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Splinter · Wed Jul 09, 2003 12:02 am

With the digital speed display on the front.

And the Turbo button

Rakhmaninov3 · Wed Jul 09, 2003 12:12 am

Hah! What exactly does the Turbo button do? Overclock it?

I know we have a bunch of that type of box at school.

YBK · Wed Jul 09, 2003 12:30 am

I think it makes it faster. Old computers used to get a few extra Mhz by pressing that button. :lol:

Felix · Wed Jul 09, 2003 12:41 am

YBK wrote:
I think it makes it faster. Old computers used to get a few extra Mhz by pressing that button.

So couldn't you say that this " Turbo " button does overclock the machine?!?!?!
~FeLiX

element · Wed Jul 09, 2003 1:23 am

XT's ran at a whopping 4.77 MHz I think, pressing that button made them run at 8 or 10 MHz, I believe. I don't know what that button exactly did though.

dolemitecomputers · Wed Jul 09, 2003 2:19 am

I've seen those. Not sure what the point of it was.
"Damn this thing is slow!"
*punches turbo button*
"Ahh much better"

Wed Jul 09, 2003 4:59 am

Certain badly-written programs relied on the speed of the processor for timing. When faster XT and AT clones started appearing, you needed a way to slow down the clones to the stock speeds so that those programs would run at normal speed.

Did anyone else have trouble trying to play Wing Commander on a fast clone?

HowardDrake · Wed Jul 09, 2003 5:02 am

Damn, more old memories. I remember wiring a 2 digit LED display to say "FU" when you turned off turbo :lol:

I was a bad little kid :evil:

YBK · Wed Jul 09, 2003 5:06 am

My dad had a computer at work that read 20 caps. :lol:

I think thats right.

Without Turbo it would be 16. Hahahah

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