inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months 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-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down11cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
arrow-up1138arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square12linkfedilinkcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
minus-squaregreybeard@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month 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-21 month 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…