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From: ghahrema@cat53.cs.wisc.edu (Houman Ghahremanlou)
Subject: GTS better than MODEDIT 3.01 ???
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Computer Sciences Dept.
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:24:30 GMT



	Hello,  

	you people who like mod files and music , should download a 
	masterpiece which is availabe for you wat wuarchive.wustl.edu
	at pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS and it is called gts*.zip ( many files )
	the program is really good and comes with many samples and and songs
	and looks like music studio for apple II GS or Macintosh.
	b4 having a PC 486 I had an Amiga and I know how were those
	sound stracker or medtrekker or protrekker and all X-tracker
	they made, I have to notify you that is reallly hard to use any
	modedit to creat mod files on IBM . even modedit 3.01 that I like
	pretty much , does not arrrive to 40 % of the capacities of those
	trekker which were easy to use on amiga.
	the good thing about gts is that you could transfer a mod file to gts
	format and when you load gts you kind of see a music sheet with
	all notes on it, so you could change everything with mouse ( 
	instruments, notes, silences, etc) and you even have a keyboard on it
	and you could put more than 32 instruments inside of a song.

	I am not saying that modedit is bad! it is a kind of program and gts
	is another one, so get it and use it. an email me to tell me how u find
	it at:

	ghahrema@cs.wisc.edu

	I programmed demos for Amiga for two years in assembler, and believe me
	that gts might be a revolution for PC compatibles, we do not need mod
	players, we need something which should be made for PC and not copied f 
	for pc.
	P.S.S to Norman Lin, I think that you do a pretty good job, and I do not
	think that modedit is a crippleware, BUT, in the shareware you should have
	put all the commands ( I mean disabling those 2 options is not a right
	choice). take care and try to do a modedit like those in AMIGA. like
	the startrekker or protrekker. If you want I could draw the screen in    
	deluxe paint for you. let me know.

	thank you and let me know about gts.

	Houman Ghahremanlou
	Computer department - UW madison.
From: burch@rhps.chi.il.us (Lee Burch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: SB pro does not work in my machine, what should I buy?
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 92 02:00:33 CST
Organization: CrissySoft Incorporated

  I finally decided to do somethign about the aging adlib in my
machine so I bught a SB pro.  much to my disapointment there
seems to be some deep rooted incompatibility between my
motherbaord and the SB, in a phrase "no wa it will work".  noone
who has tried can say why but more on that in a differnt post.

  what card *should* I buy, I would like stereo, as well as 44KHZ
record and play rates.  I also want SB compatibilithy for games.
anyone have any suggestions? I am looking t5o spend between
150-200 on the card.  please tell me that there is some
alternative to the SB pro!

 response via e-mail appreciated, but not neccasary.

-- Lee Burch
From: lizak98@snybufva.cs.snybuf.edu (Rob Lizak Jr.)
Subject: PAS-16 SDK
Organization: J. Random Misconfigured Site
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 03:01:00 GMT
X-Posted-From: snybufva.cs.snybuf.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

I just bought the Pro Audio Spectrum 16 sound card and I love it!  after
reading the FAQ for PAS owners that was posted here previously, I decided on
this card.  In the FAQ it mentioned that there was a software developers kit
available free of charge.  I called MediaVision's technical support line and
the operator knew nothing about any SDK.  Does anyone know how I would go about
obtaining the SDK?

Thanks in advance,
Rob Lizak Jr.

lizak98@snybufva.cs.snybuf.edu
lizak98@snybufva.bitnet
From: brad@news.cis.ohio-state.edu (Brad Alan Marcum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Need KS-32 MIDI stuff
Date: 12 Nov 92 05:58:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: lilac.9211120558.AA02909
Organization: The Ohio State University Department of Computer and Information Science



	Does Anyone know where I can get a midi librarian for my Ensonique
KS-32 keyboard?  I need some way to store my midi dumps on my pc!  Those
RAM cards cost too much!  Any good ftp sites or anyone know of commercial
packages for this keyboard...It's pretty new.  Any reply would be
appreciated.  Thanks :-)


Brad Marcum         \__            e-mail to            __/      
CIS Engineering        \__  brad@cis.ohio-state.edu  __/    
Student at                \__                     __/         Go Bucks!
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From: cmk@athena.mit.edu (Charles M Kozierok)
Subject: Looking for wisdom on the original SB Pro card
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 17:38:15 GMT


Hi folks,

I am interested in finding out more information about the original
SB Pro card, the one that uses two mono FM chips, which was
replaced by the newer SB Pro with the OPL-3 chip.

If anyone out there owns one of these cards, or has had some
experience with them, could you please help me out? Here's what
I am looking for:

1. First and foremost, do you know of any compatibility problems
   between the old SB Pro and the new one? I am trying to find out
   if software which is driving the new SB Pro will also work on
   the old SB Pro, particularly games. My concern is that software
   (drivers) in the future will not support the older card. Creative Labs
   implied that there was "virtually no difference" between the
   cards and that thus software would work the same on both (though
   it would sound nicer on the newer board) but I am skeptical.
   If the only difference is sound quality, I can live with that,
   but if in a year from now no new software will drive my card,
   that would be a problem!

2. Can the older SB Pro be used where the regular SB is supported?
   How much better than a regular SB is it?

3. If you have this card, how do you like it?

please respond by e-mail or post, and accept my thanks
for your help

--
charles
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: macross@wam.umd.edu (Steve Ji-Chang Hong)
Subject: Help for MOD files
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 14:46:12 GMT

Hi,
	Can anyone tell me where I can ftp some .MOD sound files?
	Thanks
-Steve

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard,comp.music,alt.binaries.sounds.d,alt.sb.programmer,comp.sys.amiga.audio,comp.sys.ibm.pc
From: kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jason Balicki (KodaK))
Subject: Re: MODEDIT 3.0 now available
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 19:45:34 GMT

In article <BxGMDI.CI3@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umward10@news.cc.umanitoba.ca (Derek Ward) writes:
>Norman Lin (norlin@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu) wrote:
>: 
>: ModEdit 3.0 is a shareware Amiga MOD file editor for the IBM PC family of
>: computers, supporting all video cards and many output devices (including
>
>
>  Just wondering why this announcement is being posted here?  It sounds
>like a great piece of s/w, but if it can't be run on the Amiga, why post
>it here?
> \X//  AMIGA!   umward10@ccu.umanitoba.ca           

But it CAN be run on an Amiga, it's just -- Why would you want to?

--Jason Balicki
kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: c60a-lj@danube.Berkeley.EDU (LAB ASSISTANT)
Subject: PAS or GRAVIS
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 19:27:16 GMT


Well, it looks like its time to trade in the old ThunderBoard and move up
to a 16 bit card.  Now the question is, do I want to go with a well
established card like the PAS 16, or go with the new GRAVIS.  It seems
that the GRAVIS still has many problems, such as distribution, compatability,
and I have also heard that the SB TSR slows a system down by 25%.  Now, 
I hace read that the PAS 16 is actually 2 cards in one -- having an actual
SB compatible card and a 16 bit card on one motherboard.  The question is, 
is the PAS 16 SB pro compatible, should I wait and buy a SB 16, Is there
software that explicitly supports the PAS 16, or should I just wait and
buy a damn GRAVIS!

Also, anyone know what a WAVE Blaster is?
	
Organization: Sophomore, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 11:46:25 -0500 
From: Kevin Wengcheong Cheng <kc3b+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: The GUS and software...

OK, so everyone's chattering great things about the GUS's potential.
But noone has said anything about software support for it right now
and in the near future...
Could someone point out which companies ( ie games ) are supporting the
card and if/when/how much a developer's kit will be available?!?

It's a tough choice between getting a card for gaming and synthing...

/<evin
ps. which also brings to mind... I guess the Multisound is a bit overpriced
for gaming, huh?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: sgil@netcom.com (Steve Gilbert)
Subject: Re: WinMOD and MED??
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 12:21:56 GMT

Erick_Bergquist@edtng.Kenosha.WI.US (Erick Bergquist) writes:

:   Is there a newer version of WinMOD out? I saw a message somewhere about a
: WinMOD Pro???? 

WinMOD and Winmod Pro are from two different people.  Winmod Pro is the
more polished of the two, having a jukebox mode, and can play MODs in
stereo.  I have MOD files that one can play that the other can't, however.
Winmod Pro seems to consume significantly more CPU time than WinMOD.

A new version of WinMOD was posted recently.  A Winmod Pro "beta 2" was
posted to comp.binaries.ibm.pc a couple of months ago, it was called
wmp002b2 I think.

A whole bunch of Windows sound related stuff can be found on the anonymous
FTP site 'ftp.cica.indiana.edu', in the '/pub/pc/win3/sounds' directory,
including Winmod Pro.


: Also, is there a program for DOS yet that plays the newer MED modules? Or a
: Converter for them to either STM or MOD?

Can't help you there.  [BTW:  What are MED modules?]
--
Steve Gilbert					(sgil@netcom.com)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: s106275@ee.tut.fi (Anssi Saari)
Subject: Re: PAS 16 & TERMINATOR 2029
Organization: Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Date: 11 Nov 92 09:00:59 GMT


In <1992Nov10.162524.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu> jybarb01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu writes:

>In article <3576.22.uupcb@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>, terry.walter@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Terry Walter)  writes:
>> well, I get the music and the guy talking right at the beginning of the
>> game when you load it, but after that, nothing, just the missiles, etc,
>> no voices.  I have tried that modification, and it does not do anything.
>>
>I get the same problem with my PAS 16?  Is there a cure.  I get lazer fire
>untill I blow something up and then it is down to only making rocket and
>explosions sounds?  

It started working with my Thunderboard when I moved it from IRQ5 to IRQ7.

Anssi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard,comp.music,alt.binaries.sounds.d,alt.sb.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc
From: scarnie@esk.compserv.utas.edu.au (Stuart George Carnie)
Subject: Re: More on MODEDIT/crippleware
Organization: University of Tasmania at Launceston
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 02:05:25 GMT

Well, I certainly don't believe that the programmer is selfish in writing a 
program in _their own free time_, and giving a usable version to the public
for evaluation.  This person who posted the message about _his_ definition of
shareware is definately selfish on his part.  Just because the real-time
entering of music will benefit him, he changes the definition of shareware to
suit himself. (note this is not a flame, but just another view on the matter)
You can't honestly say that you would register the program if all the features
were enabled, as by parting with you hard earned cash, you wouldn't benefit
in the immediate future.  _BUT_ because some of the features are
disabled, you have an incentive to fork out $$$.

Anyway, this is my opinion, and may/may not be supported by other programmers.

Stuart
-- 
scarnie@esk.compserv.utas.edu.au

"On a distant planet, a creature strums his guitar..." {:-)
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From: smintz@sedona.intel.com (Stephen Mintz exp 11/92~)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Melieveland...sierra online
Date: 10 Nov 1992 15:14:28 GMT
Organization: Intel Corporation
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: alamo.intel.com
Originator: smintz@alamo


I am GreyBard hail and be well met.....I am intresting in the different between
the two online RPGs...what are the differences..??
Stephen
From: ukdex@mcl.ucsb.edu (Dex from the UK)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: ultima 7 cheat mode
Keywords: u7,ultima7,ultima 7,ultima,U7
Date: 8 Nov 92 02:14:13 GMT

Having had real pains with key loss etc I have obtained the following cheat.

run the game by typing
ULTIMA7 ABCD*      instead of * hold alt key and type 255 on numeric pad.

The games should then start as normal.
F3 - click anywhere on the map to go there
F2 - Several options. 
	Hack mover allows you to move doors out of the way (no keys needed) or move the avatar over the offending door, move monsters into a diff room, remove top of mountains and jump into the dungeon underneath etc
	Power avatar, avatar never dies and has full mana
	Teleport allows precise teleporting using x,y,z code
	turn on the location function and note down the x,y,z code to teleport there later.
	Create item - create items from the parts list ill post after this
	Most of the other options are pretty useless, make sure you dont pplay around to much with the npc modifier then save you game.



Some good teleport locations
b25,aba,0
a1a,9c6,0
88f,797,0

Some good equipment
383,0
663,0
666,0
686,0
835,0
843,0
Weapons of mass murder
604,0
559,0
548,0 Hoe of detruction real badass
562,0

Honey 772,0

Hope this helps other frustrated U7 adventurers :)
Steve
From: ip02@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Danny Phornprapha)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Police Quest 3
Date: 13 Nov 92 19:36:55 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

>>>>I am stuck on day five in the office using the computer. I have ploted all
>>>>the crimes and join them all together but nothing happens can any one help
>>>>
>>>>thank you
>>>>My mail address is rjp1@ukc.ac.uk
>>>
>>>I tried this for a while with numerous hints from others on the internet.
>>>I finally gave up and traded the game away.  It was NOT worth the
>>>aggravation!  Dumb idea from the programmers.  No more Police Quests for me.
>>>>
>>>Peter Geltner   Administrative Dean of Computing
>>>                Santa Monica College
>>>                Santa Monica, California 90405
>>>
>>I've finished the game, I might be able to help.  The after you ploted all the
>>crimes and join them they should form a star.  You have to make up the fifth
>>point for the star, that is where the next crime going to take place
>>
>A lot of people told me this.  Some gave explicit instructions.  Nothing
>ever worked for me or a lot of other people who asked me to let them know
>if anything worked.  Some people told me exactly where to put the last point.
>I went to the site and found nothing.  Other people said to wait until the
>computer said that I had the right point.  The computer never said anything.
>I will concede the fact that I may have placed the points a milimeter in the
>wrong position, but I kept trying.  Some people said that if the address said
>280, we should ignore it and put the point at 200 or 300.  The whole concept
>of precise placement of point on a grid that has very few markings is really
>stupid.  (FLAME!) As I said, not worth the time or aggravation.  There are
>too many well thought out games out there to fool with this.  Too bad, the
>original concept was great.  It's amazing that this got by the beta test
>faze of the program.
>
>--
>
>Peter Geltner   Administrative Dean of Computing
>                Santa Monica College
>                Santa Monica, California 90405

I believe address is between 200E and 300E on Palm St.  You should get a
perfect pentagram.  Go to that address and get off the car you should find a
saloon there.
-- 

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: mgb5528@cc.utah.edu (MICHAEL G. BECK)
Subject: UghLympics
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Organization: University of Utah Computer Center
Date: 11 Nov 1992 01:38 MST  


This goes to the gentleman in Illinois that I am planning to send the $9 for 
the Caveman UghLypics to:

I forgot lost the printout I made for your address so would you please repost 
so that I may write a check to you and get it out as soon as possible so that 
you can send me the game.  Thanks a whole bunch.

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From: pdc@lunch.wpd.sgi.com (Paul Close)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Golfing
Date: 7 Nov 92 01:43:40 GMT
Reply-To: pdc@sgi.com (Paul Close)
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: lunch.wpd.sgi.com
Originator: pdc@lunch.wpd.sgi.com

Brian J Moore (moore@iastate.edu) writes:
>vernon@iadpsa.safe.ia.gov ( Mark Vernon - DSB ) writes:
>
>>>Seeing as the net has suggested Links (386(PRO)), I would like to know if the
>>>new Windows Golf from Microsoft is as good, seeing as it plays Links courses. 
>>>
>>Actually I have been able to play Links 386 Pro in windows, no problem - I
>>even have an icon for golf.bat - so go ahead and get him links 386 pro and
>>enjoy.
>
>MS Golf is the same game, but a windows version, so the only question
>you really have is a Windows or DOS version.

I thought that MS Golf was the same as Links, *not* Links 386 Pro.  I think
the 386 version is definietely worth pursuing!  If it comes with Torrey
Pines, it's Links (old), if it comes with Harbour Town, it's Links 386 Pro
(new).  Get Links 386 Pro.
-- 
Paul Close	     pdc@sgi.com	   ...!{ames, decwrl, uunet}!sgi!pdc

			No fate but what we make
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: mmoore@staff.tc.umn.edu ("None of ya Bizness")
Subject: Front Page Sports Football
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 18:56:18 GMT

Anybody got any news re the release of this wonder?  I saw previews of
it in GameBytes #6 and the shit looks even rawer than Mike Ditka.
I'll like HAVE to grip this one as soon as it hits the shelves.
Anybody have any ideas?

ADthanxVANCE.

-- 
Malcolm Diallo Moore, CIS-Univ. of Minn.                mmoore@staff.tc.umn.edu
				            	    moor0009@student.tc.umn.edu
"Arresk the Presidink!"                           malcolm@mermaid.micro.umn.edu
		-- Popeye the Intelligent Hoodlum
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: mgb5528@cc.utah.edu (MICHAEL G. BECK)
Subject: Re: Can't Unzip Programs
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Organization: University of Utah Computer Center
Date: 12 Nov 1992 21:55 MST  

In article <BxME9p.K1I@cs.dal.ca>, wyu@ug.cs.dal.ca (Wayne Yu) writes...
{	Can anyone tell me why pkunzip would not work.  I downloaded several ms
{dos programs from a FTP site that won't unzip in my pc.  It was set to bin
{when I downloaded those files and I used the dos pkunzip v1.9 to unzip it. The
{message like this shown up: error in file, use pkfix.  It also said that there 
{was no such a file.  I used pkfix and it still didn't work.
{ 
{Any help would be appreciated!!!
{..

  Before you download any .ZIP files you need to type the command "BINARY".  
This should help.


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From: sauron@pico.engr.mun.ca (Patrick Ryan)
Subject: Prince of Persia
Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 02:35:19 GMT

I've been seeing a lot about this game lately - is this the same one
(12 levels)thatI played and finished about 2 years ago, or has a
[bigger|better|more expensive] version come out?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: shayne@cs.swarthmore.edu (Ethan Shayne)
Subject: shareware/pd golf?
Summary: anyone know any good pd golf games?
Keywords: golf shareware pd game
Organization: Swarthmore College
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 18:15:22 GMT

Does anyone know of any good PD/shareware golf games?
			Thanks,
				Ethan Shayne
				Haverford College '93
				eshayne@acc.haverford.edu
From: vicks@acs.bu.edu (Vickie Chen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Sherlock Holmes forsale
Date: 10 Nov 92 21:24:02 GMT
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Originator: vicks@acs.bu.edu


The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes
for $35 + shipping.

vicks@acs.bu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: roper@halcyon.com (Michael Roper)
Subject: xeen - where to get thievery?
Organization: Amaze Inc., Kirkland WA
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 10:33:13 GMT


other than creating a robber, where can
the thievery skill be acquired in mm4?
thanks.

michael roper
From: foxy@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: ANYBODY EVER PLAY MANIAC MANSION??
Date: 12 Nov 92 01:30:58 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

In article <mac.71@ur.utk.edu>, mac@ur.utk.edu (Richard J. McDougald) writes:
> I bought the thing (Lucasfilms Software), but not the (expensive) hint
> book...I'd like to just finish the damn thing and get on with my life...
> can't find any hints on FTP anywhere...HELP, ANYONE?
> 
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