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

10 chedoku 4 4/27/2025, 8:50:06 AM howtogeek.com ↗

Comments (4)

olgeni · 6h ago

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

accrual · 8h ago

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

casenmgreen · 8h ago

Site blocks Tor.

snvzz · 7h ago

https://archive.is/LUnhT