I've gotten really interested in old Computers since I got my Commodore PET 2 months ago, so to play some good ol MS Train Simulator and Stronghold 2, I got this massive beauty. Here is a little size comparison between it and my main PC
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The "turbo" button switches the cpu speed from its native speed to half of it but it wont boost speeds beyond what it was originally intended.
https://www.howtogeek.com/678617/why-did-the-turbo-button-slow-down-your-pc-in-the-90s/
That's how it was supposed to work.
But apparently you could wire it either way, so some people made turbo actually mean "turbo" instead of "slow".
Which I think was going on with mine since it got louder, but it's been literally decades
You can wire it that way, I do, but it doesnt mean you are making the cpu go faster than what the label says. You are still switching between normal speed and half speed, it just feels better.