marx2k@lemmy.world to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.works · 5 months agoGateway Advertisement, Byte Magazine, Volume 13, Number 11, Fall 1988lemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down10
arrow-up162arrow-down1imageGateway Advertisement, Byte Magazine, Volume 13, Number 11, Fall 1988lemmy.worldmarx2k@lemmy.world to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.works · 5 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoduuuuuude this was my first non apple machine. the turbo button pushed it from i think 12 or 14 to 16mhz fav memories: spent many nights groomin the 40mb hard drive for storage space… so many TSRs! my first database first downloaded porn from local BBSs banner printing on an old panasonic tractor-fed dot matrix printer first voice synth! trying to get it to pronounce vowels/complex words was fun at the time
minus-squareLawnman23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoThe turbo button actually slowed a machine down, not up. Common misconception. https://www.howtogeek.com/678617/why-did-the-turbo-button-slow-down-your-pc-in-the-90s/
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoI am stealing “grooming the hard drive.”
duuuuuude this was my first non apple machine. the turbo button pushed it from i think 12 or 14 to 16mhz
fav memories:
The turbo button actually slowed a machine down, not up. Common misconception.
https://www.howtogeek.com/678617/why-did-the-turbo-button-slow-down-your-pc-in-the-90s/
I am stealing “grooming the hard drive.”