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ECMA 107 : 2ED 95

Current

Current

The latest, up-to-date edition.

VOLUME AND FILE STRUCTURE OF DISK CARTRIDGES FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE

Available format(s)

Hardcopy

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-06-1995

Summarise this standard

Section 1 - General
1 Scope
2 Conformance
   2.1 Conformance of an FDC
   2.2 Conformance of an information processing system
3 References
4 Definitions
   4.1 byte
   4.2 data field of a sector
   4.3 data interchange standard
   4.4 defective sector
   4.5 descriptor
   4.6 FDC
   4.7 file
   4.8 formatting
   4.9 implementation
   4.10 initialization
   4.11 ODC
   4.12 originating system
   4.13 receiving system
   4.14 sector
   4.15 physical track
   4.16 user
   4.17 fixed-length record
   4.18 record
   4.19 segment
   4.20 segmented record
   4.21 variable-length record
5 Notations
   5.1 Decimal and hexadecimal notations
   5.2 Other notations
   5.3 Capital letters
Section 2 - Volume and file structure/File allocation table
            and directories
6 Volume structure
   6.1 Arrangement of data on an FDC
   6.2 Arrangement of the Data Area
   6.3 Arrangement of the System Area
   6.4 Files
   6.5 Sub-directories
7 Content of a file
8 Recording of descriptor fields
   8.1 Numerical values in one-byte fields
   8.2 Numerical values in two-byte fields
   8.3 Numerical values in four-byte fields
   8.4 Pairs of 12-bit integers
   8.5 Character set and coding
   8.6 Justification of characters
9 FDC Descriptor
   9.1 FDC Descriptor and Extended FDC Descriptor layout
   9.2 FDC Descriptor and Extended FDC Descriptor fields
10 File Allocation Table
   10.1 Format Identifier
   10.2 FAT entries
   10.3 Number of sectors in each FAT
   10.4 Recorded form of the FAT
11 File directories
   11.1 Characteristics
   11.2 Directory entry types
   11.3 General definition of Directory Entry fields
   11.4 File Entry
   11.5 Volume Label Entry
   11.6 Sub-directory Pointer Entry
   11.7 Sub-directory Identifier Entry
   11.8 Sub-directory Parent Pointer Entry
   11.9 Not-currently-used Entry
   11.10 Never-used Entry
Section 3 - System requirements
12 Requirements for the description of systems
13 Requirements for an originating system
   13.1 General
   13.2 Files
   13.3 Descriptors
14 Requirements for a receiving system
   14.1 General
   14.2 Files
   14.3 Descriptors
Section 4 - Record structure
15 Record structure
   15.1 General
   15.2 Records
   15.3 Attributes of record-structured files
   15.4 Requirements for systems implementing section 4
Annex A - Parameter values for other FDC formats
Annex B - Parameter values for FDCs conforming to a Standard
          for data interchange
Annex C - ECMA-6: International Reference Version (IRV)
Annex D - Example of volume structure and file location
Annex E - Index of acronyms
Annex F - Extension to Partial ROM

This ECMA Standard specifies the volume and file structure of disk cartridges for the interchange of information between users of information processing systems.

Committee
TC 15
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
55
PublisherName
European Computer Manufacturers Association
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
ISO 9293:1987 Corresponds