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Casey-
I'll email you the turbo utility. You also might find this interesting..
http://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v11n5/32_Compaq_Deskpro_versus_IBM.php
also somewhere in my antique collection I think I have some old Compaq 5.25
floppy disks. I'll see if I can find them.
"Casey Tompkins" <ctompkins@cinci.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Let's see, in order:
>
> David, I have the original keyboard, and the amber mono monitor. It's
> a very clean system! But no, ctl-alt-esc didn't do anything.
I did
> find out that ctl-alt-< switched the monitor down to CGA resolution,
> and ctl-alt-> kicked it back into high-resolution MGA mode.
>
> I'm not sure the XT "turbo" program would work, but if you want to
> email it to me, feel free.
>
> Ken, thanks for the suggestion ,but that only works on XT clone
> systems. You see, Compaq was so intent on being "IBM compatible" that
> they even wanted their systems to *sound* like IBMs, with keyboard
> "click" and all. The problem was that those buckling-spring keyboards
> were *heavy* (and more expensive), so they added a software-driven
> "key click" sound instead. ctl-alt-plus and ctl-alt-minus increased
> and decreased the clicking sound on the early Compaqs.
>
>
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:43:45 GMT, Ken <user@domain.invalid> wrote:
>
> >David wrote:
> >
> >> You might also try ctl-alt-esc. Do you have the original keyboard? Not
sure,
> >> but there may have been a turbo key. You could also try switching it on
via
> >> software. I have a turbo on/off utility that works on XT's but not sure
if
> >> it will work on an 8086.
> >>
> >> "Casey Tompkins" <ctompkins@cinci.rr.com> wrote in message
> >> news:ef0sn05abtbn3kjqr3fqdbv8344hu4f7oi@4ax.com...
> >>
> >
> > Wasn't the software command Ctrl+Alt+(Plus sign) to set turbo, and
> >Ctrl+Alt+(Minus sign) for turbo off??? It has been a long time.
> >
> >>>Here goes:
> >>>
> >>>Does anyone know how to switch a Compaq Deskpro 8086 from
> >>>IBM-compatible 4.77Mz mode to the "turbo" 7Mz mode? I recently picked
> >>>up one of these puppies -without OS- and I can't figure the
> >>>keystrokes, nor are there any DIP switches to adjust this.
> >>>
> >>>I've already tried the old XT-clone Control-Alt-Plus combo that worked
> >>>with XT "turbo" clones, and that one doesn't work. Any suggestions
> >>>would be appreciated.
>
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