Back in the day, did any of you own a computer with....

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Why can't the OP just finish the question in the title so I'll know if I want to click on the thread or not...

Very annoying...

FWIW I used to sell 286s when amber monitors were the shiznit. I remember when the RAM factory blew up in Korea and 1M strips went from $50 to $100 overnight.

 

[Nohr]

I still have my 386DX 25, it holds my closet down.

 

[Patt]

*Pffft* ... of course

 

[bluestrobe]

*raises hand*

33mhz to 66mhz, WOOHOO. Sad thing is, I remember programs that only could run at 33mhz and not 66mhz.

 

[Aquila76]

Yup. It went from 5 to 10MHz, IIRC. It was a great way to speed up the long walking parts in Leisure Suit Larry.

 

[Scouzer]

Yep...486 went from 25mhz to 33mhz.

 

[Smithyoffline]

What do you mean back in the day... I STILL DO IT hehe

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
a TURBO button???

*raises hand*

Of course

 

[cyclistca]

*raises hand*

 

[voodoodrul]

Originally posted by: I Saw OJ
We still have cases at my job in use with turbo buttons.

Ha.. Ditto. They are slowly throwing them out, but it's hard to say goodbye to a machine that is over a decade old.. They still have a few Pentium classic machines there in use.. It's sad

 

[voodoodrul]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: her209
Yes.

486DX2 66Mhz baby!

You just had a case with a turbo button if it was a 486. It had long since done nothing.

IIRC, without the turbo button on, the computer would slow down to 4.77MHz, so you could use older games and such. With it pushed, you had 8MHz.

They may have made it do similar things into the 386 days, but I'm not sure.

Many 486 and Pentium machines actually did use the button and it did control clock speed. There were also a vast majority that did nothing..

 

[Koharski]

hah... yeah. Instant overclock button.. what an invention

 

[RichieZ]

Originally posted by: her209
Yes.

486DX2 66Mhz baby!

ditto

 

[imported_Imp]

Yep. Never really knew what the hell it did, but kept it on. Mmmm.. orange LED.

 

[TallBill]

First computer had a tape drive, and the only thing that we ever got running on it was asteroids. Not sure where we got it or what the deal was, but I was very young. Then later on yes, we had a turbo button computer. Once again, really not sure why we had it.

 

[theknight571]

I had several...

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Hell... I had a computer with a tape cassette data drive, and you could "overclock" it by holding the play button down about half way, so it would play at twice it's normal rate.

Vic20?
no doubt... OP is a yawn. Must be SPRING BREAK!

 

[dingnecros]

I did but it never really did anything

 

[thescreensavers]

*raises hand*

love em

except I kept playing with the button more then I really felt a difference in speed.

 

[skywhr]

*raises hand*

 

[cubby1223]

I had a Commodore 128 with a turbo cartridge.

 

[Jeff7181]

I had a 386SX with one... Kommander Keen ran so much better with turbo!

 

[Boonesmi]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
Anyone have a computer with a cassette tape drive?

<-- Raises hands

<-- also raises hand

 

[CPA]

I think my first 4 computers had a Turbo button.

 

[Juno]

nope, i was too late...