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Doc. No.: PR/97-114
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 12248:1993 as an American National Standard. The public review extends from September 12, 1997, to November 11, 1997.
This International Standard specifies the physical and magnetic characteristics of a 3,81 mm wide magnetic tape cartridge to enable interchangeability of such cartridges. It also specifies the quality of the recorded signals, the recorded format and the recording method, thereby allowing data interchange between drives by means of such magnetic tape cartridges. The format uses in is known as DATA/DAT-DC.
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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