Back in the day, did any of you own a computer with....

[cubby1223]

I would occasionally use the turbo button back in the day for those poorly built games that would go into super-overdrive on faster hardware. After the turbo button went extinct, I got by a bit longer by disabling cache memory to play the older games - that alway caused a drastic reduction in performance, usually enough to get those games to play at normal speed.

Originally posted by: ChAoTiCpInOy
So what does this turbo button do? I remember having one and randomly pressing it.

The button was likely never connected to the motherboard, that was very common to do later on.

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: ForumMaster
does this count?

LOL, imagine the turbo spooling up while playing games. Does that come with a blow off valve? PSHHHHH

 

[clamum]

Yeah, 486 SX 33 MHz (I think was the speed) with a turbo button.

 

[Tobolo]

*raises hand*

Never could tell a dang difference.

 

[krunchykrome]

I did, but I was always too afraid to push it. I didnt know what would happen.

 

[DaWhim]

yea, it really doubled the speed. it was a 486..

*raises hand*

 

[Bootprint]

Had a PC with a Turbo button that was always on.

Also had a Radio Shack Color Computer 1, which had a turbo poke.
POKE 65495,1

 

[Aquaman]

Yup 286 12 mhz turbo to 16 :Q

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[meltdown75]

Yeah, but I don't even consider that "back in the day".

n00b.

 

[Aquaman]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
Yeah, but I don't even consider that "back in the day".

n00b.

Ready for more Playoff goodness?

Go Canucks Go!!!

Cheers.
Aquaman

 

[911paramedic]

Only used it when I placed the handset of my phone in the cradle to dial prodigy.

 

[Linflas]

Turbo button and the dumb little speed number display.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: Aquaman

Originally posted by: meltdown75
Yeah, but I don't even consider that "back in the day".

n00b.

Ready for more Playoff goodness?

Go Canucks Go!!!

Cheers.
Aquaman

You bet

 

[herm0016]

yea! the 286! windows 3.1x best OS ever! had a bunch of great games on there, print shop pro worked best in turbo mode. i don't remember what the OC was though. i still have it and it still works. needs a format of the 1gig hd and a fresh install though. windows does not boot anymore.

 

[Kelemvor]

Probably the same people who said they did in this thread:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=2014695&enterthread=y

 

[Podolak]

I had a couple cases with turbo buttons though they never did anything. Poll?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

I Has A Turbo

- M4H

 

[DivideBYZero]

Mine had a SuperCharger button.

 

[Luthien]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
Anyone have a computer with a cassette tape drive?

<-- Raises hands

yep yep

 

[Tremulant]

Yep, it was green.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Mine had a SuperCharger button.

Not your fleshlight, your COMPUTER.

 

[fLum0x]

uh huh

 

[Mxylplyx]

*raises hand*

486 DX/2 66, with the green LED display that showed 66, and would go down to 33 if you turned turbo off. When my dad was buying it, I insisted that the computer had to have the LED display and the turbo button.

 

[Josh123]

Ya, we had one on some computers when I was in high school. Had that sucker lit up while playing Gorillas during math class.

 

[thirtythree]

What did turbo buttons do?