The "Turbo" button was a misnomer since it actually turned the speed of the processor down to 4.77MHz to cope with some old games. It survived til some of the early 486 machines. __________________________________________ David C Brown 43 Bings Road Whaley Bridge High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb *Sent from my etch-a-sketch* On 15 April 2018 at 17:28, sd211 wrote: > Pentiums are kind of a new thing, not sure it will stick though. I > remember > the time when '386 was a leap forward! > In the "good old days" (tm), we had a 'Turbo' button on the computer, so > you > can run the CPU at 1.5 - 2x speed. I think it was in PC XT and PC AT > computers, but my memory bank might be failing... > > Sergey > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://microcontrollers.2385.n7.nabble.com/ > MicroControllers-PIC-f3.html > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .