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From: mfc@medoc.ec.bull.fr (Matt.Caprile)
Newsgroups: comp.std.misc
Subject: Re: Where can I get ISO standards documents?
Keywords: ISO Standards Where
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Date: 30 Oct 90 13:05:49 GMT
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In article <156@wgate.UUCP> jcm@wgate.UUCP (John McLendon) writes:
>Does anyone know where I can ftp, email, buy (in that order)
>copies of ISO standards? Specifically, I'm looking for:
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ISO documents are copyrighted, so you are supposed to buy them.

You are SUPPOSED to be able to order them from your national
standards body (looking at your address, I assume that you should
contact ANSI). You can also order them from ISO directly (and you'll
have lots of fun paying in a money they accept. I have found travellors
cheques in swiss francs to be the best solution, even if I do have to
pay a little bit more...)

from my ISO catalogue:
  Central secretariat
  ISO
  1, rue de Varembe'     ( --> the last character is supposed to be:
  Case postale 56              "e with accent aigu" )
  CH-1211 Geneva 20
  Switzerland

tel:  +41 22 34 12 40   (the +41 means that the country code for CH
fax:  +41 22 33 34 30    is "41". See your telephone directory for
                         more information about how to dial internat.)

And from an old e-mail:
   you can (supposedly) contact ANSI [new york] at:
         212  642 4900  Phone
         212  398 0023  ?? fax ??
(I have found that they rarely answer their phone).


Hope this helps,
matt.caprile@ec.bull.fr

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