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INCITS/ISO/IEC 9293 : 1994 : R2006

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - VOLUME AND FILE STRUCTURE OF DISK CARTRIDGES FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

04-24-2024

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2006

Section 1 - General
1 Scope
2 Conformance
   2.1 Conformance of an FDC
   2.2 Conformance of an information processing system
3 Normative references
4 Definitions
   4.1 byte
   4.2 data field of a sector
   4.3 data interchange standard
   4.4 defective sector
   4.5 descriptor
   4.6 FDC
   4.7 file
   4.8 formatting
   4.9 implementation
   4.10 initialization
   4.11 ODC
   4.12 originating system
   4.13 receiving system
   4.14 sector
   4.15 physical track
   4.16 user
   4.17 fixed-length record
   4.18 record
   4.19 segment
   4.20 segmented record
   4.21 variable-length record
5 Notations
   5.1 Decimal and hexadecimal notations
   5.2 Other notations
   5.3 Capital letters
Section 2 - Requirements for the medium
6 Volume structure
   6.1 Arrangement of data on an FDC
   6.2 Arrangement of the Data Area
   6.3 Arrangement of the System Area
   6.4 Files
   6.5 Sub-directories
7 Content of a file
8 Recording of descriptor fields
   8.1 Numerical values in one-byte fields
   8.2 Numerical values in two-byte fields
   8.3 Numerical values in four-byte fields
   8.4 Pairs of 12-bit integers
   8.5 Character set and coding
   8.6 Justification of characters
9 FDC Descriptor
   9.1 FDC Descriptor and Extended FDC Descriptor layout
   9.2 FDC Descriptor and Extended FDC Descriptor fields
10 File Allocation Table
   10.1 Format Identifier
   10.2 FAT entries
   10.3 Number of sectors in each FAT
   10.4 Recorded form of the FAT
11 File directories
   11.1 Characteristics
   11.2 Directory entry types
   11.3 General definition of Directory Entry fields
   11.4 File Entry
   11.5 Volume Label Entry
   11.6 Sub-directory Pointer Entry
   11.7 Sub-directory Identifier Entry
   11.8 Sub-directory Parent Pointer Entry
   11.9 Not-currently-used Entry
   11.10 Never-used Entry
Section 3 - Requirements for systems
12 Requirements for the description of systems
13 Requirements for an originating system
   13.1 General
   13.2 Files
   13.3 Descriptors
14 Requirements for a receiving system
   14.1 General
   14.2 Files
   14.3 Descriptors
Section 4 - Record structure
15 Record structure
   15.1 General
   15.2 Records
   15.3 Attributes of record-structured files
   15.4 Requirements for systems implementing section 4
Annexes
A - Parameter values for other FDC formats
B - Parameter values for FDCs conforming to an International
    Standard for data interchange
C - ISO 646: International Reference Version (IRV)
D - Example of volume structure and file location
E - Index of acronyms
F - Extension to Partial ROM

Describes the volume and file structure of disk cartridges for the interchange of information between users of information processing systems.

DocumentType
Standard
Pages
50
ProductNote
Reconfirmed 2006
PublisherName
Information Technology Industry Council
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
ISO 9293:1987 Identical

ISO/IEC 11560:1992 Information technology Information interchange on 130 mm optical disk cartridges using the magneto-optical effect, for write once, read multiple functionality
ISO/IEC 9529-2:1989 Information processing systems Data interchange on 90 mm (3,5 in) flexible disk cartridges using modified frequency modulation recording at 15 916 ftprad, on 80 tracks on each side Part 2: Track format
ISO/IEC 10090:1992 Information technology 90 mm optical disk cartridges, rewritable and read only, for data interchange
ISO 8630-1:1987 Information processing Data interchange on 130 mm (5.25 in) flexible disk cartridges using modified frequency modulation recording at 13 262 ftprad, on 80 tracks on each side Part 1: Dimensional, physical and magnetic characteristics
ISO/IEC 13842:1995 Information technology 130 mm optical disk cartridges for information interchange Capacity: 2 Gbytes per cartridge
ISO/IEC 13963:1995 Information technology Data interchange on 90 mm optical disk cartridges Capacity: 230 megabytes per cartridge
ISO/IEC 7487-1:1993 Information technology Data interchange on 130 mm (5,25 in) flexible disk cartridges using modified frequency modulation recording at 7 958 ftprad, 1,9 tpmm (48 tpi), on both sides ISO type 202 Part 1: Dimensional, physical and magnetic characteristics
ISO/IEC 13549:1993 Information technology Data interchange on 130 mm optical disk cartridges Capacity: 1,3 gigabytes per cartridge
ISO 8378-3:1986 Information processing Data interchange on 130 mm (5.25 in) flexible disk cartridges using modified frequency modulation recording at 7 958 ftprad, 3,8 tpmm (96 tpi), on both sides Part 3: Track format B
ISO 7665:1983 Information processing File structure and labelling of flexible disk cartridges for information interchange
ISO 8378-1:1986 Information processing Data interchange on 130 mm (5.25 in) flexible disk cartridges using modified frequency modulation recording at 7 958 ftprad, 3,8 tpmm (96 tpi), on both sides Part 1: Dimensional, physical and magnetic characteristics
ISO/IEC 9171-1:1990 Information technology 130 mm optical disk cartridge, write once, for information interchange Part 1: Unrecorded optical disk cartridge
ISO/IEC 13422:1994 Information technology Data interchange on 90 mm Flexible Disk Cartridges 10 MByte capacity using sector servo tracking ISO Type 304
ISO/IEC 646:1991 Information technology ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange
ISO/IEC 13481:1993 Information technology Data interchange on 130 mm optical disk cartridges Capacity: 1 gigabyte per cartridge
ISO/IEC 9171-2:1990 Information technology 130 mm optical disk cartridge, write once, for information interchange Part 2: Recording format
ISO/IEC 9529-1:1989 Information processing systems Data interchange on 90 mm (3,5 in) flexible disk cartridges using modified frequency modulation recording at 15 916 ftprad, on 80 tracks on each side Part 1: Dimensional, physical and magnetic characteristics
ISO/IEC 10089:1991 Information technology 130 mm rewritable optical disk cartridge for information interchange
ISO/IEC 10994:1992 Information technology Data interchange on 90 mm flexible disk cartridges using modified frequency modulation recording at 31 831 ftprad on 80 tracks on each side ISO Type 303

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