ANSI INCITS 127 : 1987 : R2002

1 Scope and Introduction
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 Introduction
2 Referenced Standards
  2.1 American National Standards
  2.2 Other Standards
3 Definitions
4 General Requirements
  4.1 Testing Environment
  4.2 Operating Environment
  4.3 Transportation Environment
  4.4 Storage Environment
  4.5 Conditioning of the Cartridge
  4.6 Flammable Material
  4.7 Toxicity
5 Characteristics of the Tape
  5.1 Mechanical Properties
  5.2 Tape Recording Properties
6 Cartridge
  6.1 General Description
  6.2 File Protect
  6.3 Physical Labels
  6.4 Tape Guides
  6.5 Speeds
  6.6 Driving Force
  6.7 Total Inertia
  6.8 Dynamic Response
  6.9 Tape Tension
  6.10 Drive Ratio
  6.11 Electrical Resistance of Belt Capstan
  6.12 Instantaneous Speed Variation (ISV)
  6.13 Low-Frequency Speed Variation
  6.14 Acceleration
  6.15 Dynamic Tape Skew
  6.16 Drop Test
  6.17 Head Penetration

Covers unrecorded cartridge of 0.250 inch (6.30 mm) wide magnetic tape describing magnetic and mechanical interchangeability of cartridge between information processing systems, using physical recording densities 6400 to 10 000 flux transitions per inch (ftpi) (252 to 394 flux transitions per millimeter (ftpmm)).