Did anyone ever run in non-turbo mode like I suppose if you had an old 8088 game that you didn’t want shit flying all over the place. But you had to shut down to switch it. Like dual booting. Who is shutting down to play Tapper?
Many PCs could enter/exit turbo mode on the fly. AFAIK the only use was for old software which used processor cycles for timing (mainly games for myself back then), you were supposed to run in turbo the whole time.
Some games were set to run with an expected speed, I think a Sierra RPG or two. Occasionally a game would run too fast with the turbo on or too slow with it off. Thanks for reminding me of that, it’s kinda funny in retrospect.
Those turbo buttons were awesome. I almost want to wire one in, even if it just lights up and maybe turns on a tiny dc motor for the sound effect.
Did anyone ever run in non-turbo mode like I suppose if you had an old 8088 game that you didn’t want shit flying all over the place. But you had to shut down to switch it. Like dual booting. Who is shutting down to play Tapper?
Many PCs could enter/exit turbo mode on the fly. AFAIK the only use was for old software which used processor cycles for timing (mainly games for myself back then), you were supposed to run in turbo the whole time.
Some games were set to run with an expected speed, I think a Sierra RPG or two. Occasionally a game would run too fast with the turbo on or too slow with it off. Thanks for reminding me of that, it’s kinda funny in retrospect.
That’s why I mentioned Tapper.
Some older 8088 games were impossible to play on newer 286/386s.
My experience was with a 386, so def in agreement with you. Thanks for mentioning
You are in luck. LGR took a look at some:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syX5Z0-5ock