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Doc. No.: PR/97-118
Reply to: Barbara Bennett at bbennett@itic.nw.dc.us
Washington D.C., July 1997 - NCITS (National Committee for Information Technology Standards) is announcing the public comment period for NCITS 312:199x. Development of this draft standard is being done in NCITS Technical Committee B5, Digital Magnetic Tape.
The public review extends from September 26, 1997 to November 25, 1997.
The scope of this American National Standard provides the requirements for a tape cartridge to be used for information interchange among information-processing systems, communication systems, and associated equipment utilizing a standard code for information interchange as agreed upon by the interchange parties. This standard deals with the requirements for the unrecorded cartridge and for recording on the enclosed magnetic tape.
Submit all comments to: NCITS Secretariat, Attn.: Barbara Bennett, 1250 Eye Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005, Email: bbennett@itic.nw.dc.us. Send a copy to: ANSI, Attn.: BSR Center, 11 West 42nd St., New York, NY 10036 (wluk@ansi.org).
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
Copies of NCITS 311:199x can be purchased from Global Engineering Documents, 15 Inverness Way East, Englewood, CO 80112- 5704. 1-800-854-7179 or 303-792-2181.
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