In the 80s and 90s, some desktop PCs included a "Turbo" button, but what it actually did was a little unclear. What was it ...

The "Turbo" button was very common in 286 and 386 PC clones, less common in 486 PCs, and almost extinct by the time Pentium processors became mainstream in the late 1990s.

I’ve never had a personal computer with a Turbo button. Not my.KIM-1, not my OSI Superboard II (though I added a jumper and boosted it to 2MHz), not my Radio Shack Color Computers, not my Macs ...

To patch the issue temporarily, some computers in the early 90s included a “TURBO” button which actually slowed the computer’s clock speed down in order to help older software run without ...

SilverStone is back with a beige PC case that looks just like your crappy old 486 FLP02 has a throwback facade but can fit a thoroughly modern PC inside. Andrew Cunningham – May 21, 2025 10:41 ...

Raspberry Pi has added a "turbo mode", squeezing 50-percent more performance out of its fruity mini computer without dinging your warranty in the process. Reminiscent of the old "Turbo" button on ...