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[–] hateisreality@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I'm convinced that button did nothing

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It did. You used it to make your CPU slower for old timing-dependent games

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

So its unturbo really?

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 12 hours ago

My 386 had turbo on practically all the time except when playing earlier era games where half speed made them playable

It really was an unturbo button

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 4 points 18 hours ago

Yeah, they probably inverted it because it's weird to market a “slow” button

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

My computer was just that slow