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Table C-1 lists the DEC Multinational character set. The DEC Multinational character set is an 8-bit character set with 256 characters. The first 128 characters in the set correspond to the ASCII character set. The VAX EDT Reference Manual lists the graphics for these characters and describes how to enter them from various types of terminals.

Table C-1 DEC Multinational Character Set

Hex Code	Octal Code	Decimal Code	Char or Abbrev.	Description
ASCII Control Characters^[1]
00	000	000	NUL	null character
01	001	001	SOH	start of heading (Ctrl/A)
02	002	002	STX	start of text (Ctrl/B)
03	003	003	ETX	end of text (Ctrl/C)
04	004	004	EOT	end of transmission (Ctrl/D)
05	005	005	ENQ	enquiry (Ctrl/E)
06	006	006	ACK	acknowledge (Ctrl/F)
07	007	007	BEL	bell (Ctrl/G)
08	010	008	BS	backspace (Ctrl/H)
09	011	009	HT	horizontal tabulation (Ctrl/I)
0A	012	010	LF	line feed (Ctrl/J)
0B	013	011	VT	vertical tabulation (Ctrl/K)
0C	014	012	FF	form feed (Ctrl/L)
0D	015	013	CR	carriage return (Ctrl/M)
0E	016	014	SO	shift out (Ctrl/N)
0F	017	015	SI	shift in (Ctrl/O)
10	020	016	DLE	data link escape (Ctrl/P)
11	021	017	DC1	device control 1 (Ctrl/Q)
12	022	018	DC2	device control 2 (Ctrl/R)
13	023	019	DC3	device control 3 (Ctrl/S)
14	024	020	DC4	device control 4 (Ctrl/T)
15	025	021	NAK	negative acknowledge (Ctrl/U)
16	026	022	SYN	synchronous idle (Ctrl/V)
17	027	023	ETB	end of transmission block (Ctrl/W)
18	030	024	CAN	cancel (Ctrl/X)
19	031	025	EM	end of medium (Ctrl/Y)
1A	032	026	SUB	substitute (Ctrl/Z)
1B	033	027	ESC	escape
1C	034	028	FS	file separator
1D	035	029	GS	group separator
1E	036	030	RS	record separator
1F	037	031	US	unit separator
ASCII Special and Numeric Characters
20	040	032	SP	space
21	041	033	!	exclamation point
22	042	034	'	quotation marks (double quote)
23	043	035	#	number sign
24	044	036	$	dollar sign
25	045	037	%	percent sign
26	046	038	&	ampersand
27	047	039	'	apostrophe (single quote)
28	050	040	(	opening parenthesis
29	051	041	)	closing parenthesis
2A	052	042	*	asterisk
2B	053	043	+	plus
2C	054	044	,	comma
2D	055	045	—	hyphen or minus
2E	056	046	.	period or decimal point
2F	057	047	/	slash
30	060	048	0	zero
31	061	049	1	one
32	062	050	2	two
33	063	051	3	three
34	064	052	4	four
35	065	053	5	five
36	066	054	6	six
37	067	055	7	seven
38	070	056	8	eight
39	071	057	9	nine
3A	072	058	:	colon
3B	073	059	;	semicolon
3C	074	060	<	less than
3D	075	061	=	equals
3E	076	062	>	greater than
3F	077	063	?	question mark
ASCII Alphabetic Characters
40	100	064	@	commercial at sign
41	101	065	A	uppercase A
42	102	066	B	uppercase B
43	103	067	C	uppercase C
44	104	068	D	uppercase D
45	105	069	E	uppercase E
46	106	070	F	uppercase F
47	107	071	G	uppercase G
48	110	072	H	uppercase H
49	111	073	I	uppercase I
4A	112	074	J	uppercase J
4B	113	075	K	uppercase K
4C	114	076	L	uppercase L
4D	115	077	M	uppercase M
4E	116	078	N	uppercase N
4F	117	079	O	uppercase O
50	120	080	P	uppercase P
51	121	081	Q	uppercase Q
52	122	082	R	uppercase R
53	123	083	S	uppercase S
54	124	084	T	uppercase T
55	125	085	U	uppercase U
56	126	086	V	uppercase V
57	127	087	W	uppercase W
58	130	088	X	uppercase X
59	131	089	Y	uppercase Y
5A	132	090	Z	uppercase Z
5B	133	091	[	left bracket
5C	134	092	\	backslash
5D	135	093	]	right bracket
5E	136	094	^	circumflex
5F	137	095	_	underscore
60	140	096	`	grave accent
61	141	097	a	lowercase a
62	142	098	b	lowercase b
63	143	099	c	lowercase c
64	144	100	d	lowercase d
65	145	101	e	lowercase e
66	146	102	f	lowercase f
67	147	103	g	lowercase g
68	150	104	h	lowercase h
69	151	105	i	lowercase i
6A	152	106	j	lowercase j
6B	153	107	k	lowercase k
6C	154	108	l	lowercase l
6D	155	109	m	lowercase m
6E	156	110	n	lowercase n
6F	157	111	o	lowercase o
70	160	112	p	lowercase p
71	161	113	q	lowercase q
72	162	114	r	lowercase r
73	163	115	s	lowercase s
74	164	116	t	lowercase t
75	165	117	u	lowercase u
76	166	118	v	lowercase v
77	167	119	w	lowercase w
78	170	120	x	lowercase x
79	171	121	y	lowercase y
7A	172	122	z	lowercase z
7B	173	123	{	left brace
7C	174	124	\|	vertical line
7D	175	125	}	right brace (ALTMODE)
7E	176	126	~	tilde (ALTMODE)
7F	177	127	DEL	rubout (DELETE)
80	200	128	—	[reserved]
81	201	129	—	[reserved]
82	202	130	—	[reserved]
83	203	131	—	[reserved]
84	204	132	IND	index
85	205	133	NEL	next line
86	206	134	SSA	start of selected area
87	207	135	ESA	end of started area
88	210	136	HTS	horizontal tab set
89	211	137	HTJ	horizontal tab set with justification
8A	212	138	VTS	vertical tab set
8B	213	139	PLD	partial line down
8C	214	140	PLU	partial line up
8D	215	141	RI	reverse index
8E	216	142	SS2	single shift 2
8F	217	143	SS3	single shift 3
90	220	144	DCS	device control string
91	221	145	PU1	private use 1
92	222	146	PU2	private use 2
93	223	147	STS	set transmit state
94	224	148	CCH	cancel character
95	225	149	MW	message waiting
96	226	150	SPA	start of protected area
97	227	151	EPA	end of protected area
98	230	152	—	[reserved]
99	231	153	—	[reserved]
9A	232	154	—	[reserved]
9B	233	155	CSI	control sequence introducer
9C	234	156	ST	string terminator
9D	235	157	OSC	operating system command
9E	236	158	PM	privacy message
9F	237	159	APC	application
A0	240	160	—	[reserved]
A1	241	161	�	inverted exclamation point
A2	242	162	�	cent sign
A3	243	163	�	pound sign
A4	244	164	—	[reserved]
A5	245	165	�	yen sign
A6	246	166	—	[reserved]
A7	247	167	�	section sign
A8	250	168	�	general currency sign
A9	251	169	�	copyright sign
AA	252	170	�	feminine ordinal indicator
AB	253	171	<<	angle quotation mark left
AC	254	172	—	[reserved]
AD	255	173	—	[reserved]
AE	256	174	—	[reserved]
AF	257	175	—	[reserved]
B0	260	176	�	degree sign
B1	261	177	�	plus/minus sign
B2	262	178	�	superscript 2
B3	263	179	�	superscript 3
B4	264	180	—	[reserved]
B5	265	181	�	micro sign
B6	266	182	�	paragraph sign, pilcrow
B7	267	183	placeholder	middle dot
B8	270	184	—	[reserved]
B9	271	185	�	superscript 1
BA	272	186	�	masculine ordinal indicator
BB	273	187	>>	angle quotation mark right
BC	274	188	1/4	fraction one-quarter
BD	275	189	1/2	fraction one-half
BE	276	190	—	[reserved]
BF	277	191	�	inverted question mark
C0	300	192	�	uppercase A with grave accent
C1	301	193	�	uppercase A with acute accent
C2	302	194	�	uppercase A with circumflex
C3	303	195	�	uppercase A with tilde
C4	304	196	�	uppercase A with umlaut (diaeresis)
C5	305	197	�	uppercase A with ring
C6	306	198	AE	uppercase AE diphthong
C7	307	199	�	uppercase C with cedilla
C8	310	200	�	uppercase E with grave accent
C9	311	201	�	uppercase E with acute accent
CA	312	202	�	uppercase E with circumflex
CB	313	203	�	uppercase E with umlaut (diaeresis)
CC	314	204	�	uppercase I with grave accent
CD	315	205	�	uppercase I with acute accent
CE	316	206	�	uppercase I with circumflex
CF	317	207	�	uppercase I with umlaut (diaeresis)
D0	320	208	—	[reserved]
D1	321	209	�	uppercase N with tilde
D2	322	210	�	uppercase O with grave accent
D3	323	211	�	uppercase O with acute accent
D4	324	212	�	uppercase O with circumflex
D5	325	213	�	uppercase O with tilde
D6	326	214	�	uppercase O with umlaut (diaeresis)
D7	327	215	OE	uppercase OE ligature
D8	330	216	�	uppercase O with slash
D9	331	217	�	uppercase U with grave accent
DA	332	218	�	uppercase U with acute accent
DB	333	219	�	uppercase U with circumflex
DC	334	220	�	uppercase U with umlaut (diaeresis)
DD	335	221	Ÿ	uppercase Y with umlaut (diaeresis)
DE	336	222	—	[reserved]
DF	337	223	B	German lowercase sharp s
E0	340	224	�	lowercase a with grave accent
E1	341	225	�	lowercase a with acute accent
E2	342	226	�	lowercase a with circumflex
E3	343	227	�	lowercase a with tilde
E4	344	228	�	lowercase a with umlaut (diaeresis)
E5	345	229	�	lowercase a with ring
E6	346	230	�	lowercase ae diphthong
E7	347	231	�	lowercase c with cedilla
E8	350	232	�	lowercase e with grave accent
E9	351	233	�	lowercase e with acute accent
EA	352	234	�	lowercase e with circumflex
EB	353	235	�	lowercase e with umlaut (diaeresis)
EC	354	236	�	lowercase i with grave accent
ED	355	237	�	lowercase i with acute accent
EE	356	238	�	lowercase i with circumflex
EF	357	239	�	lowercase i with umlaut (diaeresis)
F0	360	240	—	[reserved]
F1	361	241	�	lowercase n with tilde
F2	362	242	�	lowercase o with grave accent
F3	363	243	�	lowercase o with acute accent
F4	364	244	�	lowercase o with circumflex
F5	365	245	�	lowercase o with tilde
F6	366	246	�	lowercase o with umlaut (diaeresis)
F7	367	247	oe	lowercase oe ligature
F8	370	248	�	lowercase o with slash
F9	371	249	�	lowercase u with grave accent
FA	372	250	�	lowercase u with acute accent
FB	373	251	�	lowercase u with circumflex
FC	374	252	�	lowercase u with umlaut (diaeresis)
FD	375	253	�	lowercase y with umlaut (diaeresis)
FE	376	254	—	[reserved]
FF	377	255	—	[reserved]
^[1]The ALTMODE and DELETE characters (decimal 125, 126, and 127) are also control characters.

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C.1 DEC Multinational Character Set