NCITS (National Committee for Information Technology Standards)

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Doc. No.: PR/97-071
Reply to: Deborah J. Donovan at ddonovan@itic.nw.dc.us

NCITS Announces the Public Comment Period for ISO 8860-2:1987, Information processing - Data interchange on 90 mm (3.5 in) flexible disk cartridges using modified frequency modulation recording at 7 958 ftprad on 80 tracks on each side - Part 2: Track format
* To be adopted as an American National Standard *

Washington D.C., June 1997 - NCITS (National Committee for Information Technology Standards is announcing the public comment period for the adoption of ISO 8860-2:1987 as an American National Standard. The public review extends from June 6, 1997, to August 5, 1997.

This part of ISO 8860 specifies the track layout, the track format and the characteristics of recorded signals.

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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