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- The original SLOWDOWN (SLOWDOWN.COM, SLOWDOWN.ASM, SLOWDOWN.DOC) was written
- by David K. Goodwin for use with an 8mhz 8086 such as the AT&T PC6300. It
- will also slow down other processors such as 8mhz or 6mhz 8088's.
-
- The AT however, is a little different animal. We found that SLOWDOWN worked
- somewhat on the 286, but that even at the "90%" level (which would STOP an
- 8mhz 8088, probably), the speed was still "too fast".
-
- Here is a modified that works for the AT, We believe that a percentage
- of 42 (please read his DOC file) will approximate a 4.77mhz processor.
-
- If you have a game program that utilizes the same interrupt scheme as is used
- in this program, there may be a little "unevenness" to the game motion.
- Someone smarter and with more time to spend may be able to correct this.
-
- For those who are technically oriented, all we did was take bytes 57 and 58 of
- the COM file and change them from E0 00 to 02 00.
-
- We renamed the COM file to SLOW286.COM (which seemed appropriate). We hope
- this does the job for you. Have fun!
-
- Thanks to the Generic Software Place in Indianapolis for this program.
-
- Public Brand Software