It was mostly to slow an 8088 to its original 4.77mhz speed. 8088 cpu's in the mid to late 80s began a mini MHz war back then, with Intel against NEC with its V20 CPU.
Hmmm....I would like a button on the keyboard or front of the case that slows the whole system right down for overnight use....even the fans...making regular systems go whisper quiet allowing you to sleep....it would be kind of like speedstep and powernow technologies.
InFecTed
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Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Hense the software being more stable.See? I have SOME clue. I just don't know everything about it like your great and mighty asstard self.
More stable? Nothing to do with stability man, just speed. Basing my opinion on your answers in this thread, all your "arguments" are laughable.
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Originally posted by: InFecTed
Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Hense the software being more stable.See? I have SOME clue. I just don't know everything about it like your great and mighty asstard self.
More stable? Nothing to do with stability man, just speed. Basing my opinion on your answers in this thread, all your "arguments" are laughable.
:beer:
From my experience, it had nothing to do with stability. Games with the turbo on were just as stable, but too fast to play.
Wing Commander II w/ Turbo == No Fun
Wing Commander II w/o Turbo == Teh B0mB!
Most amusing.....
Wait so....have we now established that having turbo on speeded the system up? (as it should logically)
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FFMcobalt doesn't believe he is ever wrong. It is best not to argue with him, but, instead pity him and ignore what he says.
Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
so who knows the real reason?..i put my "theory of turbo buttons" down......stop getting ur prides in the ways dudes....
turbo buttons were a big part of our geek past....
You are so full of it.
The "turbo" button activated a small fan which would blow the exhaust gasses coming off of the bus back into the input queue of the CPU allowing for faster processor throughput.
You turn off the button because there can be a lag because it takes a some time for the fan to spin up to full speed, and in some games this would cause a hiccup in the action that could really screw up your Commander Keen game.
It doesn't do half the things you want, but this ECS EZ-Buddie System has a knob to over or underclock the system CPU.
neutralizer
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Yeah, I need something like that too. During the daytime when I play games, it runs normally, but at night, it would be nice if the cpu would underclock itself and and slow down the fans automatically to be more silent.
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Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Hense the software being more stable.
See? I have SOME clue. I just don't know everything about it like your great and mighty asstard self.
considering you generally consider yourself morally superior to everyone, thats piss poor behavior. be a man and concede with some grace when your wrong.
Jesus.People will dig up just about anything to have more ground to stand on in an arguement --true or not.
:| Fvck you.
Wow. All of you need to shut up. You were obviously wrong Nik, but everyone else is arguing over semantics. Christ....
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