Hackaday (unofficial) July 29, 2023 6:00am OLED Display Lets Vintage PC Engage Turbo Mode in Style #arduinohacks #retrocomputing #486 #oled #ssd1306 #turbobutton #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 OLED Display Lets Vintage PC Engage Turbo Mode In Style Back in the 486 days, it was common to see a “Turbo” button on the front panel of many PCs, which was used to toggle between the CPU’s maximum speed and a slower clock rate that w…
Hackaday (unofficial) July 26, 2023 12:00am 486 Gets Animated Turbo Button Thanks to Arduino #arduinohacks #retrocomputing #486 #arduinopromini #turbobutton #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 486 Gets Animated Turbo Button Thanks To Arduino There was a point in time, excruciatingly brief, in which desktop computers often had a large “TURBO” button on their front panel. Some even featured an LCD that would indicate the curr…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 6, 2022 5:00am Turbo Button Pays Charming Homage To Early Personal Computers #arduinohacks #retrocomputing #sevensegmentdisplay #turbobutton #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Turbo Button Pays Charming Homage To Early Personal Computers The PC turbo button and LED clock speed display were common features on early personal computers. Wanting to add a little retro chic to his modern battle-station, [Matthew Frost] assembled a charmi…
