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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I pressed the turbo button

[–] hateisreality@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm convinced that button did nothing

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It did. You used it to make your CPU slower for old timing-dependent games

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

So its unturbo really?

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

Yeah, they probably inverted it because it's weird to market a “slow” button

[–] psud@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

My 386 had turbo on practically all the time except when playing earlier era games where half speed made them playable

It really was an unturbo button

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

My computer was just that slow