Mastodawn

RetroArea51 A.P.Gerlach Nov 18, 2024

“Was macht eigentlich der Turbo Button ?” Nun, er gibt mir das Quäntchen-Extra für “Wolfenstein3D”. #turbobutton #retrocomputing #286er #pc

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Kevin Karhan

Oct 4, 2024

@kawa actually it slows down (and if your System had fancy 7-segmebt displays for clock speeds, it would show you that as well!)...

So technically it should've been a "#SlowButton" and not a "#TurboButton" but then again #Micorosft calls their #LinuxSubsystemForWindows the other way around (which is wromg because a #WindowsSubsystemForLinux would be #Wine or #Proton...

GeekProjects News Jul 29, 2023

OLED Display Lets Vintage PC Engage Turbo Mode in Style https://hackaday.com/2023/07/28/oled-display-lets-vintage-pc-engage-turbo-mode-in-style/ #Retrocomputing #ArduinoHacks #turbobutton #ssd1306 #oled #486

OLED Display Lets Vintage PC Engage Turbo Mode In Style

Back in the 486 days, it was common to see a “Turbo” button on the front panel of many PCs, which was used to toggle between the CPU’s maximum speed and a slower clock rate that w…

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GeekProjects News Jul 26, 2023

486 Gets Animated Turbo Button Thanks to Arduino https://hackaday.com/2023/07/25/486-gets-animated-turbo-button-thanks-to-arduino/ #Retrocomputing #arduinopromini #ArduinoHacks #turbobutton #486

486 Gets Animated Turbo Button Thanks To Arduino

There was a point in time, excruciatingly brief, in which desktop computers often had a large “TURBO” button on their front panel. Some even featured an LED display that would indicate …

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