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>Section 4 - Requirements for an Interchanged Tape<br>11 Track Format<br>12 Tape Format<br>13 Method of recording<br>14 Track geometry<br>15 Layout of a tape<br>Annexes<br>A - Measurement of Light Transmittance of Tape and Leaders<br>B - The Packet ECC<br>C - The Segment ECC<br>D - Generation of the Segment Overhead CRCs<br>E - Generation of the Segment Data CRC<br>F - Generation of the Packet CRC<br>G - Representation of 8-bit bytes by 14-bit patterns<br>H - Measurement of bit shift<br>J - Tape Count<br>K - Recommendations for transportation

Abstract

Defines the physical and magnetic characteristics of an 8 mm wide magnetic tape cartridge to enable physical interchange of such cartridges between drives. It also specifies the quality of the recorded signals, the recording method and the recorded format called VXA-1, and thereby allowing data interchange between drives by means of such magnetic tape cartridges.

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