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Subject: GUS Daily Digest V17 #9

GUS Daily Digest            Fri, 9 Dec 94  9:37 PST      Volume 17: Issue   9 

Today's Topics:
       AIL30.ZIP doesn't work with Warcraft commericial version
                          AMD wavetable chip
                            CD-Rom problem
                               cyberwar
                             Good Times!
                          GS bank switching
                   GUS Daily Digest V17 #8 (3 msgs)
                          GUS RAM vs Patches
                   GUS works with Warcraft!! (fwd)
                           Midi box source
                             PGP comment
                              PGP Sig...
                            Power Patch CD
                         Ultima Underworld II
                     WC3 demo and GUS native mode

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.

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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 23:14:53 -0700 (MST)
From: Jeffery Chin <chin@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu>
Subject: AIL30.ZIP doesn't work with Warcraft commericial version

>                       GUS works with Warcraft!!
>                          HMI Driver woes....
>                     Howling Dog Power Patch CD-ROM
>                              PGP Comment
>                         Recording a MIDI file
>                 There is sound in Windows under Warp!
>                       Warp Drivers/MEGA-EM Beta?
>                    Where can I find the MIDI box??
>                         Windows drivers + Myst
> 
> 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: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 15:42:37 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." <pchienjr@ocf.Berkeley.EDU>
> Subject: 3.57 disks on epas?
> 
> I checked epas. which had a 3.57 disk set.  What is the difference 
> between version 3.56 and 3.57?  Is there a one disk upgrade for people 
> with v3.56?  Or do we have to install (and then of course download) the 
> entire set?  Thanks.
> 					-Peter
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 94 19:18:13 MST
**> From: dchow@stu.athabascau.ca (Donald Chow)
> Subject: Re: AMD's Wavetable Audio Chips
> 
> > Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 00:06:18 +0100
> > From: Stig Arne Olsen <stigo@ifi.uio.no>
> > Subject: AMD's Wavetable Audio Chips
> > 
> > About a week ago I saw an announcement on Clarinet News that AMD
> > has made some new chips, "InterWave IC family of chips" for
> > interactive wavetable audio.
> > 
> > Now, didn't AMD and Gravis make some kind of deal a while ago,
> > and if so is this the result of his cooperative work, or have
> > AMD done this on their own?
> > 
> > The wavetable part seems very "gus-ish", don't you think?
> 
>   Well, Gravis and Amd are up to something.  If you ask Gravis, they'll just
> tell you they're cowrking on 'something', which is understandable, just think
> what would of happened if Creative Labs got hold of Wavetable synthesis before
> Gravis, no GUS...
> 
>  From wha I heard, at Comdex, when AMD was aksed about the partnership, they
> siad they didn't want to start from the ground up developing redundant 
> technology, and wanted to partner with an experienced Wavetable card
> manufacturer.
> 
> Don
> 
> -- 
> Donald Chow                       | X-Phile, GATB & SSTB
> dchow@a.stu.athabascau.ca         | Call (202) 555-6431 for a 'IDDG' time
> bf298@freenet.carleton.ca         | Go-o uchi masuka?
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Wed, 07 Dec 94 16:55:24
> From: aluff@ibm.net
> Subject: AMD InterWave Chip
> 
> 	The AMD InterWave chip is the fruits of the labor between AMD, Gravis and Etech/Forte Technologies.
> 	Anyone hear the specs on it yet?
> 
> //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> // Adrian A. Luff -- Wondering where all the money went...
> //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 94 14:16:22 EST
> From: David Ball <dball@hp8c.nrl.navy.mil>
> Subject: AOD and Warcraft
> 
> I finally got sound in Aces of the Deep.  All I had to do was follow the
> directions posted here for EarthSiege (i.e., edit RESOURCE.CFG and
> change sound driver to E024 (E028 for MAX) and music driver to A002,
> Addr=228 ).  I don't get music though, but I'm happy enough to have good
> sound that I don't care.
> 
> Using the ail30 (unoffical beta) drivers uploaded to epas (thanks!!) I
> got the Warcraft demo to give me sound AND music.  The procedure is a
> bit tricky, and I don't know if it would work with the full version, so
> I'll only post it if someone requests it.
> 
>   -- Dave (dball@hp8c.nrl.navy.mil)
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 94 19:23:16 MST
> From: dchow@stu.athabascau.ca (Donald Chow)
> Subject: Re: BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK
> 
> > Date: Wed, 07 Dec 1994 10:33:19 GMT
> > From: Clarke Brunt <CLARKE@lsl.co.uk>
> > Subject: Re: BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK
> > 
> > I am probably not the only one getting annoyed by
> > BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK and 12 lines of rubbish attached to
> > messages. I'm sure that PGP *is* good for something, but I haven't
> > researched it, so I don't know what it is. I suspect that this
> > stuff is mainly there for show - you get flamed if you have more
> > than 4 lines of sig, so why are 12 lines of garbage OK unless what
> > was being said was in any way private?
> 
>   There's that old saying, 'One will get burnt when one flames what he doesn't
> understand'.
>   PGP stands for Pretty Good Privacy, it's an encryption technique based
> on RSA key encryption, probably the most secure form of encryption, and
> as close to unbreakable as you can get your paws on.
>   As for need, well, if someone doesn't think privacy isn't important, well
> we won't go into that.
> 
> 
> Don
> -- 
> Donald Chow                       | X-Phile, GATB & SSTB
> dchow@a.stu.athabascau.ca         | Call (202) 555-6431 for a 'IDDG' time
> bf298@freenet.carleton.ca         | Go-o uchi masuka?
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 94 10:55:32 +0100
> From: Olof Sundin <adb3_6@und.ida.liu.se>
> Subject: Better patches?
> 
> There has been some talk lately about higher-quality patches that replace the original GM-patches.
> 
> Isn't there *one* zip-file (or similar) available somewhere that contains good substitutes for *all* the patches that supposedly need to be replaced? Of course these patches would have to be rather small (not exceeding the size of the original patches), or they wouldn't fit in the GUS's memory.
> 
> I'd be happy to create a file like this myself, but my supply of patches is very limited. :(
> 
> 	/Olof Sundin
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 13:34 -0500
> From: DANTONIO@PROCESS.COM (Momentary Language, Sexual Situations)
> Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V17 #7
> 
> >  I've considered getting OS/2 for quite a while, but the biggest thing
> >that's keeping me back is the lack of VxD support for Windows programs
> >under OS/2, which means no sound for Windoze apps.  Has this changed
> >under Warp?  Will VxD support be added anytime soon?  I'd love to dump
> >Windoze, but there are just too many powerful apps for it, and I want
> >sound!
> 
> No, WARP will NOT support .VxDs since they are allowed (encouraged, actually)
> to directly play with the hardware. This would effectively trash the "Crash
> Protection" of OS/2, not to mention the general security of the OS. You'll note
> that Windows NT doesn't support them, either. The correct solution is to
> create non-VxD drivers for the GUS. That way, both WINOS2 and the folks who
> still run Windows in Standard Mode can have sound.
> 
> That said, Robert Manley's fine OS/2 drivers provide vitual GM support so one
> can now play MIDI files in Windows without an external synth. WAVs are out of
> the question, though.
> 
> I will VERY pleased if Gravis's much promised OS/2 drivers allow both OS/2 and
> WinOS2 sound. But I'm not expecting it...
> 
> DDA
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 94 09:45:07 +0200
> From: LIASHER@WEIZMANN.WEIZMANN.AC.IL
> Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V17 #7
> 
> unsubscribe
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 21:28:25 +0800 (GMT+0800)
> From: Wong Chee Kiong Dominic <wongche1@iscs.nus.sg>
> Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V17 #7
> 
> unsubscribe
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 03:20:29 +0800 (GMT+0800)
> From: FLAT^^TOP <kohkhang@iscs.nus.sg>
> Subject: GUs disks 3.57
> 
> hi pple !
> 
> i just uploaded the 3.57 disk set to epas
> they are in submit directory with filenames gus357*.zip
> 
> 
> -- 
> /===<Jerry Koh aka FLAT^^TOP at DISCS National University of Singapore>===\
> | kohkhang@iscs.nus.sg, MsWFWG, GUSmax, Kelvin 64, & Supra v.Fc 28.8 user |
> \====<DOOMer, X-phile, BattleTech, Babylon 5, StarTrek & StarWars fan>====/
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: 08 Dec 94 07:50:21 EDT
> From: "Joakim Erdfelt" <JOAKIM.ERDFELT@OFFICE.WANG.COM>
> Subject: GUS works with Warcraft!!
> 
> GUS works with WARCRAFT !!
> 
>  (at least the DEMO disk that the Game Manufacturer provides)
> 
>  ok here's what i did....   (all "/" is meant to be a backslash - dont ask)
>  i downloaded that AIL30.ZIP beta from epas.
>  unpacked it in my C:/WARCRAFT/DRIVERS   directory.
>  made a backup of SB16.DIG and SBLASTER.MDI
>  copied UMID.DIG over SB16.DIG
>  copied UMID.MDI over SBLASTER.MDI
>  ran ULTRAMID -c -nUM206A.INI -d./
>  went to my C:/WARCRAFT  directory and ran SETUP
>  choose SB for music. (auto-detect)
>  choose SB16/AWE for sound effects. (auto-detect)
>  exit the SETUP.
>  run the game via WAR
>  play the game.
>  adjust the volume levels. (grin)
>  exit the game.
>  when back in DOS I ran ULTRAMID -f
> 
> -Joakim Erdfelt - no .sig here - i'm writing from a bass-ackward office email-
>     - @@@ Tell me if this works for the FULL blown commercial version @@@ -
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 94 12:06:41 PST
> From: "Brian Hayes, Sierra Systems" <BAHAYES@BCSC02.GOV.BC.CA>
> Subject: HMI Driver woes....
> 
> I know that in a few months, everyone will be just happy as heck with these hmi
> drivers, and all the new and good games will use them--and all will have GUS
> support, and we will all have a sound card that supports everything in native
> mode. Until that time however, these drivers just drive me nuts! Case in point:
> 
> Accolade has just released Unnessesary Roughness 95. It's pretty cool, with
> full NFL and NFLPA support, new Al Micheals speech, and over half the players
> have real photos. The teams, rostors, league play, all make this one of the
> best football sims out there. Except.... the HMI support. The drivers that
> are shipped with it are quite old. No gus. At least they were the HMI*.386
> drivers, so here's what I did...
> 
> I copied all the sound files out of the SOS directory from NASCAR, which as
> we know had flawless gus support. After remaning the .bnk files to whatever
> UR had called them, I ran the setup, and still no gus choice. Obviously the
> choices are hard coded and not pulled from any .ini or .386 file. Through
> trial and error, I managed to get the install program to work using sbos -o5.
> The game wouldn't work, but at least I could them see the sound config file.
> I managed to change the file with my favourite hex editor from e004 (SB) to
> e024 (gus). I run the game, it works with native gus--kind of. The sound is
> all there, but it's like only one can play at once. I'm still playing around
> with the config file, so when I'm done I'll post the final fix. But for now,
> here's the info:
> Game  : Unnessesary Roughness 95
> By    : Accolade
> Type  : Football Sim
> GUS   : None, but can be partially patched with HMI drivers from NASCAR
> Patch : use sbos -o5 to set up for soundblaster, use hex editor to change
>         fi.cfg to use driver e024 instead of e004
> 
> By the way, can we not have some standard way of making reviews like this? Sure
> would make reading the digest better!
> 
> cheers all,
> 
> Brian Hayes                               Health: (604) 952-1834
> Ministry of health, Client Registry
> Internet: BAHAYES@BCSC02.GOV.BC.CA
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: 07 Dec 94 18:57:09 EST
> From: "Eric Bell, Howling Dog Systems" <71333.2166@compuserve.com>
> Subject: Howling Dog Power Patch CD-ROM
> Message-ID: <941207235709_71333.2166_DHQ42-1@CompuServe.COM>
> 
> "<gmontem@mercury.sfsu.edu>" (George) wrote:
> 
> > Does the CD-ROM contains all of the patches for all of the melodic and
> > percussion banks?  If so, then GUS is one step closer to being a GS
> > compatible card.  Now, if only Advanced Gravis will release a new driver (or
> > a new version of playmidi) that supports incremental bank switching.  Now
> > that would make it a killer card.
> 
> There are more than enough patches to fill out the GS requirements, I would
> imagine. If you want GS compatibility, that would have to happen in the driver
> - it would have to map GS bank select/patch select commands to the appropriate
> patches.
> 
> The UltraSound drivers are set up so that you can make up banks with any
> sounds you want, and up to 1024 or more of them, as well. Right now all the
> sounds in one melodic or drum bank have to be in the same subdir. The Power
> Patch CD has the patches organized by set, and has copies in one huge subdir
> as well. So you can make a bank up using any of the patches that you want.
> 
> Eric, Howling Dog Systems
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 15:25:30 -0600 (CST)
> From: "David L. Britton" <fishead@cwis.unomaha.edu>
> Subject: Re: PGP Comment
> 
> PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is a Public Key encryption software package
> that allows military grade encryption of data/text.  What you see at
> the end of the "offending" person's post is their public key, which 
> allows you to send them encrypted mail messages (provided you have pgp
> installed on your system) by encrypting it with their public key.  
> 
> Some people, as you have noticed, distribute their public key through
> a .signature file.  While this would not be my personal choice, I don't
> think there is anything unacceptable about doing it this way.  It is 
> definitely not there "for show" as you would suggest.  Data privacy is
> important to many individuals... this is one way of achieving a measure
> of privacy.
> 
> Flame on:
> 
> Instead of flaming other people without knowing what you're flaming them
> about, I suggest asking, politely mind you, the reason they post the 
> "offensive" material.  You may find their answer useful to you in the future.
> 
> Flame off:
> 
> Apologies for continuing this thread where it doesn't really belong... 
> 
> Now Back to GUSing!!!
> 
> ---
> David L. Britton
> Data Communications Specialist
> University of Nebraska at Omaha
> fishead@unomaha.edu
> "Migs?! What Migs?! I don't see no stinkin' Migs?!
> 
> (notice, no public key :)
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Wed, 07 Dec 1994 15:06:24 EST
> From: timkwan@MIT.EDU
> Subject: Recording a MIDI file
> 
> Hi, I don't have the proper equipment.  Can some kind soul help me
> record a MIDI file I wrote and save it to a .WAV file so I can later
> (or you can do it if you are willing) convert it to a .AU file so I 
> can stick it in my Web page.  If you can and are willing to do it,
> please send me e-mail and I will send you my MIDI file in uuencoded
> form.  Thanks.
> 
> -Tim
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 19:08:26 -0500 (EST)
> From: rjm@dciem.dnd.ca (Robert Manley)
> Subject: There is sound in Windows under Warp!
> 
> gt0074b@prism.gatech.edu wrote:
> > Subject: OS/2's Windoze GUS sound
> > 
> >   I've considered getting OS/2 for quite a while, but the biggest thing
> > that's keeping me back is the lack of VxD support for Windows programs
> > under OS/2, which means no sound for Windoze apps.  Has this changed
> > under Warp?  Will VxD support be added anytime soon?  I'd love to dump
> > Windoze, but there are just too many powerful apps for it, and I want
> > sound!
> 
> VxD support cannot and will not be added soon and possibly ever.  Given
> that even MS doesn't want companies to use them in their new driver model,
> I think this will steadily become less of an issue.
> 
> As for now sound under Windoze apps, there is!  The registered users of
> my driver would be quite happy to tell you about the fuzzy warm feeling
> they get when firing up MidiSoft recording studio under WinOS2 and getting
> nice sounding music from their GUS (but not as nice as under real Win).
> 
> Robert.
> -- 
> # Robert J. Manley,  NEW: rjm@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca  #
> # NTT Systems Inc., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA      #
> # OS/2:OSs :: 92,93 Blue Jays:MLB :: Canada:World #
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Wed, 07 Dec 94 19:11:02 -0800 (PST)
> From: Francis Li <fli@nermal.santarosa.edu>
> Subject: Warp Drivers/MEGA-EM Beta?
> 
> Since Advanced Gravis is apparently a little behind schedule in the OS/2 
> drivers and the new MEGA-EM, and is unwilling to release them unless they 
> are complete...
> 
> Is there a way us users on the InterNET can become "legal" beta testers 
> for this?  It certainly would appease a lot of us out here...
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 10:22:28 -0800
> From: DAVE@AMADUS.PE-Nelson.COM (Dave Ciabattoni (Dave.Ciabattoni@PE-Nelson.com))
> Subject: Where can I find the MIDI box??
> 
> Ive been out of the GUS scene for a while, so a very basic
> question is where do I get that midi box for the GUS.???
> Do I still have to order it thru Gravis or does some supplier also
> carry it????
> And is there a new version of Cakewalk or some music program that
> will successfully load patches and such into  GUS's ram. If i remember
> correctly 2.0 of cakewalk had the feature but was kinda wishywashy!!
> Any recommendations?????
> 
> any help appreciated.
> 
> ciao
> -Dave
> 
> replies to dave.ciabattoni@pe-nelson.com
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 22:18:12 +0200
> From: timo@hieti.pp.fi (Timo Hietikko)
> Subject: Re: Windows drivers + Myst
> 
> >> I have tried to update my windows drivers (to V5.46). After that the sounds 
> >> of Myst game is not OK. Some sound are missing totally and some are beebs. I 
> >> have also tried to use some older drivers (for example V5.40), but the 
> >> resalt is same.
> >
> >Got the same problem. I tried various drivers before i landed on 
> >the one in GUS0035.ZIP (found on one of the FTP sites..).
> >It works as it should. I don't know if it's newer than the one you found, 
> >though.
> >
> >> problem about patyches. Is it possible to get myst work with new Windows 
> >> drivers or must I use old ones ?
> >
> >I've tried all possible configurations, but didn't make it. (Somebody 
> >else...?)
> 
> Yesterday I downloaded new GUS Windows driver V5.47 and with it Myst works fine!
> Actually in README- file it reads that in V5.46 there is some bug and that 
> may be cause of problems in Myst. But the V5.47 driver works fine (USND547.ZIP).
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 11:38:15 GMT
From: "Mark D. Billinge" <PPYLMDB@ppn3.physics.nottingham.ac.uk>
Subject: AMD wavetable chip

Here's another bag of rumors to add to your collection.  I heard them 
all from someone who visited a recent trade show in Germany, so I 
have no reason to doubt them.  No facts and figures I'm afraid.

If you know any more about the following, or want to tell me I'm 
talking a load of bull (that's not my intention), please do so.

1. The new chip is designed to be built in to the main PC processor.
2. It contains a great big extremely clever fancy DSP.
3. It is downwardly compatible with the SoundBlaster.
4. It is GRAVIS ULTRASOUND compatible!
5. It can address a larger amount of memory than a GUS.
6. The sound quality is superior to any currently available soundcard.
7. It uses hard drive based patches, but for all I know may have ROM 
also.

So basically it's a go-faster GUS on a chip, possibly built into the 
processor.  This means that potentially AMD can add it to their CPU 
designs and every new AMD-based PC will be GUS compatible!

Good eh?

Mark Billinge

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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 94 11:10:56 MET
From: <martinus@morra.et.tudelft.nl> (Martijn de Jong)
Subject: CD-Rom problem

Hi Gussers,

I have a Philips CD-Rom player CM-206 and I have some
programs to record RAW data or WAV data from an audio-cd.
My problem is that when I try to use these programs I get a
message that my cd-rom can't read the data. When I run a
diagnose to see if it should be able to read audio data
directly it says it should.
Did anyone else have this problem and solve it (or never had
the problem with a Philips CD-rom)
I know that Mitsumi cd-roms can't read the data, but I
hadn't heard so far that Philips cd-roms can't either. 

Thanks is advance,

Martinus.

P.S.
I shouldn't be mailing this question to this list, as it
doesn't really have anything to do with the gus, but I know
the digest is one of the best-read groups with many smart
people so please don't flame me on this one.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 8 Dec 94 13:09:49 "CST
From: Jim English <jenglish@hpserv.keh.utulsa.edu>
Subject: cyberwar

hey, I was wondering how good the Native GUS support on Cyberwar is.
It looks like an interesting game, but the part on the box about 320x200
scares me.  I mean why put a game on 3CD's if it's just going to be
320x200.  Anyone have this game?  I'd like to hear what it really looks/
sounds like in action.
-jim

--
______________________________________________________________________________
Jim English - jenglish@hpserv.keh.utulsa.edu / EJP51823@vax1.utulsa.edu
______________________________________________________________________________

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Date: Fri, 09 Dec 94 11:04:39 CST
From: dwaldron@ccmail.rrddts.donnelley.com
Subject: Good Times!

     
     
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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 15:01:26 -0800 (PST)
From: George <gmontem@mercury.sfsu.edu>
Subject: GS bank switching

> There are more than enough patches to fill out the GS requirements, I would
> imagine. If you want GS compatibility, that would have to happen in the driver
> - it would have to map GS bank select/patch select commands to the appropriate
> patches.
> 
> The UltraSound drivers are set up so that you can make up banks with any
> sounds you want, and up to 1024 or more of them, as well. Right now all the
> sounds in one melodic or drum bank have to be in the same subdir. The Power
> Patch CD has the patches organized by set, and has copies in one huge subdir
> as well. So you can make a bank up using any of the patches that you want.

Hmm.. either I don't know what you're talking about or ...  Anyways, I 
found out that to properly bank switch, first of all, you need a midi 
player that supports bank switching.  Using Cakewalk Pro 3.0, I was able 
to play midi files that used the standard melodic patches (which reside 
in my /ultrasnd/midi directory) and the power drum patches (which reside 
in my /ultrasnd/midi/bank16 directory).  Strange thing is, I have to have 
the power drums which are officially in bank 16 be in bank 17 because 
Cakewalk Pro 3.0 has the Power Drums patch number to bank 17.  Quite 
strange.  Now I must note this that the drivers cannot bank switch via 
the SysEx auto bank switch command.  That leaves me to reading the midi 
events and check which bank it uses and manually editing the midi file.  
This work gets tedious on some midi files, but once i got it saved, it's 
showtime.

As for your Howling Dogs CD collection of GUS patches, I would be 
interested in purchasing it so I can get my hands on  the orchestra/jazz 
drum patches, but I don't have access to a CD-ROM player.  Don't you sell 
separate banks on disk?

-George

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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 14:43:57 -0500
From: GravisTech@aol.com
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V17 #8

>>From: Francis Li <fli@nermal.santarosa.edu>
>>Subject: Warp Drivers/MEGA-EM Beta?
>>Since Advanced Gravis is apparently a little behind schedule >>in the OS/2
drivers and the new MEGA-EM, and is unwilling to >>release them unless they
are complete...
>>Is there a way us users on the InterNET can become "legal" >>beta testers
for this?  It certainly would appease a lot of us >>out here...

Well the beta drivers will be put on the boards for everybody to use, try and
enjoy...and no we are not behind schedule.. the scheduled date for the beta
driver release is end of december..

gravistech@aol.com
Advanced Gravis Technology

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Date: Thu Dec  8 09:37:04 PST 1994
From: gus-general-request@gaia.ucs.orst.edu (GUS Server)
Subject: GUS Daily Digest V17 #8

GUS Daily Digest            Thu, 8 Dec 94  9:37 PST      Volume 17: Issue   8 

Today's Topics:
                         3.57 disks on epas?
                     AMD's Wavetable Audio Chips
                          AMD InterWave Chip
                           AOD and Warcraft
                      BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK
                           Better patches?
                   GUS Daily Digest V17 #7 (3 msgs)
                            GUs disks 3.57
                      GUS works with Warcraft!!
                         HMI Driver woes....
                    Howling Dog Power Patch CD-ROM
                             PGP Comment
                        Recording a MIDI file
                There is sound in Windows under Warp!
                      Warp Drivers/MEGA-EM Beta?
                   Where can I find the MIDI box??
                        Windows drivers + Myst

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.

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Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 15:42:37 -0800 (PST)
From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." <pchienjr@ocf.Berkeley.EDU>
Subject: 3.57 disks on epas?

I checked epas. which had a 3.57 disk set.  What is the difference 
between version 3.56 and 3.57?  Is there a one disk upgrade for people 
with v3.56?  Or do we have to install (and then of course download) the 
entire set?  Thanks.
					-Peter

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Date: Wed, 7 Dec 94 19:18:13 MST
From: dchow@stu.athabascau.ca (Donald Chow)
Subject: Re: AMD's Wavetable Audio Chips

> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 00:06:18 +0100
> From: Stig Arne Olsen <stigo@ifi.uio.no>
> Subject: AMD's Wavetable Audio Chips
> 
> About a week ago I saw an announcement on Clarinet News that AMD
> has made some new chips, "InterWave IC family of chips" for
> interactive wavetable audio.
> 
> Now, didn't AMD and Gravis make some kind of deal a while ago,
> and if so is this the result of his cooperative work, or have
> AMD done this on their own?
> 
> The wavetable part seems very "gus-ish", don't you think?

  Well, Gravis and Amd are up to something.  If you ask Gravis, they'll just
tell you they're cowrking on 'something', which is understandable, just think
what would of happened if Creative Labs got hold of Wavetable synthesis before
Gravis, no GUS...

 From wha I heard, at Comdex, when AMD was aksed about the partnership, they
siad they didn't want to start from the ground up developing redundant 
technology, and wanted to partner with an experienced Wavetable card
manufacturer.

Don

-- 
Donald Chow                       | X-Phile, GATB & SSTB
dchow@a.stu.athabascau.ca         | Call (202) 555-6431 for a 'IDDG' time
bf298@freenet.carleton.ca         | Go-o uchi masuka?

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Date: Wed, 07 Dec 94 16:55:24
From: aluff@ibm.net
Subject: AMD InterWave Chip

	The AMD InterWave chip is the fruits of the labor between AMD, Gravis and Etech/Forte Technologies.
	Anyone hear the specs on it yet?

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Adrian A. Luff -- Wondering where all the money went...
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Date: Wed, 7 Dec 94 14:16:22 EST
From: David Ball <dball@hp8c.nrl.navy.mil>
Subject: AOD and Warcraft

I finally got sound in Aces of the Deep.  All I had to do was follow the
directions posted here for EarthSiege (i.e., edit RESOURCE.CFG and
change sound driver to E024 (E028 for MAX) and music driver to A002,
Addr=228 ).  I don't get music though, but I'm happy enough to have good
sound that I don't care.

Using the ail30 (unoffical beta) drivers uploaded to epas (thanks!!) I
got the Warcraft demo to give me sound AND music.  The procedure is a
bit tricky, and I don't know if it would work with the full version, so
I'll only post it if someone requests it.

  -- Dave (dball@hp8c.nrl.navy.mil)

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Date: Wed, 7 Dec 94 19:23:16 MST
From: dchow@stu.athabascau.ca (Donald Chow)
Subject: Re: BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK

> Date: Wed, 07 Dec 1994 10:33:19 GMT
> From: Clarke Brunt <CLARKE@lsl.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK
> 
> I am probably not the only one getting annoyed by
> BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK and 12 lines of rubbish attached to
> messages. I'm sure that PGP *is* good for something, but I haven't
> researched it, so I don't know what it is. I suspect that this
> stuff is mainly there for show - you get flamed if you have more
> than 4 lines of sig, so why are 12 lines of garbage OK unless what
> was being said was in any way private?

  There's that old saying, 'One will get burnt when one flames what he doesn't
understand'.
  PGP stands for Pretty Good Privacy, it's an encryption technique based
on RSA key encryption, probably the most secure form of encryption, and
as close to unbreakable as you can get your paws on.
  As for need, well, if someone doesn't think privacy isn't important, well
we won't go into that.


Don
-- 
Donald Chow                       | X-Phile, GATB & SSTB
dchow@a.stu.athabascau.ca         | Call (202) 555-6431 for a 'IDDG' time
bf298@freenet.carleton.ca         | Go-o uchi masuka?

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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 94 10:55:32 +0100
From: Olof Sundin <adb3_6@und.ida.liu.se>
Subject: Better patches?

There has been some talk lately about higher-quality patches that replace the original GM-patches.

Isn't there *one* zip-file (or similar) available somewhere that contains good substitutes for *all* the patches that supposedly need to be replaced? Of course these patches would have to be rather small (not exceeding the size of the original patches), or they wouldn't fit in the GUS's memory.

I'd be happy to create a file like this myself, but my supply of patches is very limited. :(

	/Olof Sundin

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Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 13:34 -0500
From: DANTONIO@PROCESS.COM (Momentary Language, Sexual Situations)
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V17 #7

>  I've considered getting OS/2 for quite a while, but the biggest thing
>that's keeping me back is the lack of VxD support for Windows programs
>under OS/2, which means no sound for Windoze apps.  Has this changed
>under Warp?  Will VxD support be added anytime soon?  I'd love to dump
>Windoze, but there are just too many powerful apps for it, and I want
>sound!

No, WARP will NOT support .VxDs since they are allowed (encouraged, actually)
to directly play with the hardware. This would effectively trash the "Crash
Protection" of OS/2, not to mention the general security of the OS. You'll note
that Windows NT doesn't support them, either. The correct solution is to
create non-VxD drivers for the GUS. That way, both WINOS2 and the folks who
still run Windows in Standard Mode can have sound.

That said, Robert Manley's fine OS/2 drivers provide vitual GM support so one
can now play MIDI files in Windows without an external synth. WAVs are out of
the question, though.

I will VERY pleased if Gravis's much promised OS/2 drivers allow both OS/2 and
WinOS2 sound. But I'm not expecting it...

DDA

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Date: Thu, 08 Dec 94 09:45:07 +0200
From: LIASHER@WEIZMANN.WEIZMANN.AC.IL
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V17 #7

unsubscribe

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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 21:28:25 +0800 (GMT+0800)
From: Wong Chee Kiong Dominic <wongche1@iscs.nus.sg>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V17 #7

unsubscribe

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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 03:20:29 +0800 (GMT+0800)
From: FLAT^^TOP <kohkhang@iscs.nus.sg>
Subject: GUs disks 3.57

hi pple !

i just uploaded the 3.57 disk set to epas
they are in submit directory with filenames gus357*.zip


-- 
/===<Jerry Koh aka FLAT^^TOP at DISCS National University of Singapore>===\
| kohkhang@iscs.nus.sg, MsWFWG, GUSmax, Kelvin 64, & Supra v.Fc 28.8 user |
\====<DOOMer, X-phile, BattleTech, Babylon 5, StarTrek & StarWars fan>====/

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Date: 08 Dec 94 07:50:21 EDT
From: "Joakim Erdfelt" <JOAKIM.ERDFELT@OFFICE.WANG.COM>
Subject: GUS works with Warcraft!!

GUS works with WARCRAFT !!

 (at least the DEMO disk that the Game Manufacturer provides)

 ok here's what i did....   (all "/" is meant to be a backslash - dont ask)
 i downloaded that AIL30.ZIP beta from epas.
 unpacked it in my C:/WARCRAFT/DRIVERS   directory.
 made a backup of SB16.DIG and SBLASTER.MDI
 copied UMID.DIG over SB16.DIG
 copied UMID.MDI over SBLASTER.MDI
 ran ULTRAMID -c -nUM206A.INI -d./
 went to my C:/WARCRAFT  directory and ran SETUP
 choose SB for music. (auto-detect)
 choose SB16/AWE for sound effects. (auto-detect)
 exit the SETUP.
 run the game via WAR
 play the game.
 adjust the volume levels. (grin)
 exit the game.
 when back in DOS I ran ULTRAMID -f

-Joakim Erdfelt - no .sig here - i'm writing from a bass-ackward office email-
    - @@@ Tell me if this works for the FULL blown commercial version @@@ -

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Date: Wed, 7 Dec 94 12:06:41 PST
From: "Brian Hayes, Sierra Systems" <BAHAYES@BCSC02.GOV.BC.CA>
Subject: HMI Driver woes....

I know that in a few months, everyone will be just happy as heck with these hmi
drivers, and all the new and good games will use them--and all will have GUS
support, and we will all have a sound card that supports everything in native
mode. Until that time however, these drivers just drive me nuts! Case in point:

Accolade has just released Unnessesary Roughness 95. It's pretty cool, with
full NFL and NFLPA support, new Al Micheals speech, and over half the players
have real photos. The teams, rostors, league play, all make this one of the
best football sims out there. Except.... the HMI support. The drivers that
are shipped with it are quite old. No gus. At least they were the HMI*.386
drivers, so here's what I did...

I copied all the sound files out of the SOS directory from NASCAR, which as
we know had flawless gus support. After remaning the .bnk files to whatever
UR had called them, I ran the setup, and still no gus choice. Obviously the
choices are hard coded and not pulled from any .ini or .386 file. Through
trial and error, I managed to get the install program to work using sbos -o5.
The game wouldn't work, but at least I could them see the sound config file.
I managed to change the file with my favourite hex editor from e004 (SB) to
e024 (gus). I run the game, it works with native gus--kind of. The sound is
all there, but it's like only one can play at once. I'm still playing around
with the config file, so when I'm done I'll post the final fix. But for now,
here's the info:
Game  : Unnessesary Roughness 95
By    : Accolade
Type  : Football Sim
GUS   : None, but can be partially patched with HMI drivers from NASCAR
Patch : use sbos -o5 to set up for soundblaster, use hex editor to change
        fi.cfg to use driver e024 instead of e004

By the way, can we not have some standard way of making reviews like this? Sure
would make reading the digest better!

cheers all,

Brian Hayes                               Health: (604) 952-1834
Ministry of health, Client Registry
Internet: BAHAYES@BCSC02.GOV.BC.CA

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Date: 07 Dec 94 18:57:09 EST
From: "Eric Bell, Howling Dog Systems" <71333.2166@compuserve.com>
Subject: Howling Dog Power Patch CD-ROM
Message-ID: <941207235709_71333.2166_DHQ42-1@CompuServe.COM>

"<gmontem@mercury.sfsu.edu>" (George) wrote:

> Does the CD-ROM contains all of the patches for all of the melodic and
> percussion banks?  If so, then GUS is one step closer to being a GS
> compatible card.  Now, if only Advanced Gravis will release a new driver (or
> a new version of playmidi) that supports incremental bank switching.  Now
> that would make it a killer card.

There are more than enough patches to fill out the GS requirements, I would
imagine. If you want GS compatibility, that would have to happen in the driver
- it would have to map GS bank select/patch select commands to the appropriate
patches.

The UltraSound drivers are set up so that you can make up banks with any
sounds you want, and up to 1024 or more of them, as well. Right now all the
sounds in one melodic or drum bank have to be in the same subdir. The Power
Patch CD has the patches organized by set, and has copies in one huge subdir
as well. So you can make a bank up using any of the patches that you want.

Eric, Howling Dog Systems

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Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 15:25:30 -0600 (CST)
From: "David L. Britton" <fishead@cwis.unomaha.edu>
Subject: Re: PGP Comment

PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is a Public Key encryption software package
that allows military grade encryption of data/text.  What you see at
the end of the "offending" person's post is their public key, which 
allows you to send them encrypted mail messages (provided you have pgp
installed on your system) by encrypting it with their public key.  

Some people, as you have noticed, distribute their public key through
a .signature file.  While this would not be my personal choice, I don't
think there is anything unacceptable about doing it this way.  It is 
definitely not there "for show" as you would suggest.  Data privacy is
important to many individuals... this is one way of achieving a measure
of privacy.

Flame on:

Instead of flaming other people without knowing what you're flaming them
about, I suggest asking, politely mind you, the reason they post the 
"offensive" material.  You may find their answer useful to you in the future.

Flame off:

Apologies for continuing this thread where it doesn't really belong... 

Now Back to GUSing!!!

---
David L. Britton
Data Communications Specialist
University of Nebraska at Omaha
fishead@unomaha.edu
"Migs?! What Migs?! I don't see no stinkin' Migs?!

(notice, no public key :)

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Date: Wed, 07 Dec 1994 15:06:24 EST
From: timkwan@MIT.EDU
Subject: Recording a MIDI file

Hi, I don't have the proper equipment.  Can some kind soul help me
record a MIDI file I wrote and save it to a .WAV file so I can later
(or you can do it if you are willing) convert it to a .AU file so I 
can stick it in my Web page.  If you can and are willing to do it,
please send me e-mail and I will send you my MIDI file in uuencoded
form.  Thanks.

-Tim

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Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 19:08:26 -0500 (EST)
From: rjm@dciem.dnd.ca (Robert Manley)
Subject: There is sound in Windows under Warp!

gt0074b@prism.gatech.edu wrote:
> Subject: OS/2's Windoze GUS sound
> 
>   I've considered getting OS/2 for quite a while, but the biggest thing
> that's keeping me back is the lack of VxD support for Windows programs
> under OS/2, which means no sound for Windoze apps.  Has this changed
> under Warp?  Will VxD support be added anytime soon?  I'd love to dump
> Windoze, but there are just too many powerful apps for it, and I want
> sound!

VxD support cannot and will not be added soon and possibly ever.  Given
that even MS doesn't want companies to use them in their new driver model,
I think this will steadily become less of an issue.

As for now sound under Windoze apps, there is!  The registered users of
my driver would be quite happy to tell you about the fuzzy warm feeling
they get when firing up MidiSoft recording studio under WinOS2 and getting
nice sounding music from their GUS (but not as nice as under real Win).

Robert.
-- 
# Robert J. Manley,  NEW: rjm@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca  #
# NTT Systems Inc., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA      #
# OS/2:OSs :: 92,93 Blue Jays:MLB :: Canada:World #

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Date: Wed, 07 Dec 94 19:11:02 -0800 (PST)
From: Francis Li <fli@nermal.santarosa.edu>
Subject: Warp Drivers/MEGA-EM Beta?

Since Advanced Gravis is apparently a little behind schedule in the OS/2 
drivers and the new MEGA-EM, and is unwilling to release them unless they 
are complete...

Is there a way us users on the InterNET can become "legal" beta testers 
for this?  It certainly would appease a lot of us out here...

 -----------------------------

Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 10:22:28 -0800
From: DAVE@AMADUS.PE-Nelson.COM (Dave Ciabattoni (Dave.Ciabattoni@PE-Nelson.com))
Subject: Where can I find the MIDI box??

Ive been out of the GUS scene for a while, so a very basic
question is where do I get that midi box for the GUS.???
Do I still have to order it thru Gravis or does some supplier also
carry it????
And is there a new version of Cakewalk or some music program that
will successfully load patches and such into  GUS's ram. If i remember
correctly 2.0 of cakewalk had the feature but was kinda wishywashy!!
Any recommendations?????

any help appreciated.

ciao
-Dave

replies to dave.ciabattoni@pe-nelson.com

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Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 22:18:12 +0200
From: timo@hieti.pp.fi (Timo Hietikko)
Subject: Re: Windows drivers + Myst

>> I have tried to update my windows drivers (to V5.46). After that the sounds 
>> of Myst game is not OK. Some sound are missing totally and some are beebs. I 
>> have also tried to use some older drivers (for example V5.40), but the 
>> resalt is same.
>
>Got the same problem. I tried various drivers before i landed on 
>the one in GUS0035.ZIP (found on one of the FTP sites..).
>It works as it should. I don't know if it's newer than the one you found, 
>though.
>
>> problem about patyches. Is it possible to get myst work with new Windows 
>> drivers or must I use old ones ?
>
>I've tried all possible configurations, but didn't make it. (Somebody 
>else...?)

Yesterday I downloaded new GUS Windows driver V5.47 and with it Myst works fine!
Actually in README- file it reads that in V5.46 there is some bug and that 
may be cause of problems in Myst. But the V5.47 driver works fine (USND547.ZIP).

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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 94 00:10 PST
From: Dhakkar <dhakkar@shoreline.ca>
Subject: GUS Daily Digest V17 #8
Message-ID: <77733@shoreline.ca>

HELP

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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 00:22:26 -0800
From: Zacharias Morales <zachm2@hooked.net>
Subject: GUS RAM vs Patches

Responding to msg by gus-general-request@gaia.ucs.orst.edu (GUS 
Server) on Thu Dec   9:37 AM

Date: 07 Dec 94 18:57:09 EST
From: "Eric Bell, Howling Dog Systems" 
<71333.2166@compuserve.com>
Subject: Howling Dog Power Patch CD-ROM
Message-ID: <941207235709_71333.2166_DHQ42-1@CompuServe.COM>


>The UltraSound drivers are set up so that you can make up 
banks with any
>sounds you want, and up to 1024 or more of them, as well.

>Eric, Howling Dog Systems

Correction: that's 1024k of RAM. Each instrument could take up 
to a whopping 700k+ such as the Acoustic Grand Piano that's 
included in ProPats! There's is no way possible to even load 
all the General MIDI instruments at the same time due to this 
memory limitation. That's why they use patch cacheing.  

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 11:01:04 -0600 (CST)
From: cannon@netcom.com (Chris Cannon)
Subject: GUS works with Warcraft!! (fwd)

> From: "Joakim Erdfelt" <JOAKIM.ERDFELT@OFFICE.WANG.COM>
> Subject: GUS works with Warcraft!!
> GUS works with WARCRAFT !!
>  (at least the DEMO disk that the Game Manufacturer provides)
> 
>  ok here's what i did....   (all "/" is meant to be a backslash - dont ask)
>  i downloaded that AIL30.ZIP beta from epas.
>  unpacked it in my C:/WARCRAFT/DRIVERS   directory.
>  made a backup of SB16.DIG and SBLASTER.MDI
>  copied UMID.DIG over SB16.DIG
>  copied UMID.MDI over SBLASTER.MDI
>  ran ULTRAMID -c -nUM206A.INI -d./
>  went to my C:/WARCRAFT  directory and ran SETUP
>  choose SB for music. (auto-detect)
>  choose SB16/AWE for sound effects. (auto-detect)
>  exit the SETUP.
>  run the game via WAR
>  play the game.
>  adjust the volume levels. (grin)
>  exit the game.
>  when back in DOS I ran ULTRAMID -f

  Has anyone gotten this to work with the full version (CD).
  I get a protection error when the setup program tries to test digital
  sound.  Crashes hard.  I can't even get the setup program to see my 
  shitblaster pro for use w/ digital sound (like my setup for Tie Fighter).

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 09:57:06 -0500 (EST)
From: "K.S. Holly" <u8843389@muss.CIS.McMaster.CA>
Subject: Midi box source

> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 10:22:28 -0800
> From: DAVE@AMADUS.PE-Nelson.COM (Dave Ciabattoni (Dave.Ciabattoni@PE-Nelson.com))
> Subject: Where can I find the MIDI box??
> 
> Ive been out of the GUS scene for a while, so a very basic
> question is where do I get that midi box for the GUS.???
> Do I still have to order it thru Gravis or does some supplier also
> carry it????
> 

You can get a midi box CHEAP from PME@holonet.net

I was quoted $12 for a kit that you assemble yourself, or $19 already 
built and with a 1 year warranty. They also have one with a joystick port 
on it for $24.

All are $4 for shipping. I'm not affiliated, but I was considering buying 
the kit....

A joystick port should be pretty easy to add yourself.

Kevin

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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 15:20:24 -0800
From: Brian Edmonds <edmonds@cs.ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: PGP comment

Newsgroups: bwe.gravis.lists.gus-general
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

>>>>> "David L. Britton" <fishead@cwis.unomaha.edu> said:

DB> PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is a Public Key encryption software
DB> package that allows military grade encryption of data/text.  What
DB> you see at the end of the "offending" person's post is their public
DB> key, which allows you to send them encrypted mail messages (provided
DB> you have pgp installed on your system) by encrypting it with their
DB> public key.

Ok, so this doesn't belong on a GUS list, but there is far too much
misinformation out there about PGP.  Yes, PGP is an encryption package,
but it's also an *authentication* package.  What you see at the end of a
PGP signed message is not the person's key, but is a message digest
(like a hash function) of the contents of their email, encrypted with
their private key.

This can be decoded with the individual's public key (availble from PGP
keyservers worldwide) and if the resulting message digest matches the
message, then you *know* that the person who appears in the From line
actually sent it.

Now, just for the sake of argument, I'm going to PGP sign this. :)

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: 2.6

iQCVAwUBLueT8ZM3vmyXnQsJAQHTzAQAlwZm6oOAgklzgnGJeU5BlUT1EZruLnBh
FDhanmb/ExMfgiAHciQH5r5AEEIOajq9OEBghBHf9QNsBCI6Vf8vKQ8amjjzOQR7
77EBDf0prSwVcP2/QmRuUz+hbW8DEfa7UwARURmwOFFFO6OIxpDTqmcdpINnkHLh
YSvgH6cb0NE=
=+ccx
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

So, that bit up there, you can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt (unless
I give away my public key, and its passphrase -- not bloody likely) that
I wrote it.  This stuff down here, anyone with a bit of interest in
reading SMTP RFCs could trivially forge.

You can all go back to crying about the latest video game which doesn't
sing for you now.

---Tenchi-Muyo---UF---KOC---Greenwood---Akira---KOR----/================
 Brian Edmonds (MSc CompSci) aka Jubal@tmi-2          / SCA: Bardas,OFLT
 http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/edmonds          ...FLQ / Lions Gate, AnTir
---Leslie-Spit-Treeo---REM--INXS--ZZ-Top--JS-Bach---/___inux spoken here
	 Canada?  I was in Vancouver once.  Is that near there?

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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 94 15:50:20 EST
From: "Brian K. Dowtin" <dowtin@ncat.edu>
Subject: Re: PGP Sig...

I believe the point is not about security but rather - the need for it in
this situation. A pgp signiature is useful, but is it really necessary
when posting to this list? That, I think is the question.

`Brian
  

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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 94 15:02:48 EST
From: ivan@molson.ho.att.com (Ivan Strom)
Subject: Re: Power Patch CD

In the last digest, Eric Bell stated:

>The UltraSound drivers are set up so that you can make up banks with any
>sounds you want, and up to 1024 or more of them, as well. Right now all the
>sounds in one melodic or drum bank have to be in the same subdir. The Power
>Patch CD has the patches organized by set, and has copies in one huge subdir
>as well. So you can make a bank up using any of the patches that you want.

The question is, how would one use these patches with existing .mid format files
(as opposed to .pow or other format files).  The only .mid-format compatible
(i.e. reads and writes .mid files without changing them, or with only minimal
change) sequencer I know of that maps CC0/CC32 changes into the wBank argument
for bank switching is wincake, and then only for drum banks.

					Ivan Strom

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Date: Fri, 9 Dec 94 11:36:51 MET
From: <martinus@morra.et.tudelft.nl> (Martijn de Jong)
Subject: Ultima Underworld II

Hi Gussers,

Just one simple question about this game. I reputted it on
my harddisk lately and saw that the install asks if you
really want to add the speech to the game as it costs a lot
of HD-space. Of course I didn't care, so I installed them
but I haven't found any speech so far. 
The question is: Does anyone have speech with this game?
(I use megaem for the sound and music)

Martinus.

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Date: Fri, 09 Dec 94 00:42:43 EST
From: Greg <BGUZ@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA>
Subject: WC3 demo and GUS native mode

Here is how to get the Wing 3 demo to work with the
GUS and GUS MAX in native mode. This is for digital
music and sfx only. Midi music is not supported. In other
words, this fix will give you music, digital speech and sfx
in the intro and digital sfx but no music during gameplay.

For GUS:
Choose none for music and sb16 for digital. Save the settings
and exit the program. Using a hex editor, edit the wc3.cfg file
in your wc3 directory. Change 17E00000 to 25E00000 and change
16E00000 to 24E00000. Save these new settings and the demo should
work.

For GUS MAX:
Same as GUS but change 17E00000 to 29E00000 and 16E00000 to
28E00000

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