Short review of $550 power cord plus a new SWTPC 6800

On 10/22/2005 at 2:25 PM John Foust wrote: Well, in some cases, the presence or absence of a "turbo" signal from the motherboard; in others, whether or not the "turbo" switch itself is pressed. I've had several "turbo" systems with functioning "turbo" displays (i.e., the display changes with the switch setting) that run at exactly the same clock regardless of the turbo switch. Very akin to those cheap import "21 jewel" watches, where most of the jewels are simply glued on somewhere on the movement. It isn't a lie, but it's a bit of a whopper. This whole business reminds me of an old scifi short story where a fellow wakes up 100 years in the future and finds that car speedometers go to 350 mph--but start somewhere around 200 at a dead stop. Cheers, Chuck