From: twong@civil.ubc.ca (Thomas Wong)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 and the Gravis Ultrasound
Date: 23 Jan 1993 07:12:48 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Civil Engineering, U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: sam.civil.ubc.ca

In article <C1ABw4.6uw@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> rgundech@cayley.uwaterloo.ca () writes:
>I am considering purchasing a Gravis Ultrasound sound card, but would like to
>get one major compatibility issue straight before I go ahead. I realize that
>there probably aren't any OS/2 drivers for this card out yet, but will the
>OS/2 SoundBlaster driver work for this card (the Ultrasound is SoundBlaster
>compatible). If not, does anyone know of any plans for an OS/2 driver for the
>card ?
>

You can play midi, 669, mod.....etc sound files under a DOS window using
the Ultrasound. But SBOS (the SB emulation driver) doesn't work. But
funny you asked since we were just asked what kinda things we would like
to see in the OS/2 driver (if you read comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard right
now, you may still see the message) for the Ultrasound, and of course
the top on the list is to get everything we are able to do under DOS
working under OS/2, especially SBOS. So this should perhaps be in the
top of their list as far as features for the Ultrasound's OS/2 driver
goes.

But.... you (and anyone else who has or plans to buy the Gravis
Ultrasound) should read the newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.
And join the Ultrasound mailing list (free to those with email access).
Gravis themselves are on the mailing list to answer questions, along
with several hundred techies and hackers who've done all sorts of things
for the Ultrasound and made all sorts of software available for it. In
fact, the fellow who did the music for Star Control II (which really
shows off why the Ultrasound is one generation above the other FM stereo
soundcards like Sound Blaster Pro, PAS 16, Adlib....etc) is also on this
list. Please join the list.

There is also an archive available for the Ultrasound which is
mirrored to 2 ftp sites and a mailserver for those without ftp access.
On these sites, there are all sorts of programs for the Ultrasound, info
files, announcements from Gravis, demo files to show off your
Ultrasound, and yes, there are a number of software updates from Gravis
already, including a new set of install disks, a new setup program and a
beta version of SBOS which looks like has cleaned up just about all the
problems the old SBOS had. And these are free for downloading. There is
also a Gravis BBS for those who doesn't have access to Internet but if
you are reading this, then you probably have Internet access. Anyways, a
lot of functions are done in software (like SB/Adlib emulation, Windows
drivers....etc so getting fixes or updates is as easy as downloading
the latest version of the software... for free!).

You can even email Gravis if you wish. Their email address is...

for Alan, the tech guy, 71333.350@compuserve.com.
OR
for Chris, the salesguy, yuzik@sfu.ca.

Their BBS phine number is (604) 431-5927

If you are having problems or have questions, you can probably find all
the answers you need in one of the info files we have in the archive.
Even if you can't find it, post your question in the mailing list
becuase someone is bound to have faced the same thing once to twice
before. Here is the info on the mailing list...

Thomas.
_____________________________________________________________________

	Greetings!

	There's been a lot of talk lately about the Gravis Ultrasound,
as well as the mailing list for it.  I thought I'd put in my two cents
worth on the topic, as I happen to know a little about the mailing
list... I'm the administrator.  :)

	To join, mail to the request server.  It will help you get
signed up.  This is also the address for accessing the mailserver.
Just send mail to:

	ultrasound-request@dsd.es.com

	To post a message onto the digest, mail to:

	ultrasound@dsd.es.com

	If you have trouble with the server, feel free to mail to:

	ultrasound-owner@dsd.es.com

	This will put you in touch with a real human.  If you can't
mail to that, just mail me directly and we'll figure something out.
The server isn't perfect, though, and I'd  really appreciate it if
you'd let me know what goes wrong with it if you try to use it and it
croaks. 

	Thanks for your time!

Note:

The FTP site is now available, archive.epas.utoronto.ca.
Look for the directory pub/pc/ultrasound.

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