From: Vic <tudor AT cam DOT org>
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Subject: Re: Same speed on every machine
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 11:22:32 -0400
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C.Rothwell wrote:
>   Well, my problem is that It works fin on a 386 and up to a P150 then it
> starts to get faster (more so on cyrix machines) and I suspect that on a
> P400 it would be unplayable.

you can detect the speed of the machine and lock your framerate or speed
accordingly. For example, you will never find a 486 at 400 Mhz :) if the
speed of the machine is 400MHZ you can assume it's a PII and lock the
framerate somewhere.