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Also known as CBM ASCII

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.

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  • History
  • Specifications
  • Character set
  • Unicode equivalents
  • Standard
  • Unshifted
  • Shifted
  • Commodore PET
  • Unshifted
  • Shifted
  • Control characters
  • Base 128
  • Base 164
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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.

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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