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Linux boots in 4.76 days on the Intel 4004 (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] Matriks404@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

And now it takes 12 second for a single character to appear on the screen!

(Pressing Turbo button actually slowed down the CPU AFAIK).

[โ€“] Evotech@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Yep...

With the introduction of CPUs which ran faster than the original 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 used in the IBM Personal Computer, programs which relied on the CPU's frequency for timing were executing faster than intended. Games in particular were often rendered unplayable, due to the reduced time allowed to react to the faster game events. To restore compatibility, the "turbo" button was added.[4] Disengaging turbo mode slows the system down to a state compatible with original 8086/8088 chips.