Ever owned a PC with a turbo button? - GoFuckYourself.com

Lane · 02-26-2004, 11:03 PM

my first PC had one

tbabe · 02-26-2004, 11:04 PM

mine too, never could figure out what it was for

Xplicit · 02-26-2004, 11:05 PM

Yep, good times

brizzad · 02-26-2004, 11:06 PM

rofl i forgot about the turbo button

i'd push that bitch constantly, and nothing would happen

jollyperv · 02-26-2004, 11:06 PM

Yeah, I think it boosted it from 8 mhz to 12 or something.

slackologist · 02-26-2004, 11:06 PM

my old 286 did.. i think it boosted it from 16mhz to 28 or something like that..

psyko514 · 02-26-2004, 11:06 PM

several of them

in fact, i'm sitting right next to one. it's a P2 266 Mhz. i use it as a foot rest.

toddler · 02-26-2004, 11:06 PM

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Originally posted by tbabe
mine too, never could figure out what it was for

engage the warp drive?

I had a turbo button, I never connected it.

IPK · 02-26-2004, 11:07 PM

why wouldn't people use turbo all the time? why even give that option, just have it go fast always

fusionx · 02-26-2004, 11:07 PM

Turbo simply simply slowed the processor by roughly half (when it was off). Lots of software back in the day didn't look at processor speed, so would run waaay too fast.. think about games, etc.. I had a flight sim that ran great at 8khz but was totally retarded at 16. Yep.. 8 and 16.. what fun!

fuzebox · 02-26-2004, 11:08 PM

Hell yes!

I made my digital megahertz display read "69" too

Doctor Dre · 02-26-2004, 11:08 PM

I did ... 2 or 3 when I was young . I never understood what it was supposed to do

Lane · 02-26-2004, 11:08 PM

what were they thinking when they built those?

it looked all cool to me, when i only had an amiga 500.. when i got the PC, realized it was just BS..

turbo mode is actually regular speed, and u turn it off for application that run 'too fast' i think

jact · 02-26-2004, 11:08 PM

My 286/16 had one, it was supa-dupa fast. My friend had a 286/12 and he was very jealous of me.

Ice · 02-26-2004, 11:08 PM

Yup had a few of them... I think I still have an old 386 kicking around the office somewhere.

- Jesus Christ - · 02-26-2004, 11:09 PM

hahaha MEMORIES.

Doctor Dre · 02-26-2004, 11:09 PM

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Originally posted by fusionx
Turbo simply simply slowed the processor by roughly half (when it was off). Lots of software back in the day didn't look at processor speed, so would run waaay too fast.. think about games, etc.. I had a flight sim that ran great at 8khz but was totally retarded at 16. Yep.. 8 and 16.. what fun!

Oh yeah ... I remember now

God damn that's the old days . I was sooooo newbie back then ... I remember wolfeinstein 3d and doom too now !

tbabe · 02-26-2004, 11:09 PM

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Originally posted by IPK
why wouldn't people use turbo all the time? why even give that option, just have it go fast always

thats what i always figured. LOL

fusionx · 02-26-2004, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Doctor Dre

Oh yeah ... I remember now

God damn that's the old days . I was sooooo newbie back then ... I remember wolfeinstein 3d and doom too now !

fuck.. we were all newbies back than.. it was a new world.

psyko514 · 02-26-2004, 11:11 PM

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Originally posted by Lane
turbo mode is actually regular speed, and u turn it off for application that run 'too fast' i think

hmm... never knew that.

liquidmoe · 02-26-2004, 11:11 PM

Are the activators activated we need to engage turbo captain?

It was a shit useless button but it passed the time when I was up late at night from coffee induced sleeplessness.

Illicit · 02-26-2004, 11:14 PM

Hell yeah, my old Packard Hell 286 had one

12Mhz with 4 Mb Ram and a 40 Meg Drive !

mardigras · 02-26-2004, 11:17 PM

My first computer was a Timex Sinclair

Lane · 02-26-2004, 11:17 PM

some games didnt have frame control back then..

Alky · 02-26-2004, 11:18 PM

throwback

zzgundamnzz · 02-26-2004, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by fuzebox
Hell yes!

I made my digital megahertz display read "69" too

They should bring back the digital MHZ displays

Fletch XXX · 02-26-2004, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lane
my first PC had one

yep.

tony286 · 02-26-2004, 11:19 PM

I remember buying my first pc and the salesman telling me go with the 30 mb harddrive you will never fill it up. lol I miss my leading edge word processing program it rocked lol.

Nyght · 02-26-2004, 11:48 PM

Yep and no matter how fast I pushed that turbo button the computer was still too slow.

rowan · 02-26-2004, 11:52 PM

I wouldn't mind a turbo button these days... unless I'm doing video encoding my CPU is probably idle most of the time. I don't need full power to surf GFY.

WiredGuy · 02-26-2004, 11:54 PM

Still got a 486 at the office that I use to run legacy scripts which has the turbo button.

WG

Shoehorn! · 02-27-2004, 12:25 AM

HAHAHA I remember those. Seemed like a dumb idea even back then, I mean, you really says "My computer is too fast, oh shit, I had that damn turbo button on." Good memories.

insanesurfer · 02-27-2004, 12:26 AM

Mine had one when I was younger.

Huggles · 02-27-2004, 12:39 AM

Yes, it was sweet.

Turboface · 02-27-2004, 12:49 AM

My computer is always in turbo mode.

baddog · 02-27-2004, 12:51 AM

I hope to get one soon

JDog · 02-27-2004, 12:57 AM

What memories! What fucking memories, that takes me back! I remember those fucking things! Damn, I should go buy one now! hehe

jDoG

Sexzity · 02-27-2004, 01:43 AM

My 486 has one.

33/66 hz

eiht_98 · 02-27-2004, 01:53 AM

Yes I had one. If I pressed the button it increased it's speed from 16 to 20 MHz.

VeriSexy · 02-27-2004, 01:56 AM

I never got to own one of those, would have been cool

I remember seeing them in school

exspamr · 02-27-2004, 02:00 AM

yep my old 75mhz did... it didnt do anything really, might have been better if it was intercooled

klik · 02-27-2004, 02:53 AM

i remember turbo buttons

my first computer was an apple ii e.. green screen and everything

PiksalDesign · 02-27-2004, 02:55 AM

still usin it

Nat · 02-27-2004, 02:55 AM

sure have...
back in the good old days...
and yes, why did they have one? i mean noone used it in non turbo mode.. hehe.. strange!

rounders · 02-27-2004, 02:57 AM

hahah..i had one too, dont thnk it worked for anything that i had

ibuydomains · 02-27-2004, 03:07 AM

my 386 had a turbo button and my 486 had one... don't think i ever turned it off

kios · 02-27-2004, 03:08 AM

I still use a pc with turbo button

eskimo · 02-27-2004, 03:17 AM

Yeah i had a turbo button, whenever i pushed it my comp froze.

flashfire · 02-27-2004, 03:28 AM

ya it skyrocketed my computer from 12 mhz to 25

sometimes I wish we still had a turbo button

Mike-BP · 02-27-2004, 03:34 AM

Mine too

8 MHz or a whopping 16 MHz

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jollyperv Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NYC Posts: 3,927	Yeah, I think it boosted it from 8 mhz to 12 or something.

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slackologist Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 2,379	my old 286 did.. i think it boosted it from 16mhz to 28 or something like that..

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fusionx Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Olongapo City, Philippines Posts: 4,618	Turbo simply simply slowed the processor by roughly half (when it was off). Lots of software back in the day didn't look at processor speed, so would run waaay too fast.. think about games, etc.. I had a flight sim that ran great at 8khz but was totally retarded at 16. Yep.. 8 and 16.. what fun!

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Nyght Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 438	Yep and no matter how fast I pushed that turbo button the computer was still too slow.

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rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	I wouldn't mind a turbo button these days... unless I'm doing video encoding my CPU is probably idle most of the time. I don't need full power to surf GFY.

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Sexzity Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Cyperspaces! Posts: 1,329	My 486 has one. 33/66 hz

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eiht_98 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: EU Posts: 6,103	Yes I had one. If I pressed the button it increased it's speed from 16 to 20 MHz.

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Nat Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 553	sure have... back in the good old days... and yes, why did they have one? i mean noone used it in non turbo mode.. hehe.. strange!