Accredited Standards Committee*	X3, Information Technology

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Doc. No.:	PR/96-014
Reply to:	Lynn Barra at lbarra@itic.nw.dc.us 


X3 Announces the Approval of a New Project
AT Attachment + Packet Interface (ATA + PI)


Washington D.C., February 1996 -- Accredited Standards Committee X3, 
Information Technology announces approval of this new project being 
developed within Technical Committee, X3T13, AT Attachment.

The proposed ATA + PI standard is intended to be a follow-on project to 
ATA-3 and ATAPI.  It maintains a high degree of compatibility with the 
existing ATA interface and migrates the interface to meet the needs in an 
evolutionary way. ATA + PI is primarily intended to be a low-cost, efficient 
device interface that incorporates support for other types of devices (e.g. 
CD-ROM and tape drives).

The next meeting of X3T13 is April 26, 1996 in Milpitas, CA in the Holiday
Inn hosted by Quantum.  For hotel information, call (408) 321-9500.

Inquiries regarding this project should be sent to the acting Chairman of 
X3T13, Mr. Gene Milligan, Seagate Technology, PO Box 12313, M/S OKM 151, 
Oklahoma City, OK  73157.  Email: gene_milligan@notes.seagate.com

An initial call for possible patents and other pertinent issues (copyrights, 
trademarks) is now 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   FAX:  (202)638-4922.

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