Review of Socket 8 Motherboards
Tyan S1672 "Tacoma"
Last but not least the S1672 is a single Pentium Pro motherboard which fulfils all expectations a customer could have: 4 PCI / 4 ISA slots, 6 memory sockets, no obstacles for full-size PCI cards, additional AT power connector and all other usual gimmicks. Good quality and good performance are important items, flexibility is Tyan-like as with the two other boards as well. Again, BEDO DRAMs are supported and also clock speeds up to 266 MHz. Once again I'm missing the USB connectors and the VRM module, that has been integrated into the motherboard itself.
ATX format, ATX & AT power supply, Intel 440FX chipset; 4x ISA, 4x PCI; 6x SIMM; Award flash BIOS; external frequencies: 60, 66 MHz; multipliers: up to x4.0; I/O chip: SMC; PIO 4 onboard; FDC onboard; 2x serial 16550; 1x EPP/ECP parallel; 1x PS/2 mouse; 1x USB (without connector); IrDA support (without connector).
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