Old School Porsche Clutch Feel? 1987 911 Turbo

Hey all. I figured I would ask for some insight because I'm a younger guy who's driven a lot of manual cars but I'm not the most experienced person. I went to Cars and Coffee this morning and a friend of mine let me take his 1987 911 Turbo for a ride. I embarrassingly smoked the clutch. Before I go into detail, let me explain. I've owned a Manual 1984 BMW 533i, A manual E46 M3, a manual Subaru and driven a few other "stick" sports cars and I've been pretty proud of my shifts and downshifts and handling of said cars and I've never once smoked a clutch. Although my experience with the classics is fairly limited, I had what I thought was a pretty good understanding of how to drive a manual. Today, I tried taking off, feathered the throttle, let the clutch out slightly and it didn't feel like it was in gear at all. I smoked the clutch and stalled twice and after another attempt, I finally took off. The car didn't ease forward when it finally did grab the clutch like most cars do. It felt like it really took off and I wasn't even giving it that much throttle or letting the clutch go much. Maybe it's a Porsche thing that I would have to get used to or maybe it was the car? Any other car I've driven I can REALLY feel when the clutch is grabbing and I don't believe my buddy had a slipping clutch. With the hopes of one day owning a classic Porsche, is this something I'd have to get used to or should I be educated on how to properly drive a Porsche. My friend was okay and not upset and there was no damage done as he was able to drive away just fine. I feel kind of melancholy and embarrassed about the whole thing.

 

Sorry, take-off wasn't exactly the best explanation. It seemed really fast with low throttle once it was in gear and he had driven it ten minutes before.