Table of Contents

Section 1 - General<br>1 Scope<br>2 Conformance<br>3 References<br>4 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 of<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the tape<br>10 Magnetic recording characteristics<br>Section 4 - Requirements for an Interchanged Tape<br>11 Track Format<br>12 Method of recording<br>13 Track geometry<br>14 Layout of a tape<br>Annexes<br>A (normative) - Measurement of Light Transmittance of<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tape and Leaders<br>B (normative) - Tape abrasivity measurement procedure<br>C (normative) - Generation of the Logical Block CRC<br>D (normative) - ECC3 Check Bytes<br>E (normative) - Generation of the Data Area CRC<br>F (normative) - Generation of the ECC<br>G (normative) - Pre-coder<br>H (normative) - Representation of 8-bit bytes by 10-bit<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;patterns<br>J (normative) - Randomisation<br>K (normative) - Generation of the Search Field CRC<br>L (normative) - The Search Field ECC<br>M (normative) - Measurement of bit shift<br>N (informative) - 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.

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