ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 16382 First edition 2000-05-15 Information technology Data interchange on 12,7 mm 208-track magnetic tape cartridges DLT 6 format Technologies de I'information Echange de données sur cartouches de bande magnétique de 12,7 mm a 208 pistes - Format DLT 6 Reference number ISO/IEC 16382:2000(E) E( @ISO/IEC 2000 Copyright International Organization for Standardization ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC 16382:2000(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The IsO Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by ISO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below ISO/IEC2000 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 . CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 734 10 79 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.ch Printed in Switzerland Copyightinteratinal organization for Standardization @ISO/IEC2000-All rightsreserved mitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC 16382:2000(E) Contents Section 1 - General 1 1 Scope 1 2 Conformance 1 2.1 Magnetic tape cartridges 1 2.2 Generating systems 1 2.3 Receiving systems 1 3 Normative references 1 4 Terms and definitions 1 4.1 Average Signal Amplitude 1 4.2 azimuth 2 4.3 back surface 2 4.4 Beginning-Of-Tape marker (BOT) 2 4.5 block 2２2２2２２２２ 4.6 byte 4.7 cartridge 4.8 Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) character 4.9 Early Warning (EW) 4.10 Error-Detecting Code (EDC) 4.11 End-Of-Tape marker (EOT) ２２２２２２２２２２２２２２ 4.12 Entity 4.13 Error-Correcting Code (ECC) 4.14 Envelope 4.15 Envelope size 4.16 flux transition position 4.17 flux transition spacing 4.18 Group Record 4.19 logical track 4.20 magnetic tape 4.21 Master Standard Reference Tape 4.22 object 4.23 page 4.24 physical recording density 4.25 physical track 22222- 4.26 Record 4.27 Reference Edge 4.28 Reference Field 4.29 Secondary Standard Reference Tape 4.30 Standard Reference Amplitude (SRA) 3 4.31 Standard Reference Current 3 4.32 Test Recording Current 3 4.33 Typical Field 3 5 Conventions and notations 3 5.1 Representation of numbers 3 5.2 Dimensions 3 5.3 Names 3 5.4 Acronyms 3 iii d by IHS uno Not for Resale ISO/IEC 16382:2000(E) 6 Environment and safety 3 6.1 Cartridge and tape testing environment 4 6.2 Cartridge operating environment 4 6.3 Cartridge storage environment 4 6.4 Safety 4 6.4.1 Safeness 4 6.4.2 Flammability 4 6.5 Transportation 4 Section 2 - Requirements for the unrecorded tape 4 7 Mechanical and electrical requirements 4 7.1 Material 4 7.2 Tape length 4 7.3 Width 4 7.4 Total thickness 5 7.5 Discontinuity 5 7.6 Longitudinal curvature 5 7.6.1 Requirement 5 7.6.2 Procedure 5 7.7 Out-of-Plane distortions 5 7.8 Cupping 5 7.9 Roughness of the coating surfaces 5 7.9.1 Roughness of the back coating surface 5 7.9.2 Roughness of the magnetic coating surface 5 7.10 Coating adhesion 5 7.11 Layer-to-layer adhesion 6 7.11.1 Requirements 6 7.11.2 Procedure 6 7.12 Modulus of elasticity 7 7.12.1 Requirement 7 7.12.2 Procedure 7 7.13 Flex