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by hi-v-rocknroll 622 days ago
Turbo was all about slowing down a 486-/Pentium-class machine to work with programs and some ISA cards that required a slower CPU and/or XT bus speeds.
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wait... so turbo made it slower?
De-pressing turbo made the computer slower. Pressing it made the computer run at its normal speed.