inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 days agoFormer MS engineer Dave Plummer admits he accidentally coded Pinball to run 'at like, 5,000 frames per second' on Windows NTwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down11
arrow-up1137arrow-down1external-linkFormer MS engineer Dave Plummer admits he accidentally coded Pinball to run 'at like, 5,000 frames per second' on Windows NTwww.pcgamer.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squaregreybeard@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoMy understanding is that the turbo button in old PCs wasn’t to make the computer go faster, but to underclock it to match what games expected. A physical compatibility mode button, essentially.
minus-squarefulg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 days agoYes precisely. It typically made the PC run at 4.77MHz to match the original IBM PC. Back then Turbo meant 8 or 12 MHz, not much more…
My understanding is that the turbo button in old PCs wasn’t to make the computer go faster, but to underclock it to match what games expected. A physical compatibility mode button, essentially.
Yes precisely. It typically made the PC run at 4.77MHz to match the original IBM PC. Back then Turbo meant 8 or 12 MHz, not much more…