AS 3977.

2—1992
ISO/IEC 8441-2:1991

Australian Standard
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Information processing systems—

High density digital recording
(HDDR)

Part 2: Guide for interchange

practice
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee IT/10, Information Systems—
Equipment. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on
27 January 1992 and published on 16 April 1992.
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The following interests are represented on Committee IT/10:

Australian Bankers’ Association

Australian Information Industry Association
Data media manufacturers
Interface developers
LaTrobe University

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 AS 3977.2—1992

Australian Standard
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Information processing systems—

High density digital recording
(HDDR)
Part 2: Guide for interchange
practice

First publi shed as AS 3977.2—1992.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 7356 2
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Information Systems—
Equipment. It is identical to and has been reproduced from ISO/IEC 8441-2, Information
technology—High density digital recording (HDDR), Part 2: Guide for interchange practice.
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Australian Standards as follows:

Reference to International Australian Standard
Standard or other Publication
ISO/IEC AS
3788 In fo rmat io n p ro ce ssin g— 9-track, 2241 9-track, 12.7 mm (0.5 in) wide magnetic
12.7 mm (0.5 in) wide magnetic tape tape for information interchange
for information interchange using recorded at 63 rpmm (1600 rpi), phase
phase encod ing at 126 ftpmm encoded
(3 200 ftpi), 63 cpmm (1 600 cpi)
6068 Information processing—Recording —
characteristics of instrumentation
magnetic tape (including telemetry
systems)—Interchange requirements
TR6371 Information processing—Interch ange —
practices and test methods for
unrecorded instrumentation magnetic
tape

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CONTENTS

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1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 Normative references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

4 Recording and reproducing characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

4.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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4.2 Tape speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

4.3 Track configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4.4 Recorder/reproducer characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4.5 Other characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

5 Methods for high density digital recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

5.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

5.2 Record transfer function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

5.3 Flux transition densities and rates for high density recording . . . . . . . . 20

5.4 Data input/output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

5.5 Data sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

5.6 Reproduce equalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

5.7 Other system parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

5.8 Auxiliary data recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Annexes

A Operating modes, performance categories, and cross-play criteria for

high density PCM recording systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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A.1 Performance categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

A.1.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

A.1.2 Record head gap length for category A and category B

performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

A.1.3 Record head gap length for category C performance . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

A.1.4 Operating modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

A.2 Single track serial high density recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

A.2.1 Serial high density recording with wideband analogue

recorder/reproducer (category A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

A.2.2 Parallel high density digital recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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B Recording techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

B.1 Recording code names and their abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

B.2 Enhanced NRZ format for parallel HDDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

B.2.1 ENRZ coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

B.2.2 ENRZ — parallel HDDR format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

B.2.3 Summary of enhanced NRZ format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

B.3 Miller squared format (M2) for parallel HDDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

B.3.1 Miller squared coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

B.3.2 M 2 format for parallel HDDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

B.3.3 Summary of M 2 format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

B.3.4 M 2 format bandwidth utilization/packing density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

B.4 Randomized NRZ-L format parallel HDDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

B.4.1 RNRZ-L coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

B.4.2 RNRZ-L parallel HDDR format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

B.4.3 Summary of randomized NRZ-L format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

B.4.4 Randomized NRZ-L format bandwidth utilization/packing density . . . 30

B5 PROP format for parallel HDDR (Pseudo random odd parity) . . . . . . . 31

B.5.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

B.5.2 Summary of PROP format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

B.5.3 PROP format bandwidth utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

B.6 3PM formats for parallel HDDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

B.6.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

B.6.2 3PM format versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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B.6.3 Error detection and correction (formats A and B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

B.6.4 Summary of 3PM formats A and B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

B.6.5 3PM format bandwidth utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

B.7 MODAS airborne recording format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

B.7.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

B.7.2 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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 AUSTRALIAN STANDARD
Information processing systems—High density
digital recording (HDDR)
Part 2:
Guide for interchange practice
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1 Scope
This part of ISO/IEC 8441 specifies the minimum
performance levels necessary for the effective
interchange of information using High Density Digital
Recording (HDDR). It also describes methods of
testing for determining these levels. It gives guid-
ance on recorders/reproducer characteristics, modes
of recording, and modulation patterns.
The imperial dimensions given in this part of
ISO/IEC 8441 are the reference dimensions. The
metric and imperial dimensions are, however, given
to a sufficient degree of accuracy as to be totally
interchangeable.
2 Normative references
The following standards contain provisions which,
through reference in this text, constitute provisions
of this part of ISO/IEC 8441. At the time of publica-
tion the editions indicated were valid. All standards
are subject to revision, and parties to agreements
based on this part of ISO/IEC 8441 are encouraged
to investigate the possibility of applying the most
recent editions of the standards indicated below.
Members of IEC and ISO maintain registers of cur-
rently valid International Standards.
ISO/IEC 3788:1990 Information processing —
9-track, 12,7 mm (0.5 in) wide magnetic tape for
information interchange using phase encoding at
126 ftpmm (3 200 ftpi), 63 cpmm (1 600 cpi).
ISO 6068:1985 Information processing — Recording
characteristics of instrumentation magnetic tape
(including telemetry systems) — Interchange
requirements.
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ISO/IEC TR 6371:1989, Information processing —
Interchange practices and test methods for unre-
corded instrumentation magnetic tape.
3 Definitions
For the purposes of this part of ISO/IEC 8441, the
following definitions apply.
3.1 aliasing: The false lower frequency compo-
nents resulting from an insufficient sampling rate
(i.e. less than required by the sampling theorem)
when reconstructing an analogue signal from its
sampled data representation.
3.2 baseline restorer: A device to restore the d.c
component removed by the record/reproduce pro-
cess.
3.3 bit error: The incorrect interpretation of a
binary bit by a message processing unit.
3.4 bit error rate (BER): The rate at which bit
errors occur in a message processing unit,
expressed in terms of the number of bit errors
divided by the total number of bits processed in a
given period of time, or from a given length of tape.
3.5 bit packing density: The number of bits
recorded per unit track length, usually expressed in
terms of bits per millimetre (bit/mm) or kilobits per
inch (kbit/in).
3.6 bit slip: The condition in a message pro-
cessing unit where the bit rate clock has gained (or
lost) more than 180° phasing with respect to
synchronism with the binary message bits.
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