Ultrasound Daily Digest Mon, 15 Feb 93 Volume 2 : Issue 43 Today's Topics: GUS + CD-ROM Question GUS: OPTI chipset problems + a few phone numbers for everyone GUS parity error using MIDI output port Memory? Problems w/ windows and GUS SBOSDRV taking up IRQ 1 WFS Pro Information about the UltraSound Daily Digest (such as mail addresses, request servers, ftp sites, etc., etc.) can be found at the end of the Digest. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1993 13:25:04 -0500 From: ral@cc.bellcore.com Message-Id: <199302141825.AA08174@tbird.cc.bellcore.com> Subject: GUS + CD-ROM Question To: Ultrasound Daily Digest What kind of interface does the Gravis ultrasound card (GUS) provide for a CD-ROM? In particular, an internal CD-ROM drive, for use under DOS and (maybe) Windows and OS/2. Does the Gravis have a SCSI interface like the PAS16 card? Can I couple the Mitsumi LU005S with a Gravis to get CD-quality sound out of the Gravis card? --- Ron Levenberg Phone (908) 758-5510 Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) FAX (908) 758-4314 331 Newman Springs Road, Room NVC-2Z337 ral@cc.bellcore.com Red Bank, NJ 07701-7030 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1993 11:41:47 -0500 (EST) From: Morgan Stair Message-Id: Subject: GUS: OPTI chipset problems + a few phone numbers for everyone To: Ultrasound Daily Digest I'm sorry you can't use GUS, and I'm not a little irritated that I can't switch to OS/2 and use my GUS! Gotta go... M ************************************************************************* * W. Morgan Stair Phone: (617) 552-8783 * * Boston College FAX: (617) 552-8778 * * Institute for Space Research Email: morgan@dl5000.bc.edu * * 4 Alfred Circle * * Bedford MA 01730 * ************************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Feb 93 13:17:46 -0800 From: rcrane@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (useradd) Message-Id: <9302142117.AA103183@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu> Subject: GUS parity error using MIDI output port To: Ultrasound Daily Digest I solved the problem with my system hanging with a parity error when I tried to talk to my synth using Winjammer. The problem was that I had the "Thru" option set in the Midi menu. Not only did this cause my system to hang occasionally but it often caused a song to terminate with a abnormal rapid burst of notes when I told winjammer to stop playing a song. I unset this option and everything has worked great! I'm not using the thru slot on my midi connecter. Would this be the cause of my original problem? ---------- -bob crane (rcrane@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu) "Ah Limbo!" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Feb 93 00:06:40 +0100 From: d91-sme@nada.kth.se Message-Id: <9302142306.AA05152@dront.nada.kth.se> Subject: Memory? To: Ultrasound Daily Digest On my GUS v2.2 I have eight sockets for DRAM. I figure, to get 1MB of on-board memory, I should have eight 128KB modules. But I've heard much about 256KB modules? What is true? Can I go out and buy any 1Mbit (128KB) module for my GUS or should I have something else? /Smedis (Niklas Smedberg, d91-sme@nada.kth.se) ------------------------------ Date: 14 Feb 1993 13:10:52 -0600 (CST) From: KUSWORD@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Message-Id: <01GUPNXPDT0Y005F2E@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU> Subject: Problems w/ windows and GUS To: Ultrasound Daily Digest I bought a GUS a while back and I am having some trouble with it when running in windows. The Media Player and Sound Recorder both play fine, but whenever I try to record using the Sound Recorder the system crashes and I get some wierd text mode garbage on the screen. Also, whenever I try to configure WinJammer, it tells me either that the Ultrasound Midi Synth is currently being used by another program, probably the Midi Mapper or that the Midi Mapper is being used by another program. Any ideas on how to correct this? I have a 486DX-33 system w/4 MB memory, Diamond Stealth VRAM card w/ 1 meg, 120 Meg IDE hard drive, Opti chipset (but I have not had the problems reported by others with it and do not have to use the 8-bit DMA channels), GUS w/ 256k and version 1.21 install disks, but I do have the new windows driver (don't remember what version but it's the one on epas...etc. My GUS setup is 220, DMA: 5, Ultra IRQ: 15, MIDI IRQ: 5. An unrelated (I think) problem I've been having is that whenever I run X-wing demo with sbos, sometimes the voices will cut out, they just won't say part of what they're supposed to. It doesn't happen all the time, but it is annoying. This happens whether I use SBOS 1.21, SBOS 1.22 (non-beta), or SBOS 1.23beta. Anyone else have this problem? --Kevin Halgren KUSWORD@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Feb 93 20:11:21 -0500 From: "NEMO G.G. DE FURIA" Message-Id: <9302150111.AA21502@gonzalo.Ariel.YorkU.CA> Subject: SBOSDRV taking up IRQ 1 To: Ultrasound Daily Digest First of all, very sincere thanks to the technical support that I've received from very many of you. It has helped greatly, and special thanks to Phat Tran. I just wanted to ask if it is normal for SBOSDRV to automatically take IRQ 01. This interrupt name on my machine is keyboard. No matter how my IRQs are set in the setup program, when I load SBOS, I see it taking up IRQ 1. Is this normal? Based on comparisons with my friends' machines, I think my machine has a pretty standard IRQ and base port setup. Nemo De Furia. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Feb 93 19:15:36 -0500 From: "Robinhood -- Marshall Lai" Message-Id: <9302150015.AA18248@crux2.cit.cornell.edu> Subject: WFS Pro To: Ultrasound Daily Digest I am currently using the windows driver in the file GUS0012.zip (or one of those newer ones on the ftp sites.). I was using the old WFS Pro and it was fine. But when I upgraded to the new WFS PRO (Ver 2.01) the volume of the play back is very inconsistent. Sometimes it is very loud am sometimes I can't hear anything. Also, the Ultrasound driver is very easily crashed during long voice play back in Windows but the card is doing fine in DOS applications and games. Moreover, there is a tremendous amount of statics present when I try to record (using any programs would have the same resulting statics added.) from line in and mic in. Can someone help me? Oh, btw, I am using an OPTi EISA but I am also using a 16-bit DMA and QEMM-386. Since DOS games are working fine, I assume that this is not the dreaded OPTi chipset problem....... Any help would be appreciated. Marshall Lai PS. I am otherwise very satisfied with the performance of this board. I am patiently waiting for the new patches to arrive....... ------------------------------ End of Ultrasound Daily Digest V2 #43 ******************************