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From: Jon Jenkins <jenkinsj@ozy.dec.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FBSD 2.0.5 / XF86 3.11 Performance
Date: 27 Jul 1995 22:35:40 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corp
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References: <PHILS.95Jul25144451@satori.tv.tek.com> <PHILS.95Jul25221207@satori.tv.tek.com> <3v642v$ds5@helena.MT.net>
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nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) wrote:
>In article <PHILS.95Jul25221207@satori.tv.tek.com>,
>Phil Staub <phils@satori.tv.tek.com> wrote:
>>In article <PHILS.95Jul25144451@satori.tv.tek.com> phils@satori.tv.tek.com (Phil Staub) writes:
>
>The turbo button is a hardware switch, and not a software switch.
>AFAIK, the kernel can't do anything to affect the speed of the
>motherboard.
>
>Are you *sure* the switch didn't get reversed somehow?
The switch to turbo speed can also be acomplished in sw.
On my MB it is: Ctrl/Alt/+ switches between high and low
speed under DOS but seems to be disbaled under FreeBSD.
>
>
>Nate
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