ANSI INCITS 158 : 1987

Withdrawn

INFORMATION SYSTEMS - RECORDED MAGNETIC TAPE CASSETTE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE - 4 TRACK, 0.150 INCH (3.81 MM) 8000 BPI (315 BPMM), GROUP CODE RECORDING

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Withdrawn date

08-23-2015

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2003

Publisher

Information Technology Industry Council

1 Scope and Purpose
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 Purpose
2 Referenced and Related Standards
  2.1 American National Standards
  2.2 Other Standard
  2.3 Related American National Standard
3 Definitions
4 Recording
  4.1 Method
  4.2 GCR Code
  4.3 Density of Recording
  4.4 Measurement of Signal Amplitude
  4.5 Signal Amplitude
  4.6 Erasure
  4.7 Azimuth
5 Tracks
  5.1 Number and Use of Tracks
  5.2 Reference Edge
  5.3 Track Centerline Locations
  5.4 Track Width for 0.032 Inch (0.61 mm) Track Spacing
6 Data Block
  6.1 Preamble
  6.2 Data Block Marker
  6.3 Data Block
  6.4 Block Address
  6.5 Cyclic Redundancy Check
  6.6 Postamble
7 File Mark Block
8 Control Block
  8.1 Data Field
  8.2 Use of Control Blocks
9 Rewritten Blocks
  9.1 Error
  9.2 Streaming Termination
  9.3 Forced Streaming
  9.4 End of Recorded Data

Outlines a recording and format standard for an 8000 bpi streaming 0.150 inch wide, 4-track magnetic tape cassette for interchange of information among processing and communications systems, and associated equipment, using a standard code.

Committee	X3B5
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	18
PublisherName	Information Technology Industry Council
Status	Withdrawn

IEEE 268-1992	American National Standard for Metric Practice
ANSI INCITS 164 : 1990	UNRECORDED MAGNETIC TAPE CASSETTE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE, 3.81 MM (0.150 IN) TAPE, 394 FTPMM (10000 FTPI) - PHYSICAL AND MAGNETIC INTERCHANGEABILITY REQUIREMENTS
ISO 370:1975	Toleranced dimensions Conversion from inches into millimetres and vice versa