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Doc. No.: PR/97-091
Reply to: Deborah J. Donovan at ddonovan@itic.nw.dc.us
Washington D.C., August 1997 - NCITS (National Committee for Information Technology Standards) is announcing the public comment period for ANSI X3.48:1986[R1992]. The public review extends from August 15, 1997 to October 14, 1997.
This American National Standard for unrecorded and recorded cassettes containing 3.81-mm (0.150-in) -wide magnetic tape presents the minimum requirements for mechanical and magnetic interchangeability of the cassette and for data interchange between information processing systems, which are capable of utilizing a standard code for information interchange as agreed upon by the interchange parties, using a data density of 32 bpmm (800 bpi).
In accordance with ANSI procedures and NCITS, which require a five-year review of approved standards, Technical Committee B5 recommends this standard be reissued, without change.
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 St., NY, NY 10036.
Copies of this standard can be purchased from the American National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd St., New York, NY 10036.
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