Standard ECMA-292
8 mm Wide Magnetic Tape Cartridge for
Information Interchange - Helical Scan Recording AIT-2 with MIC
Format
(December 1999)
This Ecma Standard specifies the physical and magnetic characteristics
of an 8 mm wide magnetic tape cartridge containing a memory chip
to enable physical interchange of such cartridges between drives.
It also specifies the quality of the recorded signals, the recording
method and the recorded format - called Advanced Intelligent Tape
No.2 with Memory In Cartridge (AIT-2 with MIC) - thereby allowing
data interchange between drives by means of such magnetic tape
cartridges. The System Log are recorded in the MIC.
This Ecma Standard specifies two types of cartridge depending
on the thickness of the magnetic tape contained in the case.
Information interchange between systems also requires, at a minimum,
agreement between the interchange parties upon the interchange
code(s) and the specifications of the structure and labelling
of the information on the interchanged cartridge.
The following files can be freely downloaded:
| File name |
Size (Bytes) |
Content |
| ECMA-292.pdf |
1 074 504 |
Acrobat (r) PDF file |
| AnnexD.pdf |
9 477 032 |
Acrobat (r) PDF file |
NOTE:
Annex D contains the table translating the 16-bit words in 20-channel
bit patterns. Due to its size (1681 pages) it is available only
as a separated file, and it is not available in printed format.
This Ecma publication is also approved as ISO/IEC 18810.
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