Re: Apple IIGS software compatability problem

[Eric Shepherd <sheppy@sheppyware.net>]

in article 10442-39FE655D-86@storefull-625.iap.bryant.webtv.net,
sonicxtc@webtv.net at sonicxtc@webtv.net wrote on 10/30/00 10:23 PM:

> I hope someone can help me. To make a long story short I had a IIC get
> ruined in the rain in storage and I was stuck with 200 games with
> nothing to play them on! So I recently bought a IIGS on Ebay. I got it
> the other day and tried some of my games on it and noticed that most of
> them ran unusually fast (like pressing fast-forward search on a VCR).
> Most of them are unplayable at this speed. Of course the type-in
> adventures work great but want I want to know is this: am I doomed to
> not be able to play most of my pre-IIGS games, or is there something I
> can do to slow it down?

Press Control-Apple-ESC to open the Classic Desk Accessories menu, then
choose Control Panel.  Select "System Speed" and set it to "Normal."  Voila!
Your GS is now running at the same 1.024 MHz speed those older games were
designed for.


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