Accredited Standards Committee *	X3, Information Technology

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Doc. No.:	PR/96-086
Reply to:	Deborah J. Donovan at ddonovan@itic.nw.dc.us 


 X3 Announces the Approval for a New Project for 
Magnetic Tape Cartridge, 0.50 in (12.65 mm), Serial Serpentine, 208-Track, 
85 940 bpi (3383 bpmm), DLT 5 Format 

Washington D.C., November 1996 -- Accredited Standards Committee X3, 
Information Technology announces the approval of a new project being 
developed in Technical Committee X3B5 - Flexible Magnetic Media and 
Formats.

This proposed Standard represents the minimal environmental, mechanical 
and magnetics requirements for a 35 Gigabyte Formatted 0.50 inch 
cartridge for data interchange between systems.  It also describes the 
format, DLT 5, used in the recorded portion of the proposed Standard.

Inquiries regarding this project (X3 Project 1229-D), should be sent to the 
Chairman of X3B5, Mr. Richard Steinbrenner, Lucent Technologies, 67 
Whippany Rd., Whippany, NJ  07981.
Email: rsteinbr@atsmail.gc.lucent.com

The next meeting of X3B5 is scheduled for December 3-4, 1996 in Houston, 
TX.  All organizations and individuals who are materially or directly 
affected are invited to participate.

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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