DEC Technical Character Set

Short description: Character set supported by various DEC terminals

DEC Technical (TCS) is a 7-bit character set developed by Digital Equipment Corporation.

Character set

DEC Technical

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

NUL

SOH

STX

ETX

EOT

ENQ

ACK

BEL

BS

HT

LF

VT

FF

CR

SO

SI

DLE

DC1

DC2

DC3

DC4

NAK

SYN

ETB

CAN

EM

SUB

ESC

FS

GS

RS

US

SP

⎷

┌

─

⌠

⌡

│

⎡

⎣

⎤

⎦

⎛

⎝

⎞

⎠

⎨

⎬

⎲

⎳

╲

╱

⌝

⌟

⟩

≤

≠

≥

∫

∴

∝

∞

÷

Δ

∇

Φ

Γ

≃

Θ

×

Λ

⇔

⇒

≡

Π

Ψ

Σ

√

Ω

Ξ

Υ

⊂

⊃

∩

∪

∧

∨

¬

α

β

χ

δ

ε

φ

γ

η

ι

θ

κ

λ

ν

∂

π

ψ

ρ

σ

τ

ƒ

ω

ξ

υ

ζ

←

↑

→

↓

DEL

Characters from 31 to 37 are intended to assemble a 3x5 uppercase sigma.

See also

• DEC Multinational Character Set (MCS)
• DEC National Replacement Character Set (NRCS)
• DEC Special Graphics
• Symbol (typeface) § Encoding

Further reading

• Installing and Using the VT420 Video Terminal. Digital Equipment Corporation. EK-VT420-UU-002. http://vt100.net/docs/vt420-uu/. Retrieved 2017-07-16.  [1]
• VT330/VT340 Programmer Pocket Guide. Digital Equipment Corporation. March 1987. EK-VT3XX-HR-001. http://vt100.net/manx/details/1,2993. Retrieved 2017-07-16. 
• LN03 Programmer Reference Manual. Digital Equipment Corporation. November 1985. EK-OLN03-RM-002. http://vt100.net/manx/details/1,1997. Retrieved 2017-07-16.  [2]