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Doc. No.:	PR/96-060
Reply to:	Lynn Barra at lbarra@itic.nw.dc.us 


X3 Announces the Public Comment Period for X3.300:199x, 
High-Performance Parallel Interface Serial Specification 
(HIPPI-Serial)


Washington D.C., June 1996 - Accredited Standards Committee X3, Information 
Technology is announcing the public comment period for X3.300:199x.  
Development of this draft standard is being done in technical committee X3T11, 
Device Level Interface

The public review extends from July 19, 1996 to September 17, 1996.

This draft American National Standard specifies a physical-level interface for 
transmitting digital data at 800 Mbit/s or 1600 Mbit/s serially over fiber-optic 
cables across distances of up to 10 km.  The signalling sequences and protocol 
used are compatible with ANSI X3.183:1991, (HIPPI-PH), which is limited to 25 
m distances.  HIPPI-Serial may be integrated as a host's native interface, or used 
as an external extender for HIPPI-PH ports.

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

Copies of this draft can be purchased from Global Engineering Documents, 15 
Inverness Way East, Englewood, CO  80112-5704.  1-800-854-7179 or 
303-792-2181.


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