Biostar M6TLC Slot 1 ATX Motherboard Intel 440LX Pentium II SDRAM PCI AGP ISA

Biostar M6TLC Slot 1 ATX Motherboard Intel 440LX Pentium II SDRAM PCI AGP ISA

The Biostar M6TLC is an ATX system board built around the Intel 440LX chipset, designed to accept Intel Pentium II and Pentium III processors via the Slot 1 (SEC cartridge) interface. It supports SDRAM memory across three DIMM slots and provides AGP, PCI, and ISA expansion capability, making it a fully featured mid-to-late 1990s desktop platform.

Specifications & What's Included

• Manufacturer: Biostar
• Model: M6TLC (variant M6TLC-AAAXX)
• Form Factor: ATX
• CPU Socket: Slot 1 (Intel SEC cartridge)
• Compatible Processors: Intel Pentium II, Pentium III (Slot 1)
• Chipset: Intel 440LX
• Memory Type: SDRAM (DIMM)
• Memory Slots: 3x DIMM
• Expansion Slots: 1x AGP, 3x PCI, 1x ISA
• Rear I/O: 2x PS/2 (keyboard and mouse), 1x parallel port (DB-25), 2x serial ports (DB-9), USB
• Super I/O Controller: SMC (visible on PCB)
• PCB Color: Yellow
• Board only — no CPU, RAM, or accessories included

Applications

The M6TLC dates from 1998, squarely in the Pentium II era when Slot 1 was Intel's primary desktop and workstation platform. The Intel 440LX chipset was one of the first to support AGP graphics and PC66/PC100 SDRAM, replacing older EDO-based designs and marking the transition to modern memory bus architecture. Boards like this powered general-purpose desktops, entry-level CAD workstations, and small business machines throughout the late 1990s. Today they are sought by vintage PC enthusiasts building period-correct Pentium II/III systems, as well as by retro gaming communities running Windows 95, 98, and early Windows 2000 software on original hardware.