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Stern Modifications
9 years 7 months ago #7
by NL
Trust is hard to gain but easy to lose.
Replied by NL on topic Stern Modifications
Ah yes, using programs like "doublespace" to increase HD capacity, same time pc's still had a "turbo" button 
Stern wrote: Something useful not for game but for computer:
Temp cleaner
Can be used to keep TEMP folder clean, i have used it for long long time.
It was more useful when disc space was low (in my first computer, i had 2 GB hard drive ), now when u have HDD of 1000GB it doesnt matter, but who knows.
*Works on Win98, WinXP, Win7
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9 years 7 months ago - 9 years 7 months ago #8
by Nikita
Replied by Nikita on topic Stern Modifications
Ah yes, the famous "turbo" button 
I remember, on our LISP systems running with MS-DOS, we had two major variables managing the computer memory, called "lispheap" and "lispstack", and that we had to fine tune, depending of the work to be done...
Sometimes, it was really a nice party... 
Maybe some lads here know this story ?
I remember, on our LISP systems running with MS-DOS, we had two major variables managing the computer memory, called "lispheap" and "lispstack", and that we had to fine tune, depending of the work to be done...
Sometimes, it was really a nice party...
Maybe some lads here know this story ?
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9 years 7 months ago #9
by Stern
The one who hesitates is lost !
Replied by Stern on topic Stern Modifications
I never had turbo button but what did happen when this button was applied permanently ? Boom and smoke ? 
The one who hesitates is lost !
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9 years 7 months ago - 9 years 7 months ago #10
by Nikita
Replied by Nikita on topic Stern Modifications
Sometimes, who knows ? Sometimes also, it was only cosmetics, because the button was not even plugged on the motherboard
In fact, at these times, it was very much efficient to add an arithmetic co-processor (80286 + 80287 or 80386 + 80387), better than any fictious "turbo" mode
In fact, at these times, it was very much efficient to add an arithmetic co-processor (80286 + 80287 or 80386 + 80387), better than any fictious "turbo" mode
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9 years 7 months ago #11
by NL
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Replied by NL on topic Stern Modifications
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button
of course if you had such a button (and it was connected) you would always leave it on, why the hell would you want your computer to slow down?
My first PC was a 386, later a 486 SX and later a 486 DX which, like Nikita said, had an integrated FPU. After that a pentium CPU running at a whopping 75 MHz if I remember correctly
of course if you had such a button (and it was connected) you would always leave it on, why the hell would you want your computer to slow down?
My first PC was a 386, later a 486 SX and later a 486 DX which, like Nikita said, had an integrated FPU. After that a pentium CPU running at a whopping 75 MHz if I remember correctly
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9 years 7 months ago - 9 years 7 months ago #12
by Nikita
Replied by Nikita on topic Stern Modifications
Today, of course, things are pretty much modern...
Warning: Spoiler!
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