..  _a-speed:

A\_SPEED
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| Syntax   |  A\_SPEED value                                                   |
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| Location |  ATARI\_REXT                                                      |
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Due to the enhanced hardware on which the ST/QL Emulator is running, you
may find that as with the QXL, Super Gold Card and Gold Card, some
programs run too quickly. The command A\_SPEED allows you to slow the
Emulator down so that you can use these programs. value must be in the
range 0..7.

0 allows the Emulator to run at full speed, whereas 7 makes it run very
slowly.

**CROSS-REFERENCE**

:ref:`slug` is very similar.