• CSA ISO/IEC 18836 : 2004

    Superseded A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

    INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 8 MM WIDE MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE - HELICAL SCAN RECORDING - MAMMOTHTAPE-2 FORMAT

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  27-07-2021

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2012

    Publisher:  Canadian Standards Association

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    Section 1 - General
    1 Scope
    2 Conformance
    3 References
    4 Definitions
    5 Conventions and Notations
    6 Acronyms
    7 Environment and Safety
    Section 2 - Requirements for the case
    8 Dimensional and mechanical characteristics of the case
    Section 3 - Requirements for the Unrecorded Tape
    9 Mechanical, physical and dimensional characteristics of
       the tape
    10 Magnetic recording characteristics
    Section 4 - Requirements for an Interchanged Tape
    11 Track Format
    12 Method of recording
    13 Track geometry
    14 Layout of a tape
    Annexes
    A (normative) - Measurement of Light Transmittance of
                    Tape and Leaders
    B (normative) - Tape abrasivity measurement procedure
    C (normative) - Generation of the Logical Block CRC
    D (normative) - ECC3 Check Bytes
    E (normative) - Generation of the Data Area CRC
    F (normative) - Generation of the ECC
    G (normative) - Pre-coder
    H (normative) - Representation of 8-bit bytes by 10-bit
                    patterns
    J (normative) - Randomisation
    K (normative) - Generation of the Search Field CRC
    L (normative) - The Search Field ECC
    M (normative) - Measurement of bit shift
    N (informative) - Recommendations for transportation

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    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
    Product Note Reconfirmed EN
    Publisher Canadian Standards Association
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    IEC 60950:1999 Safety of information technology equipment
    ISO/IEC 11576:1994 Information technology Procedure for the registration of algorithms for the lossless compression of data
    ISO 1302:2002 Geometrical Product Specifications (GPS) Indication of surface texture in technical product documentation
    ISO/IEC 15200:1996 Information technology Adaptive Lossless Data Compression algorithm (ALDC)
    ISO 527-3:1995 Plastics Determination of tensile properties Part 3: Test conditions for films and sheets
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