I had noticed this behaviour somewhat before but it was only an annoyance.
When looking at the diplomacy screen before meeting any one it shows one of the races out there with some info. it show terran, I am playing korx
This version it locked up on me when I tried to scroll to a new race on the 2nd tab.
The program is sitting there in windowed mode using up any available cpu cycle
Partial debug.err
Debug Message: Iconian Refuge (9): Researching: Enhanced Logistics
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Tried to enter unprintable character: 8
Debug Message: Error flipping back buffer to primary buffer.
Debug Message: Device lost
Debug Message: ForeignStats: Cannot find OBJID Foreign_Stats_Race_Button_11
Debug Message: ForeignStats: Cannot find OBJID Foreign_Stats_Race_Image_11
Debug Message: ForeignReportWnd: Cannot find OBJID Foreign_Report_Race_Button_11
Debug Message: ForeignReportWnd: Cannot find OBJID Foreign_Report_Race_Image_11