[X4U] OT: Harry Potter stumbles on Windows XP

[Stroller]

On 16 Jul 2007, at 16:10, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> At 12:11 PM +0100 7/16/07, Stroller wrote:
>> Since you say this is an older game it sounds like it might be  
>> depending upon the PC's clock frequency for the timing. The faster  
>> clock speeds of modern computers might well cause such a speed up.  
>> You don't say how old your wife's laptop is, but have you tried  
>> this on a PC contemporary with the game's manufacture? (e.g. a  
>> PIII 500mhz). Since it doesn't work on your wife's PC the problem  
>> is clearly not unique to your Mac & is unsuitable for this list.
>
> I agree that the original questions are totally off-topic for this  
> list, however, I'd also like to point out that *NO* software  
> written to run on a PC in the last 20 years should be tied to the  
> CPU speed.

Indeed. As you observe in your other post, however, "should" appears  
to be the operative word in this sentence of your reply. This  
explanation is the only one that immediately makes sense to me,  
however, when I consider the symptom that it runs even faster on  
another PC.

Apparently the Philosopher's Stone game was originally published in  
2001 - I think a Pentium 3 500mhz or Duron 850mhz would be  
approximately contemporary with this & such a PC could be picked up  
for as little a tenner secondhand, or even for nothing on your local  
Freecycle. A larger budget would suggest $120 for a PS2 & rebuying  
the games for that platform on eBay.

Stroller.