Accredited Standards Committee *	X3, Information Technology

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Doc. No.:	PR/96-007

Reply to:	Lynn Barra at lbarra@itic.nw.dc.us 


X3 Announces the Registration of X3/TR-18:1996 
Fibre Channel - 10-bit Interface Technical Report


Washington D.C., February 1996 - Accredited Standards Committee 
X3, Information Technology is announcing the registration of a new Technical 
Report for Fibre Channel - 10-bit Interface.  This technical report was developed 
in committee X3T11 - Device Level Interface.

The registration announcement will be listed in the ANSI Standards Action
from March 15, 1996 to May 14, 1996.

This technical report specifies a 10-bit Interface between FC-1 (Transmission 
protocol layer) and FC-0 (Physical layer) devices at the 1062,5 Mbaud data rate.  
The document defines the signals, functions and levels of the interface, thus 
allowing a low cost interface for target applications where cost, size and power 
determine product success.

In order to insure interoperability between vendors of Physical and Protocol 
devices the document describes two interfaces between the Physical and 
Transmission protocol layer.  The two interfaces are:  Transmit interface and 
Receive interface.

Submit all comments to:  X3 Secretariat, Attn.:  Lynn Barra, 1250 Eye 
Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC  20005, Email:  lbarra@itic.nw.dc.us.  
Send a copy to:  ANSI, Attn.:  BSR Center, 11 West 42nd St., New York, NY  10036.

A call for possible patents and pertinent issues (copyrights, trademarks) is 
also being issued.  Please submit information on these issues to the X3 
Secretariat at 1250 Eye Street NW, Suite 200, Washington DC  20005. 
Email: x3sec@itic.nw.dc.us

This technical report can be purchased from Global Engineering Documents, 15 
Inverness Way East, Englewood, CO.  (800) 854-7179 or (303) 792-2181.


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