INFORMATION SYSTEMS - EXTENDED MAGNETIC TAPE FORMAT FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE (18-TRACK, PARALLEL, 12.65 MM (0.50 IN), 1491 CPMM (37 871 CPI), GROUP-CODED RECORDING)

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2004

Publisher

Information Technology Industry Council

Foreword
1 Scope, purpose, and application
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Tape characteristics
5 Recording
6 Track format
7 Tape format
8 Packet format
9 Data block format
10 Recorded-block format
11 Error-correction code (ECC)
12 Recording of bytes on tape
Annex
Annex A (informative) - Measurement of bit shift
Annex B (informative) - Bibliography

Gives the requirements for a tape format used for information interchange between information processing systems and equipment using standard code agreed upon by interchange parties. Deals solely with the requirements for recording, with provision made for using a processing algorithm, on magnetic tape.

Committee	X3B5
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	33
ProductNote	Reconfirmed 2004
PublisherName	Information Technology Industry Council
Status	Current

ANSI INCITS 27 : 1987	INFORMATION SYSTEMS - FILE STRUCTURE AND LABELING OF MAGNETIC TAPES FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE
ECMA 152 : 2ED 93	DATA INTERCHANGE ON 12,7 MM 18-TRACK MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGES - EXTENDED FORMAT
IEEE 268-1992	American National Standard for Metric Practice
ISO 370:1975	Toleranced dimensions Conversion from inches into millimetres and vice versa
ISO/IEC 11559:1993	Information technology Data interchange on 12,7 mm wide 18-track magnetic tape cartridges Extended format