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GUS Daily Digest            Mon, 27 Feb 95  9:37 PST     Volume 19: Issue  27 

Today's Topics:
                    .VxDs like GUS drives in OS/2
                   Dark forces and the /c /x thing
                             Final Unity
                            Gus and Cubase
                       GUS Daily Digest V19 #23
                      Gus slows computer down ?
               Lands Of Lore and digitized speech (fwd)
                     Latest GUS revision disks??
                             Magic Carpet
                            Midi files???
                       missing file on Settlers
                              Mk II Demo
                             Noctropolis
                               SHUT UP!
                        Ultrasound Experience
                Where is Descent? & dropped MIDI notes
                   Win 3.11, GUS, and Quantum Gate
                            Win95 drivers
                       Win9Xers Please go away.

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Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 19:05:16 -0800 (PST)
From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." <pchienjr@ocf.Berkeley.EDU>
Subject: .VxDs like GUS drives in OS/2

Can't someone write some memory resident program that can "trick" the 
VxDs into thinking they can call for ring 0 functions and let them run, 
but won't actually let them take over the system?  I'm sure there's some 
way.  Some kind of VxD emulator for OS/2?  If a completely alien computer 
like the PowerPC can emulate Windows with SoftWindows, certainly an x86 
OS like OS/2 can do better?  I suspect that whoever can get this to work 
will make *big* bucks!

						-Peter

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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 10:13:24 -0500
From: demersc@lambto.lcbe.edu.on.ca (Chris Demers, Computer Services, Lambton County Board of Ed.)
Subject: Dark forces and the /c /x thing

For dark forces I tried the /c /x thing.  I assumed that these are for the 
loader.  The /c option seemed to work but it did not recognize the /x option.
I only have Maxsbos v.10 and I will be getting .2 later today, perhaps that is
the problem.  Also in the Dark Forces setup for sound do I select sound
blaster or sound blaster 16?  And is it true that music does not work?

Thanks 
Chris

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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 11:23:04 GMT
From: ferd@star-one.demon.co.uk
Subject: Final Unity

Hi,

The guy who told me about the Final Unity problems was :

Karl "The Cat" Maurer - SHI On-Line Support Rep - 76004,2144

on Compuserve

Fernando <ferd@star-one.demon.co.uk>

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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 05:40:00 -0500
From: Dennis-'t.Hart@lcnnl.sprint.com
Subject: Gus and Cubase
Message-ID: <"Mon Feb 27 05:40:38 199501*/G=Dennis-'t/S=Hart/OU=2496WVLC/O=TMNL.LCN/PRMD=LANGATE/ADMD=TELEMAIL/C=GB/"@MHS>

     Yoh GUSSERS,
     
     I've got a Gus card and Cubase (Steinberg Midi program). I can't get 
     the two to work together. I can't get any sound out of my GUS card. 
     When I open a midi file and want to play it I hear .........NOTHING!
     When opening a Midi file in an other program it plays just fine, so 
     it's not my midi setup. 
     
     Can someone give me any clues? Or tell me that it just doesn't work!
     
     |--\      /--| _______                            _______
     |   \    /   | |   ___| |--\  |-| /-----\ |----|  |   ___|
     |  \ \  / /  | |  |___  |   \ | | |  _  | | |--   |  |___
     |  |\ \/ /|  | |   ___| |  \ \| | | |_| | | |     |   ___|
     |  | \__/ |  | |  |___  |  |\   | |  _  | | |__   |  |___
     |__|      |__| |______| |__| \__| |_| |_| |____|  |______|
                     Scott me up, Beamy.....
     
     e-Mail : dennis-'t.hart@lcnnl.sprint.com
        p/a : Karel-van.Duinen@lcnnl.sprint.com

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Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 14:31:31 -0500
From: jhladun@io.org (John Hladun)
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V19 #23

>Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 12:00:02 +0100
>From: Espen Wang Andreassen <espeand@ifi.uio.no>
>Subject: GUS & Win95 - HOW ??
>
>Excuse me - but isn't Win95 supposed to have crash-protection and full 
>HW-control etc. etc.?? How on earth are the GUS drivers allowed to
>work??? (Hey - of course it's nice they do - but...?)

No... not really... if you want the above then that is what Windows NT is
for. Windows 95 is a tighter more robust (ie harder to crash) version of WFW
3.11. They also have included a whole bunch of nice toys, the most useful
being (IMHO) the 32bit TCP/IP stack the least useful being (toss it, get
Eudora instead) Microsoft Mail.

Compatability was still the most important consideration so we still have
the intertwinned twin kernel design. VxD's (which is how Gravis implemented
their device drivers) are still a large part Windows 95.
>
>If someone could explain this to me, then MAYBE I would be able to
>understand it... :+)
>
>This is maybe more Win95 than GUS related, but I find it interesting because
>we who use OS/2 just have Alpha drivers (and no Win-OS/2 drivers) for the same 
>reason I thought Win95 would have problems too.

Oddly enought when I took QEMM out of the picture the GUS Max drivers have
been working almost perfectly.

>
>
>BTW: Nice to see how many got "personal replies" from LucasArts... :)
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------
>- jeps -  Student at University of Oslo, Norway -
>=================================================
>Espen Wang Andreassen    -     espeand@ifi.uio.no

John.
John Hladun              jhladun@io.org             Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 10:01:54 +0100
From: lemmen@iaehv.nl (Frank Lemmen)
Subject: Gus slows computer down ?

HI gussers,

I hav a strange problem with my gus and computer. When playing WAV files in
windows these files sound like nothing and after atempting to play them my
computer gets very slow even when I exit windows the computer stays slow.
The only way out is a hardware reset.
Midi files are played without any problems.

When I re-install the gus software (3.58) the problem still exists. When I
install windows again the problem is solevd, but after some time
the problem occurs again. PLEASE HELP

My computer config is as follows: AMD 66Mhz, 8Mb ram, GUS max, Tripple speed
mitsumi, Port-o-call e-ide/video controller.

Thanks,
Frank Lemmen
Frank Lemmen  -=*=-  lemmen@iaehv.nl  

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Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 18:34:59 -0700 (MST)
From: "ttait@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca" <ttait@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
Subject: Lands Of Lore and digitized speech (fwd)

Tim Tait                             email: ttait@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 12:26:17 -0700 (MST)
From: ttait@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca <ttait@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
To: Daily Digest GUS <gus-general@mail.orst.edu>
Subject: Lands Of Lore and digitized speech

This has probably been asked a thousand times before, but here goes.

I was wondering if there is any way of getting the digitized speech 
working in LOL without having to resort to going to a computer store and 
picking up a (YUCK) SoundBlaster (YUCK)?  I have gotten the music and FX 
working fine, but the speech is a gross mush of noise.

Is there anyone at Gravis or Virgin writing some new patches so that the 
speech will work with GUS?  Or is this asking just too much out of life??

To anyone that replies to this message, Thanks.

L8r
	Tim


Tim Tait                             email: ttait@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 95 09:40:11 EST
From: Akintunde Omitowoju <ZAO1@ETSU.EAST-TENN-ST.EDU>
Subject: Latest GUS revision disks??

Hi everyone:
I've been off this list for a while, so I'm a bit "outdated" with GUS info.

Does anyone know what is the lastest GUS revision disks that are out?  Also,
is the new MEGAEM that runs under protected mode with it??

Thanks!! =)

    __________________________________________________________
   |                                                          |
   | Akintunde Omitowoju, Computer Science Student            |
   | East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee |
   | InterNet:  zao1@etsu.east-tenn-st.edu                    |
   | BitNet:    zao1@etsu.bitnet                              |
   |                                                          |
   `----------------------------------------------------------'

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Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 21:31:26 +0000 (GMT)
From: Grimshaw <G.R.Grimshaw@helios.herts.ac.uk>
Subject: Magic Carpet

	I know this has been asked before but I've never seen a solution.
  How do you get digital sound out of Magic Carpet? All I can get is crap 
SBOS music. Is there a Gravis patch out there?

			George,
		University of Hertfordshire, UK

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Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 23:59:28 -0500
From: adu@freenet.vcu.edu (Andrew Du)
Subject: Midi files???

Someone emailed me about sending a few midi's and I forgot the
address..  Where are you?


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Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 16:49:42 -0500 (EST)
From: DBEAL@delphi.com
Subject: missing file on Settlers

recently bought The Settlers (Blue Byte software) but it
refuses to run with GUS.  The readme file says to load
Ultrasnd.bat to set up a permanent GUS file, but the
Ultrasnd.bat file does not exist on the disks supplied with the
game.  The game will start with GUS but hangs up after awhile.
I've tried Loadpats.exe but nothing improves. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Dave

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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 12:13:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom <34tbs@but.auc.dk>
Subject: Mk II Demo
Message-ID: <Pine.PCF.3.91.950227121034.5358A@[130.225.56.199]>

Hi !!

I have been trying to locate the MK II demo at several FTP-sites, but 
without any luck. If anyone of you fellow Gus-users knows about the 
FTP-site(s) where I could find the MK II Demo, please e-mail me :)

Thanks

Tom

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Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 18:34:05 -0700 (MST)
From: "ttait@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca" <ttait@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
Subject: Noctropolis

Tim Tait                             email: ttait@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 13:08:05 -0700 (MST)
From: ttait@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca <ttait@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
To: gus-general@mail.orst.edu

Hello one and all.
I was wondering if anyone would happen to know what the best method of 
getting sound up and running with the Electronic Arts game called 
Noctropolis.  It does not seem to have native GUS support.  I have tried 
MegaEm which just locks up on me, as well as SBOS which does the same.  
Any ideas would be muchly appreciated!  Thanks.


Tim Tait                             email: ttait@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

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Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 19:36:11 GMT
From: alek@linefeed.com (Alek Hayes)
Subject: SHUT UP!

I am getting fed up with people moaning that there are no working GUS
drivers for Win-95. IT HASN'T BEEN RELEASED YET!!!!! IT'S STILL IN BETA!
Give Gravis and Microsoft a chance for f*cks sake. STOP FILLING UP THIS
DIGEST WITH USELESS SH*T! IT'S P*SSING EVERYONE OFF!

Apart from that, I have a suggestion. I reckon there should be a separate
digest for news and info about the GUS and Gravis, and a newsgroup on people
with problems about it. Now, I haven't been reading the digest for more than
a month and, to be honest, I must congratulate the supplier for working for
a just cause, but there is always room for improvement.
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Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 19:36:13 GMT
From: alek@linefeed.com (Alek Hayes)
Subject: Ultrasound Experience

Hi!

Can anyone tell me where I can get this CD in the UK?
Also, a brief description of what it consists of would be nice. :-)

Thanks
Alek.
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Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 15:26:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Loren Kling (that's me) <lkling@rohan.sdsu.edu>
Subject: Where is Descent? & dropped MIDI notes

1.  Where is the Descent demo?  What is the file name?  Any probs with 
using the GUS?

2.  What ever happened to the discussion on dropped MIDI notes in 
Windows?  Is it just in the GUS musician digest?  I am using CakeWalk Pro 
and I get... dropped notes.

3.  What is the difference between the ver. 3.59 SB emulator, the SBOSON 
driver, and the MAXSBOS?

thanks.
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  |         Loren Kling         |  
  *   lkling@ucssun1.sdsu.edu   *
  | SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY  |  
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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 95 09:49 EST
From: "Neil L. Sharp" <0006796954@mcimail.com>
Subject: Win 3.11, GUS, and Quantum Gate

Ever since I installed Quantum Gate on my drive, my GUS mixer settings won't
stay fixed in Windows.  When Windows comes up, the settings are correct for the
first second of the startup WAV file, then the volume drops from 80% to 30-40%. 
It basically mutes it.  I can bring up the mixer and change the settings, but it
seems that the volume gets muted again any time a program tries to play a
digital sound.  (This happens to MIDI, too.)  I have tried manually editing the
System.INI (or Win.INI) files to change the settings, but it still reverts back
to messing up.  Any ideas?  I have software version 3.59 with Ultrinit fix. 
But, this happened with earlier versions too.

Thanks for any help.

 -------------------------------------+---------------------------------------
         Neil Sharp                   |                                     
         MCI Engineering              |                                         
         Richardson, TX  USA          |    
         679.6954@MCIMail.com         |                                 
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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 10:43:49 GMT
From: "Mark.Carline BSc Elec Eng." <mark.carline@unn.ac.uk>
Subject: Win95 drivers

To everyone that repliedto my last message..

Windows 95 (latest beta) shipped with drivers for many well known
sound cards writtern by the companies that make the sound cards apart from
one company inparticular! - Gravis !

Hmm

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Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 15:40:21 -0500 (EST)
From: Gunnar Swanson <gunnar@email.unc.edu>
Subject: Win9Xers Please go away.

Dear Win9Xers,

Please, all you people who love Win9X please SHUT UP about the "lack" GUS 
support.  I simply cannot understand complaints about an "operating 
system" that is not even on store shelves and has had its programming 
requirements changed so many times as to make my head spin.  


I will not go into the relative merits or demerits of the Win9X "os" but 
if any of you have complaints please direct them to Advanced Gravis Corp 
or MicroSoft and STOP cluttering up the GUS digest with meaningless posts.

Thank you,


Gunnar Swanson

GUS Bigot.


end.

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