GUS Daily Digest Sun, 15 Jan 95 9:37 PST Volume 18: Issue 14 Today's Topics: Band-In-A-Box w/ GUS Hell & X-Com Problems Midi-in not working in Windows XCOM 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, 15 Jan 1995 10:46:03 -0500 From: asimard@nrcan.gc.ca (Andre Simard) Subject: Re: Band-In-A-Box w/ GUS >Hi: > >I'm considering buying Band In A Box to use with my GUS. Does anyone >have any advice or comments about how well this works with the GUS.=20 >Is BIAB patch cache aware?? Will it even work? =20 > Version 6.0 is not patch aware however version 6.03 is. You can get the update from compuserve or by standard mail. Andre Simard | Andr=E9 Simard NRCan, Mining Sector | RNCan, Secteur minier asimard@NRCan.gc.ca | asimard@RNCan.gc.ca Tel.: (613) 995-6512 | Fax: (613) 952-7501 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 01:11:30 -0800 (PST) From: nullset@netcom.com (nullset) Subject: Hell & X-Com Problems > Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 17:43:51 -0800 (PST) > From: "Peter C. Chien Jr." > Subject: MicroProse's X-COM -- help! > > The setup for this game has the UltraSound listed for sound effects, but > only lists SB and Roland for music. (I select SB). Then I run SBOS, but > only get sound effects out of the game. How do I get music as well? > I tried mega-em, but of course, being the incompatible with > protected-mode game procrastinated only good for old games emulator it > is, it crashed. Of course. > > -Peter Native GUS support in MPS's X-Com is _really_ poor. Supposedly, a patch is being worked on, but that's been mentioned by Microbugs, er, Prose, since last summer. I wouldn't hold your breath. I never got it to work with my GUSMAX at all. Good luck. Alvin M. nullset@netcom.com > Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 14:56:25 +0100 > From: SIMEN LOKEN HAAGENRUD > Subject: No music in HELL! > > Hi folks. > > I've got some problems with Hell, if you know what I mean (not THE > Hell, but with the game Hell, of course). I can't get any music in > the game with my gus. If I choose SB+Roland I get music, but the > soundeffects and speech is VERY bad. I kinds of jumps. So that is not > an option. Anyway, the game do have a gus-choice in the setup. But it > doesn't seem like the midi-music is intepreted with GUS. > > Anyone else got the same problem? And do anyone know of a solution? > > Simen Haagenrud > Viking > Real I had the same problem with jumpy or skipping digital voices in Hell. So did my girlfriend who has the same card. My workaround: well, I have an SB compatible soundcard, and I use that for the digital FX. As for music, I run MEGAEM with the -SBOFF option. Alvin M. nullset@netcom.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 00:11:21 GMT From: jase@nedlog.demon.co.uk (Jason Nedlog) Subject: Midi-in not working in Windows Hi, I have been very happy with my GUS (especially now that games are supporting it natively). Recently though, after system changes, MIDI-IN stopped working from Windows. I have a 512k GUS (quite an early version) and I have built the MIDI connector as described in these digests yonks ago. Everything (including MIDI-IN) used to work perfectly on my old system: DOS 5, Windows 3.1 386sx-16 2Mb V2.05 of GUS disks. Recently I bought a new system: Viglen PCI P66 8Mb Stealth64 Dos 6.2, Windows 3.11 V3.56 of GUS disks (ftp'd in november) All gus functions (wav and midi) appear to work perfectly from both DOS and Windows except MIDI-IN which does nothing. However I suspect that I can reject hardware/connector/wiring failure as if I use the midifier.exe, MIDI-IN works OK. So if MIDI-IN works under DOS, why would it fail under Windows? MIDI-OUT works under Windows. I have tried removing 3.56 of GUS software and installing the original 2.05 instead, but this makes no difference! I have the gus configured as 220,6,6,11,5 and I have entered these details into the ICU (intel configuration utility) plag and play wotsit. The control panel settings for the gravis midi port drivers alse appear to be correct. Has anybody else had just MIDI-IN not work? Help! Jase. --- Jason Dore - jase@nedlog.demon.co.uk -- Jason Nedlog ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 11:16:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Harry C Pulley Subject: XCOM For XCOM, I use maxsbos and it sounds great! I select soundblaster for both sound effects and music. I can't run XCOM with maxsbos and emm386 at the same time or else my machine just reboots. Other than that it works great. Harry <:-{} hpulley@uoguelph.ca |This message released|It takes all kinds, \ Harry C. Pulley, IV |to the PUBLIC DOMAIN.|and to each his own. ---------------------------------+---------------------|This thought in mind, Ultra-Violence with Ultrasound | Ultraverse |I walk alone. ------------------------------ End of GUS Daily Digest V18 #14 ******************************* To post to tomorrow's digest: To (un)subscribe or get help: To contact a human (last resort): FTP Sites Archive Directories --------- ------------------- Main N.American Site: ftp.orst.edu pub/packages/gravis wuarchive.wustl.edu systems/ibmpc/ultrasound Main Asian Site: nctuccca.edu.tw PC/ultrasound Main European Site: src.doc.ic.ac.uk packages/ultrasound Main Australian Site: ftp.mpx.com.au /ultrasound/general /ultrasound/submit South African Site: ftp.sun.ac.za /pub/packages/ultrasound Submissions: archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound/submit Newly Validated Files: archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound Mirrors: garbo.uwasa.fi mirror/ultrasound ftp.st.nepean.uws.edu.au pc/ultrasound ftp.luth.se pub/msdos/ultrasound Gopher Sites Menu directory ------------ -------------- Main Site: src.doc.ic.ac.uk packages/ultrasound WWW Pages --------- Main Site: http://www.cs.utah.edu/~debry/gus.html Main European Site: http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/ultrasound/ Main Australian Site: http://ftp.mpx.com.au/archive/ultrasound/general/ http://ftp.mpx.com.au/archive/ultrasound/submit/ http://ftp.mpx.com.au/gravis.html Mirrors: http://www.st.nepean.uws.edu.au/pub/pc/ultrasound/ MailServer For Archive Access: Email to Email to New Submit Files Mailing List: Email to with content "subscribe epas-list " Hints: - Get the FAQ from the FTP sites or the request server. - Mail to for info about other GUS related mailing lists (programmers, musicians, etc.).