Why Did the Turbo Button Slow Down Your PC in the '90s?

by chedoku on 4/27/2025, 8:50:06 AM with 5 comments

  • by brudgers on 5/2/2025, 5:11:46 PM

    Or the button sped it up.

    The female connector on the button was directionless; motherboards provide a two pin header, and the typical local PC builder would hook it up arbitrarily based on what they thought was correct or what was easier in the assembly.

  • by olgeni on 4/27/2025, 10:37:43 AM

    On some old XT clones the turbo button did nothing, but Ctrl+Alt+Num- did the trick :D

  • by snvzz on 4/27/2025, 10:14:28 AM

    https://archive.is/LUnhT

  • by accrual on 4/27/2025, 9:15:31 AM

    I liked to flip the button around and have turbo on = faster, turbo off = slower.

  • by casenmgreen on 4/27/2025, 9:20:44 AM

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