DEC MCS is similar to ISO 8859-1 (and in fact is its precursor), differing in three positions, and with 15 additional positions undefined. The 18 differences are marked with asterisk ("*").
Sources: VMS General User's Manual, Digital Equipment Corporation, AA-LA98A-TE, April 1988; VT330/VT340 Programmer Reference Manual, Volume 1: Text Programming, Digital Equipment Corporation, EK-VT3XX-TP-002, May 1988.
DEC Multinational Character Set Char Dec Col/Row Oct Hex UCS2 Description * [ ] 160 10/00 240 A0 UNDEFINED [¡] 161 10/01 241 A1 0161 INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK [¢] 162 10/02 242 A2 0162 CENT SIGN [£] 163 10/03 243 A3 0163 POUND SIGN * [ ] 164 10/04 244 A4 UNDEFINED [¥] 165 10/05 245 A5 0165 YEN SIGN * [ ] 166 10/06 246 A6 UNDEFINED [§] 167 10/07 247 A7 0167 PARAGRAPH SIGN [¨] 168 10/08 250 A8 0168 CURRENCY SYMBOL [©] 169 10/09 251 A9 0169 COPYRIGHT SIGN [ª] 170 10/10 252 AA 0170 FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR [«] 171 10/11 253 AB 0171 LEFT ANGLE QUOTATION MARK * [ ] 172 10/12 254 AC UNDEFINED * [ ] 173 10/13 255 AD UNDEFINED * [ ] 174 10/14 256 AE UNDEFINED * [ ] 175 10/15 257 AF UNDEFINED [°] 176 11/00 260 B0 0176 DEGREE SIGN, RING ABOVE [±] 177 11/01 261 B1 0177 PLUS-MINUS SIGN [²] 178 11/02 262 B2 0178 SUPERSCRIPT TWO [³] 179 11/03 263 B3 0179 SUPERSCRIPT THREE * [ ] 180 11/04 264 B4 UNDEFINED [µ] 181 11/05 265 B5 0181 MICRO SIGN [¶] 182 11/06 266 B6 0182 PILCROW SIGN [·] 183 11/07 267 B7 0183 MIDDLE DOT * [ ] 184 11/08 270 B8 UNDEFINED [¹] 185 11/09 271 B9 0185 SUPERSCRIPT ONE [º] 186 11/10 272 BA 0186 MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR [»] 187 11/11 273 BB 0187 RIGHT ANGLE QUOTATION MARK [¼] 188 11/12 274 BC 0188 VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER [½] 189 11/13 275 BD 0189 VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF * [ ] 190 11/14 276 BE UNDEFINED [¿] 191 11/15 277 BF 0191 INVERTED QUESTION MARK [À] 192 12/00 300 C0 0192 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE [Á] 193 12/01 301 C1 0193 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE [Â] 194 12/02 302 C2 0194 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX [Ã] 195 12/03 303 C3 0195 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH TILDE [Ä] 196 12/04 304 C4 0196 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS [Å] 197 12/05 305 C5 0197 CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE [Æ] 198 12/06 306 C6 0198 CAPITAL DIPHTHONG A WITH E [Ç] 199 12/07 307 C7 0199 CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA [È] 200 12/08 310 C8 0200 CAPITAL LETTER E WITH GRAVE [É] 201 12/09 311 C9 0201 CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE [Ê] 202 12/10 312 CA 0202 CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX [Ë] 203 12/11 313 CB 0203 CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS [Ì] 204 12/12 314 CC 0204 CAPITAL LETTER I WITH GRAVE [Í] 205 12/13 315 CD 0205 CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE [Î] 206 12/14 316 CE 0206 CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX [Ï] 207 12/15 317 CF 0207 CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS * [ ] 208 13/00 320 D0 UNDEFINED [Ñ] 209 13/01 321 D1 0209 CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE [Ò] 210 13/02 322 D2 0210 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH GRAVE [Ó] 211 13/03 323 D3 0211 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE [Ô] 212 13/04 324 D4 0212 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX [Õ] 213 13/05 325 D5 0213 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH TILDE [Ö] 214 13/06 326 D6 0214 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS * [Œ] 215 13/07 327 D7 0338 CAPITAL LIGATURE OE [Ø] 216 13/08 330 D8 0216 CAPITAL LETTER O WITH OBLIQUE STROKE [Ù] 217 13/09 331 D9 0217 CAPITAL LETTER U WITH GRAVE [Ú] 218 13/10 332 DA 0218 CAPITAL LETTER U WITH ACUTE [Û] 219 13/11 333 DB 0219 CAPITAL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX [Ü] 220 13/12 334 DC 0220 CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS [Ý] 221 13/13 335 DD 0221 CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE * [ ] 222 13/14 336 DE UNDEFINED [ß] 223 13/15 337 DF 0223 SMALL LETTER SHARP S [à] 224 14/00 340 E0 0224 SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE [á] 225 14/01 341 E1 0225 SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE [â] 226 14/02 342 E2 0226 SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX [ã] 227 14/03 343 E3 0227 SMALL LETTER A WITH TILDE [ä] 228 14/04 344 E4 0228 SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS [å] 229 14/05 345 E5 0229 SMALL LETTER A WITH RING above [æ] 230 14/06 346 E6 0230 SMALL LETTER A WITH WITH e [ç] 231 14/07 347 E7 0231 SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA [è] 232 14/08 350 E8 0232 SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE [é] 233 14/09 351 E9 0233 SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE [ê] 234 14/10 352 EA 0234 SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX [ë] 235 14/11 353 EB 0235 SMALL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS [ì] 236 14/12 354 EC 0236 SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE [í] 237 14/13 355 ED 0237 SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE [î] 238 14/14 356 EE 0238 SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX [ï] 239 14/15 357 EF 0239 SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS * [ ] 240 15/00 360 F0 UNDEFINED [ñ] 241 15/01 361 F1 0241 SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE [ò] 242 15/02 362 F2 0242 SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE [ó] 243 15/03 363 F3 0243 SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE [ô] 244 15/04 364 F4 0244 SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX [õ] 245 15/05 365 F5 0245 SMALL LETTER O WITH TILDE [ö] 246 15/06 366 F6 0246 SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS * [œ] 247 15/07 367 F7 0339 SMALL LIGATURE OE [ø] 248 15/08 370 F8 0248 SMALL LETTER O WITH OBLIQUE STROKE [ù] 249 15/09 371 F9 0249 SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE [ú] 250 15/10 372 FA 0250 SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE [û] 251 15/11 373 FB 0251 SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX [ü] 252 15/12 374 FC 0252 SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS * [ÿ] 253 15/13 375 FD 0255 SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS * [ ] 254 15/14 376 FE UNDEFINED * [ ] 255 15/15 377 FF UNDEFINED