ECMA 46 tape standard

From: Al Kossow <aek_at_spies.com>
Date: Tue Jan 20 16:59:25 2004

> I've been asked about a quarter-inch tape standard from 1976, called ECMA-46


   0Bh X3.55-1982, X3.56-1986, ECMA-46, ISO 4057-1979

from the scsi spec..

There is a copy of X3.56-1977 hiding in the back of a quantex tape drive manual
that I scanned this morning.

This is one of the original 1/4" tape formats, for a drive with a fixed position
four-track head stack (the norm prior to what became the QIC11 moving head 4 track
standard)

The scan is here:

www.bitsavers.org/pdf/quantex/TM1001_650_Jul81.pdf

the spec is appendix A
Received on Tue Jan 20 2004 - 16:59:25 GMT