▲ 1801 ▼ might be a form of Jevons Paradox (thelemmy.club) submitted 6 months ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev 290 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://raru.re/@ocean/116214437024389203
[–] TheparishofChigwell@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago (2 children) Turbo slowed your processor down though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Only on some and name brand PC's which used it for compatibility. For home built or local store, the turbo would overclock. I remember telling a friend, that although their 16mhz could run at 20, to not do it because it would compromise longevity! Ha! Mind you the cpu's in those days didn't have heat sinks but still- Oh no your 386 might not work in 20 years from running too hot! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TheparishofChigwell@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago Wow so it actually did have some turbo behind it. Fascinating, thanks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Only on some and name brand PC's which used it for compatibility. For home built or local store, the turbo would overclock. I remember telling a friend, that although their 16mhz could run at 20, to not do it because it would compromise longevity! Ha! Mind you the cpu's in those days didn't have heat sinks but still- Oh no your 386 might not work in 20 years from running too hot! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TheparishofChigwell@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago Wow so it actually did have some turbo behind it. Fascinating, thanks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheparishofChigwell@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago Wow so it actually did have some turbo behind it. Fascinating, thanks permalink fedilink source parent