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Why Did the Turbo Button Slow Down Your PC in the '90s?

10 pointsby chedoku22 days ago

5 comments

brudgers17 days ago
Or the button sped it up.<p>The female connector on the button was directionless; motherboards provide a two pin header, and the typical local PC builder would hook it up arbitrarily based on what they thought was correct or what was easier in the assembly.
olgeni22 days ago
On some old XT clones the turbo button did nothing, but Ctrl+Alt+Num- did the trick :D
snvzz22 days ago
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accrual22 days ago
I liked to flip the button around and have turbo on = faster, turbo off = slower.
casenmgreen22 days ago
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