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Date:      Tue, 28 Jan 1997 10:39:08 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com>
Cc:        Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.com>
Subject:   Re: Does anyone know where the Gravis ftp site has moved to?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970128103652.12486J-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199701251949.OAA22461@netcom15.netcom.com>

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On Sat, 25 Jan 1997, Stan Brown wrote:

> 	I am still struggling with my Gravis Ultrasound. Apparently I need some
> 	thing called pattern file to play midi sound files. These seem to have
> 	an extension of .mid

These are the 'patch files' that contain the instruments to play.  With
the PnP version, they're on the included CD.  Install it to a temporary
DOS partition, mount it up and copy them over.  

> 	I found a reference to downloading them in the multimedia list archives.
> 	it mention 2 locations. The Gravis www site, where I found a huge
> 	collection of files with little or no documentation all in .zip or .arc
> 	and similar DOS formats that I can;t  read. The second site mention was
> 	ftp.orst.edu. This site refuses anonymous ftp login, and I think they
> 	have changed their policies a lot lately, since one of the list that I
> 	have belonged to for years was forced to find a new home after being
> 	hosted there for a long time.

I just anon ftp'd into it, so you might try again outside of Netscape.

If you get stuck, I can put my patchfiles up for ftp.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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