• EN 29293 : 1989

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    INFORMATION PROCESSING - VOLUME AND FILE STRUCTURE OF FLEXIBLE DISK CARTRIDGES FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE

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    Withdrawn date:  22-07-2013

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    Published date:  12-01-2013

    Publisher:  Comite Europeen de Normalisation

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    Section one: General
    0 Introduction
    1 Scope and field of application
    2 Conformance
       2.1 Conformance of a flexible disk cartridge
       2.2 Conformance of an information processing system
    3 References
    4 Definitions
       4.1 byte
       4.2 data field of a sector
       4.3 data interchange standard
       4.4 defective sector
       4.5 descriptor
       4.6 file
       4.7 formatting
       4.8 implementation
       4.9 initialization
       4.10 originating system
       4.11 receiving system
       4.12 sector
       4.13 track
       4.14 user
       4.15 fixed-length record
       4.16 record
       4.17 segment
       4.18 segmented record
       4.19 variable-length record
    5 Notations
       5.1 Decimal and hexadecimal notations
       5.2 Other notations
       5.3 Capital letters
    Section two: Requirements for the medium
    6 Volume structure
       6.1 Arrangement of data on a flexible disk cartridge
       6.2 Arrangement of the Data Area.
       6.3 Arrangement of the System Area
       6.4 Files
       6.5 Sub-directories
    7 Contents of a file
    8 Recording of descriptor fields
       8.1 Numerical values in one-byte fields
       8.2 Numerical values in two-byte fields
       8.3 Numerical values in four-byte fields
       8.4 Pairs of 12-bit integers
       8.5 Character set and coding
       8.6 Justification of characters
    9 FDC Descriptor
       9.1 FDC Descriptor layout
       9.2 FDC Descriptor fields
    10 File Allocation Table
       10.1 Format Identifier
       10.2 FAT entries
       10.3 Number of sectors in each FAT
       10.4 Recorded form of the FAT
    11 File directories
       11.1 Characteristics
       11.2 Directory entry types
       11.3 General definition of Directory Entry Fields
       11.4 File Entry
       11.5 Volume Label Entry
       11.6 Sub-directory Pointer Entry
       11.7 Sub-directory identifier Entry
       11.8 Sub-directory Parent Pointer entry
       11.9 Not-currently-used Entry
       11.10 Never-used Entry
    Section three: Requirements for systems
    12 Requirements for the description of systems
    13 Requirements for an originating system
       13.1 General
       13.2 Files
       13.3 Descriptors
    14 Requirements for a receiving system
       14.1 General
       14.2 Files
       14.3 Descriptors
    Section four: Record structure
    15 Record structure
       15.1 General
       15.2 Records
       15.3 Attributes of record-structured files
       15.4 Requirements for systems implementing section four
    Annexes
    A - Parameter values for FDCs conforming to an International Standard
        for data interchange
    B - Parameter values for other EDC formats
    C - IS0 646: International Reference Version (IRV)
    D - Example of volume structures and file location
    E - Index of acronyms

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    Defines the volume and file structure of flexible disk cartridges (FIX) for the interchange of information between users of information processing systems.

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    Committee CS F12
    Development Note Also numbered as ISO 9293:1987 and BS 6542-2(1988) (09/2005)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Comite Europeen de Normalisation
    Status Withdrawn

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

    ISO 8630-1:1987 Information processing Data interchange on 130 mm (5.25 in) flexible disk cartridges using modified frequency modulation recording at 13 262 ftprad, on 80 tracks on each side Part 1: Dimensional, physical and magnetic characteristics
    ISO/IEC 7487-1:1993 Information technology Data interchange on 130 mm (5,25 in) flexible disk cartridges using modified frequency modulation recording at 7 958 ftprad, 1,9 tpmm (48 tpi), on both sides ISO type 202 Part 1: Dimensional, physical and magnetic characteristics
    ISO 8378-3:1986 Information processing Data interchange on 130 mm (5.25 in) flexible disk cartridges using modified frequency modulation recording at 7 958 ftprad, 3,8 tpmm (96 tpi), on both sides Part 3: Track format B
    ISO 7665:1983 Information processing File structure and labelling of flexible disk cartridges for information interchange
    ISO 8378-1:1986 Information processing Data interchange on 130 mm (5.25 in) flexible disk cartridges using modified frequency modulation recording at 7 958 ftprad, 3,8 tpmm (96 tpi), on both sides Part 1: Dimensional, physical and magnetic characteristics
    ISO/IEC 646:1991 Information technology ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange
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