From ERE.UMontreal.CA!dionf Mon Jan 25 23:10:48 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 132.204.2.103 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Mon, 25 Jan 93 23:09 PST Received: from eole.ERE.UMontreal.CA by condor.CC.UMontreal.CA with SMTP id AA22277 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for eps@reed.edu); Tue, 26 Jan 1993 07:08:11 GMT Received: from brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA by eole.ERE.UMontreal.CA (920330.SGI/5.17) id AA12254; Tue, 26 Jan 93 02:08:10 -0500 Received: by brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA (920330.SGI/5.17) id AA06855; Tue, 26 Jan 93 02:08:09 -0500 From: dionf@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Francois Dion) Message-Id: <9301260708.AA06855@brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA> Subject: Samplevision?? To: eps@reed.edu Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 2:08:09 EST X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Anybody has tried Samplevision? What do you think of it? How much is it? Ciao, -- Francois Dion ' _ _ _ CISM (_) (_) _) FM Montreal , Canada Email: CISM@ERE.UMontreal.CA (_) / . _) 10000 Watts Telephone no: (514) 343-7511 _______________________________________________________________________________ Audio-C-DJ-Fractals-Future-Label-Multimedia-Music-Radio-Rave-Video-VR-Volvo-... From telerama.pgh.pa.us!raver909 Tue Jan 26 08:04:02 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 128.2.55.33 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Tue, 26 Jan 93 08:03 PST Received: by telerama.pgh.pa.us id AA02786 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for eps@reed.edu); Tue, 26 Jan 1993 11:02:16 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 11:02:15 -0500 (EST) From: Rave Crusader Subject: Re: Samplevision?? To: Francois Dion Cc: eps@reed.edu In-Reply-To: <9301260708.AA06855@brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA> Message-Id: "Watcha gonna do when the bass hits you???" -Adrenaline 92 Toronto, Ontario. On Tue, 26 Jan 1993, Francois Dion wrote: > Anybody has tried Samplevision? What do you think of it? How much is it? > > Ciao, > -- > Francois Dion Sample Vision is another "mess around with sound product" it depends on what you want to do with it. It is understanding this is just another Multi-media (whatever that has become to mean) sound board with sampling. Let me check.... Nope I'm wrong I was thinking of something else. Who makes SampleVision? What do you intend on doing with it? Joe "I don't need no steeenkin computer!" From ERE.UMontreal.CA!dionf Tue Jan 26 08:18:51 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 132.204.2.103 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Tue, 26 Jan 93 08:18 PST Received: from eole.ERE.UMontreal.CA by condor.CC.UMontreal.CA with SMTP id AA26425 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for eps@reed.edu); Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:17:10 GMT Received: from brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA by eole.ERE.UMontreal.CA (920330.SGI/5.17) id AA04402; Tue, 26 Jan 93 11:17:09 -0500 Received: by brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA (920330.SGI/5.17) id AA05058; Tue, 26 Jan 93 11:17:09 -0500 From: dionf@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Francois Dion) Message-Id: <9301261617.AA05058@brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA> Subject: Re: Samplevision?? To: raver909@telerama.pgh.pa.us (Rave Crusader) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 11:17:09 EST Cc: eps@reed.edu In-Reply-To: ; from "Rave Crusader" at Jan 26, 93 11:02 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Beyond the ultraworld of Rave Crusader: > > Sample Vision is another "mess around with sound product" it depends on > what you want to do with it. It is understanding this is just another > Multi-media (whatever that has become to mean) sound board with sampling. > Let me check.... > Nope I'm wrong I was thinking of something else. Who makes SampleVision? It is a sample editor made by Turtle Beach Software (who make the Multisound) > What do you intend on doing with it? Edit samples for the EPS16+ and the Gravis Ultrasound. Ciao, -- Francois Dion ' _ _ _ CISM (_) (_) _) FM Montreal , Canada Email: CISM@ERE.UMontreal.CA (_) / . _) 10000 Watts Telephone no: (514) 343-7511 _______________________________________________________________________________ Audio-C-DJ-Fractals-Future-Label-Multimedia-Music-Radio-Rave-Video-VR-Volvo-... From ERE.UMontreal.CA!dionf Tue Jan 26 08:29:46 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 132.204.2.103 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Tue, 26 Jan 93 08:29 PST Received: from eole.ERE.UMontreal.CA by condor.CC.UMontreal.CA with SMTP id AA26607 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for eps@reed.edu); Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:28:20 GMT Received: from brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA by eole.ERE.UMontreal.CA (920330.SGI/5.17) id AA06243; Tue, 26 Jan 93 11:28:19 -0500 Received: by brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA (920330.SGI/5.17) id AA05793; Tue, 26 Jan 93 11:28:19 -0500 From: dionf@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Francois Dion) Message-Id: <9301261628.AA05793@brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA> Subject: DOC, DOC II and other horror stories To: eps@reed.edu Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 11:28:18 EST X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Ok, now is the ensoniq chip in the EPS16+ is called a DOC or DOC II chip? Anybody got a technical note on the DOC II? Also, what is in the ASR10? Any info on the possibilities of the DOC II would be strongly appreciated. Thanks, -- Francois Dion ' _ _ _ CISM (_) (_) _) FM Montreal , Canada Email: CISM@ERE.UMontreal.CA (_) / . _) 10000 Watts Telephone no: (514) 343-7511 _______________________________________________________________________________ Audio-C-DJ-Fractals-Future-Label-Multimedia-Music-Radio-Rave-Video-VR-Volvo-... From greyrock.ACNS.ColoState.EDU!eroth Tue Jan 26 12:12:32 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 129.82.100.64 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Tue, 26 Jan 93 12:11 PST Received: from greyrock.ACNS.ColoState.EDU by yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA53548; Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:11:56 -0700 Received: by greyrock (NX5.67c/SMI-DDN) id AA16115; Tue, 26 Jan 93 13:07:31 -0700 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 13:07:31 -0700 From: eroth@greyrock.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (Edward Roth) Message-Id: <9301262007.AA16115@greyrock> Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.87.1) Received: by NeXT Mailer (1.87.1) To: davisonj@ecn.purdue.edu (John M Davison) Subject: Re: 9-pin RS232C extension cord availability query Cc: eps@reed.edu (EPS Mailing List) Sounds like all you need is a standard monitor extension cable available from pretty much any place that sells computer cables. Make sure to get the 9 pin one though, not the HI-D 15 variety. It should be about $5 - $10. Ed Roth From elm.circa.ufl.edu!mas Tue Jan 26 15:05:40 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 128.227.8.3 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Tue, 26 Jan 93 15:02 PST Received: by elm.circa.ufl.edu (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA03292; Tue, 26 Jan 93 18:01:48 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 18:01:48 -0500 From: mas@elm.circa.ufl.edu (Mark Schneider) Message-Id: <9301262301.AA03292@elm.circa.ufl.edu> To: eps@reed.edu Subject: Demand for EPS disk recovery program Cc: mas@elm.circa.ufl.edu In reference fo Mike Chen's posting on a program to help recover data fromdamaged EPS disks, Mike - you can count me on the "Is there sufficient demand" list. Perhaps, using the documents we have (such as Gary Geibler's articles in Transoniq Hacker), a few of us can help write the code, if you're interested. One thing to note is that when you delete a file on the EPS 16+ (& I assume the classic and ASR also), the entire directory entry for that file is erased. This makes it much harder to undelete than for MS-DOS, which only changes the first character of the directory file name (which tells DOS not to print the file name when you type "dir"). This means we have no clue how big files are, which in turn means we have to crack the code structure ensoniq uses to store each type of file. Maybe the sysex is a good starting source. Or better yet, let's hope Ensoniq will tell us the format for each file type. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Mark Schneider University of Florida | | 904-335-6511 (voice) mas@elm.circa.ufl.edu | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From silver.lcs.mit.edu!jna Tue Jan 26 16:51:28 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 18.52.0.230 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Tue, 26 Jan 93 16:50 PST Received: by silver.lcs.mit.edu id AA00470; Tue, 26 Jan 93 19:50:24 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 19:50:24 -0500 From: jna@silver.lcs.mit.edu (head on) Message-Id: <9301270050.AA00470@silver.lcs.mit.edu> To: eps@reed.edu, mas@elm.circa.ufl.edu Subject: Re: Demand for EPS disk recovery program I'd like to write a program that allows me to load waveforms off the EPS and set and adjust sample start and end points ( I don't need tobe able to play them back..) seeing as Mike Chen already wrote the read/write software, now I need the instrument data/infomration.. and fileformats as well.. help1 :) -john From psy.uwa.edu.au!scott Tue Jan 26 22:16:35 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 128.250.1.21 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Tue, 26 Jan 93 22:14 PST Received: from wapsy.psy.uwa.oz.au by munnari.oz.au with SMTP (5.83--+1.3.1+0.50) id AA28731; Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:14:19 +1100 (from scott@psy.uwa.edu.au) Received: by psy.uwa.edu.au (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA29116; Wed, 27 Jan 93 14:12:25 WST Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 14:12:25 WST From: scott@psy.uwa.edu.au (Scott Fisher) Message-Id: <9301270612.AA29116@psy.uwa.edu.au> To: eps@reed.edu Subject: Formats... Greetings. I was thinking about the K2000 and it's (soon to be released?) ability to read EPS/16+ disks. The ASR10 with it's new drive and a little extra software (Bill? :-) should be able to read K2000, Roland and Akai sample disks. Are we about to enter a brave new world of samplers that can all read each others formats? I hope so. Regards Scott. _______________________________________________________________________________ Scott Fisher [scott@psy.uwa.oz.au] PH: Aus [61] Perth (09) Local (380 3272). _--_|\ N Department of Psychology / \ W + E University of Western Australia. Perth [32S, 116E]--> *_.--._/ S Nedlands, 6009. PERTH, W.A. v *** ERROR 144 - REBOOT? is a registered trademark of ENSONIQ Corp *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From mips2.ma30.bull.com!peters Wed Jan 27 06:25:34 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 128.35.27.11 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Wed, 27 Jan 93 06:25 PST Received: by mips2.ma30.bull.com (5.61/1.34) id AA22811; Wed, 27 Jan 93 09:25:56 -0500 From: peters@mips2.ma30.bull.com (Dan Peters) Message-Id: <9301271425.AA22811@mips2.ma30.bull.com> Subject: EPS (classic) SCSI pinouts To: eps@reed.edu Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 9:25:56 EST Return-Receipt-To: peters@mips2.ma30.bull.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.2 PL0] I have a question tha has been lingering in my mind for some time. I own an EPS-M (rackmount) classic and a 386 PC with an Adaptec SCSI controller. The EPS-M has the SCSI port and I know that a Mac with the Alchemy SW can use MIDI to initiate SCSI transfers. I know of no IBM PC software that use the SCSI for transfers (Sample Vision by Turtle Beach does all it's transfers via MIDI I believe). The Question is: Did Ensoniq design the SCSI pinouts on the EPS (etal.) to be a standard SCSI device? (i.e. standard SCSI signals? I don't remember what connector, but is it the standard connector or is a special cable needed). The Adaptec SCSI has a standard connector and pinouts that allows it to talk to all types of SCSI devices with the proper driver. The Reason for the Question is: I don't own an Mac, I own an IBM PC compatible. If you can have a Mac and a SCSI disk and an EPS on the same SCSI bus, why not for an IBM PC equipped with SCSI? Next If I hack some Software (since none exist), why can't my PC use MIDI SYSEX to initiate a SCSI transfer with the EPS the way Alchemy does? Any Technical Information (on the signals and pinouts of the EPS SCSI port) would be greatly appreciated. The often silent, but always reading and appreciating the mailing list, Dan -- == Dan Peters Zenith Data Systems == (508) 294-3325 (294-3054) 300 Concord Road MA30/MS853A == D.Peters@ma30.bull.com Billerica, MA 01821-4186 From gradient.cis.upenn.edu!din Wed Jan 27 07:12:44 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 130.91.6.8 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Wed, 27 Jan 93 07:12 PST Received: from GRADIENT.CIS.UPENN.EDU by linc.cis.upenn.edu id AA08080; Wed, 27 Jan 93 10:12:24 -0500 Return-Path: Received: by gradient.cis.upenn.edu id AA20775; Wed, 27 Jan 93 10:12:24 EST Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 10:12:24 EST From: din@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Clarence Din) Posted-Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 10:12:24 EST Message-Id: <9301271512.AA20775@gradient.cis.upenn.edu> To: eps@reed.edu Subject: please unsubscribe me! To the admin of this group: Please unsubscribe me to this group. Thanks! -Clarence From floyd.imag.fr!chevalet Wed Jan 27 07:37:19 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 129.88.32.41 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Wed, 27 Jan 93 07:36 PST Received: from imag.imag.fr by brahma.imag.fr with SMTP id AA06470 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:32:11 +0100 Received: from floyd.imag.fr by imag.imag.fr (4.1/5.17) id AA24692; Wed, 27 Jan 93 16:32:37 +0100 Received: by floyd.imag.fr (4.1/5.17) id AA00381; Wed, 27 Jan 93 16:33:40 +0100 Message-Id: <9301271533.AA00381@floyd.imag.fr> From: jean-Pierre Chevallet Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:33:39 +0100 In-Reply-To: peters@mips2.ma30.bull.com (Dan Peters) "EPS (classic) SCSI pinouts" (Jan 27, 9:25) X-Organization: U.F.R. I.M.A., University of Grenoble To: peters@mips2.ma30.bull.com (Dan Peters), eps@reed.edu Subject: Re: EPS (classic) SCSI pinouts Cc: eps@reed.edu Dans votre courrier du 27 Jan vous ecrivez : >I have a question tha has been lingering in my mind for some time. [...]> >The Question is: > > Did Ensoniq design the SCSI pinouts on the EPS (etal.) to be a >standard SCSI device? (i.e. standard SCSI signals? I don't remember >what connector, but is it the standard connector or is a special cable >needed). The Adaptec SCSI has a standard connector and pinouts that >allows it to talk to all types of SCSI devices with the proper driver. [...] I'm interessed too of of using SCSI sample transfert with an ST Atari. > > If you can have a Mac and a SCSI disk and an EPS on the same > SCSI bus, why not for an IBM PC equipped with SCSI? > > Next If I hack some Software (since none exist), why can't my > PC use MIDI SYSEX to initiate a SCSI transfer with the EPS the > way Alchemy does? I'have wrote a software called EPSTOOL that enable loops point modification and wave printing on a window. The transfert uses MIDI and, due to the low speed, i only transfert part of wave. So, I'm Interessed too on knowing if it simple to use SCSI data transfert > >Any Technical Information (on the signals and pinouts of the EPS SCSI >port) would be greatly appreciated. > I'm interessed too. -- ---- CHEVALLET Jean-Pierre chevalet@imag.imag.fr LGI IMAG Bureau B304 chevalet@imag.UUCP "Faire, et en faisant, se faire" From Ensoniq.COM!fred Wed Jan 27 10:22:04 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 128.126.220.104 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Wed, 27 Jan 93 10:21 PST Received: from ensoniq.UUCP by gvls1.VFL.Paramax.COM (4.1/mls/4.0) id AA08530; Wed, 27 Jan 93 13:21:37 EST X-Info: VFL.Paramax.COM is the new name for GVL.Unisys.COM Please change any mailing lists or aliases. Both the old and the new addresses will work for a short time. Received: by ensoniq.Ensoniq.COM (4.1/mls/3.5) id AA01232; Wed, 27 Jan 93 13:16:33 EST Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 13:16:33 EST From: fred@Ensoniq.COM (Fred Shaul) Message-Id: <9301271816.AA01232@ensoniq.Ensoniq.COM> To: eps@reed.edu, peters@mips.ma30.bull.com > The Question is: > > Did Ensoniq design the SCSI pinouts on the EPS (etal.) to be a > standard SCSI device? Yes. > The Reason for the Question is: > > I don't own an Mac, I own an IBM PC compatible. > > If you can have a Mac and a SCSI disk and an EPS on the same > SCSI bus, why not for an IBM PC equipped with SCSI? SCSI wave sample transfers (AKA Alchemy) are implemented by following the ENSONIQ MIDI SYS-EX Specification. This Specification includes SCSI wave sample transfers. A document of this specification can be obtained through ENSONIQ customer service. Any host computer that follows this spec should be able to perfrom SCSI wavesample transfer with ENSONIQ samplers. - fred@ensoniq.com From nwnexus.wa.com!sounds!brianw Wed Jan 27 11:12:45 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 192.135.191.1 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Wed, 27 Jan 93 11:12 PST Received: from sounds.UUCP by nwnexus.wa.com with UUCP id AA02107 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4); Wed, 27 Jan 1993 10:52:44 -0800 Received: by sounds. (NX5.67c/NX3.0S) id AA08835; Wed, 27 Jan 93 10:49:49 -0800 Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 10:49:49 -0800 From: Brian Willoughby Message-Id: <9301271849.AA08835@sounds.> Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.87.1) Received: by NeXT Mailer (1.87.1) To: peters@mips2.ma30.bull.com (Dan Peters) Subject: Re: EPS (classic) SCSI pinouts Cc: eps@reed.edu Reply-To: sounds!brianw@nwnexus.wa.com | [...] | Did Ensoniq design the SCSI pinouts on the EPS (etal.) to | be a standard SCSI device? (i.e. standard SCSI signals? | I don't remember what connector, but is it the standard connector | or is a special cable needed). The Adaptec SCSI has a standard | connector and pinouts that allows it to talk to all types of SCSI | devices with the proper driver. The SCSI standard is a 50-pin Centronics connector carrying 25 signals (well, there are a few grounds in there, so not quite 25). Each signal uses two wires in a twisted pair configuration. The 25-pin DB-25 connector is wired exactly the same for the Mac and the EPS. You can take a Mac-to-SCSI cable designed with a 50-pin Centronics on one end and a DB-25 on the other and use it between the SCSI drive and the EPS with no problem (my Quantum ProDrive 105S came with a Mac cable which worked for my EPS with no modification). I would think that the easiest way to connect your PC SCSI card would be to use the suppied 50-pin adaptor (there should be one included to connect your PC to standard SCSI drives) and then connect this to a Mac-to-SCSI cable using either your drive (all drives should have two 50-pin connectors) or a 50-pin-to-50-pin cable extender if you don't even have a SCSI drive. In the event that this won't work for you and you find that you must build your own cable, just note that all the odd pins on the 50-pin Centronics SCSI connector have no connection on the DB-25, and the even pins connect "in-order" to the DB-25. If you actually have a cable with 50 wires, which should be configured as 25 twisted pair for use in a SCSI application, I would suggest soldering all connections on the 50-pin Centronics end (taking into account which wires should be paired) and just leaving the odd ones unconnected at the DB-25 end. This will still enable the sheilding effect of the twisted pair wiring. [...] | Any Technical Information (on the signals and pinouts of the EPS | SCSI port) would be greatly appreciated. When writing your PC SCSI driver software, be aware that the EPS sends out a SCSI request which must be acknowledged for SCSI transfers to occur instead of MIDI transfers. Normally, the EPS only sends typical drive commands over the SCSI bus when a SCSI drive is selected as the main drive. However, during SysEx transfers, the EPS must decide whether to send the data for the message over MIDI or SCSI (all SysEx request and ack headers are transfered via MIDI). I have been told by an Ensoniq engineer that the EPS makes this decision by sending a SCSI request and waiting for a timeout before deciding to use the MIDI port. If there is a response to the SCSI request, then the data is sent or received over the SCSI bus, otherwise, if the timeout expires, data is sent or received through MIDI. I don't know what SCSI command is actually sent by the EPS, but it is obviously something which will not wake up your disk drive and convince it that it needs to transfer SysEx data. For this, I would suggest obtaining the ANSI SCSI document, ANSI X3.131-1986, which you should read to become familiar with all the varied SCSI commands available. By the way, I can't guarantee this without an actual manual from Ensoniq, but since I don't think there is one, you should probably have a little better luck figuring out how to write your PC SCSI-to-EPS driver with these tidbits of information. | == Dan Peters Zenith Data Systems --- Brian Willoughby Software Design Engineer, BSEE NCSU BrianW@SoundS.WA.com Sound Consulting: Software Design and Development NeXTmail welcome From psuvax1.cs.psu.edu!sol4.cs.psu.edu!mchen Wed Jan 27 23:55:54 1993 Return-Path: <@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu:mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu> Received: from 130.203.1.6 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Wed, 27 Jan 93 23:54 PST Received: from sol4.cs.psu.edu ([130.203.2.12]) by psuvax1.cs.psu.edu with SMTP id <291839>; Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:54:49 -0500 Received: by sol4.cs.psu.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA07561; Thu, 28 Jan 93 02:54:36 EST Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:54:36 -0500 From: mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Michael Chen) Message-Id: <9301280754.AA07561@sol4.cs.psu.edu> To: eps@reed.edu Subject: EPSDisk v1.01 uploaded to eps.reed.edu EPSDisk v1.01 is a program for IBM PC compatible computers to manipulate EPS disks, raw image files and GKH files. Its notable feature right now is its ability to handle (and format on my machine) high density ASR-10 disks as well, so that ASR-10 folks can put their stuff on the archive. -- Mike Chen (mchen@cs.psu.edu) 1/27/1993 From psuvax1.cs.psu.edu!sol4.cs.psu.edu!mchen Thu Jan 28 04:37:21 1993 Return-Path: <@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu:mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu> Received: from 130.203.1.6 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Thu, 28 Jan 93 04:36 PST Received: from sol4.cs.psu.edu ([130.203.2.12]) by psuvax1.cs.psu.edu with SMTP id <292073>; Thu, 28 Jan 1993 07:36:34 -0500 Received: by sol4.cs.psu.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA08152; Thu, 28 Jan 93 07:36:20 EST Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 07:36:20 -0500 From: mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Michael Chen) Message-Id: <9301281236.AA08152@sol4.cs.psu.edu> To: eps@reed.edu Subject: EPSDisk v1.01 is compressed with PKZIP 2.04c! Like the subject sez, I compressed the program I uploaded with PKZIP 2.04c, which breaks most other unzippers (unless they've been patches). So, if you don't already have it, ftp it from somewhere (actually, just about anywhere). I'm much more confident about the high-density formatting now, and an annoying quirk of DOS and the BIOS which caused problems reading from side 1 of a disk has been worked around. Enjoy! -- Mike From floyd.imag.fr!chevalet Thu Jan 28 07:10:28 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 129.88.32.41 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Thu, 28 Jan 93 07:10 PST Received: from imag.imag.fr by brahma.imag.fr with SMTP id AA07710 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:09:45 +0100 Received: from floyd.imag.fr by imag.imag.fr (4.1/5.17) id AA18035; Thu, 28 Jan 93 16:10:12 +0100 Received: by floyd.imag.fr (4.1/5.17) id AA04833; Thu, 28 Jan 93 16:11:17 +0100 Message-Id: <9301281511.AA04833@floyd.imag.fr> From: jean-Pierre Chevallet Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:11:16 +0100 In-Reply-To: jna@silver.lcs.mit.edu (Escape From Happy Birthday) "Re: EPS (classic) SCSI pinouts" (Jan 27, 20:14) X-Organization: U.F.R. I.M.A., University of Grenoble To: jna@silver.lcs.mit.edu (Escape From Happy Birthday) Subject: Re: EPS (classic) SCSI pinouts Cc: eps@reed.edu Dans votre courrier du 27 Jan vous ecrivez : >Your software that you wrote, how does it work, is it for IBM? > It's written in Modula-2 and run on ST : sorry ... >and does it read EPS disks? (I was considering writing similiar software, It reads EPS disk for copy, and directory printing : all my disk labels are made with it. >but if you've already written it, there's no sense in my reinventing the >wheel.) Sure, I can send you part of the source code .. in Modula ! Jean-Pierre. -- ---- CHEVALLET Jean-Pierre chevalet@imag.imag.fr LGI IMAG Bureau B304 chevalet@imag.UUCP "Faire, et en faisant, se faire" From silver.lcs.mit.edu!jna Thu Jan 28 12:42:46 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 18.52.0.230 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Thu, 28 Jan 93 12:40 PST Received: by silver.lcs.mit.edu id AA22100; Thu, 28 Jan 93 15:40:49 -0500 Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 15:40:49 -0500 From: jna@silver.lcs.mit.edu (court and spark) Message-Id: <9301282040.AA22100@silver.lcs.mit.edu> To: eps@reed.edu, mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu Subject: Re: EPSDisk v1.01 is compressed with PKZIP 2.04c! How's about some FTP sites for PKZIP2.04c? :) -john From psuvax1.cs.psu.edu!sol4.cs.psu.edu!mchen Thu Jan 28 13:19:26 1993 Return-Path: <@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu:mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu> Received: from 130.203.1.6 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Thu, 28 Jan 93 13:18 PST Received: from sol4.cs.psu.edu ([130.203.2.12]) by psuvax1.cs.psu.edu with SMTP id <293046>; Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:18:32 -0500 Received: by sol4.cs.psu.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA08950; Thu, 28 Jan 93 16:18:25 EST Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:18:25 -0500 From: mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Michael Chen) Message-Id: <9301282118.AA08950@sol4.cs.psu.edu> To: eps@reed.edu Subject: pkzip/unzip uploaded to eps.reed.edu in /pub/eps/incoming For those of you looking for pkzip/unzip v2.04 (for example, to get EPSDisk from the archive), I've just uploaded it to eps.reed.edu. It's a self- extracting archive (.EXE) file called pkz204e.exe. So grab it, and EPSDisk (so someone with an ASR-10 can tell me if the high-density disks that format and verify OK work in the keyboard). BTW, is there any good reason why you can't hook up a HD 3.5" drive for your EPS/EPS16+? -- Mike From psuvax1.cs.psu.edu!sol4.cs.psu.edu!mchen Thu Jan 28 13:38:13 1993 Return-Path: <@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu:mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu> Received: from 130.203.1.6 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Thu, 28 Jan 93 13:38 PST Received: from sol4.cs.psu.edu ([130.203.2.12]) by psuvax1.cs.psu.edu with SMTP id <293084>; Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:38:01 -0500 Received: by sol4.cs.psu.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA09006; Thu, 28 Jan 93 16:37:53 EST Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:37:53 -0500 From: mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Michael Chen) Message-Id: <9301282137.AA09006@sol4.cs.psu.edu> To: eps@reed.edu Subject: First bug fix to EPSDisk (now 1.01a) ! I just uploaded version 1.01a, which fixed a stupid little bug that stopped HD drives from formatting DD disks. It works fine now... if I can just figure out the tweak parameters for 11-sector 880K disks! Grump grump grump... -- Mike From Dartmouth.EDU!Stephen.W.Berkley Thu Jan 28 13:57:03 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 129.170.16.4 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Thu, 28 Jan 93 13:56 PST Received: from donner.dartmouth.edu by dartvax.dartmouth.edu (5.65+D4/4.5HUB) id AA15610; Thu, 28 Jan 93 16:56:29 -0500 Message-Id: <3412247@donner.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 28 Jan 93 16:56:20 EST From: Stephen.W.Berkley@Dartmouth.EDU Subject: GKH format? To: eps@reed.edu (eps@reed.edu) Does anyone have the specifics of the GKH format for EPS 16+ double-sided floppies? I'm interested in parsing through some of the disk images that are stored on the ftp site. There seems to be a 57 byte offset of GKH stuff, then the 512 byte sectors. Is there anything else? -Steve Berkley From moon.nbn.com!cyberden!xorcist Thu Jan 28 15:23:37 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 192.132.30.4 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Thu, 28 Jan 93 15:23 PST Received: from well.sf.ca.us by nkosi.well.sf.ca.us (5.65c/SMI-4.1/nkosi-921118-1) id AA25662; Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:22:14 -0800 Received: by well.sf.ca.us (5.65c/SMI-4.1/well-921206-1) id AA16333; Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:22:15 -0800 Received: from cyberden.UUCP by moon.nbn.com (4.1/NBN-16/MOON-51) id AA10960; Thu, 28 Jan 93 15:22:20 PST Received: by cyberden.sf.ca.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Thu, 28 Jan 93 15:02:16 PST for reed.edu!eps To: eps@reed.edu Subject: PKZIP2.04c = NO! From: xorcist@cyberden.sf.ca.us Reply-To: xorcist@cyberden.sf.ca.us Comments: The Devil Message-Id: Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 15:01:42 PST Organization: Indescribable Creations Dig Dis: ------------------------------------------------------------ Forwarded from GEnie. PKWare may well have a disaster on its hands with the release of version 2.04c. The PKWare forum on CIS is full of reports of file corruption, memory allocation problems, CRC errors, disk span problems, AV problems, and more. The following are some of them: 1. The volume lable ("$") switch does not work. 2. The Norton anti-virus program will report the "Maltese Amoeba" virus when scanning PKZIP. It's a false report, not a virus. 3. If you have problems running PKZIP/UNZIP from Windows 3.1, you may have to follow the steps outlined in MANUAL.DOC to disable the DPMI detection/use. 4. One user reports 60 megs worth of files desroyed due to corruption after converting ARJ to ZIP 2.04c files !!!! Another user reports some corrupted files after using 2.04c on a network. 5. Be careful using the "-&f" and "-fl" switches. The "quick format" can be a nasty trap for the unsuspecting. The quick format zeros the FAT and the directory area of a previously formatted disketted. The problem is that if a user quick formats a diskette that has bad sectors marked in the FAT, these sectors are no longer marked and DOS will eventually write over them. DOS will routinely write to a bad area on a disk but refuse to read such areas. SO BEWARE !!! 6. If you are restoring from a multiple disk backup set, PKUNZIP will promp you to put the next disk in the drive. It does Not properly detect and track the DOS "Drive not ready.." error. It will NOT detect the situation Where the user places the wrong sequence diskette into the drive and will erroneously report that the ZIP file is corrupt! 7. The PKWare strategy to backup disks is flawed and dangerous. It requires that _all_ of the backup disk set be present and undamaged. If first disk is damaged the entire backup set is lost. 8. If you use the "-rp" switch to zip files recursively and store the paths, pkzip 2.04c will now place an entry in the ZIP file director for EACH subdirectory recursed into that looks likes this: 0 Stored 0 0% 01-07-93 09:30 0000000 --wD ONE/ 9. Lots of reports of file corruption and unexplained CRC errors. BEWARE! USE AT YOUR RISK Forwarded this for all sysops FYI-- --------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________________________ | / |\ | H E \ Y B E R |/ E N [ xorcist@cyberden.sf.ca.us ] From psuvax1.cs.psu.edu!sol4.cs.psu.edu!mchen Thu Jan 28 16:06:44 1993 Return-Path: <@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu:mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu> Received: from 130.203.1.6 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Thu, 28 Jan 93 16:06 PST Received: from sol4.cs.psu.edu ([130.203.2.12]) by psuvax1.cs.psu.edu with SMTP id <293970>; Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:06:18 -0500 Received: by sol4.cs.psu.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA09320; Thu, 28 Jan 93 19:06:01 EST Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:06:01 -0500 From: mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Michael Chen) Message-Id: <9301290006.AA09320@sol4.cs.psu.edu> To: eps@reed.edu Subject: (second bug fix) EPSDisk 1.01b at eps.reed.edu The second revision, version 1.01b, fixes a stupid array subscripting bug which garbled images from DD (but not HD) disks. Also, it adds a nifty format feature called sector shift. I won't go into the details, but the end result is a completely invisible (to the EPS) speedup in disk access. To see, do the following (once you download EPSDisk) -- take an image of your OS disk. Then, format a disk using EPSDisk, and copy the image onto your new disk. Put it in the EPS and turn it on. You'll notice that the boot time is considerably quicker! Also, in light of the article posted about the woes of pkzip, I'm uploading a .Z version as well. Enjoy! -- Mike From psuvax1.cs.psu.edu!sol4.cs.psu.edu!mchen Thu Jan 28 17:48:56 1993 Return-Path: <@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu:mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu> Received: from 130.203.1.6 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Thu, 28 Jan 93 17:48 PST Received: from sol4.cs.psu.edu ([130.203.2.12]) by psuvax1.cs.psu.edu with SMTP id <293981>; Thu, 28 Jan 1993 20:47:51 -0500 Received: by sol4.cs.psu.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA09553; Thu, 28 Jan 93 20:47:40 EST Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 20:47:40 -0500 From: mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Michael Chen) Message-Id: <9301290147.AA09553@sol4.cs.psu.edu> To: eps@reed.edu Subject: EPSDisk 1/28/1993 ============================================================================ EPSDisk v1.01c : program for reading, writing and formatting EPS disks and images on IBM PC compatibles ============================================================================ It allows the user to read and write physical disks, raw image files, and GKH files (GKH is the standard diak image format used for the EPS archive at eps.reed.edu). For example, to read from physical disk B: to GKH file B-DISK.GKH: C)opy / F)ormat, P)arameters / E)xamine volume / V)erify / Q)uit ? C Enter source volume ( exits) : B: Enter destination volume ( exits) : B-DISK.GKH More functionality to be added when I get the chance. EPSDisk 1.01c supports different disk formats, including EPS/16+ double density 800K and ASR-10 high density 1.6MB format. It also allows non- standard formats to be created (to an extent) --- for example, it is very possible (I am using one as my boot disk) to format 82 tracks per side, for a total disk capacity of 820K (1640 blocks)! The EPSDisk formatter has a feature called sector shift, which speeds up your disk access by formatting the disk sectors in a special order. The order of sectors is staggered from one track to the next, so that the drive doesn't have to spin all the way around to start on the next track. This feature gives a truly amazing increase in disk performance from floppies! Please try it --- this alone is worth the price. Try this out: grab your OS disk, and save it to a file (GKH, or whatever). Then, format a disk with EPSDisk (double density by default; to change, use the Parameters command), and copy the disk image onto your new disk. You'll be pleasantly surprised to find your EPS boots up quite a bit faster! Also try a few bank loads, and you'll understand how neat this feature is. Enjoy! Send comments, questions, wish lists, etc. to: Michael Chen (mchen@cs.psu.edu) 144 East Cherry Lane (ground address valid until August 1993) State College, PA 16803 (USA) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MY CURRENT WISH LIST: Could someone please send me either a copy of the file formats for the EPS and cousins, tell me where to get one, or the same for the MIDI Sys-Ex documentation (which is supposedly very close to the file data)? Also, please keep uploading cool samples to the archive! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE "POOR STUDENT" PLUG If you find this software useful and/or helpful, please send me some form of encouragement (modest monetary donations welcome, but not required; a nice e-mail note helps too!) and suggestions on what could be done to improve or expand the program. E-mail and ground addresses are listed above. ============================================================================ EPSDisk revision log: <1.01 (1/27/93) Internal (non-public) versions only 1.01a (1/28/93) Fixed bug which prevented HD drives from formatting DD disks, which made the formatter useless for a lot of people. 1.01b (1/28/93) Fixed bug which messed up volume copies to and from DD disks. 1.01c (1/28/93) Fixed bug in volume formatting which caused the EPS to say "BAD DISK OS" when the disk was inserted. As it turns out, some of the diagrams in the document "EPS Floppy Disk Format Explained" are not correct -- there are columns missing from at least two of the memory dumps. ============================================================================= From nwnexus.wa.com!sounds!brianw Thu Jan 28 18:19:09 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 192.135.191.1 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Thu, 28 Jan 93 18:18 PST Received: from sounds.UUCP by nwnexus.wa.com with UUCP id AA21832 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for reed.edu!eps); Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:11:02 -0800 Received: by sounds. (NX5.67c/NX3.0S) id AA15573; Thu, 28 Jan 93 17:42:20 -0800 Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 17:42:20 -0800 From: Brian Willoughby Message-Id: <9301290142.AA15573@sounds.> Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.87.1) Received: by NeXT Mailer (1.87.1) To: eps@reed.edu Subject: Re: PKZIP2.04c = NO! Reply-To: sounds!brianw@nwnexus.wa.com Is there anyone responsible for trying to maintain consistency among the compression tools used on the EPS ftp site? The original message sounds like 10 reasons to use Unix compress/uncompress instead of some random tool. At least many folks will have the binaries as part of their operating system - so it is very unlikely that there would be corrupting bugs without everyone in the Unix world knowing about it. I could be biased by having a Unix system, which is why I find compress/uncompress easier to deal with than compressing in other formats (I can unpack just about every popular format, its just harder to pack things using those PC utilities). Brian Willoughby Begin forwarded message: From: xorcist@cyberden.sf.ca.us Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 15:01:42 PST ------------------------------------------------------------ Forwarded from GEnie. PKWare may well have a disaster on its hands with the release of version 2.04c. The PKWare forum on CIS is full of reports of file corruption, memory allocation problems, CRC errors, disk span problems, AV problems, and more. The following are some of them: [ 1. - 10. deleted ] BEWARE! USE AT YOUR RISK Forwarded this for all sysops FYI-- From moon.nbn.com!cyberden!xorcist Thu Jan 28 18:42:05 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 192.132.30.4 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Thu, 28 Jan 93 18:41 PST Received: from well.sf.ca.us by nkosi.well.sf.ca.us (5.65c/SMI-4.1/nkosi-921118-1) id AA02812; Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:40:12 -0800 Received: by well.sf.ca.us (5.65c/SMI-4.1/well-921206-1) id AA06747; Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:40:13 -0800 Received: from cyberden.UUCP by moon.nbn.com (4.1/NBN-16/MOON-51) id AA12745; Thu, 28 Jan 93 18:29:03 PST Received: by cyberden.sf.ca.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Thu, 28 Jan 93 17:22:12 PST for reed.edu!eps To: eps@reed.edu Subject: Re: (second bug fix) EPSDisk 1.01b at eps.reed.edu From: xorcist@cyberden.sf.ca.us Reply-To: xorcist@cyberden.sf.ca.us Comments: The Devil Message-Id: Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 17:21:25 PST In-Reply-To: <9301290006.AA09320@sol4.cs.psu.edu> Organization: Indescribable Creations moon!sol4.cs.psu.edu!mchen (Michael Chen) writes: > The second revision, version 1.01b, fixes a stupid array subscripting bug > which garbled images from DD (but not HD) disks. Also, it adds a nifty forma > feature called sector shift. I won't go into the details, but the end result > is a completely invisible (to the EPS) speedup in disk access. What is the base name for sending a mail-ftp request again to get this? mailserver@reed.edu? etc? __________________________________________________________________________ | / |\ | H E \ Y B E R |/ E N [ xorcist@cyberden.sf.ca.us ] From London.DoCS.UU.SE!vick Fri Jan 29 03:43:33 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 192.36.125.2 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Fri, 29 Jan 93 03:42 PST Received: from London.DoCS.UU.SE by sunic.sunet.se (5.65c8/1.28) id AA07765; Fri, 29 Jan 1993 12:42:35 +0100 Received: by London.DoCS.UU.SE (Sun-4/20, SunOS 4.1.1) with sendmail 5.61-bind 1.5+ida/ICU/DoCS id AA21004; Fri, 29 Jan 93 12:42:33 +0100 Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 12:42:33 +0100 From: Mikael Lundgren Message-Id: <9301291142.AA21004@London.DoCS.UU.SE> To: eps@reed.edu Please unsubscribe me from the list. Regards, Vick () University of Uppsala ,Sweden | Mikael (Vick) Lundgren ____ () () Department of Computer Systems | vick@bern.docs.uu.se /.. \/| () () Remember:Four bananas always add up to a plectrum. (----) | )) () () Neither more nor less and definitely not the other way around.\____/\| () From AB.WVNET.EDU!WILLIAMS Fri Jan 29 05:12:34 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 129.71.2.1 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Fri, 29 Jan 93 05:12 PST Received: from DECNET-MAIL (WILLIAMS@AB) by WVNVMS.WVNET.EDU (PMDF V4.2-6 #042B1) id <01GU3158FV0WA4L8SV@WVNVMS.WVNET.EDU>; Fri, 29 Jan 1993 08:11:47 EST Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 08:11:47 -0500 (EST) From: Tom Williams Subject: "Standard" tools? To: eps@reed.edu Message-id: <01GU3158IJGYA4L8SV@WVNVMS.WVNET.EDU> X-VMS-To: NET::"eps@reed.edu" X-VMS-Cc: ME MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > From: WVNET::IN%"sounds!brianw@nwnexus.wa.com" 28-JAN-1993 21:57:57.34 > Subj: RE: PKZIP2.04c = NO! > > The original message sounds like 10 reasons to use Unix > compress/uncompress instead of some random tool. > > I could be biased by having a Unix system, ... > For me that is the crux of the problem. I am at a VMS site, and we have only PCs and VAXen. When something is posted in TAR and .Z formats, it is completely useless to me. If a posting is intended to run on a PC running MS-DOS, it seems reasonable (IMO) to make it directly loadable to that PC -- and not to make too many assumptions about the user's capabilities for interim decompression. -Tom Williams From ualr.edu!jabussey Fri Jan 29 06:16:45 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 144.167.10.38 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Fri, 29 Jan 93 06:16 PST Received: from odin.ualr.edu by UALR.EDU with PMDF#10154; Fri, 29 Jan 1993 08:17 CST Received: by UALR.EDU (MX V3.1) id 21633; Fri, 29 Jan 1993 08:16:43 EST Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 08:15:55 EST From: Hard On The Beaver Subject: RE: "Standard" tools? Sender: jabussey@ualr.edu To: WILLIAMS@AB.WVNET.EDU Cc: eps@reed.edu Message-id: <00967536.105220E0.21633@UALR.EDU> | From: IN%"WILLIAMS@AB.WVNET.EDU" "Tom Williams" 29-JAN-1993 07:33:07.98 | Subj: "Standard" tools? | For me that is the crux of the problem. I am at a VMS site, | and we have only PCs and VAXen. When something is posted in | TAR and .Z formats, it is completely useless to me. If a | posting is intended to run on a PC running MS-DOS, it seems | reasonable (IMO) to make it directly loadable to that PC -- | and not to make too many assumptions about the user's | capabilities for interim decompression. I am in the same situat and It doesn't have decompress. However there is a zip/unzip available for VAX and UNIX. Jacque Bussey jabussey@ualr.edu From max.uh.cwru.edu!ellert Fri Jan 29 06:26:07 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 129.22.168.4 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Fri, 29 Jan 93 06:25 PST Received: by nu1.uh.cwru.edu (MX V3.1C) id 24625; Fri, 29 Jan 1993 09:25:59 EST Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 09:25:58 EST From: ellert@max.uh.cwru.edu To: eps@reed.edu Message-ID: <0096753F.D875B2E0.24625@max.uh.cwru.edu> Subject: Re: "Standard" tools? Tom Williams writes: For me that is the crux of the problem. I am at a VMS site, and we have only PCs and VAXen. When something is posted in TAR and .Z formats, it is completely useless to me. If a posting is intended to run on a PC running MS-DOS, it seems reasonable (IMO) to make it directly loadable to that PC -- and not to make too many assumptions about the user's capabilities for interim decompression. You should have COMPRESS, UNCOMPRESS, and TAR for VMS installed on your system. They are available, best source might be at gatekeeper. I can't vouch for TAR, but the VMS versions of COMPRESS & UNCOMPRESS work quite well. Ed Ellert ellert@nu1.uh.cwru.edu From ualr.edu!jabussey Fri Jan 29 07:15:37 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 144.167.10.38 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Fri, 29 Jan 93 07:14 PST Received: from odin.ualr.edu by UALR.EDU with PMDF#10154; Fri, 29 Jan 1993 09:15 CST Received: by UALR.EDU (MX V3.1) id 21650; Fri, 29 Jan 1993 09:14:45 EST Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 09:14:40 EST From: Hard On The Beaver Subject: EPS Sample Playback unit Sender: jabussey@ualr.edu To: eps@reed.edu Message-id: <0096753E.4489C4A0.21650@UALR.EDU> This is for all you programming addicts... I think a nice project would be writting a Software EPS Sample Playback and EDIT program. It would have a sequencer just like the EPS'. IT could also add digital effects with maybe effects modules that could be added at a later date. The main thing would be that it got its samples from an EPS disk inserted in the PC 3.5" drive. What do you all think? Jacque Bussey jabussey@ualr.edu From psuvax1.cs.psu.edu!sol4.cs.psu.edu!mchen Fri Jan 29 07:39:00 1993 Return-Path: <@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu:mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu> Received: from 130.203.1.6 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Fri, 29 Jan 93 07:37 PST Received: from sol4.cs.psu.edu ([130.203.2.12]) by psuvax1.cs.psu.edu with SMTP id <292490>; Fri, 29 Jan 1993 10:37:54 -0500 Received: by sol4.cs.psu.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA11083; Fri, 29 Jan 93 10:37:42 EST From: mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Michael Chen) Message-Id: <9301291537.AA11083@sol4.cs.psu.edu> Subject: Re: EPS Sample Playback unit To: jabussey@ualr.edu (Hard On The Beaver) Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 10:37:40 -0500 Cc: eps@reed.edu In-Reply-To: <0096753E.4489C4A0.21650@UALR.EDU>; from "Hard On The Beaver" at Jan 29, 93 9:14 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] > This is for all you programming addicts... I think a nice project > would be writting a Software EPS Sample Playback and EDIT program. It would > have a sequencer just like the EPS'. IT could also add digital effects with > maybe effects modules that could be added at a later date. The main thing > would be that it got its samples from an EPS disk inserted in the PC > 3.5" drive. > > What do you all think? > > Jacque Bussey > > jabussey@ualr.edu > Would we be using the (WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE) Gravis Ultrasound as our sound card, or shall we wait for the Ensoniq SoundScape to actually appear? I'm just about to try to delve into the file formats, so the last sentence suits me just dandy. (Have you tried the disk speedup thing with EPSDisk yet? It really does work!) -- Mike From floyd.imag.fr!chevalet Fri Jan 29 08:14:03 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 129.88.32.41 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Fri, 29 Jan 93 08:12 PST Received: from imag.imag.fr by brahma.imag.fr with SMTP id AA09385 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Fri, 29 Jan 1993 17:11:54 +0100 Received: from floyd.imag.fr by imag.imag.fr (4.1/5.17) id AA08523; Fri, 29 Jan 93 17:12:22 +0100 Received: by floyd.imag.fr (4.1/5.17) id AA09604; Fri, 29 Jan 93 17:13:27 +0100 Message-Id: <9301291613.AA09604@floyd.imag.fr> From: jean-Pierre Chevallet Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 17:13:27 +0100 In-Reply-To: Hard On The Beaver "EPS Sample Playback unit" (Jan 29, 9:14) X-Organization: U.F.R. I.M.A., University of Grenoble To: Hard On The Beaver , eps@reed.edu Subject: Re: EPS Sample Playback unit Dans votre courrier du 29 Jan vous ecrivez : > > This is for all you programming addicts... I think a nice project >would be writting a Software EPS Sample Playback and EDIT program. It would I begun such a project but it never really ending : if some one is interresed to help me going on, I'll be glad. >have a sequencer just like the EPS'. IT could also add digital effects with I don't think duplicating the same sequencer could be a good idea, on the other hand I tried some sample transformation using algo taken from the Chamberlain book "Musical application of Microprocessors" with success : it's very funny but very sloooow too. >maybe effects modules that could be added at a later date. The main thing >would be that it got its samples from an EPS disk inserted in the PC Ha : I do use Midi transfert, with SCSI it could be really usable. >3.5" drive. > >What do you all think? Let's do it ! JP Chevallet -- ---- CHEVALLET Jean-Pierre chevalet@imag.imag.fr LGI IMAG Bureau B304 chevalet@imag.UUCP "Faire, et en faisant, se faire" From mtxinu.COM!steve Fri Jan 29 09:07:49 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 131.106.1.1 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Fri, 29 Jan 93 09:06 PST Received: by mtxinu.COM (5.64/1.29-mls890331) id AA03823; Fri, 29 Jan 93 09:07:55 -0800 Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 09:07:55 -0800 From: steve@mtxinu.COM (spiral freshness) Message-Id: <9301291707.AA03823@mtxinu.COM> To: eps@reed.edu Subject: Un-subscribe Me.. It's been good, but have to cut down on my mail. Adios! -steve From ibm4381.onet.edu!gwiner%UTCADMIN Fri Jan 29 13:21:42 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 141.110.8.15 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Fri, 29 Jan 93 13:21 PST Received: from OSCS_MAIL_GATE ([141.110.8.16]) by cognomen.onet.edu (5.59/1.34) id AA02849; Fri, 29 Jan 93 16:18:56 EST From: gwiner%UTCADMIN@ibm4381.onet.edu Received: by OSCS_MAIL_GATE with Network-Courier id <2B69C99B@OSCS_MAIL_GATE>; Fri, 29 Jan 93 16:19:39 Subject: Re: EPS Sample Playback unit To: Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 16:19:00 Message-Id: <2B69C99B@OSCS_MAIL_GATE> X-Mailer: Network Courier V2.1a Encoding: 10 TEXT "Would we be using the (WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE) Gravis Ultrasound as our sound card, or shall we wait for the Ensoniq SoundScape to actually appear?" Uh-oh! Do I detect the existance of new toys??? What are these things supposed to do (as I drool all over my keyboard just thinking about it COULD be)? - Gregory From silver.lcs.mit.edu!jna Sat Jan 30 02:17:17 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 18.52.0.230 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sat, 30 Jan 93 02:16 PST Received: by silver.lcs.mit.edu id AA00815; Sat, 30 Jan 93 05:16:45 -0500 Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 05:16:45 -0500 From: jna@silver.lcs.mit.edu (Iceblink Luck) Message-Id: <9301301016.AA00815@silver.lcs.mit.edu> To: eps@reed.edu, jabussey@ualr.edu Subject: Re: EPS Sample Playback unit I'm working on this, but, i want to make a unit that can convert EPS to EMAX II disks and back, cause all my bandmates have EMAXes... But noone has infomration on raw disk data (i.e. instrument/wave locations)_ help! -john From telerama.pgh.pa.us!raver909 Sat Jan 30 06:39:11 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 128.2.55.33 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sat, 30 Jan 93 06:39 PST Received: by telerama.pgh.pa.us id AA03112 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for eps@reed.edu); Sat, 30 Jan 1993 09:38:46 -0500 Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 09:38:45 -0500 (EST) From: Rave Crusader Subject: Re: EPS to EMAX and vice versa. To: Iceblink Luck Cc: eps@reed.edu, jabussey@ualr.edu In-Reply-To: <9301301016.AA00815@silver.lcs.mit.edu> Message-Id: "Watcha gonna do when the bass hits you???" -Adrenaline 92 Toronto, Ontario. On Sat, 30 Jan 1993, Iceblink Luck wrote: > I'm working on this, but, i want to make a unit that can convert > EPS to EMAX II disks and back, cause all my bandmates have EMAXes... > > But noone has infomration on raw disk data (i.e. instrument/wave locations)_ > > help! If and when you finally do get that together let me know. I have an EPS but I have access to a TON of Emax discs my partner in techno has a Emax. From PSUVM.PSU.EDU!SRJ102 Sat Jan 30 07:28:32 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 128.118.56.2 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sat, 30 Jan 93 07:28 PST Message-Id: Received: from PSUVM.PSU.EDU by PSUVM.PSU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 9330; Sat, 30 Jan 93 10:28:50 EST Received: by PSUVM (Mailer R2.10 ptf000) id 3405; Sat, 30 Jan 93 10:28:50 EST Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 10:28 EST From: Subject: SMPTE sync help needed! To: eps@reed.edu Hi all, I have a problem, and hopefully someone can tell me what to do to eliminate/correct it... I have the old EPS, with version 2.35 and 2.40 software...I want to sync it to SMPTE using a JL Cooper PPS-100. So, I used the MIDI sync + Song Position Pointer on the JL Cooper... What happens is this: When I want it to start, it starts. It also locks to the tempo quite nicely. But my problem is, when I stop the tape in the middle, then press "Play" again on the tape deck, the EPS comes back in at the beginning of the measure, whether it should or not... What's the deal? Please help! (I just got an idea, and I'm gonna go try it soon, but it might not work...) Thanks in advance, Scott From PSUVM.PSU.EDU!SRJ102 Sat Jan 30 08:12:23 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 128.118.56.2 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sat, 30 Jan 93 08:11 PST Message-Id: Received: from PSUVM.PSU.EDU by PSUVM.PSU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 9453; Sat, 30 Jan 93 11:11:47 EST Received: by PSUVM (Mailer R2.10 ptf000) id 4401; Sat, 30 Jan 93 11:11:47 EST Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 11:11 EST From: Subject: Re: SMPTE stuff To: eps@reed.edu My idea worked. Sorry to bother you.... -Scott From ualr.edu!jabussey Sat Jan 30 08:35:59 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 144.167.10.38 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sat, 30 Jan 93 08:34 PST Received: from odin.ualr.edu by UALR.EDU with PMDF#10154; Sat, 30 Jan 1993 10:36 CST Received: by UALR.EDU (MX V3.1) id 22092; Sat, 30 Jan 1993 10:35:15 EST Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 10:35:06 EST From: Hard On The Beaver Subject: RE: EPS Sample Playback unit Sender: jabussey@ualr.edu To: jna@silver.lcs.mit.edu Cc: eps@reed.edu Message-id: <00967612.AB67E4C0.22092@UALR.EDU> | From: IN%"jna@silver.lcs.mit.edu" 30-JAN-1993 04:17:49.16 | Subj: RE: EPS Sample Playback unit | But noone has infomration on raw disk data (i.e. instrument/wave locations)_ | | help! | | -john | John, I think that info was posted to the list once before. If you can check the EPS archives (if there are any). If anyone has this post please send it to me and john. Thanks, Jacque p.s. I think it was back when GKH was first programmed. From ERE.UMontreal.CA!dionf Sat Jan 30 10:02:05 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 132.204.2.103 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sat, 30 Jan 93 10:01 PST Received: from eole.ERE.UMontreal.CA by condor.CC.UMontreal.CA with SMTP id AA07649 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for eps@reed.edu); Sat, 30 Jan 1993 18:00:33 GMT Received: from brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA by eole.ERE.UMontreal.CA (920330.SGI/5.17) id AA25584; Sat, 30 Jan 93 13:00:32 -0500 Received: by brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA (920330.SGI/5.17) id AA09445; Sat, 30 Jan 93 13:00:32 -0500 From: dionf@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Francois Dion) Message-Id: <9301301800.AA09445@brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA> Subject: RE: EPS Sample Playback unit To: jabussey@ualr.edu (Hard On The Beaver) Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 13:00:31 EST Cc: eps@reed.edu In-Reply-To: <00967612.AB67E4C0.22092@UALR.EDU>; from "Hard On The Beaver" at Jan 30, 93 10:35 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Beyond the ultraworld of Hard On The Beaver: > > | From: IN%"jna@silver.lcs.mit.edu" 30-JAN-1993 04:17:49.16 > > | But noone has infomration on raw disk data (i.e. instrument/wave locations)_ > > John, I think that info was posted to the list once before. If you can check No, it hasn't been posted. > the EPS archives (if there are any). If anyone has this post please send it > to me and john. Since september i have tried getting this information. I sent a letter to Ensoniq and also asked the list. The only answers i got from the list: i will send it later (3 answers), ask x (2 answers), no answer from x, etc... And Ensoniq has not answered my letter... So i would say, dont hold your breath. > Jacque Ciao, -- Francois Dion ' _ _ _ CISM (_) (_) _) FM Montreal , Canada Email: CISM@ERE.UMontreal.CA (_) / . _) 10000 Watts Telephone no: (514) 343-7511 _______________________________________________________________________________ Audio-C-DJ-Fractals-Future-Label-Multimedia-Music-Radio-Rave-Video-VR-Volvo-... From psuvax1.cs.psu.edu!sol4.cs.psu.edu!mchen Sat Jan 30 10:55:37 1993 Return-Path: <@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu:mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu> Received: from 130.203.1.6 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sat, 30 Jan 93 10:55 PST Received: from sol4.cs.psu.edu ([130.203.2.12]) by psuvax1.cs.psu.edu with SMTP id <292335>; Sat, 30 Jan 1993 13:55:15 -0500 Received: by sol4.cs.psu.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA13982; Sat, 30 Jan 93 13:55:07 EST From: mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Michael Chen) Message-Id: <9301301855.AA13982@sol4.cs.psu.edu> Subject: Instrument file format for EPS (was RE: EPS sample playback unit) To: dionf@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Francois Dion) Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 13:55:06 -0500 Cc: eps@reed.edu In-Reply-To: <9301301800.AA09445@brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA>; from "Francois Dion" at Jan 30, 93 1:00 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] > > | But noone has infomration on raw disk data (i.e. instrument/wave locations)_ > > > > John, I think that info was posted to the list once before. If you can check > > No, it hasn't been posted. Information about the raw disk format HAS been posted; however, information on the instrument file format (as opposed to the disk layout) has NOT. This is a very important distinction. I'm working on that right now. -- Mike From telerama.pgh.pa.us!raver909 Sat Jan 30 11:37:02 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 128.2.55.33 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sat, 30 Jan 93 11:36 PST Received: by telerama.pgh.pa.us id AA05283 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for eps@reed.edu); Sat, 30 Jan 1993 14:36:46 -0500 Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 14:36:45 -0500 (EST) From: Rave Crusader Subject: Re: SMPTE stuff To: SRJ102@PSUVM.PSU.EDU Cc: eps@reed.edu In-Reply-To: Message-Id: "Watcha gonna do when the bass hits you???" -Adrenaline 92 Toronto, Ontario. On Sat, 30 Jan 1993, SRJ102@PSUVM.PSU.EDU wrote: > > My idea worked. Sorry to bother you.... > > > -Scott Why not tell us how you got it to work??? From ERE.UMontreal.CA!dionf Sat Jan 30 12:25:11 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 132.204.2.103 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sat, 30 Jan 93 12:24 PST Received: from eole.ERE.UMontreal.CA by condor.CC.UMontreal.CA with SMTP id AA08537 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for eps@reed.edu); Sat, 30 Jan 1993 20:23:15 GMT Received: from brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA by eole.ERE.UMontreal.CA (920330.SGI/5.17) id AA11492; Sat, 30 Jan 93 15:23:14 -0500 Received: by brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA (920330.SGI/5.17) id AA12432; Sat, 30 Jan 93 15:23:13 -0500 From: dionf@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Francois Dion) Message-Id: <9301302023.AA12432@brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA> Subject: Re: Instrument file format for EPS To: mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Michael Chen) Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 15:23:13 EST Cc: eps@reed.edu In-Reply-To: <9301301855.AA13982@sol4.cs.psu.edu>; from "Michael Chen" at Jan 30, 93 1:55 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Beyond the ultraworld of Michael Chen: > > > > | But noone has infomration on raw disk data (i.e. instrument/wave locations)_ > > > > > > John, I think that info was posted to the list once before. If you can check > > > > No, it hasn't been posted. > > Information about the raw disk format HAS been posted; however, information on > the instrument file format (as opposed to the disk layout) has NOT. This is a > very important distinction. I'm working on that right now. I tought John wanted to extract the wave information from an instrument file. The EPS and 16+ format (along with vfx) of the disk (which is the same as a raw dump, or a gkh minus the header) has been available for a long time on the ftp site (enough info to extract an IIF - Individual Instrument File. But what has NOT been available is the info on the IIF itself). Ciao, -- Francois Dion ' _ _ _ CISM (_) (_) _) FM Montreal , Canada Email: CISM@ERE.UMontreal.CA (_) / . _) 10000 Watts Telephone no: (514) 343-7511 _______________________________________________________________________________ Audio-C-DJ-Fractals-Future-Label-Multimedia-Music-Radio-Rave-Video-VR-Volvo-... From psuvax1.cs.psu.edu!sol4.cs.psu.edu!mchen Sat Jan 30 13:13:31 1993 Return-Path: <@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu:mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu> Received: from 130.203.1.6 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sat, 30 Jan 93 13:13 PST Received: from sol4.cs.psu.edu ([130.203.2.12]) by psuvax1.cs.psu.edu with SMTP id <292695>; Sat, 30 Jan 1993 16:13:18 -0500 Received: by sol4.cs.psu.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA14212; Sat, 30 Jan 93 16:13:03 EST From: mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Michael Chen) Message-Id: <9301302113.AA14212@sol4.cs.psu.edu> Subject: Re: Instrument file format for EPS To: dionf@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Francois Dion) Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 16:13:01 -0500 Cc: eps@reed.edu In-Reply-To: <9301302023.AA12432@brise.ERE.UMontreal.CA>; from "Francois Dion" at Jan 30, 93 3:23 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] >>Information about the raw disk format HAS been posted; however, information on >>the instrument file format (as opposed to the disk layout) has NOT. This is a >>very important distinction. I'm working on that right now. > > I tought John wanted to extract the wave information from an instrument file. > The EPS and 16+ format (along with vfx) of the disk (which is the same as a > raw dump, or a gkh minus the header) has been available for a long time on > the ftp site (enough info to extract an IIF - Individual Instrument File. But > what has NOT been available is the info on the IIF itself). Exactly right. But you have to understand the IIF to get the wave data; an instrument file contains pitch table, layer and wavesample data (besides things like MIDI channel, etc.), so to get just the wave data you need to figure out where it is inside the IIF itself. -- Mike From fys.uio.no!t.g.finstad Sat Jan 30 13:55:45 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 129.240.2.50 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sat, 30 Jan 93 13:55 PST Received: from ulrik.uio.no by pat.uio.no with local-SMTP (PP) id <23370-0@pat.uio.no>; Sat, 30 Jan 1993 22:55:37 +0100 Received: from [129.240.22.194] by fidibus.uio.no ; Sat, 30 Jan 1993 22:55:33 +0100 Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 22:55:33 +0100 Message-Id: <9301302155.AAfidibus12601@fidibus.uio.no> To: eps@reed.edu From: Terje Finstad Sender: t.g.finstad@fys.uio.no Subject: Re: Instrument file format for EPS The information on the structure of instrument files is available from Ensoniq in a doc. called External Command Specification - for EPS 16 PLUS or for EPS. (2 docs, the Instruments are very similar for these two models, ..the asr10.????..) It has been available for many years. New revision came in july 1992. It has no information on other files than instruments though. To Francois and others that have tried a letter to Ensoniq with no luck: One letter may not be enough. Don't give up, keep sending letters or call. From psuvax1.cs.psu.edu!sol4.cs.psu.edu!mchen Sat Jan 30 16:31:47 1993 Return-Path: <@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu:mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu> Received: from 130.203.1.6 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sat, 30 Jan 93 16:31 PST Received: from sol4.cs.psu.edu ([130.203.2.12]) by psuvax1.cs.psu.edu with SMTP id <292802>; Sat, 30 Jan 1993 19:31:34 -0500 Received: by sol4.cs.psu.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA14427; Sat, 30 Jan 93 19:31:23 EST From: mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Michael Chen) Message-Id: <9301310031.AA14427@sol4.cs.psu.edu> Subject: Re: Instrument file format for EPS To: t.g.finstad@fys.uio.no (Terje Finstad) Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 19:31:20 -0500 Cc: eps@reed.edu In-Reply-To: <9301302155.AAfidibus12601@fidibus.uio.no>; from "Terje Finstad" at Jan 30, 93 4:55 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] > The information on the structure of instrument files is available from > Ensoniq in a doc. called External Command Specification - for EPS 16 PLUS > or for EPS. (2 docs, the Instruments are very similar for these two models, > ..the asr10.????..) It has been available for many years. New revision came > in july 1992. > It has no information on other files than instruments though. > > To Francois and others that have tried a letter to Ensoniq with no luck: > One letter may not be enough. Don't give up, keep sending letters or call. Actually, I've been matching the disk dump against the implementation of the sys-ex in epslib 2.0 (also at eps.reed.edu). The header block matches almost perfectly to his struct definition in include/eps.h except for one thing. The struct matches byte offset 10 to 0x184 or so. Offset 0 is an eps_long holding the number of bytes in the file (without the header). Offset 4 is something weird that seems to be directly related to the instrument position it was saved from (from cc 40 to ce 00 in steps of 40). Offset 6 is the 4- byte string ff d0 ff f8; I don't know what that is. Obviously, I don't have the Ext. Com. Spec. If someone who does can explain what the heck these things really mean, please reply to me. -- Mike From silver.lcs.mit.edu!jna Sat Jan 30 20:33:57 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 18.52.0.230 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sat, 30 Jan 93 20:33 PST Received: by silver.lcs.mit.edu id AA05445; Sat, 30 Jan 93 23:33:47 -0500 Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 23:33:47 -0500 From: jna@silver.lcs.mit.edu (jellyfish kiss) Message-Id: <9301310433.AA05445@silver.lcs.mit.edu> To: dionf@ERE.UMontreal.CA, mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu Subject: Re: Instrument file format for EPS Cc: eps@reed.edu I want information on how to display the raw data, and then move the start and end points of the sample ( is this in the wave raw data, or what ?) -john From silver.lcs.mit.edu!jna Sat Jan 30 20:35:52 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 18.52.0.230 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sat, 30 Jan 93 20:35 PST Received: by silver.lcs.mit.edu id AA05458; Sat, 30 Jan 93 23:35:48 -0500 Date: Sat, 30 Jan 93 23:35:48 -0500 From: jna@silver.lcs.mit.edu (jellyfish kiss) Message-Id: <9301310435.AA05458@silver.lcs.mit.edu> To: eps@reed.edu, t.g.finstad@fys.uio.no Subject: Re: Instrument file format for EPS Whgat's the phone # for ensoniq? -john From telerama.pgh.pa.us!raver909 Sun Jan 31 09:08:15 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 128.2.55.33 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sun, 31 Jan 93 09:07 PST Received: by telerama.pgh.pa.us id AA00565 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for eps@reed.edu); Sun, 31 Jan 1993 12:07:37 -0500 Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1993 12:07:36 -0500 (EST) From: Rave Crusader Subject: Re: Instrument file format for EPS To: jellyfish kiss Cc: eps@reed.edu, t.g.finstad@fys.uio.no In-Reply-To: <9301310435.AA05458@silver.lcs.mit.edu> Message-Id: "Watcha gonna do when the bass hits you???" -Adrenaline 92 Toronto, Ontario. On Sat, 30 Jan 1993, jellyfish kiss wrote: > Whgat's the phone # for ensoniq? > -john John, the # is 215.647.3930 Now I am having a problem that you or maybe Todd can help me with. I want to use my TR-909 as a drum module, that is not to play internal patterns but patterns sent via MIDI from the sequencer in the EPS. Now I have the EPS setto transmit on Inst channel so that the drum machine would be on a seperate channel from lets say my analog synth with MIDI. The problem is this: The 909 responds to all 16 MIDI channels. It is like it has a OMNI mode by default.This is bad since it takes the notes that are sent on a seperate channel for my Analog synth and plays them. Is there a way to get the 909 to only recieve on one channel or will I have to get some type of hardware solution to this??? BTW: I checked the front panel and could find no facility for changing the MIDI mode or recieve channel. From Minsk.DoCS.UU.SE!vick Sun Jan 31 10:12:59 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 192.36.125.2 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sun, 31 Jan 93 10:12 PST Received: from Minsk.DoCS.UU.SE by sunic.sunet.se (5.65c8/1.28) id AA17131; Sun, 31 Jan 1993 19:12:47 +0100 Received: by Minsk.DoCS.UU.SE (Sun-4/630, SunOS 4.1.2) with sendmail 5.61-bind 1.5+ida/ICU/DoCS id AA23405; Sun, 31 Jan 93 19:12:46 +0100 Date: Sun, 31 Jan 93 19:12:46 +0100 From: Mikael Lundgren Message-Id: <9301311812.AA23405@Minsk.DoCS.UU.SE> To: raver909@telerama.pgh.pa.us Cc: eps@reed.edu, vick@Minsk.DoCS.UU.SE In-Reply-To: Rave Crusader's message of Sun, 31 Jan 1993 12:07:36 -0500 (EST) Subject: 909 midi channel set. Hi, To get out of OMNI mode, use the following key sequences when in Track Play mode: Setting receive channel: Hold down the Shuffle/Flam button and press one of the main keys (1-16) corresponding to wanted MIDI channel. Setting transmit channel: Hold down the Last Step button and press corresponding main key. Not the first combinations one thinks of, I agree :-) Hope this helps! () University of Uppsala ,Sweden | Mikael (Vick) Lundgren ____ () () Department of Computer Systems | vick@bern.docs.uu.se /.. \/| () () Remember:Four bananas always add up to a plectrum. (----) | )) () () Neither more nor less and definitely not the other way around.\____/\| () From telerama.pgh.pa.us!raver909 Sun Jan 31 14:51:18 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 128.2.55.33 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sun, 31 Jan 93 14:51 PST Received: by telerama.pgh.pa.us id AA05752 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for eps@reed.edu); Sun, 31 Jan 1993 17:50:56 -0500 Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1993 17:50:53 -0500 (EST) From: Rave Crusader Subject: Re: 909 midi channel set. To: Mikael Lundgren Cc: eps@reed.edu, vick@Minsk.DoCS.UU.SE In-Reply-To: <9301311812.AA23405@Minsk.DoCS.UU.SE> Message-Id: "Watcha gonna do when the bass hits you???" -Adrenaline 92 Toronto, Ontario. Thanks very much, it helped me out quite a bit! From psuvax1.cs.psu.edu!sol4.cs.psu.edu!mchen Sun Jan 31 16:25:06 1993 Return-Path: <@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu:mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu> Received: from 130.203.1.6 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sun, 31 Jan 93 16:24 PST Received: from sol4.cs.psu.edu ([130.203.2.12]) by psuvax1.cs.psu.edu with SMTP id <293204>; Sun, 31 Jan 1993 19:24:51 -0500 Received: by sol4.cs.psu.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA16056; Sun, 31 Jan 93 19:24:45 EST From: mchen@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Michael Chen) Message-Id: <9302010024.AA16056@sol4.cs.psu.edu> Subject: EPSDisk v1.10 --- extract and write individual files To: eps@reed.edu (EPS List) Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1993 19:24:43 -0500 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] EPSDisk v1.10 has been uploaded to eps.reed.edu. It supports the extraction of individual files from volumes (disks and images), and writing files back to the volume. The file format used is just about identical to .EFE and should be compatible (can someone with EDM check?). -- Mike -- _____________________________________________________________________________ | Michael Chen | From the depths of our most lucid horrors | | | spring our fond hopes and pure desires... | | mchen@cs.psu.edu | except what comes from HELL! :-) 7/23/92 | \_______________________________\___________________________________________| From concorde.convex.com!wb5nrn!jack Sun Jan 31 21:02:30 1993 Return-Path: Received: from 130.168.1.1 by reed.edu (/\==/\ Smail3.1.25.1 #25.21) id ; Sun, 31 Jan 93 21:02 PST Received: from concorde.convex.com by convex.convex.com (5.64/1.35) id AA18300; Sun, 31 Jan 93 23:02:12 -0600 Received: from wb5nrn.UUCP by concorde.convex.com (5.61++/1.28) id AA21935; Sun, 31 Jan 93 21:33:19 -0600 Received: by wb5nrn.cirr.com (1.64/waf) via UUCP; Sun, 31 Jan 93 22:29:50 CST for eps@reed.edu To: eps@reed.edu Subject: FTP access problem From: jack@wb5nrn.cirr.com (jack schieffer) Message-Id: Date: Sun, 31 Jan 93 22:29:49 CST Organization: Radio Amateur WB5NRN system, Dallas, Texas I was having a problem accessing the FTP site by e-mail, and I was hoping someone could help me. The message I got from the mail server said the host name (eps.reed.edu) was not registered with the Domain Name Service. I've used that connect address before without problems so I'm guessing that something has changed recently. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone know how to fix it? Is there perhaps a different connect address that I should be using? Any help on this matter is greatly appreciated! Thanks a million! --- jack@wb5nrn.cirr.com (jack schieffer)