PETSCII
PETSCII (PET Standard Code of Information Interchange), also known as CBM ASCII, is the character set used in Commodore Business Machines' 8-bit home computers.
PETSCII (shifted and unshifted) | |
| Language(s) | English with pseudographics |
|---|---|
| Classification | 8-bit extended early ASCII |
| Based on | US-ASCII (1963 version) |
This character set was first used by the PET from 1977, and was subsequently used by the CBM-II, VIC-20, Commodore 64, Commodore 16, Commodore 116, Plus/4, and Commodore 128. However, the Amiga personal computer family instead uses standard ISO/IEC 8859-1.
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