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My 386sx/25MHz also had a turbo button. It was rather useless, as I wanted the machine to go faster, not slower...

Here's another turbo-nostalgia memory from further back:

The Commodore C64 tape drive had a small hole which let you adjust the tape head azimuth to get a better signal. Sometimes, after borrowing tapes with games from a friend, one had to do adjustments as the turbo loader did not load the game correctly.

Hence the adjustment screw was called "the turbo screw".



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