International Standard
ISO/IEC 12246:1993
Information technology — 8 mm wide magnetic tape cartridge dual azimuth format for information interchange — Helical scan recording
Reference number
ISO/IEC 12246:1993
ISO/IEC 12246:1993
Edition 1
1993-12
1993-12
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International Standard
ISO/IEC 12246:1993
21364
Published
(Edition 1, 1993)
This standard was last reviewed and confirmed in 2020.
Therefore this version remains current.
Abstract
This International Standard specifies the physical and magnetic characteristics of an 8 mm wide magnetic tape cartridge to enable interchangeability of such cartridges. It also specifies the quality of the recorded signals, the format and the recording method, thus allowing, together with ISO 1001 for Magnetic Tape Labelling, full data interchange by means of such magnetic tape cartridges. It is based on ISO/IEC 11319, but uses Dual Azimuth Recording to allow the raw capacity to be doubled. The format supports variable length Logical Records, high speed search, and the use of a registered data compression algorithm.
General information
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Status: PublishedPublication date: 1993-12Stage: International Standard confirmed [90.93]
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Edition: 1Number of pages: 66
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Technical Committee :ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 23ICS :35.220.23
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