Is slowing my computer necessary?

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From: Majick
Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 11:02

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I have a Athlon 2600 and am about to load up my copy of UFO that was
optimised for running on PCs back in about 2000. Will I need to use one of
the pieces of software that can slow a processor down to run UFO properly on
my machine, or will the game run okay?

I ask because I remember trying to play my 486-era copy of UFO on my old PII
333 and being unable to cope with the scroll/movement speed, even with
everything set to '1'.

Can anyone recommend a decent processor slower? I know when I was last in
this ng there were one or two that were quite popular.

Thanks in advance.

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From: "Majick" <pushthelionheart@y2j.com>
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Subject: Is slowing my computer necessary?
Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 12:02:02 +0100
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