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Subject: Easy way to dumb down faster machine?

Author: Shep

Date: 00:30:38 09/20/99

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On September 18, 1999 at 22:49:20, Christophe Theron wrote:


>I think a tournament on slow hardware (386-16 to 386-40, or 486 <=33MHz)
>including top programs of the early 90s and programs of today would be very
>interesting. We could amongst other things see if there have been really no
>advances in software in the last 10 years.
>
>It looks like we have a lot of people out there ready to organize "at home"
>computer tournaments. It shouldn't be very hard to find 2 (or even one) 386, or
>even one slow 486, and let programs play on this hardware.

Maybe someone can suggest an effective way of slowing down a given machine by a
certain amount? If we can get a 200 or 300 MHz machine down to the 386-16 level,
even us people with faster machines could run such a tournament.
Is there some small tool available on the net for such a purpose?

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Shep



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