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Doc. No.: PR/97-121
Reply to: Barbara Bennett at bbennett@itic.nw.dc.us
Washington D.C., September 1997 - NCITS (National Committee for Information Technology Standards) announces approval of this new project being developed within Technical Committee, B5, Digital Magnetic Tape. The reference number for this project is 1251-D.
This proposed Standard represents the minimum requirements for 12.65 mm (0.50 inch) digital data storage cassettes for instrumentation systems and associated data analysis equipment. The physical requirements, magnetic requirements, and test methods for the magnetic tape and tape cassette are specified in ISO/IEC CD 15204. This proposed standard is for a recording format supported by the referenced standard.
Inquiries regarding this project [project 1251-D] and Digital Magnetic Tape projects should be sent to the Chairman of B5, Mr. Richard Steinbrenner, Lucent Technologies, C3C18, 283 King George Road, Warren, NJ 07059. Email: rsteinbrenner@lucent.com.
The next meeting of B5 is November 4-5, 1997 in Santa Barbara, California. All organizations and individuals who are materially or directly affected are invited to participate.
An initial call for possible patents and other pertinent issues (copyrights, trademarks) is now 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.
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