Turbo button
04-30-2005, 12:50 AM
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Turbo button
This has been driving me crazy for the longest time. on my keyboard <standard 102 key w/ 21 hotkeys> just to the right of the right shift button <like sharing the space of a normal shift key> i have this button labled turbo. cant figure out what its for. any ideas guys?
04-30-2005, 12:55 AM
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How old is this keyboard of yours?? Back in the 386/486 days some computers had "turbo" buttons on them which bumped up the clock speed on the processor to full speed, and with it off it would be like 1/2 speed or 1/3 speed or something like that. That way you could run some of the older programs and you wouldn't be running them too fast...but that was a while ago.
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04-30-2005, 01:04 AM
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Originally Posted by dbtk2
How old is this keyboard of yours?? Back in the 386/486 days some computers had "turbo" buttons on them which bumped up the clock speed on the processor to full speed, and with it off it would be like 1/2 speed or 1/3 speed or something like that. That way you could run some of the older programs and you wouldn't be running them too fast...but that was a while ago.
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04-30-2005, 01:07 AM
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Mmmhmm...my 486 had the turbo button right on the computer. For somegames you would need to shut it off or else it would run too fast. Good times. 
That keyboard must be very very old.
That keyboard must be very very old.
04-30-2005, 01:51 AM
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Originally Posted by BillBost37
I guess there'* only really one question left to ask. If you press it, does it do anything?