Accredited Standards Committee*	X3, Information Technology

NEWS RELEASE
Doc. No.:	PR/95-0073
Reply to:	Lynn Barra		(lbarra@itic.nw.dc.us)

X3 Announces the Approval of a New Project for Fibre Channel Copper Physical Interface Implementation Guide (FC-CU)

Washington D.C., July 1995 -- Accredited Standards Committee X3, 
Information Technology is announcing the approval of a new project 
being developed within X3T11, Device Level Interface.

This technical report recommends the development of a document
describing the implementation, testing, characterization, and
design tradeoffs in Fibre Channel compatible electrical interfaces.  

Included are implementation guidelines and practices for the
existing copper physical variants presently documented in
X3.230-1994, FC-PH, and those that will be contained in the
draft produced by Project 1119-D (FC-PH-3);  similar implementation guidelines for the inclusion of new copper media and interface technologies, which incorporate improvements in operating distance, data rate, or cost/performance, into the definitions contained in X3.230-1994, FC-PH, and those that will be contained in the draft produced by Project 1119-D (FC-PH-3); and criteria and methods for testing copper based interfaces to ensure interoperability.

Inquiries should be sent to the Chairman of X3T11, Mr. Roger Cummings, 
Storage Technology Inc., 2270 South 88th Street, Louisville, CO  80028-
0211, roger_cummings@stortek.com.

An initial call for patents and pertinent issues (copyrights, trademarks) is 
now being issued.  Please submit information on these issues to the X3 
Secretariat at the address below.

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