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Got a new windows 98 gaming PC, and boi she's huge!! (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

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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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[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Pfft, not even a turbo button. How are you supposed to play Settlers 2 on that?!

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Interestingly, the turbo button didn't speed up your system. Turning it off deliberately slowed it down.

This was needed since some games etc assumed a fixed clock speed. When the clock ran faster, the game ran too fast. Pressing the turbo button to off was one of the first attempts at an emulation of older systems.