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GUS Daily Digest            Fri, 21 Apr 95  9:37 PST     Volume 21: Issue  21 

Today's Topics:
			Bad output on GUS MAX
			  drums in midi file
			 Drums in midi files
		   GUS/MAX and CD audio connectors
		  GUS Daily Digest V21 #20 (3 msgs)
	  GUS w.r.t. Deep Green MB, Quad T55A & MFX400 etc.
			    Mitsumi FX-400
		Old Gus boards.      NASCAR settings.
		       Overclocking processors
			      SSF2T demo
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Date: Thu, 20 Apr 95 10:47:24 MDT
From: ac446@rgfn.epcc.Edu (David C Gilliland)
Subject: Bad output on GUS MAX

I enabled the output, line in, and cd out on my gus max, and it worked
fine once, but the problem is that I get a popping noise through the
gus when I do this.  I want the line in and output so that I can run
my sb through it, but this noise is terrible.  Any solutions?
Dave


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"Just because something is cool doesn't mean something else		
doesn't suck!"

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Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 15:52:14 +0100 (BST)
From: Quentinus <Samuel.Marshall@durham.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: drums in midi file

> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 95 11:10:42 PST
> From: "Brian Cabildo" <BBCABILDO@CCMAIL.RGS.UCI.EDU>
> Subject: Drums in midi files
> 
>      
>      I was wondering if anyone know how to put drums into a midi file?  I'm 
>      trying to add drums to a midi file using midisoft's Recording Session 
>      but when I try to select a new instrument, I only get patches from the 
>      melodic bank.  If I need to define a new bank how do I do it?  The 
>      manuals don't say anything about it but I know it can done.
>      
>                                                 Thanks,
>                                                    Brian

Set one track to play on midi channel 10. The different notes played on 
this channel will make different drum sounds. To find out which drum is 
which, use trial and error, or GUS Patch Manager to give you the numbers, 
and then Rec. Session's MIDI Edit window to show you which number 
corresponds to the notes you entered. (I hope this was what you wanted to 
know!)

Sam

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Date: Thu, 20 Apr 95 14:27:30 EDT
From: pbleile@chat.carleton.ca (Pierre Bleile)
Subject: Re: Drums in midi files

To get recording session to do a drum track, set the track you want to
use on midi chanel ten (track #10 defaults to this).  Each note you
chose on the staff will play a specific precussion sound.  The strange
thing is that midi thru doesn't work until you record some notes and
then play them back (something to do with the way the patches are
loaded I suppose).


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Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 15:47:11 +0000
From: glock@chip.cba.ufl.edu
Subject: GUS/MAX and CD audio connectors

I just upgraded from a v2.4 GUS to a GUS/MAX.  I had previous 
connected my Toshiba 3401B CD-ROM (SCSI-2) to the GUS via a small 
cable modifed to match the GUS pin layout (RGGL).  The GUS/MAX has 
three different CD audio connectors, and the Sony connector is the 
closest thing to the old GUS connector.

However, upon attaching the cable and fiddling with it all 
configurations, I cannot get the CD-ROM connection to function.  
Now, the Toshiba side of the connector is RLG (only three wires), and 
the Sony connector does have four pins.  On the old GUS, I just left 
one of the ground pins unused and it worked fine.  Is the Sony 
connector picky about all the pins being used?

Is my problem that I am not using any of the CD-ROM interfaces? 
Do I need to move a jumper or something?  I am currently using a 
jumper on JP3, which disables all CD-ROM interfaces.  Does this also 
disable the CD audio connectors?

Thanks for the help ahead of time!



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Joe Granto                                      GLOCK@chip.cba.ufl.edu

"When the going gets tough, the tough get a GLOCK!"
    --Guns & Ammo
"Don't clock'em, GLOCK'em!"
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Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 15:31:00 -0300 (ADT)
From: Paul Doiron <epd1953@Umoncton.CA>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V21 #20

The way to put drums in a MIDI file is to select channel 10 to the track 
or tracks in which you want percussions (or drums.

					Shoogagoogagunga!
					Paul Doiron
					epd1953@bosoleil.ci.umoncton.ca 

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Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 15:11:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Scott McGrath <GGPTLCB@grove.iup.edu>
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V21 #20

all-

I am having a very odd (and very frustrating) problem with playing MIDI 
with my GUS MAX. One bongo type drum sample I have makes a cracking noise
when played in Windoze. I am absolutely positive that the crack is not 
embedded in the sample because the crack dissappears when I play the
MIDI file with PlayMIDI in DOS. This should solve my problem, BUT PlayMIDI
Cuts one of my cymbal samples short!And also plays the first two notes at
a slower speed than the rest.
I have a 486sx25 8M 2xcdrom. Has anyone had this problem? Are there any 
MIDI playback utilities that might solve this problem?
Thanks in Advance.

Scott McGrath
ggptlcb@grove.iup.edu

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Date: Fri, 21 Apr 95 09:09:16 BST
From: nwakefie@kirk.att.com
Subject: Re: GUS Daily Digest V21 #20

Reading the digest recently, there has been a lot of talk about quad speed cdroms
well I just bought one and it works great, it was also cheap and was a reputable 
brand. What was it I here you cry, a Pioneer 124X EIDE, it gives 620+kb/s
(and I have checked it with several utils), it cost 160 pounds(UK) and has 
recieved excellent reviews in magazines, the only one that I think might be
better is AZTECs new quad but it has arrived in the UK as yet,(well thats what
the guy on the phone said!). Plus most important of all it works fine with my GUS
(well gusMAX). 
 
-Nick.

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Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 15:47:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Phil" <peb@eniac.seas.upenn.edu>
Subject: Re: GUS w.r.t. Deep Green MB, Quad T55A & MFX400 etc.

9308005x@lux.levels.unisa.edu.au mentioned this one day:
> Subject: GUS w.r.t. Deep Green MB, Quad T55A & MFX400 etc.
>    I thought I should reply to this post just to set the record straight.
> I own an ALi DEEP GREEN motherboard and am using a AMD DX2-80 chip and
> everything 'GUSSY' works fine.
> TEAC-55A - Using a pin to swap the audio cables, because originally the
>            configeration was,
>                                GRAVIS MAX PLUG  | | | |
>                                                 L G R G
>                                                 G L G R
>                                TEAC-55A PLUG    | | | |
>            So, when in doubt, do as the pro's do, CHEAT!
>            The drive now works fine. When the channels are grounded in this
>            way even the ear-phone jack will not produce any output.
>            Tranfer rate from GUS MAX connection, approx 400Kb/sec.
	Which input on the max do you use? The mitsumi one, right? not 
the panasonic one? How did you cheat? Do you leave one non-grounded, or 
do you ground it on the other side? The interface that comes with the 
TEAC will give ~500Kb/sec for me, so I don't bother using it with the MAX...

> Most chips can be treated this way, over clocked chips that I have seen,
> Intel 33 -> 50, 66 -> 100, 100 -> 150
> AMD 66 -> 120, 80 -> 150, 100 -> 150
> I believe this is risky for Intel DX2-66 chips due to their design
> process, I have seen them overclocked but I have also seen them smoke. :)

	Hmmm...  interesting...  I'm gonna try it...  I have a similar MB 
but with an AMI Energy Star BIOS...  wish me luck...

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Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 15:42:26 +0000
From: "RichCCS" <richccs@mail.microserve.net>
Subject: Mitsumi FX-400

I've seen a few people that have written in saying they couldn't get 
their quad working at quad speed. I bought my FX-400 about a month 
ago (paid $179.00) for it. Installed in a snap. Ran PCTOOLS PRO CD 
diagnostics on the throughput and average seek and the drive achieved 
a sustained Data Transfer rate of 613k/sec. The average seek was 
higher than advertised though at a dissapointing 320 ms. I have 
played Under a Killing Moon and others on it and the performance 
compared to my Panasonic double was very much noticeable, in that the 
Mitsumi really outperformed it. Dollar for Dollar I am quite pleased 
with the drive.
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 95 18:29:43 GMT
From: Alan Wood <Alan@abfl.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Old Gus boards.      NASCAR settings.
Message-ID: <3865@abfl.demon.co.uk>

 Hi all,

	My cousin is having problems with his GUS (bought in 1993, which 
version might this be ?) Anyway, he has been trying to get Lemmings 3 to work, but 
has not managed it, so I borrowed his discs, and installed it 
(temporarily) on my machine (with a MAX) and instantly got full sound. 
Is this a case of a game only supporting newer cards, or might it be 
his PC ? He has a Viglen 486sx, 8Mb of Ram, 2HDs and as said a 1993 
GUS.


Eventually, I have got round to reading this mailing list again (boy do 
they mount up if you let them !! 8-> ). People were asking me what 
settings I have in order to get NASCAR CD working with a joystick. Well, it would 
appear not to make a great deal of difference, as I have been changing 
them around a fair amount to try to get Meagaem 3.03b working with a 
few things. What has stayed contant is that I have it on 220, apart from that it 
seems to work with all of the other settings that I have used.
My machine is an IBM blue lightning 75Mhz motherboard, 16Mb Ram, Gus 
Max, Diamond Stealth64Dram, and an NE2000 compatible. The CD is a 
Wearnes CDD110 plugged into the MAX. I am using the joystick port on the MAX. Can't 
remember if the MB has a joystick port on it or not. But if so I must 
have disabled it.


  Alan Wood             I have mastered the programming,
 ~~~~~~~~~~~            now to get the programs working.

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Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 15:41:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: David.Roberts@amd.com (Dave Roberts)
Subject: Overclocking processors

> I have found that the AMD DX2-80 almost always runs at 100 and often runs at
> 120MHz. My supplier who tested a shipment of 40 found that all worked at 100
> and 19 still worked at 120. He is so confident in them that he will still
> honour the warranty at 100MHz. It does not damage most chips to over clock
> them if they are kept cool, and if they cannot run at the over clocked speed
> then they just will not boot.
> 
> Most chips can be treated this way, over clocked chips that I have seen,
> Intel 33 -> 50, 66 -> 100, 100 -> 150
> AMD 66 -> 120, 80 -> 150, 100 -> 150
> I believe this is risky for Intel DX2-66 chips due to their design
> process, I have seen them overclocked but I have also seen them smoke. :)
> But that is another story...

Okay, this isn't GUS related, but I just gotta respond to this.  I get
asked this question about once a month because somebody sees my sig
and thinks I must be a processor expert 'cause I work at AMD (I'm
actually in our network products division).

Anyway, about overclocking.  Do so at your own risk.  Yes, some parts
will run faster.  Yes, some may work that way for a while.  But think
about it, if it was reliable, wouldn't you think we'd sell them that
way?  In other words, there's something that's causing AMD to not want
to put our name on them at the higher speed grade even though we could
get more money for them.

Just because it boots doesn't mean that it will run reliably.  CMOS
runs slower the hotter it gets, so as the chip *and the surrounding
box* heat up, the logic tends to run slower.  That's why *IF* you're
going to overclock, at least be sure you have a fan directly bolted to
the CPU!!!  Better yet, get one of the little peltier devices that
actually gets cold.  Anyway, the point is, you don't know which part
of the chip will start running slow first.  It might be something DOS
uses during the boot sequence, or it might be something Windows uses
later.  It might be something that neither use, but something else
does.  The point is, you don't know.

Anyway, it's your chip.  You paid for it and you can do whatever you
want with it, but anything outside of the stated operating range is
risky, IMHO.  If it wasn't, we'd have an official part in that speed
grade.  And we will.  We are working on official parts faster than 100
MHz.  They're requiring some additional engineering (don't know if
it's a tweak to the part itself or just the mfg. process it's running
on--remember, I'm not in that division and AMD has 12,000 employees).
This fact ought to tell you something.

BTW, this isn't an AMD thing.  CMOS is CMOS is CMOS, no matter who
makes it.  Intel and Cyrix and everyone else live by the same rules.

Having said all that, thanks for your business and your support. :-)

No emails please.

Dave Roberts
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
I/O and Network Products Division
david.roberts@amd.com

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Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 18:54:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: George <gmontem@mercury.sfsu.edu>
Subject: SSF2T demo

For those who do not know, GameTek has released the official (official 
because there was a very old, unofficial demo of it before) demo of Super 
Street Fighter 2 Turbo.  The demo supports the Gravis UltraSound and the 
Gravis UltraSound MAX natively.  The only problem is the demo has a 
glitch that they didn't fix in the demo where the music is played really 
slooooww.  

Anyways, here is where you can get it.  It's one 3 meg zip file:

	ftp://brawl.mindlink.net/pub/sf2/sf2ibm/ssf2tdemo/ssf2tdem.zip
-George

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Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 07:49:27 +0300 (EET DST)
From: Tuomas E Aaltio <taaltio@snakemail.hut.fi>
Subject: unsubscribe



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