From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 28 10:39:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA00621 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 10:39:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA00614 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 10:39:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.4/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA13462; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 10:39:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 10:39:08 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Stan Brown cc: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Re: Does anyone know where the Gravis ftp site has moved to? In-Reply-To: <199701251949.OAA22461@netcom15.netcom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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