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Doc. No.: PR/97-096
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 X3.126:1986[R1992]. The public review extends from August 15, 1997 to October 14, 1997.
This standard specifies the general, physical, and magnetic requirements for interchangeability of the one - or two-sided, 5.25-Inch (130-mm) (nominal), 96-tracks-per-inch (tpi) (3,8-tracks-per-millimeter(tpmm)) flexible disk cartridge (for 7958-bits-per-radian(bpr) use) as required to achieve unformatted disk cartridge interchange among disk drives using 80 tracks per side and associated information processing systems. The two-sided flexible disk cartridge enclosed in a protective envelope and having two recording surfaces is of the type intended specifically for use with digital recording and reproducing equipment employing access mechanisms capable of positioning to these data tracks.
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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