NOTE: THIS PRODUCT IS IN END-OF-LIFE STATUS - CONTACT SALES FOR AVAILABILITY
VIS1023 NOW SUPPORTS SGI IRIX 6.3/6.4/6.5

The VIS1018 is a complete hardware/software solution to interface your plotting/printing application running on an SGI O2, Origin 200, or Origin 2000 (that has a free PCI bus slot) to a printer or plotter with a Versatec or Centronics interface. The VIS1018 consists of an IKON 10117 card bundled with the IRIX 6.4 device driver (on CD-ROM), and an installation and programming manual (also available online).

• Half size PCI board (IKON 10117)
• Versatec Differential interface (ribbon cable jumper selectable) OR
• Centronics IEEE-1284 interface (ribbon cable jumper selectable and may require DB37 to Centronics adapter cable from Ikon)
• Single DB37-M interface connector mounted on PCI card bracket
• IRIX 6.4 device driver with installation script included on ISO 9660 CD-R CD-ROM.
• Complete installation and programming manual (with sample application code) included

PCI BUS: 1/2 size universal (3.3V or 5V) PCI card
DMA: PCI Bus Master - burst data to the fifos at up to 40Mbytes/second
XFER RATE: maximum sustained data rate to the plotter is 2Mbytes/second (4Mbytes/second for some plotters)
INTERNAL FIFO: 16Kbytes of fifo buffer
I/O PORTS: one DB37-M connector - ribbon cable jumper selectable for Versatec Differential or Centronics interface.
DEVICE DRIVER: script install, character device driver with open, close, ioctl, and write interface.

 

Part Number	Description	Price
VIS1018	Versatec/Centronics Interface PCI board with SGI IRIX 6.4 device driver	$1,999.00 US