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Doc. No.: PR/97-066
Reply to: Deborah J. Donovan at ddonovan@itic.nw.dc.us
Washington D.C., June 1997 - NCITS (National Committee for Information Technology Standards is announcing the public comment period for the adoption of ISO 6596-2:1985 as an American National Standard. The public review extends from June 6, 1997, to August 5, 1997.
This part of ISO 6596 specifies the magnetic characteristics, the track layout, and a track format to be used on a 130 mm (5.25 in) flexible disk cartridge, recorded at 7 958 ftprad on one side using two-frequency recording at a track density of 1,9 tracks per millimetre (tpmm) [48 tracks per inch (tip)], which is intended for data interchange between data processing systems.
Submit all comments to: NCITS Secretariat, Attn.: Deborah J. Donovan, 1250 Eye Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005, Email: ddonovan@itic.nw.dc.us. Send a copy to: ANSI, Attn.: BSR Center, 11 West 42nd Street, 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 NCITS Secretariat at 1250 Eye Street NW, Suite 200, Washington DC 20005. Email: NCITS@itic.nw.dc.us FAX: (202)638-4922.
The document can be purchased for from American National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036. Telephone: 212-642-4900
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