Short review of $550 power cord

[Fred Cisin]

On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, Tore S Bekkedal wrote:
> "The Turbo switch must be turned OFF to preserve the hardware."
> The computer teacher really did believe that using the Turbo button
> would cause the computers to wear down faster. And yes, there was a
> (very!) noticeable slowdown when the Turbo button was off. This was a
> 486 running Windows 95.

Does it run out of computrons quicker?

Or does the higher speed create more thermal problems resulting in a
higher probability of getting a leak and losing the compressed smoke
that it runs on?


Rejumpering to reverse the switch action is a handy way to deal with such
regulations.