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Subject: Ultrasound Daily Digest V6 #29


Ultrasound Daily Digest     Thu, 30 Sep 93  0:07 MDT     Volume 6: Issue  29  

Today's Topics:
                              669 files
                          CDin Plus Line in
                             Convince me
                          Dune with Megaem.
                    Getting Ultrasound on display
                       Great Idea for Ultramid.
          Looking for a player program that will handle .au
                              MT patches
                      New game with GUS support.
                    NHL Hockey and the Ultrasound
                             NHLPA Hockey
                             NT and NeXT
                   Problem with WinModPro ver. .04b
                          Readership update
                    Sierra Drivers: Incredible!!!!
           Sierra Games - no sound at all [GUS-Dig. V6 #27]
                     Star Control 2 wierd sounds
                              subscribe
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               Ultrasound Daily Digest V6 #27 (2 msgs)
                             Where is it?

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	- 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: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 22:43:39 -0500 (CDT)
From: v345@rex.uokhsc.edu (Anthony C. Toppins)
Subject: 669 files
Message-ID: <9309290343.AA10027@rex.re.uokhsc.edu>

This is my first posting.  Could someone please explain 669 files and tell
me if there is a windows 669 player available.  I currently use p669.
Thanks in advance. - Tony Toppins University of Oklahoma College O' Medicine

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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 12:16:52 +1000 (EST)
From: Andrew See <asee@st.nepean.uws.edu.au>
Subject: CDin Plus Line in
Message-ID: <199309300216.AA03413@arthur.st.nepean.uws.edu.au>

I have finally got a cable to attach my Texel CDrom to the 4 pin
connector on the GUS. However, I am also using the line-in on the GUS
for my SB compatible card. Question: Is there a reason that I shouldn't be
doing this?
Will I blow up my GUS :-)

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 11:01:11 ADT
From: Damon Brodie <N0DI@UNB.CA>
Subject: Convince me
Message-ID: <ID4935.D930928.T110112.N0DI@UNB.CA>

Lately I've ben seriously considering a sound card. I've decided
one one of either the Ultrasound or the PAS-16.  Currently I'm
leaning towards the Ultrasound, but I need to be pushed a little
more.

Question: Does the Ultrasound work with some of my favorite games:
Flight Sim 4/5
Syndicate
Falcon 3
F-117

Question 2: Will the optional daughter board make the playback
of Audio-CDs sound better than the PAS? Does this board take
an additional slot on my PC?

Question 3: If a game has native GUS support, does it then sound
better than the competion?  If so what specifically sounds better?
Is the sound more dynamic? more instruments?

Thanks for any input.

Damon Brodie.

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 17:53:01 +1000 (EST)
From: Andrew See <asee@st.nepean.uws.edu.au>
Subject: Dune with Megaem.
Message-ID: <199309280753.AA18739@arthur.st.nepean.uws.edu.au>

I am playing the CD version of DUNE with Megaem, and a couple
of the MIDI sequences don't quite sound right.
Anyone got any ideas? 
Incidentally, the game is better than T7G.

  

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 13:36:23 EDT
From: ROYCE LIAO <ROYCE.LIAO@math.lsa.umich.edu>
Subject: Getting Ultrasound on display
Message-ID: <9309281736.AA25094@boyne.math.lsa.umich.edu>

I don't think even a loud campaign will bring Ultrasound into stores.  I
mean, most people want Soundblaster compatibility.  Most computer users don't
want to fool around with setting switches or loading TSRs.  Why do you
think a lot of tech-support calls to computer companies are about "stupid"
things like forgetting to load the mouse driver, or losing the autoexec.bat
file?  Since most of us are relatively familiar with the operations of an
IBM (MS-DOS), changing IRQs/DMAs, config.sys, etc. might be routine for us.

But I've never seen a computer store demonstrate games on a Roland sound-
card.  So sound quality usually doesn't factor into advertising a game
product.  Even with 7th Guest...Egghead stuck it on 486-33 Gateway with
SB-16ASP (no waveblaster)  People owwed-and-awwed at the screen...not
really noticing the sound quality (or lack of it.)

Just wondering, are all those horror stories about high return rates (GUS)
actually true?  Were most of the GUSes sold by mail-order catalogs and
the niital EA $99 promotional offer?  This would imply that GUS is primarily
being purchased by customers already aware of the GUS's capabilities (
32-voice wave-table)

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 17:51:15 +1000 (EST)
From: Andrew See <asee@st.nepea