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It could work either way. It would be better to phrase it as "outside of turbo mode it operated as a 4mhz 8086, with turbo it operated faster (usually the CPU's actual rated speed)".


Hah that reminds me of the way of a supermarket chain to shill rebates.

Turbo button not pressed, run at lower speed than rated

Turbo button pressed, run at rated speed

No rebate, sell at a huge margin

Rebate, sell at a minimum margin




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