Digital Equipment Corporation Multinational Character Set (DEC MCS)

This page contains a table of the Digital Equipment Corporation Multinational Character Set (DEC-MCS) for Western European languages. This table, unlike the others at this site, does not include the characters literally within the brackets; they would never be shown correctly because browsers don't support the MIME charset name "DEC-MCS". Therefore numeric character references are used within the brackets to obtain the correct presentation.

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

Frank da Cruz, The Kermit Project, Columbia University, October 2003