Table of Contents

Section 1 - General<br>1 Scope<br>2 Conformance<br>3 Normative references<br>4 Terms and definitions<br>5 Conventions and notations<br>6 Acronyms<br>7 Environment and safety<br>Section 2 - Requirements for the case<br>8 Dimensional and mechanical characteristics of the case<br>Section 3 - Requirements for the unrecorded tape<br>9 Mechanical, physical and dimensional characteristics <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of the tape<br>10 Magnetic recording characteristics<br>11 Format for helical tracks<br>12 Track geometry<br>13 Method of recording helical tracks<br>14 Method of recording longitudinal tracks<br>Section 5 - Requirements for recorded information<br>15 Recorded information<br>Section 6 - Write operations <br>16 Write retry sequence (Figure 58) <br>17 Append file operation (Figure 59) <br>Annexes<br>A - Measurement of Signal-to-Noise Ratio<br>B - Representation 8/9 coding patterns<br>C - Recommendations for transportation<br>D - Inhibitor tape

Abstract

Defines the physical and magnetic characteristics of magnetic tape cassettes, using magnetic tape 12,65 mm wide so as to provide physical interchange of such cassettes between drives.

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Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Canadian Standards Association
ProductNote	Reconfirmed EN
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