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

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

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So its unturbo really?

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

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

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 23 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