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Doc. No.: PR/97-112
Reply to: Deborah J. Donovan at ddonovan@itic.nw.dc.us
Washington D.C., September 1997 - NCITS (National Committee for Information Technology Standards is announcing the public comment period for the adoption of ISO/IEC 9983:1995 as an American National Standard. The public review extends from September 12, 1997, to November 11, 1997.
This International Standard specifies an identifier to appear on each flexible disk cartridge (FDC) and the minimum information to appear on packages of unrecorded flexible disk cartridges.
The information according to this International Standard shall appear on cartridges and on packages of unrecorded flexible disk cartridges available to end uses. Drives for FDCs should bear the indication of Types(s) of FDC they can handle. Manuals for drives and systems should also included this information.
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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