Tahoma Technology produces two primary product lines: Hardcopy interfaces for Versatec (VPI) and Centronics compatible printers and plotters, and DR11-W emulators.  VPI and/or Centronics I/O is available on many high performance and high resolution printers and plotters.  Tahoma boards can deliver data at up to 2Mbytes/sec. (5Mbytes/sec. if the plotter supports Tahoma's burst mode).  The DR11-W interface was originally a DEC specified way to interface to VAX machines, but has gone on to become a widely adopted generic 16 bit interface.  Our DR11-W boards can send/receive data at up to 8Mbytes/sec, depending on model (with Tahoma's DR11 burst mode, output at up to 20Mbytes/sec. is supported by our Pci board).  Our DR11's include deep FIFO buffering, and provision for continuous data input/output.  See our Device Drivers page for driver availability, and Documentation for product manuals.

We are always open to new projects.  Please contact us with new or modified product requirements.

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Our newest products are the Models 10119, 10120, and 10121.  The 10119 is a raw IEEE1284 (Centronics) to VPI (Versatec differential) converter board for OEM installation inside a printer/plotter.   The 10120 is a 10119 board in an enclosure with a wall-plug power supply.  The 10121 combines a 10119 with a 10/100bT network print server in an enclosure with power supply.  The basic 10119 and the 10120 accept Centronics Compatible or ECP mode data at up to 2Mbytes/second and convert it to VPI Differential format.  They can be connected to a computer's parallel port or to a network print server such as the Axis 5400+ or SEH PS105.  The 10121 Ethernet/VPI product can sustain transfer rates of over 1Mbyte/second.  VPI control operations and mode selection in all three products are done via escape sequences in the byte stream.  Please contact us for additional information, or check the Documentation page.