Code page 1287 (
CCSID
A CCSID (coded character set identifier) is a 16-bit number that represents a particular encoding of a specific code page. For example, Unicode is a code page that has several encoding (so called "transformation") forms, like UTF-8, UTF-16 and UTF- ...
1287),
also known as CP1287, DEC Greek (8-bit) and EL8DEC,
is one of the
code page
In computing, a code page is a character encoding and as such it is a specific association of a set of printable characters and control characters with unique numbers. Typically each number represents the binary value in a single byte. (In some ...
s implemented for the VT220 terminals.
It supports the
Greek language
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern ...
.
Code page layout
See also
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DEC Multinational Character Set
The Multinational Character Set (DMCS or MCS) is a character encoding created in 1983 by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) for use in the popular VT220 terminal. It was an 8-bit extension of ASCII that added accented characters, currency symbol ...
(MCS)
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8-bit DEC Turkish (
Code page 1288)
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8-bit DEC Hebrew
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8-bit DEC Cyrillic (KOI-8 Cyrillic)
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7-bit DEC Greek
References
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1287
Digital Equipment Corporation