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Bulletin Heading VOLUME 21 - BULLETIN #19

TO:

ALL CLEARING MEMBERS

FROM:

BUSINESS SYSTEMS GROUP

DATE:

January 17, 2001

SUBJECT:

Addition of Compact Disc Formats as Acceptable Media for Backup Trade Submission

In our continuing effort to provide seamless trade submission capability to Member Firms, the Clearing Corporation will now accept Compact Disc Recordable (CDR) and Compact Disc Re-Writable (CDRW) as Media for Trade Submission Backup in addition to Tape Cartridge and PC Diskette.

Trade data submitted to Clearing on CDR and CDRW must be provided in the TREX record format. The file should also meet the following standards.

• Outside label specifying firm name and number, trade date, record length, record count, contact name, and phone number.

• Record length must be greater or equal to 184 bytes.

Additional information on Trade Submission Backup Procedures can be obtained in the “General Information” section found on the Clearing Corporations web site within the “Bulletin” web page or can be directly accessed at:

http://www.botcc.com/geninfo/TradeSubmissionBackUp.html

Firms are encouraged to test CDR, CDRW and other selected media with the Clearing Corporation. Please contact Business Systems to schedule a test date.

Should you have any questions, please call or e-mail one of the following Business Systems Analysts:

John Compall

 

john.compall@botcc.com

Shawn Gebbia

786-5748

shawn.gebbia@botcc.com

Marc MacQuarrie

786-5732

marc.macquarrie@botcc.com

Richard Scruggs

786-5739

richard.scruggs@botcc.com

Jill Turner

786-5718

jill.turner@botcc.com

Matt Walsh

 

matt.walsh@botcc.com

Kelli Wegener

786-5761

kelli.wegener@botcc.com

     

Thomas Andrews

Manager

thomas.andrews@botcc.com

Diane Schuering

Vice President

diane.schuering@botcc.com

     

Business Systems Group E-Mail Address

bsg@botcc.com

BOTCC Web Site

http://www.botcc.com