Accredited Standards Committee *	X3, Information Technology

NEWS RELEASE

Doc. No.:	PR/96-044
Reply to:	Lynn Barra at lbarra@itic.nw.dc.us 


 X3 Announces the Approval of a New Project,
Magnetic Tape Cartridge 0.50 in (12.65 mm), Serial Serpentine, 
112-Track, 81 600 bpi (3213 bpmm), DLT4 Format

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 project is the fourth in an evolution of l/2-inch cartridge capacities in the 
same media vehicle.  

DLT-1 Format, (X3.242:1994), DLT-2 Format, (X3.266: l996); and DLT-3 Format, 
(X3.282:199x).  Because this project is a direct extension of the previous, those 
documents also will directly form the basis for this draft document.

This standard represents the minimal environmental, mechanical and magnetic 
requirements for a 20 Gigabyte Formatted 0.50 inch cartridge for data 
interchange between systems. It also describes the format, DLT4, used in the 
recorded portion of the proposed Standard.

The next two meetings of X3B5 are June 11-12, 1996 in Minneapolis, MN 
and August 20-21, 1996 in San Francisco, CA.  All organizations and individuals 
who are materially or directly affected are invited to participate.

Inquiries regarding this project should be sent to the Chairman of X3B5,
Mr. Richard Steinbrenner, Lucent Technologies, 67 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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