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		interfixus on July 30, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Turbo Button Programmed? The speed displays I remember were simply wired to show whatever. I've seen turbo buttons swapping the display between '66' and '33'.

schoen on July 30, 2018 | [–]

I'm guessing the store owner ran the benchmark once and then hard-coded the benchmark result in the display.

markbnj on July 30, 2018 | | [–]

Well yeah, I used "programming" rather loosely. He set it up that way.

mrbuttons454 on July 30, 2018 | [–]

That's what I remember as well. You'd set jumpers to light up the segments of the display. No programming involved.

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