Actually, the game claims to run on accelerated mode on a PPC.
I disabled most of the power management features and did not select
the 640x480 mode and it appears to be a little faster.
I've have a better feel over the next few days as the game advances
:-)
Ben
On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 20:36:05 -0400, you wrote:
>On Sunday, Ben wrote:
>
>>The Powerbook was very very noticeably slower. Screen scrolling was
>>especially painful.
>>
>>Does anyone have any theories and/or suggestions for improvement?
>
>I'm not familiar with the game, but I suspect it is an older title.
>What is probably happening is that the PPC mac is having to do a lot
>of work in emulation mode in order to run the older software. Your
>68k Mac is the platform the game was written for, I'm guessing,
>therefore it is running more efficiently.
>
>Not a very "techy" answer, but I think you get the gist of it.
>Anyone with a more technical background please feel free to correct
>or clarify any aspect of this response.
>
>Cheers!
>
>Chris Gleeson
>Wawa, Ontario
>
>http://wawa.cc
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