LAVA COMPUTER Parallel-PCI

The LAVA Parallel-PCI, when it came to market, was the first parallel PCI port card in the world. Fully PCI compliant, it takes advantage of the speed and easy configuration of the PCI bus. When it appeared, it almost tripled the speed benchmarks of ISA-bus parallel port cards, while offering greater flexibility for configuration. Users were no longer restricted to the three standard parallel port addresses: the Parallel-PCI would automatically select a free address and IRQ during installation, virtually eliminating user error and resource conflicts.

The Parallel-PCI's strength lies in its Moko S-1 ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit). This chip consolidates a number of separate components into one chip, and is only available on Lava products. This adds efficiency in manufacture, and more importantly, virtually eliminates any possibility of component failure. It is up to three times faster than standard ISA or motherboard EPP ports and supports transfer rates of up to 4.5 MB per second.

Initially, this break-through Lava-designed integrated circuit was developed for the Parallel-PCI. The Moko S-1 has been since incorporated into a number of other Lava I/O products and is an ideal interface for parallel port devices, such as scanners, laser printers and external CD drives. Lava also provides a lifetime warranty.