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{{short description|Code page supported natively by a hardware device}}
{{anchor|Display|Printer|Fontpage}}In computing a '''hardware code page''' refers to a [[code page]] supported natively by a hardware device such as a [[display adapter]] or [[printer (computing)|printer]]. The [[glyph]]s to present the characters are stored in resident read-only memory like ROM or flash and are thus not user-changeable.<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/> They are available for use by the system without having to [[upload]] any font definitions into the device. Startup messages issued by a [[System BIOS]] or displayed by an [[operating system]] before initializing its own code page switching logic and font management and before switching to [[graphics mode]] are displayed in a computer's hardware code page.▼
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==Code page assignments==
In North American [[IBM-compatible PC]]s, the hardware code page of the display adapter is typically [[code page 437]].<ref name="Elliott_2020_MDA"/> However, various portable machines<ref name="HP_1985_PP"/><ref name="HP_1986_PP"/><ref name="HP_1991_95LXUG"/> as well as (Eastern) European, Arabic, Middle Eastern and Asian PCs used a number of other code pages as their hardware code page,<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/> including
In contrast to this, printers
==Support in operating systems==
When operating systems initialize their
Under [[DOS]] and [[Windows 9x]] this is accomplished by specifying the hardware code page as a parameter (hwcp) to the [[device driver]]s DISPLAY.SYS and PRINTER.SYS in [[CONFIG.SYS]]:
: <tt>DEVICE=...\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(type,hwcp,n|(n,m))</tt><ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/><ref name="Caldera_1998_USER"/><ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Paul_2001_NWDOSTIP"/>▼
[[DEVICE (CONFIG.SYS directive)|DEVICE]]=…\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(type,hwcp,n|(n,m))<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/><ref name="XyWrite_2009"/><ref name="Caldera_1998_USER-9"/><ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Paul_2001_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Caldera_1998_USER-17"/><ref name="Prosise_1990"/>
If no hardware code page was specified, these drivers defaulted either to a dummy code page number 999<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/><ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Paul_2001_NWDOSTIP"/> or assumed the hardware code page to be equal to the [[primary code page]] (the first codepage listed in [[COUNTRY.SYS]] files for a particular country as specified by the [[CONFIG.SYS]] [[COUNTRY (CONFIG.SYS directive)|COUNTRY]] directive).<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/>▼
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If multiple hardware code pages are supported in OEM issues, the first hardware code page (hwcp1) in the list specifies the default hardware code page:
==OEM code pages==▼
DEVICE=…\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(type,(hwcp1,hwcp2,…),n|(n,m))<ref name="Paul_2002-12-04"/>
==See also==▼
DEVICE=…\PRINTER.SYS PRN=(type,(hwcp1,hwcp2,…),n)<ref name="Paul_2002-12-04"/>
* [[PC-9800 series]]▼
▲If no hardware code page(s)
==References==▼
In many English-speaking countries, the primary code page is either 437 (f.e. in the US) or 850 (f.e. in the UK, Ireland and Canada),<ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Paul_2001_NWDOSTIP"/> so that, without specifying a different code page, the system would often assume one of these to be the corresponding device's default hardware code page as well.<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/>
<ref name="NEC_1990_P90">{{cite book |title=Pinwriter P90 Bedienungshandbuch |language=German |edition=00 11/90 |publisher=[[NEC Deutschland GmbH]] |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |type=Printed manual |date=1990}}</ref>▼
If a hardware code page does not match one of those with official code page assignments, an arbitrary number from the range 57344–61439 (E000h–EFFFh) for [[user-definable code page]]s or 65280–65533 (FF00h–FFFDh) for [[private use code page]]s could be specified per [[IBM CDRA]] to give the operating system a non-conflictive "handle" to select that code page.
<ref name="NEC_1992_Flyer">{{citation |title=NEC Pinwriter. Ein Maßstab in der Profiklasse. |language=German |edition=P-EAM-D-5/92 |publisher=[[NEC Deutschland GmbH]] |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |type=Printed 11-page color flyer about NEC Pinwriters P20/P30, P60/P70 and P90 |date=1992}}</ref>▼
[[Arabic MS-DOS|Arabic]] and [[Hebrew MS-DOS]] do not use DISPLAY.SYS and PRINTER.SYS, but provide similar facilities using ARABIC.COM, HEBREW.COM, and <!-- Filename written with underscore: "SK_HGC.COM" -->SK{{text|_|HGC.COM}}.<ref name="Paul_2002-12-04"/>
<ref name="NEC_1993_EPROMs">{{cite book |title=Pinwriter Familie - Pinwriter - Epromsockel - Zusätzliche Zeichensätze / Schriftarten |language=German |publisher=[[NEC Deutschland GmbH]] |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1993 |edition=00 3/93 |type=Printed reference manual for optional font and codepage [[EPROM]]s for [[NEC Pinwriter]]s, including custom variants}}</ref>▼
▲==OEM code pages==
<ref name="Caldera_1998_USER">{{cite book |title=DR-DOS 7.02 User Guide |chapter=Chapter 9 Configuring the System |publisher=[[Caldera, Inc.]] |date=1998 |url=http://www.drdos.net/documentation/usergeng/uglontoc.htm |access-date=2013-08-10 |dead-url=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607164317/http://www.drdos.net/documentation/usergeng/09ugch9.htm |archive-date=2016-06-07}}</ref>▼
Hardware code pages are also [[OEM code page]]s. The designation "OEM", for "[[original equipment manufacturer]]", indicates that the character set could be changed by the manufacturer to meet different markets.<ref name="Chen_2005_CP"/><ref name="Chen_2005_OEM"/>
However, OEM code pages do not necessarily reside in ROM, but include so called prepared code pages,<ref name="XyWrite_2009"/><ref name="Caldera_1998_USER-17"/> (aka downloadable character sets<!-- aka "down-line loadable character set", term used by DEC --> or [[downloadable font]]s), character sets loaded as [[raster font]]s into the font RAM of suitable display adapters (like [[Sirius 1]]/[[Victor 9000]],<ref name="Sargent_1988_Sirius"/> [[NEC APC]],<ref name="NEC_1983_APC"/> [[HP 100LX]]/[[HP 200LX|200LX]]/[[HP OmniGo 700LX|700LX]],<ref name="HP_1996_200LXUG"/> [[Persyst]]'s [[Persyst BoB Color Adapter|BoB Color Adapter]],<ref name="Hart_1985"/> [[Hercules Computer Technology|Hercules]]' [[HGC+]],<ref name="Wilton_1987"/><ref name="Brown_2000_RBIL"/><ref name="Elliott_2012_HGCPlus"/> [[Hercules InColor Card|InColor]]<ref name="Wilton_1987"/><ref name="Elliott_2012_InColor"/> and [[Hercules Network Card Plus|Network Plus]]<ref name="CW_1988"/><ref name="Hercules_1988"/> with [[RAMFONT]], and IBM's [[Multi-Color Graphics Array|MCGA]],<ref name="Wilton_1987"/><ref name="Ferraro_1994"/><ref name="Brown_2000_RBIL"/> [[Enhanced Graphics Adapter|EGA]],<ref name="Ferraro_1994"/><ref name="Brown_2000_RBIL"/> [[VGA]],<ref name="Ferraro_1994"/><ref name="Brown_2000_RBIL"/> etc.) and printers as well.<ref name="Paul_2001_CPI"/><ref name="Elliott_2006_CPI"/><ref name="AEB_2001_CPI"/><ref name="Haralambous_2007_CPI"/><ref name="MS_1991_PR"/> Hence, the group of OEM code pages is a superset of hardware code pages.
▲==See also==
<ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP">{{cite book |title=NWDOS-TIPs — Tips & Tricks rund um Novell DOS 7, mit Blick auf undokumentierte Details, Bugs und Workarounds |work=MPDOSTIP |author-first=Matthias |author-last=Paul |date=1997-07-30 |edition=edition 3, release 157 |language=German |type=e-book |url=http://www.antonis.de/dos/dos-tuts/mpdostip/html/nwdostip.htm |access-date=2012-01-11 |dead-url=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522014302/http://www.antonis.de/dos/dos-tuts/mpdostip/html/nwdostip.htm |archive-date=2016-05-22}} NWDOSTIP.TXT is a comprehensive work on Novell DOS 7 and OpenDOS 7.01, including the description of many undocumented features and internals. It is part of the author's yet larger MPDOSTIP.ZIP collection maintained up to 2001 and distributed on many sites at the time. The provided link points to a HTML-converted older version of the NWDOSTIP.TXT file.</ref>▼
▲* [[PC-9800 series]]
* [[Alt codes]]
==Notes==
<ref name="Paul_2001_NWDOSTIP">{{cite book |title=NWDOS-TIPs — Tips & Tricks rund um Novell DOS 7, mit Blick auf undokumentierte Details, Bugs und Workarounds |work=MPDOSTIP |author-first=Matthias |author-last=Paul |date=2001-04-09 |edition=edition 3, release 183 |language=German |type=e-book}}</ref>▼
{{Reflist|group="nb"|refs=
<ref group="nb" name="Escape_sequence_Epson_NEC">On [[Epson]], [[NEC]] and [[Fujitsu]] [[ESC/P]] compatible printers, the [[escape sequence]] to switch to various hardware code pages is <code>ESC R (n)</code> with (n) = 0..254 being a code associated with specific character sets. The range of supported codes depends on the printer model and installed font options.</ref>
<ref group="nb" name="NB_OmniGo_300">The "International English" version of the [[HP OmniBook 300]] uses [[code page 850]] (rather than the more common [[code page 437]]) as hardware code page.</ref>
}}
▲==References==
<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD">{{cite web |title=Changing codepages in FreeDOS |author-first=Matthias |author-last=Paul |date=2001-08-15 |access-date=2016-06-06 |url=http://www.freedos.org/technotes/technote/txt/141.txt |type=Technical design specification based on fd-dev post [http://marc.info/?l=freedos-dev&m=99788711909602&w=2] |dead-url=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606182501/http://www.freedos.org/technotes/technote/txt/141.txt |archive-date=2016-06-06 |quote=[...] The [...] active system codepage [...] sometimes also called global codepage [...] is the codepage currently in use for the DOS kernel, for example the collating order and other I18N tables depend on this codepage. While in most cases the system codepage reflects the codepage used for devices such as console (DISPLAY.SYS), printers (PRINTER.SYS), and keyboard (KEYB.COM), this is not a requirement as there are means to switch the individual device codepages without changing the system codepage (for example using MODE). Further, in dealing with NLS issues, it is important to distinguish between the current active, the hardware, and the primary codepages for any device and/or the system. The hardware codepage is the default codepage supported by a device after initialization of the hardware. It normally defaults to 437 for the console, but some European clones have 850 stored in the video font ROMs, and I have been told that some Czech CGA and MDA cards had Kamenicky codepage 867 (aka Wordperfect codepage 895) stored in their ROMs. Most printers default to 367 (ISO-646-US 7-bit) or 437 on power up, and the default system, or global, codepage for the system is always 437 under DR-DOS [...] but under MS-DOS/PC DOS it reflects the codepage entry in COUNTRY=country,codepage,filespec where it must be one of the codepages valid for the given country as per COUNTRY.SYS filespec - this is 437 (or 850 on newer systems) in most cases, but not necessarily. The default country is 1 (USA), the default filespec is "\COUNTRY.SYS", and if no filespec is found the system will work with the statically pre-initialized data in the kernel which is the data for the USA in most cases. If no codepage is given with COUNTRY, the DOS BIOS will search for the first codepage entry for a given country (or 1), this is called the [[primary codepage]]. The codepage value of 0 is used internally to retrieve this codepage, and for the COUNTRY.SYS file parsers in the DOS BIOS and NLSFUNC, a codepage value of zero means "match any codepage, whatever comes first for the given country code". So, it depends on the order of codepage entries in the COUNTRY.SYS file if the system will default to 437, 850, or something else. [...] However, some Arabic and Hebrew HGC and CGA cards have multiple hardware fonts, so called fontpages, [...] so that a device may support multiple hardware codepages at the same time. The corresponding fontpage functions are INT 2Fh/AD41h and INT 2Fh/AD42h. [...] COUNTRY.SYS and KEYBOARD.SYS contain only two codepage entries for a given country in Western issues of DOS. (In Arabic and Hebrew issues there can be up to 8 codepages for one country [...]) [...] When you specify a line like: DEVICE=...\display.sys con=(ega,437,1) [...] DISPLAY.SYS is told that 437 should be assumed to be the hardware codepage of the display adapter. This is necessary to be known by DISPLAY.SYS because it will use different mechanisms to switch to the software prepared codepages and the hardware codepage, and there is no way to retrieve the info about the hardware codepage by itself. When the requested codepage is equal to the hardware codepage declared here, DISPLAY.SYS will use the method to switch to the hardware codepage, otherwise it will attempt to look up the font info in its internal buffer. [...]}}</ref>▼
{{Reflist|refs=
▲<ref name="NEC_1990_P90">{{cite book |title=Pinwriter P90 Bedienungshandbuch |language=
<ref name="Paul_2002-09-05">{{citation |title=Technical info on undocumented DOS country info for LCASE, ARAMODE and CCTORC records |author-first=Matthias |author-last=Paul |date=2002-09-05 |publisher=FreeDOS development list fd-dev at Topica |url=http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.os.freedos.devel/364 |access-date=2016-05-26 |dead-url=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527142512/http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.os.freedos.devel/364 |archive-date=2016-05-26}}</ref>▼
<ref name="Epson_1991_GQ">{{cite book |title=Programmierung des GQ-Modus für Epson-Seitendrucker |language=de |edition=2 |publisher=[[Epson Deutschland GmbH]] |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |type=Printed manual |date=1991}}</ref>
<ref name="
▲<ref name="NEC_1992_Flyer">{{citation |title=NEC Pinwriter. Ein Maßstab in der Profiklasse. |language=
▲<ref name="NEC_1993_EPROMs">{{cite book |title=Pinwriter Familie - Pinwriter - Epromsockel - Zusätzliche Zeichensätze / Schriftarten |language=
▲<ref name="Caldera_1998_USER-9">{{cite book |title=Caldera DR-DOS 7.02 User Guide |chapter=Chapter 9: Configuring the System |publisher=[[Caldera, Inc.]] |date=1998 |orig-date=1993, 1997 |chapter-url=http://www.drdos.net/documentation/usergeng/
<ref name="Caldera_1998_USER-17">{{cite book |title=Caldera DR-DOS 7.02 User Guide |chapter=Chapter 17: Setting Up Code Page Switching |publisher=[[Caldera, Inc.]] |date=1998 |orig-date=1993, 1997 |chapter-url=http://www.drdos.net/documentation/usergeng/17ugch17.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609203350/http://www.drdos.net/documentation/usergeng/17ugch17.htm |archive-date=2016-06-09}}</ref>
▲<ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP">{{cite book |title=NWDOS-TIPs — Tips &
▲<ref name="Paul_2001_NWDOSTIP">{{cite book |title=NWDOS-TIPs — Tips &
▲<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD">{{cite web |title=Changing codepages in FreeDOS |author-first=Matthias R. |author-last=Paul |date=2001-08-15 |access-date=2016-06-06 |url=http://www.freedos.org/technotes/technote/txt/141.txt |type=Technical design specification
▲<ref name="Paul_2002-09-05">{{
<ref name="Paul_2002-12-04">{{cite web |title=DISPLAY CON |author-first=Matthias R. |author-last=Paul |date=2002-12-04 |work=FreeDOS development list freedos-dev |url=https://marc.info/?l=freedos-dev&m=103902610816421&w=2 |url-status=live |access-date=2016-06-07 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170909221415/https://marc.info/?l=freedos-dev&m=103902610816421&w=2 |archive-date=2017-09-09}}</ref>
<ref name="Prosise_1990">{{cite journal |author-first=Jeff |author-last=Prosise |author-link=Jeff Prosise |title=Tutor: Using code pages |journal=[[PC Magazine]] |date=1990-05-15 |pages=327–328 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GNYH0lLwKgAC&pg=PT334 |access-date=2016-06-09}}</ref>
<ref name="Brown_2000_RBIL">{{cite web |author-first=Ralf D. |author-last=Brown |author-link=Ralf D. Brown |title=Public Files on FTP.CS.CMU.EDU - The x86 Interrupt List aka "Ralf Brown's Interrupt List" (RBIL) |date=2012-01-21 |orig-date=2000-07-16 |url=https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ralf/files.html |access-date=2016-06-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616113421/https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ralf/files.html |archive-date=2016-06-16}}</ref>
<ref name="RBIL_61_INT15h_AX67C3h">{{cite web |editor-first=Ralf D. |editor-last=Brown |editor-link=Ralf D. Brown |author-first=Matthias R. |author-last=Paul |title=INT 15h/AX=67C3h - Arabic/Hebrew MS-DOS 5.0+ - HGC & HGC/RAMFont support |work=[[RBIL]] 61 |date=2000 |url=http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/id/85/14.html |publisher=[[DJ Delorie]] |access-date=2016-06-09 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609220539/http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/id/85/14.html |archive-date=2016-06-09}}</ref>
<ref name="FreeBSD_2016_1">{{cite web |title=FreeBSD Handbook |at=22.4.1. Localization - i18n/L10n Usage and Setup: Locale Configuration for Specific Languages: Russian Language (KOI8-R Encoding) |work=The FreeBSD Documentation Project |author=bhd |others=Chernov, Andrey |date=2016-06-04 |orig-date=1995 |version=48895 |url=https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/lang-setup.html |access-date=2016-06-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612104831/https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/lang-setup.html |archive-date=2016-06-12}}</ref>
<ref name="FreeBSD_2016_2">{{cite web |title=FreeBSD Handbook |at=22.5.1.3 Localization - i18n/L10n Usage and Setup: Localizing FreeBSD to Specific Languages: Russian Language (KOI8-R Encoding): Printer Setup |work=The FreeBSD Documentation Project |author=bhd |others=Chernov, Andrey |date=2016-06-04 |orig-date=1995 |version=48895 |url=http://freebsd.therek.net/handbook/lang-setup.html |access-date=2016-06-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612110040/http://freebsd.therek.net/handbook/lang-setup.html |archive-date=2016-06-12}}</ref>
<ref name="XyWrite_2009">{{cite web |title=Changing code pages |work=XyWrite III, XyWrite III Plus and Signature |id=Application Note #111 |url=http://www.xywrite.com/ttg/appnotes/app111.txt |orig-date=2002-09-04 |date=2009-04-25 |access-date=2016-06-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612212528/http://www.xywrite.com/ttg/appnotes/app111.txt |archive-date=2016-06-12}}</ref>
<ref name="Chen_2005_CP">{{cite web |title=Keep your eye on the code page |author-first=Raymond |author-last=Chen |author-link=Raymond Chen (Microsoft) |work=The Old New Thing |date=2005-03-08 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050308-00/?p=36253 |access-date=2016-06-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612213558/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050308-00/?p=36253 |archive-date=2016-06-12}}</ref>
<ref name="Chen_2005_OEM">{{cite web |title=Why is the default console codepage called "OEM"? |author-first=Raymond |author-last=Chen |author-link=Raymond Chen (Microsoft) |work=The Old New Thing |date=2005-08-29 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050829-00/?p=34403 |access-date=2016-06-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612214003/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050829-00/?p=34403 |archive-date=2016-06-12}}</ref>
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<ref name="Fujitsu_1994_DL6400_DL6600">{{cite book |title=Fujitsu DL6400/DL6600 Dot Matrix Printer User's Manual |publisher=[[Fujitsu Limited]] |date=April 1994 |id=C147-E015-01EN |url=http://www.fujitsu.com/downloads/COMP/fcpa/printers/dl6400_user-manual.pdf |access-date=2016-06-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614143230/http://www.fujitsu.com/downloads/COMP/fcpa/printers/dl6400_user-manual.pdf |archive-date=2016-06-14}}</ref>
<ref name="Wilton_1987">{{cite book |title=Programmer's guide to the PC & PS/2 video systems |author-first=Richard |author-last=Wilton |date=1987 |edition=1 |publisher=[[Microsoft Press]] |isbn=1-55615-103-9}} (NB. The second edition does no longer discuss the [[Hercules InColor Card|InColor]] and [[Multi-Color Graphics Array|MCGA]] cards at detail level.)</ref>
<ref name="Elliott_2012_HGCPlus">{{cite web |title=Hercules Graphics Card Plus: Notes |author-first=John C. |author-last=Elliott |date=2012-08-09 |work=Seasip.info |url=http://www.seasip.info/VintagePC/hercplus.html |access-date=2016-11-23 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123124757/http://www.seasip.info/VintagePC/hercplus.html |archive-date=2016-11-23}}</ref>
<ref name="Elliott_2012_InColor">{{cite web |title=Hercules InColor Card: Notes |author-first=John C. |author-last=Elliott |date=2012-08-05 |work=Seasip.info |url=http://www.seasip.info/VintagePC/incolor.html |access-date=2016-11-23 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123123816/http://www.seasip.info/VintagePC/incolor.html |archive-date=2016-11-23}}</ref>
<ref name="Elliott_2020_MDA">{{cite web |title=Monochrome Display Adapter: Notes |author-first=John C. |author-last=Elliott |date=2020-06-08 |work=Seasip.info |url=http://www.seasip.info/VintagePC/mda.html |access-date=2016-11-23 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920194518/https://www.seasip.info/VintagePC/mda.html |archive-date=2023-09-20 |quote=[…] Reading from port 03BAh returns vertical sync in bit 7, and a card ID in bits 6-4: 000: Hercules, 001: Hercules Plus, 101: Hercules InColor, 111: Unknown clone […] One card […] which appears to be a Hercules clone of Eastern European origin, has a further capability - two ROM fonts, selectable in software. These options are controlled in a similar manner to other extended features in the Hercules: Bit 2 of port 3BFh must be set to enable the feature, and then Bit 4 of port 3B8h selects which font to use. The card ID in bits 6-4 of port 03BAh has all three bits set. […]}}</ref>
<ref name="Ferraro_1994">{{cite book |title=Programmer's Guide to the EGA, VGA and Super VGA Cards |author-first=Richard F. |author-last=Ferraro |edition=3 |date=August 1994 |publisher=[[Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.]] |isbn=0-201-62490-7 |id={{EAN|9780201624908}}}}</ref>
<ref name="Paul_2001_COUNTRY">{{cite web |title=DOS COUNTRY.SYS file format |type=COUNTRY.LST file |author-first=Matthias R. |author-last=Paul |date=2001-06-10 |edition=1.44 |orig-date=1995 |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/MatthiasPaulCPI.zip<!-- not an official distribution archive, but contains an older version of COUNTRY.LST --> |access-date=2016-08-20 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420065252/http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/MatthiasPaulCPI.zip |archive-date=2016-04-20}}</ref>
<ref name="Paul_2001_CPI">{{cite web |title=Format description of DOS, OS/2, and Windows NT .CPI, and Linux .CP files |type=CPI.LST file |author-first=Matthias R. |author-last=Paul |date=2001-06-10 |edition=1.30 |orig-date=1995 |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/MatthiasPaulCPI.zip<!-- not an official distribution archive, but contains an older version of CPI.LST --> |access-date=2016-08-20 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420065252/http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/MatthiasPaulCPI.zip |archive-date=2016-04-20}}</ref>
<ref name="Elliott_2006_CPI">{{cite web |author-first=John C. |author-last=Elliott |title=CPI file format |date=2006-10-14 |work=Seasip.info |url=http://www.seasip.info/DOS/CPI/cpi.html |access-date=2016-09-22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922165307/http://www.seasip.info/DOS/CPI/cpi.html |archive-date=2016-09-22}}</ref>
<ref name="AEB_2001_CPI">{{cite web |title=CPI fonts |author-first=Andries Evert |author-last=Brouwer |author-link=Andries Evert Brouwer |date=2001-02-10 |version=0.2 |url=https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/kbd/font-formats-3.html |access-date=2016-09-22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922165133/https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/kbd/font-formats-3.html |archive-date=2016-09-22}}</ref>
<ref name="Haralambous_2007_CPI">{{cite book |title=Fonts & Encodings |url=https://archive.org/details/fontsencodings00hara_390 |url-access=limited |author-first=Yannis |author-last=Haralambous |translator-first=P. Scott |translator-last=Horne |___location=Sebastopol, California, USA |publisher=[[O'Reilly Media, Inc.]] |date=September 2007 |edition=1 |isbn=978-0-596-10242-5 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/fontsencodings00hara_390/page/n621 601]–602, 611}}</ref>
<ref name="MS_1991_PR">{{cite book |title=MS-DOS Programmer's Reference |publisher=[[Microsoft Press]] |date=1991 |isbn=1-55615-329-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781556153297}}</ref>
<ref name="Hart_1985">{{cite journal |author-first1=Glenn A. |author-last1=Hart |author-first2=Jim |author-last2=Forney |title=Video Board Reviews: Persyst BoB Color Adapter |journal=[[PC Magazine]] |date=1985-02-19 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis, Inc.]] |pages=121–133 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2ad61ZUYQMC&pg=PA132}}</ref>
<ref name="Derfler_1985">{{cite journal |author-first=Frank J. |author-last=Derfler, Jr. |title=Expansion Options: Persyst Color Combo: Fit for an XT |journal=[[PC Magazine]] |date=1985-10-29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jBnPebByBGkC&pg=PA195 |pages=196–199 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis, Inc.]] |access-date=2017-08-12}}</ref>
<ref name="CW_1988">{{cite journal |url=http://www.computerwoche.de/a/grafik-und-netzwerk-auf-einer-karte,1154889 |access-date=2016-11-24 |journal=[[Computerwoche]] |language=de |title=Hercules bringt neues PC-Board mit Ramfont: Grafik und Netzwerk auf einer Karte |author=CW |date=1988-04-22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170909221835/https://www.computerwoche.de/a/grafik-und-netzwerk-auf-einer-karte,1154889 |archive-date=2017-09-09}}</ref>
<ref name="Hercules_1988">{{cite journal |date=1988-05-31 |journal=[[PC Magazine]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=voPUUGTC56UC&pg=PA262 |access-date=2016-11-24 |title=Hercules Network Card Plus |publisher=[[Ziff Davis, Inc.]]}}</ref>
<ref name="NEC_1983_APC">{{cite book |title=Advanced Personal Computer - MS-DOS System Programmer's Guide |publisher=[[NEC Corporation]] |author=NEC Information Systems, Inc. |author-link=NEC Information Systems, Inc. |date=November 1983
|id=part number 819-000104-3001 |edition=REV 00 |url=http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/nec/APC/NEC_APC_MS-DOS_System_Programmers_Guide_Sep83.pdf |access-date=2016-11-25 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125154102/http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/nec/APC/NEC_APC_MS-DOS_System_Programmers_Guide_Sep83.pdf |archive-date=2016-11-25}}</ref>
<ref name="HP_1985_PP">{{cite book |title=Hewlett-Packard - Technical Reference Manual - Portable PLUS |date=August 1985 |edition=1 |id=45559-90001 |publisher=[[Hewlett-Packard Company]], Portable Computer Division |___location=Corvallis, OR, USA |url=https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_hpportableblePLUSTechnicalReferenceManualAug1985_25919880 |access-date=2016-11-27}}</ref>
<ref name="HP_1986_PP">{{cite book |title=Hewlett-Packard - Technical Reference Manual - Portable PLUS |date=December 1986 |orig-date=August 1985 |edition=2 |id=45559-90006 |publisher=[[Hewlett-Packard Company]] |___location=Portable Computer Division, Corvallis, OR, USA |url=http://www.jeffcalc.hp41.eu/hpplus/files/techrefman.pdf |access-date=2016-11-27 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128194426/http://www.jeffcalc.hp41.eu/hpplus/files/techrefman.pdf |archive-date=2016-11-28}}</ref>
<ref name="HP_1991_95LXUG">{{cite book |title=HP 95LX User's Guide |publisher=[[Hewlett-Packard Company]], Corvallis Division |___location=Corvallis, OR, USA |edition=2 |date=June 1991 |orig-date=March 1991 |id=F0001-90003 |url=http://www.retroisle.com/others/hp95lx/OriginalDocs/95LX_UsersGuide_F1000-90001_826pages_Jun91.pdf |access-date=2016-11-27 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128202642/http://www.retroisle.com/others/hp95lx/OriginalDocs/95LX_UsersGuide_F1000-90001_826pages_Jun91.pdf |archive-date=2016-11-28 |pages=E-1–E-3, F-1–F-7 |quote=The [[HP 95LX]] character set is equivalent to [[code page 850]], the [[IBM PC]] multilingual character set. (Note that your HP 95LX contains [[MS-DOS 3.22]], which does not support [[code-page switching]].) All the HP 95LX applications use this set except [[Lotus 1-2-3|1-2-3]], which uses [[LICS (character set)|LICS]], the [[Lotus International Character Set]]. Most LICS characters are included in code page 850; the few that are not will not display […] If your HP 95LX cannot display […] or if your printer cannot print a LICS character, the HP 95LX uses a fallback presentation for that character […] if you use the {{mono|©}} symbol and your printer cannot print it, the HP 95LX might display {{mono|(c)}} or {{mono|c}} as the fallback presentation (depending on the capabilities of your printer).}}</ref>
<ref name="HP_1996_200LXUG">{{cite book |title=HP 200LX User's Guide |publisher=[[Hewlett-Packard Singapore (Private) Limited]], Asia-Pacific Personal Computer Division |___location=Singapore |edition=1 |date=October 1996 |id=1216-90001 |url=http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/bpia5259.pdf |access-date=2016-11-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130124719/http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/bpia5259.pdf |archive-date=2016-11-30 |pages=21-6–21-7, 25-9–25-13, 26-14–26-18, C-1–C-4, D-1–D-10 |quote=Your palmtop supports [[code page 850|code pages 850]] and [[code page 437|437]]. The built-in applications (except [[Lotus 1-2-3|1-2-3]]) and [[System Manager (HP LX)|System Manager]]-compliant applications […] use code page 850. […] Any DOS application you load and run will by default use code page 437. If an application requires code page 850, you can select it using the Setup utility.}}</ref>
<ref name="Sargent_1988_Sirius">{{cite book |title=Assemblersprache und Hardware des IBM PC/XT/AT |language=de |author-first1=Murray |author-last1=Sargent III. |author-first2=Richard L. |author-last2=Shoemaker |author-first3=Ernst H. K. |author-last3=Stelzer |publisher=[[Addison-Wesley Verlag (Deutschland) GmbH]] / [[Addison-Wesley Publishing Company]] |edition=1 |date=1988 |isbn=3-89319-110-0 |id=VVA-Nr. 563-00110-4}}</ref>
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== External links ==
* {{cite web |url=https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=44883 |title=Non-US character ROMs from MDA/CGA/Hercules cards? |date=2015-09-14 |access-date=2016-06-09 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609213429/https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=44883 |archive-date=2016-06-09}}
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