Quote Originally Posted by informal View Post
My 286 CPU overclocked more than 20Mhz via the "Turbo" button...back in the day.
Umm.... the 286 CPU had an initial release speed of 6mhz and 8mhz and I believe hit somewhere around 16mhz with further revisions. Plus i don't recall them being able to be overclocked using the turbo button. If i recall correctly, the turbo button didn't become available until the 386, and it definitely didn't increase speed 20mhz.

On the other hand, I did own a i486 DX2-66mhz system which had an amazing 16mb of ram, 28.8k modem, diamond stealth 64 vesa local bus 8mb video card.... and it played Doom 1 like a champ!! I recall the video card having extra sockets that allowed you to upgrade the VRAM to 16mb, which I added after I got my dad to drive me to Fry's electronics.

Man.... things have sure come a long way since 1992. I bought that PC just so I could play Doom. But then got hooked on the Ultima games, more specifically Ultima 7. Probably the best RPG ever made.