Well, I just posted an article about how I found out how to
speed WC up.  Unfortunately I think all that was happening
was that the game was skipping frames. :(  I quickly cancelled
the article so I wouldn't be flamed to death for my stupidity.
If the article didn't make it to your site, here's basically
what I did: Set system speed to low with turbo switch, then
started WC; when the orchestra appeared, I pushed the turbo button
back in and the game played twice as fast as before (this
is on a 386-33).

I didn't think it was skipping frames because the action was
so smooth, and people in the bar as well as the commander in
the briefing room talked and moved twice as fast too!  I thought
the frame skipping was only done in space; but when I got out
to space I set the frames to '0 frames skipped' and when I
came back to the ship people had slowed down to their normal
selves.

Since I had to recalibrate my joystick at the beginning I 
thought something was built into the program to lower the
speed on fast machines when it started up.

Oh well...

As a consolation prize, try this: At the "CONTINUE COMPAIGN"
screen enter 'j' to calibrate your joystick, then press a
button for centering it, then for the upper left calibration
only move your joystick 1/3 to 1/2 way toward the upper
left corner (not all the way) and press a button;  for the
lower right do the same thing--move the stick 1/3 to 1/2
way to the lower right and press a button.  Be sure to keep
both movements the same distance from the center so the
calibration will be equal.

By doing this you will dramatically speed up your turning
ability in space.  I haven't tried it out extensively, but
from what I've experience in the one time I've tried it I
can turn about 50% faster!  I have yet to see the overall
maneuverability against various Kilrathi ships.

PS  I *still* am curious about what happens on other systems
when you start WC with system speed set at low.  (Be sure
to calibrate your stick afterward if you do this because it
will screw it up.)

Steve Smith
smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu