Apparently-To: john.smith@gravis.com


GUS Programmer's Digest     Thu, 7 Oct 93   007 MDT      Volume 5: Issue   6  

Today's Topics:
                        Recording with the GUS

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Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1993 18:04:19 -0400
From: davidm@marcam.com (David MacMahon)
Subject: Re: Recording with the GUS
Message-ID: <9310062204.AA04711@ottawa.marcam.com>

>Date: Tue, 5 Oct 93 10:03:10 EST
>>From: support@fortech.com (Technical Support)
>Subject: Recording with the GUS
>Message-ID: <9310051003.0.UUL1.3#16204@fortech.com>

[Confirmations of some prevoius speculations deleted]

>5)  The 16-bit daughter card and UltraMax will not have these problems.
>    They use a Crystal codec to do the recording (and playback in some
>    cases...) An SDK for them will be available sometime. (Soon I think)

Way Cool!  Has the 16-bit daughter card gotten FCC approval yet?  Is it 
available in the States yet?

>Subject #2
>=======================================================================

[Whining deleted]

>it is much more important that companies like SIERRA, SSI, ID etc 
>come out with new games that have direct support. That is what sells
>cards.

How very, very true.

>NOBODY pays for developer support. Gravis/Forte do not charge
>anybody for any of the support they recieve. The SDK is free, phone
>support is free, custom software is free, we look over somebody else
>software to see where the problems are, etc. All this takes a LOT
>of time and effort. That is also why some things don't get out as 
>fast we would like. (Daughter card, OS/2, news SDK etc ....)

Do any of the big-time developers read the digest?  I'm sure that much of 
your support effort is duplicated for each developer.  Maybe if you could 
get them on the digest, there would be less duplication of supprt efforts.  
Probably they'd all want everyone on the digest to sign a non-disclosure 
agreement ;-)

[Stuff about different hardware versions deleted]

>Hope some of this info is helpful. I'll try and respond to questions
>sooner next time.

Thank you very much for your post.  The information was extremely helpful in 
that it confirmed alot of speculation as well as offering insights into the 
GUS' future.  I think the fact that you respond here is at least as valuable 
as the responses itself.  Your "presence" in the digest is very encouraging. 
 I (and I assume others) greatly appreciate each and every response that you 
provide.  It is unreasonable to expect you (or any one person or 
organization) to reply to every single question asked here, but when long 
spans of time elapse between your posts it gives the impression that you 
don't care about or value the digest or its readership.

Thanks again for you reply,
Dave

David MacMahon
Systems Administrator
davidm@marcam.com  <---New address, use this one
davidm@opl.com     <---Old address, don't use this one

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