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Doc. No.: PR/97-098
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 X3.136:1986[R1992]. The public review extends from August 15, 1997 to October 14, 1997.
This American National Standard is intended to provide a format and recording standard for an 8000-bpi (315-bpmm) streaming 0.250-inch (6.3-mm)-wide, 4- and 9-track, magnetic tape in a cartridge to be used for information interchange between information processing systems, communication systems, and associated equipment utilizing a standard code for information interchange, as agreed upon by the interchange parties. This standard specifies the requirements for the 4-track and 9-track formats. The two formats shall not exist on the same cartridge. This standard refers solely to recording on the 0.250-inch (6.30-mm) magnetic tape cartridge and complements American National Standard, ANSI X3.127.
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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