Date   : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:27:21 +0100
From   : afra@... (Phill Harvey-Smith)
Subject: bbcdocs website problem

Andrew Hancock wrote:
>> I don't think I'll care to admit to my first PC having an 8088 inside, 
>> with that comical "Turbo" button. Did anybody *not* have it on fast mode 
>> all the time? Oh yeah, we're paid by the hour, let's switch the computer 
>> to tedious mode...
> 
> I don't remember my 8088 machine having a Turbo button, because it only ran
> at 4.77MHz, my Amstrad PC1512 had an 8086 @ 8MHz but didn't have a Turbo
> button, but my Opus did have an 80286 at 12MHz which had the Turbo button.
> (which was left pressed in all the time!), I don't think I ever found any
> software that needed to run at 4.77MHz.

I seem to remember the original PC (CGA) version of Elite running a 
little fast on a 286 not sure what speed it was but it was an Olivetti 
(and not mine either), but that didn't have a turbo button.....

Cheers.

Phill.

-- 
Phill Harvey-Smith, Programmer, Hardware hacker, and general eccentric !

"You can twist perceptions, but reality won't budge" -- Rush.