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Got a new windows 98 gaming PC, and boi she's huge!! (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

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I've gotten really interested in old Computers since I got my Commodore PET 2 months ago, so to play some good ol MS Train Simulator and Stronghold 2, I got this massive beauty. Here is a little size comparison between it and my main PC

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[–] young_broccoli@fedia.io 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The "turbo" button switches the cpu speed from its native speed to half of it but it wont boost speeds beyond what it was originally intended.

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

https://www.howtogeek.com/678617/why-did-the-turbo-button-slow-down-your-pc-in-the-90s/

That's how it was supposed to work.

But apparently you could wire it either way, so some people made turbo actually mean "turbo" instead of "slow".

Which I think was going on with mine since it got louder, but it's been literally decades

[–] young_broccoli@fedia.io 4 points 8 months ago

You can wire it that way, I do, but it doesnt mean you are making the cpu go faster than what the label says. You are still switching between normal speed and half speed, it just feels better.