21 Feb
2006
21 Feb
'06
11:58 a.m.
On 2/21/2006 at 1:10 PM Jim Leonard wrote:
Mo'Slo, and programs like it, create busywait loops
in software and are
extremely poor at slowing machines down gracefully enough to run finicky
time-sensitive software (read: games).
A better solution is slowing down the clock of the machine itself, or
disabling caches, or lowering the bus speed, or all three. Check
http://www.oldskool.org/pc/throttle for one such program.
Careful that you don't run afoul of any patents:
http://xrint.com/patents/us/5125088
...and folks wonder what's wrong with the US patent system....<sigh>
Cheers,
Chuck