
GUS Daily Digest            Sun, 28 Nov 93  0:07         Volume 8: Issue  27  

Today's Topics:
                            Dolby Surround
                        Gabriel Knight - HELP
                       GUS Daily Digest V8 #26
                         MegaEM, SB and POP2
                     POP2 and not enough EMS/XMS
                            Sierra Drivers
                      Sierra Drivers - Nevermind
                       Sound Galaxy MIDI Cable
              well, got sound with megaem with 0 problem

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: Sat, 27 Nov 1993 13:11:12 -0800 (PST)
From: Don Munsil <dmunsil@netcom.com>
Subject: Dolby Surround

I just wanted to clear up a few issues regarding Dolby Surround/Pro-Logic.

Re: the AIWA stereo with surround speakers mirrored in left speaker

This is not normal. I didn't catch whether *all* the sound was coming out 
of the rear and left speakers simultaneously, or just the surround 
sounds. If you want some more diagnostic help, email me directly. You 
might want to check to make sure all cables are seated correctly, and 
that your receiver/decoder is calibrated correctly according to the manual.

Re: Dolby Pro-Logic decoding.

There are *four* output channels on a Dolby Pro-Logic system. Surround, 
Left Front, Right Front, and Center Front. On a plain Dolby Surround 
system, you lose the center channel, and the sound that would go to it is 
divvied equally between the other front channels.

The *encoding* process is called Dolby Stereo. It is the same process 
used in theatres. This soundtrack is encoded on the standard two tracks 
on a hi-fi VHS tape or laserdisc. (Or is generated on the fly with a 
soundcard.) It can be played back on a Mono, Stereo, Dolby Surround, 
Dolby Pro-Logic, or THX home system. These different home systems are 
just ways of extracting better sound out of the standard Dolby Stereo 
encoding.

If anyone wants more, email me for a longish article about Dolby Stereo 
and how it can be synthesized using a soundcard.

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* Don Munsil          * If you open your mind too far, *
* dmunsil@netcom.com  * people will throw trash in it. *
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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1993 18:55:22 -0800 (PST)
From: "Just say \"No!\"" <yaga@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Gabriel Knight - HELP

OK, I got the drivers, installed them, etc.  but the game WILL NOT WORK.  
Aaaargh!  This is the first game that absolutely will not run with any of 
the GUS setups.  I even made a boot disk.  Sbos won't work.  Megaem won't 
work (the game has to have the "noems highscan" going), and ultramid, 
even though it says it does, WILL NOT WORK.  I would really really REALLY 
appreciate any and all help anyone could provide to make this darned 
thing work!  I have a GUS at the base settings, installed the Sierra 
drivers, etc.  I can get the game to run w/o sound, but who wants that?!  
I have a 486/25 w/4MB RAM and a Doublespaced HD (DOS 6.2).  Anyway, like 
I said, I can get it to work if I choose no sound, so what gives?  
Sierra's on-line helpers won't be back until Monday, but I would much 
prefer to play the game today.  You will have my utmost respect if you 
could provide any help at all.   Thank you very much in advance.

chris
yaga@u.washington.edu

P.S.  The version of ultramid supplied with gusdrv.exe is old.  I tried 
installing the game with both versions, too. :(

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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1993 15:36:16 -0500 (EST)
From: Phat H Tran <ptran@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V8 #26

> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1993 10:13:37 -0500
> From: jhui@itcyyz2.ipsa.reuter.com (Jimmy Hui)
> Subject: Megaem & Prince of Persia ][
> 
> Hi GUSers,
> 
> I know this question has been asked before but never seen an answer on
> the digest.
> How do you get POP2 to run with Megaem?  Is it possible to get digitized
> sounds and MIDI music?
> I have setup POP2 to work with SB for sounds and MT-32 for music,
> but after I load Megaem and POP2 I get a message saying digitized sounds
> will not be played because I don't have enough extended/expanded memory,
> then it HANGS!

In the install procedure for the game, I think you have to tell it to
use XMS/EMS before it can play any digitized sounds.  Also, if you're 
using IRQ 7 for the SB/MIDI IRQ, you might experience problems with the
digital sound effects.  Use IRQ 5 instead (if it's available).

> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 93 17:35:58 MST
> From: Andrew Tack <tack@ee.ualberta.ca>
> Subject: RAM on GUS (2meg?  possible?)
> 
> hi all ya GUS lovers. :)
> 
> a friend of mind said he saw a GUS with 2-meg of ram on it.
> is it possible?  Anyone tried yet? :)  

No, not possible.

> and I know it's a dumb questions, where do i find mega'em latest version?
> i searched epas with no luck only 1.x version.  Anyone?

Look in the submit directory for megem23b.zip.  If it's not there, search
the ls-lR file for it.

Phat.

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Date: Sun, 28 Nov 93 00:50:38 EST
From: VRUVIDES ALEXANDRE PIERRE MR  <alexv@nermel.EE.McGill.CA>
Subject: MegaEM, SB and POP2

Hi...



(quoting from jhui@itcyyz2.ipsa.reuter.com (Jimmy Hui))



> I know this question has been asked before but never seen an answer on

> the digest.

> How do you get POP2 to run with Megaem?  Is it possible to get digitized

> sounds and MIDI music?

> I have setup POP2 to work with SB for sounds and MT-32 for music,

> but after I load Megaem and POP2 I get a message saying digitized sounds

> will not be played because I don't have enough extended/expanded memory,

> then it HANGS!



Hum... I had the same problem.



	1) First of all, for everybody who owns a SB AND a GUS, remove

	   your SB, because there's some conflicts with it... and

	   MegaEm works for EVERY GAMES (for me...) even for SB-DAC

	   and/or General Midi. I had some problems to get digitized

	   sounds, but after removing my old SB, all worked fine!

	   Configuration:  SET ULTRASND=220,5,5,11,7

			   SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T1



	2) For Prince II, you must check if for the option 'Memory Mode'

	   of your setup program you have selected "Use High Memory if

	   Available'.

	   After that, make your configuration with Sound Blater and

	   General Midi Device with the configuration bellow. (220, 7)



For me, ALL works very well. The sound In PP2 if very good. The 

digitized Speech are Crystal Clear!!! Happy GUSing. Bye!



						Xavier Rustom

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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1993 08:22:33 -0800 (PST)
From: mikebat@netcom.com (Mike Batchelor)
Subject: Re: POP2 and not enough EMS/XMS

Not the GUS Server once wrote...
$  
$  ------------------------------
$  
$  Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1993 10:13:37 -0500
$  From: jhui@itcyyz2.ipsa.reuter.com (Jimmy Hui)
$  Subject: Megaem & Prince of Persia ][
$  
$  Hi GUSers,
$  
$  I know this question has been asked before but never seen an answer on
$  the digest.
$  How do you get POP2 to run with Megaem?  Is it possible to get digitized
$  sounds and MIDI music?
$  I have setup POP2 to work with SB for sounds and MT-32 for music,
$  but after I load Megaem and POP2 I get a message saying digitized sounds
$  will not be played because I don't have enough extended/expanded memory,
$  then it HANGS!
$  
$  My configuration is:
$  386DX-25, 8 MB RAM, ATI Ultra+ 2MB, DOS6.0, EMM386 (with EMS),
$  GUS rev 2.2 (default settings)

Well, this version (DOS 6) of EMM386 ought to be pooling your EMS/XMS as
one reserve of memory that can be used as either one, so all 8M should be
available.  The only thing I can think of is that you are loading a disk
cache or some other program that is using up all EMS before you start
POP2.  Try removing smartdrv, or using a cache size of say, 1024K.  What
does the MEM command say about how much EMS memory you have available?

If you haven't done it yet, you should put the SB/MIDI IRQ on IRQ5 using
setgus.exe.  Adjust your ULTRASND variable accordingly, and load MegaEm
with the /SBI5 switch.  It works far better on IRQ5 than on 7.


-- 
Mike Batchelor      |
mikebat@netcom.com  |                  This space for rent
mikebat@qdeck.com   |

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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1993 14:49:45 -0800 (PST)
From: "Just say \"No!\"" <yaga@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Sierra Drivers

Sorry to have to ask this, but when everyone mentioned the sierra drivers 
before, I didn't pay any attention since I didn't have any Sierra games.  
However, I just purchased Gabriel Knight today and now I need the 
drivers, but can't find them on epas.  If anyone knows the filename or 
would e-mail it to me, I would be most grateful...  Thank you very much!

chris
yaga@u.washington.edu

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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1993 17:03:27 -0800 (PST)
From: "Just say \"No!\"" <yaga@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Sierra Drivers - Nevermind

I found them.  Please disregard my previous post.  Sorry for wasting 
bandwidth...

chris
yaga@u.washington.edu

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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1993 17:22:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Larry Larraga <larry@fiesta.cns.udel.edu>
Subject: Sound Galaxy MIDI Cable

Steve "Bongos" Larson <larson@ee.ualberta.ca> wrote:

  I might sugggest the "Sound Galaxy" midi cable; it has                  
  midi-in/out and joystick port. In my experience, it works excellent     
  and is a LOT cheaper than the other cables and boxes (~$19.95 CDN,      
  versus ~$35 for the PAS cable, ~$50 for the Gravis box)                 
      

Anyone know where one could mailorder this easily in the US?

Thanks!

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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1993 15:58:12 -0700
From: Tam Ignatius Ying S <tam@amisk.cs.ualberta.ca>
Subject: well, got sound with megaem with 0 problem

Hi everyone,

I've many many of the postings that megaem can't
run properly.  well, isn't it that i'm lucky?
I've no problem at all!  xwing got a little slow
down problem, but someone adviced me to remove the
mouse driver, and after i've removed it, no slow
downs!  I've using emm386 with 2560k ems, and use
the parameter i=e000-efff.  Prince2, KQ6, Super
Tetris are fine with this setup, and i've got no
problem at all (strange?!)

Well, for the person posted yesterday, i think
you have to pool more conventional memory out
and choose the general midi+sb option in prince2
setup.  should be fine.

- Ignatius

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