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BS 5079:1981

BS 5079:1981

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Withdrawn

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Specification for information interchange on 3.81 mm (0.150 in) magnetic tape cassette at 4 cpmm (100 cpi), phase encoded at 63 ftpmm (1600 ftpi)

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Withdrawn date

04-07-2014

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-09-1981

Publisher

British Standards Institution

National foreword
Cooperating organizations
Specification
1. Scope and field of application
2. Definitions
3. Environment and transportation
4. Characteristics of tape
5. Tape cassette
6. Recording
7. Format
Annexes
A. Layer-to-layer adhesion
B. Measurement of light transmittance
Figures
1(a). Sides, tracks, holes and asymmetrical slot -
       Dimensions in millimetres
1(b). Sides, tracks, holes and asymmetrical slot -
       Dimensions in inches
2(a). Position of heads - Dimensions in millimetres
2(b). Position of heads - Dimensions in inches
3(a). Tape guides in cassette - Dimensions in
       millimetres
3(b). Tape guides in cassette - Dimensions in inches
4(a). Cassette dimensions - Dimensions in millimetres
4(b). Cassette dimensions - Dimensions in inches
5(a). Cassette support planes - Dimensions in
       millimetres
5(b). Cassette support planes - Dimensions in inches
6(a). Maximum label and window area dimensions -
       Dimensions in millimetres
6(b). Maximum label and window area dimensions -
       Dimensions in inches
7. Test for layer-to-layer adhesion
8. Measuring device (diagram)
9. Measuring mask

Specifies a 3.81 mm tape in a cassette to be physically interchangeable between information processing systems for the exchange of data using the UK 7-bit data code (BS 4730) or any 7-bit or 8-bit code structure (BS 4953).

Committee
ICT/1
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 80/61864 DC & 84/64885 DC. (07/2005) Inactive for the new design. (11/2011)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
28
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Withdrawn

DEFSTAN 81-52/2(2002) : 2002 PACKAGING OF PRE-RECORDED MAGNETIC TAPES AND FLEXIBLE DISCS
BS 4730:1985 Specification for UK 7-bit coded character set
DEFSTAN 05-10/4(1990) : 1990 DRAWING PROCEDURE
BS 5769-1:1979 Specification for magnetic tape cassette and cartridge labelling and file structure, for information interchange Label standard version 1
BS 4783-4:1988 Storage, transportation and maintenance of media for use in data processing and information storage Recommendations for magnetic tape cartridges and cassettes

ISO/IEC 2022:1994 Information technology Character code structure and extension techniques
BS 4730:1993 Specification for UK 7-bit coded character set

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