Accredited Standards Committee *	X3, Information Technology

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Doc. No.:	PR/96-037
Reply to:	Lynn Barra at lbarra@itic.nw.dc.us 


 X3 Announces the Approval of a New Project,
Magnetic Tape Format for Information Interchange, 128-Track, Parallel 
Serpentine, 12.65 mm (1/2 in), 3400 bpmm (86 360 bpi) Run Length
Limited Recording 

Washington D.C., May 1996 -- Accredited Standards Committee X3, 
Information Technology announces approval of this new project being 
developed within Technical Committee, X3B5, Flexible Magnetic Media and 
Formats.

This standard represents the minimum requirements for the physical formatting 
and recording of data on a 12.65 mm (1/2 in) magnetic tape cartridge in a 128 
track format for data interchange between recording systems.  This format 
provides capabilities that increase cartridge capacity and, when combined with 
compression, achieve significantly increased cartridge capacities.  This standard 
will refer to a yet to be developed ANSI standard for the characteristics of the 
unrecorded cartridge.

The next two meetings of X3B5 are June 11-12, 1996 in Minneapolis, MN 
and August 20-21, 1996 in San Francisco, CA.

Inquiries regarding this project should be sent to the Chairman of X3B5, Mr. 
Richard Steinbrenner, AT&T Bell Labs., Room 2A-152, Whippany Rd., Whippany, 
NJ  07981.  Email:.rts@floyd.emsp.att.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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