Short review of $550 power cord plus a new SWTPC 6800

jpero at sympatico.ca jpero at sympatico.ca
Sun Oct 23 09:08:15 CDT 2005


> >
> > One of my machines has a "Turbo" button that changes from "HI" to "LO".
> >   It does make a noticeable difference in speed.  Probably inserts a
> > bunch of NOPs in or something.  Comes in handy when I'm trying to play
> > older games.
> 
> On older machines it did actually change the clock speed.
> 
> Gordon.

Yes, done with two ways in hardware:  Oscillator output or crystal 
divide by n usually found on decent boards or select either high or 
low frequency oscillators or crystals (on cheapo boards). 

Cheers, Wizard


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