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excerpt: "SlowGold is a set of routines used to slow the QL down. It was intended for Gold Card users but it also works on a standard QL. Why would anyone want to slow their QL and/or Gold Card down?!? Most software runs much better on a Gold Card equipped QL. The problem is that some…"
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# SlowGold Reviewed

SlowGold is a set of routines used to slow the QL down. It was intended for Gold Card users but it also works on a standard QL. Why would anyone want to slow their QL and/or Gold Card down?!? Most software runs much better on a Gold Card equipped QL. The problem is that some programs were pretty quick on a standard QL and with the Gold Card become too fast. SlowGold is also handy as a debugging tool, with it you can slow a problem program down to a crawl allowing you to watch what it is or isn’t doing.