On 4/29/2010 4:20 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Some software has CPU timing loops, and that may make
a difference,
however. Games written for a 5150 set running on 3GHz PC can be a
bit more--ah, challenging.
It depends on the game, of course. Alley Cat used the timer for all
pacing calculations, so it runs perfectly on any PC. I ran it on a
bootable (USB) floppy on my 3GHZ Core i7 for a friend to prove it.
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