NEWS RELEASE

Doc. No.: PR/97-074
Reply to: Barbara Bennett at bbennett@itic.nw.dc.us

Washington D.C., June 1997 -- JTC 1 TAG (U.S. TAG to ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information Technology) announces the Public Review and Comment Period on the U.S. Submission to JTC 1 of a proposed New Work Item for SCSI-3 Block Commands (SBC).

The JTC 1 TAG is soliciting comments from the U.S. community on the submission of this proposed New Work Item.

This proposed standard defines the functional requirements for the SCSI-3 Block Command set (SBC) SBC permits SCSI block logical units such as flexible disks, rigid disks, optical disks, etc., to attach to computers and provides the definition for their use.

The public review period extends from July 4, 1997 through August 2, 1997.

Please send all comments to: The JTC 1 TAG Administrator, 1250 Eye Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005, Attn.: Barbara Bennett (Email: bbennett@itic.nw.dc.us). A second copy should be sent to Matthew Deane, American National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036 (Email: mdeane@ansi.org).

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