. It may blow up. What may blow up? If you put a mike in a line input, you're just putting a very quiet signal to it. Anssi ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 21:34:54 AST From: "Andrew Cheyne" <006809C@axe.acadiau.ca> Subject: Linux and the GUS-Max Hello.. I've recently installed the slackware release of Linux on my machine, and I'm having trouble getting it to recognize my GUS-Max. I've found the drivers (uncompiled), but I'm not sure how to compile them correctly so I can access the GUS. If anyone can help me, please mail me! Thanks, andrew Andrew Cheyne My best friend \\//// 006809c@axe.acadiau.ca is a (o)(o) 233 Barrax loser. nnn()nnn ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 16:05:23 +0000 (GMT) From: Sam Subject: Memory limit; new SDK; HMIDRV.386 On Sat, 28 Jan -1, GUS Server wrote: > Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 17:58:00 -0500 > From: tom.klepl@canrem.com (Tom Klepl) > Subject: CODEC/RAM > > Also, after looking at my GUS MAX card, I was curious about the blank > RAM socket spaces on it. I don't mean actual sockets, but soldering > holes where sockets could be installed. Is it true that the GUS MAX has > the capability of more memory? The 1MB limit is not awful, but I would > like very much to be able to use some of those 500KB+ piano patches > simultaneously with the rest of the patch set to play midi files and > such. The 1 Meg RAM is a limit of the processor chip. You can't upgrade it whatever you do, without making an new chip (like the GF2, sound card with which is supposed to be out near end of this year). It's about as possible as upgrading an 8086 chip past 1 meg ... -- [sorry, deleted header of next message!] > My GUS playing this piano patch makes my $5k upright-piano cringe. > -George You're not serious! With no filters and no velocity split, how can it sound anywhere near as good as a real piano? I haven't heard it, but... > Date: 28 Jan 95 0:14 -0800 > From: Thomas Wong > Subject: Ultrasound Internet Archive Services - New Files Validated - January > > 28, 1995 > gusdk222.zip - Gravis Ultrasound/Max Software Development Kit 2.22 from Gravis Does the Ultrasound/Max mean it works for both? Or only for the Ultrasound Max? > Commentary: > =========== > > And for all the gamers, NICE JOB! Not only are all the new games coming > out with GUS native support, many games are releasing updates so that we > can play the older games with GUS support. And as you can see above, a On this topic, we still haven't got UAKM digital sound to work. Is there an update to the HMIDRV.386 file that will work? (music is fine, tried all DMA channels, etc, etc) Sam --> Home Page <-- ** Go on, try it! ** --> http://www.dur.ac.uk/~d405ua <-- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 13:52:19 -0500 From: arg2@po.cwru.edu (Adam Glick) Subject: mortal kombat II i just got the mk2 demo and i can't get it to work with my gus max. i saw a post about this the other day so i though i'ld try to igure it out buit i get the same screwy message. it says can't initilize sound card. i even tried sb and max sbos but that didn't even work.anyone have any clues. evevry other game works fine with me max (i have 1 meg and have had no probs.) any clues? -Adam arg2@po.cwru.edu 'A person who believes one thing will solve all their problems is a fool : they're twice the fool if they believe the thing that will fix their problems is money' ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 01:59:03 -0500 (EST) From: Buddy Subject: Nascar Joystick calibration Has anyone else had a problem with the joystick suddenly going out of calibration in Nascar Racing? It works for a few minutes and then goes nuts! Help! Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 19:45:11 -0800 (PST) From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." Subject: Where is the bosendorf patch? After the recent file validation, I can no longer find the bosendorf patch in the submit directory at epas. Where may I find it? Thanks. -Peter ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 16:05:24 -0500 (EST) From: efinkler@sun1.iusb.indiana.edu (Codeine Glue und Du) Subject: Where to get GUS serviced? Well, I switched my GUS back into the older computer (which always worked fine... no other cards to cause conflicts) and I am STILL getting the "No card detected" error. So I'm beginning to think that I may have inadvertantly fried my GUS while I was moving around cards etc. So the question is... where can I get my GUS serviced? I don't have any kind of warranty (bought it used). Or should I just get new GUS? -Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are the days | Ed Finkler efinkler@sun1.iusb.indiana.edu When our work is torn asunder |------------------------------------------- These are the days | Ask me about Arts Industria music When we look for something other | INDUSTRY WITHOUT ART IS BRUTALITY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of GUS Daily Digest V18 #28 *******************************