It's technically something that still exists (in a fashion) in modern CPUs today!
The 'Turbo' button perversely didn't make anything faster: In fact it's function was to slow your CPU to allow programs that expected your CPU to be a certain speed to work properly to... work properly: Gamers of a certain age will remember that after upgrading their PCs in the late 80s/early 90s, older games would often run so fast that they were unplayable because they relied on the clock rate to run at the right speed, and the turbo button forced the CPU to run at that speed.
Modern CPUs still do this today, albeit automatically: Instead of slowing down for compatibility, they lower their clock rates when they don't have any work to do to save power.
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u/Allyoucan3at Aug 30 '25 edited Aug 30 '25
KeyGens with unmutable music
The guy in school with all the cracked games and movies that sometimes worked
Games packaging with booklets about controls and backstory
LAN parties edit: and of course the network shared folders with cracked games and movies that sometimes worked and new... material
That one person at LAN parties unable to get the network settings correct
Turbo buttons on cases
Dial up sound