Specification for data carriers / files for processing in the UNISERV computer center

Mainframe Data Carriers

Cartridges: 3480 and 3490 compatible, non-compressed format or IDRC compressed format, with label
Code: EBCDIC or ASCII
Field division: any fixed record structure can be processed directly
Block length: maximum 32 KB
Storage form: standard sequential file (SAM)
Please do not use system-specific diskcopies such as BACKUP, FDUMP, etc.
For Siemens BS2000 systems: do not use STD as BLKSIZE for fixed records, but enter a value (multiple of the record length)

UNIX / PC Data Carriers

Disk:
- 3.5 inch
Streamer:
- 1/4 inch cartridge with a capacity ranging from 125 MB to 2.5 GB.
- 8 mm data cartridge with a capacity up to 2.5 GB. (non-compressed)
- 8 mm data cartridge with a capacity up to 5.0 GB. (compressed)
- 4 mm data cartridge DDS 2 or DDS 3 in TAR format
AS/400:
- 2.5 GB cartridge 1,200 ft
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM:
File names according to ISO 9660 standard/Joliet/UDF
Format:
- Standard ASCII files:
- with fixed record length
- or in Dbase format
- or in delimiter format

Compression: if possible as self-extracting file (exe) or as zip file

Data Transmission
ISDN: after consultaiton with UNISERV E-Mail

Other Data Carriers / Data Formats
Please confer with UNISERV about the possibilities of processing data carriers and formats different from those listed above.

General
If there are umlauts or other special national characters, please use hexadecimal representation or indicate the code table used.
Please always provide a record description.