MAGNETIC TAPE AND CARTRIDGE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE - 18-TRACK, PARALLEL, 1/2 INCH (12.65 MM), 37871 CPI (1491 CPMM), GROUP-CODED - REQUIREMENTS FOR RECORDING

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2006

Publisher

Information Technology Industry Council

1 Scope, Purpose, and Conformance
2 Referenced and Related Standards and Publications
3 Definitions
4 Environment and Safety
5 Mechanical and Electrical Requirements of tape
6 Magnetic-Recording Performance of tape
7 Quality of tape
8 Mechanical Specifications of the Tape Cartridge
9 Recording
10 Format of Track
11 Format of Tape
12 Format of Data
13 Format of Recorded Block
14 Error-Correcting Code (ECC)
15 Recording of Bytes on Tape
Tables
Figures
Appendixes
Appendix A - Recommendations for Transport
Appendix B - Tape Durability
Appendix C - Pre-Record Condition
Appendix D - Measurement of Bit Shift
Figure D1 - Data Analysis

Gives requirements for tape cartridges used for information interchange among information-processing systems, communication systems and equipment utilizing a standard code for information interchange agreed upon by the interchange parties.

Committee	X3B5
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	50
ProductNote	Reconfirmed 2006
PublisherName	Information Technology Industry Council
Status	Current

ANSI INCITS 27 : 1987	INFORMATION SYSTEMS - FILE STRUCTURE AND LABELING OF MAGNETIC TAPES FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE
ANSI INCITS TR 1 : 1982	DICTIONARY FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING - AMERICAN NATIONAL
IEEE 268-1992	American National Standard for Metric Practice
ISO 1302:2002	Geometrical Product Specifications (GPS) Indication of surface texture in technical product documentation
ISO 370:1975	Toleranced dimensions Conversion from inches into millimetres and vice versa
ISO/IEC 9661:1994	Information technology Data interchange on 12,7 mm wide magnetic tape cartridges 18 tracks, 1 491 data bytes per millimetre