Accredited Standards Committee *	X3, Information Technology

NEWS RELEASE

Doc. No.:	PR/96-012
Reply to:	Lynn Barra at lbarra@itic.nw.dc.us 


X3 Announces the Public Comment Period for 
X3.291:199x, Information Technology - Intelligent Peripheral Interface,
Device generic command set for magnetic and optical disk drives


Washington D.C., February 1996 - Accredited Standards Committee 
X3, Information Technology is announcing the public comment period for 
X3.291:199x.  The public review extends from March 15, 1996 to 
May 14, 1996.

This standard describes the Logical Level 3 (generic command level) Interface 
for magnetic and optical disk drives.  See clause 6 of ISO/IEC 9318-6 for an 
explanation of the levels.  The purpose of this standard is to facilitate the 
development and utilization of an intelligent interface which permits the 
interconnection of a controller to multiple peripheral types such as disk, tape, or 
communications.  It does not replace any existing standard, but it does 
complement other IPI standards.  It also provides a definition of the device-
generic portion of a family of standards called the Intelligent Peripheral 
Interface (IPI).

Note: The revision of this standard replaces ANSI/ISO/IEC 9318-3:1990[1992].

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 draft can be purchased from Global Engineering Documents, Inc., 15 
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