Introduction; Overview - TYAN THUNDER 2 ATX Manual

Chapter 1

Introduction

Overview

The Thunder 2 (S1696DLUA) is a quality, high performance
motherboard designed for Intel' s latest generation of Pentium II
microprocessors. This motherboard utilizes Intel' s 440LX AGP series
chipset (also called AGPset) and supports Pentium II CPU speeds of
233MHz to 300MHz.
The Thunder 2 mainboard with built-in AGP slot provides high perfor-
mance capabilities that are ideal for a wide range of demanding appli-
cations such as CAD, CAM, CAE, desktop publishing, 3D animation,
and video production. The Thunder 2 is suitable as a powerful worksta-
tion, internet, intranet, file, network, and database server. The Thunder
2' s superior dual processor technology increases performance and
productivity drastically for multi-processor enabled operating systems
such as Microsoft Windows NT, Novell Netware SMP, and SCO Unix.
This integrated system board achieves high reliability with numerous
features. Some of the features included are onboard dual channel PCI
UltraDMA 33, built-in Adaptec AIC7895 two channel ultra-wide SCSI
and a third narrow SCSI, built-in Yamaha 16-bit OPL3-SA3 and OPL4-
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