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Sorry, but I think you're confused in the same manner my coworker was. Activating the turbo button decreases the speed of your computer. Maybe yours operated d
by googlryas 5y ago
Sorry, but I think you're confused in the same manner my coworker was. Activating the turbo button decreases the speed of your computer.
Maybe yours operated differently, but everything I can find about turbo buttons on the internet indicates that they operated as I remember them - your computer gets slower when you turn the button on. I specifically remember playing certain DOS games where, if I didn't activate the turbo button, the entire game would speed through at what felt like double or triple speed.
From wikipedia on Turbo button:
> On IBM PC compatible computers, the turbo button selects one of two run states: *the default normal speed or a reduced "turbo" speed*. It was relatively common on computers using the Intel 80286,[1] Intel 80386 and Intel 80486 processors,[2] from the mid 1980s to mid 1990s. The name is inspired by turbocharger, a device which increases an engine's power and efficiency. *Contrary to what it suggests, the "turbo" button was generally intended to let a computer run slower than the speed for which it had been designed when pressed.*[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button
- coolspot 5y agosigh Look, you read about it in wikipedia, but I actually lived with this computer for my whole childhood. I know for sure how the turbo button worked, because I actually used it to cheat in F1 and Lotus racing games. Best I can find in 10m I dedicated to this is this video showing switch between 22 and 40 MHz modes with a turbo button (around 8:50): https://youtu.be/TdenDH7S8LM https://youtu.be/TdenDH7S8LM
- googlryas 5y agoI've literally told you multiple times that I did too, and my computer behaved in the exact manner that all of the results googling the concept turns up.
- rileymat2 5y agoYou both may be right and wrong… further down in wikipedia page: “ On most systems, turbo mode was with the button pushed in, but since the button could often be wired either way, on some systems it was the opposite.”
- jazzyjackson 5y agoi dont know why the summary paragraph is so authoritative about what pressing the button means when a couple paragraphs down basically says “sometimes it’s wired backwards, so really it could be either faster or slower”