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{{anchor|Fontpage|Display|Printer|Default}}In computing, a '''hardware code page''' ('''HWCP''') 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 the [[character generator]]'s resident read-only memory (like [[Read-only memory|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 load any [[computer font|font]] definitions into the device first. Startup messages issued by a [[Personal computer|PC]]'s [[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 '''default hardware code page'''.

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{{anchor|Fontpage|Display|Printer|Default}}In computing, a '''hardware code page''' ('''HWCP''') 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 the [[alphanumeric character generator]]'s resident read-only memory (like [[Read-only memory|ROM]] or flash) and are thus not user-changeable.<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/><ref name="XyWrite_2009"/><ref name="Phoenix_1991_BIOS"/> They are available for use by the system without having to load any [[computer font|font]] definitions into the device first. Startup messages issued by a [[Personal computer|PC]]'s [[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 '''default hardware code page'''.

==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 [[code page 100]] ("Hebrew"),<ref name="Paul_2002-09-05"/> [[code page 151|151]] ("Nafitha Arabic"),<ref name="Paul_2002-12-04"/> [[code page 667|667]] ("[[Mazovia encoding|Mazovia]]"),<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/><ref name="Fujitsu_1994_DL6400_DL6600"/> [[code page 737|737]] ("Greek"), [[code page 850|850]] ("Multilingual"),<ref name="HP_1991_95LXUG"/><ref group="nb" name="NB_OmniGo_300"/> encodings like "[[HP Roman-8|Roman-8]]",<ref name="HP_1985_PP"/><ref name="HP_1986_PP"/> "[[Kamenický encoding|Kamenický]]",<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/><ref name="Fujitsu_1994_DL6400_DL6600"/><ref name="NEC_1992_Flyer"/> "[[KOI-8]]", "[[MIK code page|MIK]]",<ref name="Fujitsu_1994_DL6400_DL6600"/> and others. Most display adapters support a single 8-bit hardware code page only.<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/> The [[bitmap]]s were often stored in an [[EPROM]]<ref name="RBIL_61_INT15h_AX67C3h"/><ref name="Brown_2000_RBIL"/><ref name="Elliott_2020_MDA"/> in a [[DIP socket]].<ref name="Elliott_2020_MDA"/> At most, the hardware code page to be activated was user-selectable via [[jumper (computing)|jumper]]s,<ref name="Derfler_1985"/> configuration [[EEPROM]]s<ref name="HP_1985_PP"/><ref name="HP_1986_PP"/> or [[CMOS setup]].<ref name="HP_1996_200LXUG"/> However, some of the display adapters designed for Eastern European, Arabic and Hebrew PCs supported multiple software-''switchable'' hardware code pages, also named '''font pages''',<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/> selectable via I/O ports<ref name="Elliott_2020_MDA"/> or additional BIOS functions.<ref name="RBIL_61_INT15h_AX67C3h"/><ref name="Brown_2000_RBIL"/>

In contrast to this, printers frequently support several user-switchable character sets, often including various variants of the 7-bit [[ISO/IEC 646]] character sets such as [[code page 367]] ("[[ISO/IEC 646-US]] / [[ASCII]]"<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/>), sometimes also a couple of 8-bit code pages like [[code page 850437]],<ref name="Fujitsu_1994_DL6400_DL6600"/><ref name="NEC_1990_P90"/><ref name="Epson_1991_GQ"/> [[code page 852850|852850]],<ref name="NEC_1993_EPROMsFujitsu_1994_DL6400_DL6600"/><ref name="NEC_1990_P90"/><ref name="Epson_1991_GQ"/> 851,<ref name="Fujitsu_1994_DL6400_DL6600"/> [[code page 855852|855852]],<ref name="Fujitsu_1994_DL6400_DL6600"/><ref name="NEC_1993_EPROMs"/> 853,<ref name="Epson_1992_EPL-4300"/> 855,<ref name="Fujitsu_1994_DL6400_DL6600"/><ref name="NEC_1993_EPROMs"/> 857,<ref name="Epson_1992_EPL-4300"/> 860,<ref name="Fujitsu_1994_DL6400_DL6600"/><ref name="NEC_1990_P90"/><ref name="Epson_1991_GQ"/> [[code page 860861|860861]],<ref name="NEC_1990_P90Epson_1991_GQ"/> [[code page 863|863]],<ref name="Fujitsu_1994_DL6400_DL6600"/><ref name="NEC_1990_P90"/><ref name="Epson_1991_GQ"/> [[code page 865|865]],<ref name="Fujitsu_1994_DL6400_DL6600"/><ref name="NEC_1990_P90"/><ref name="Epson_1991_GQ"/> and [[code page 866|866]].<ref name="Fujitsu_1994_DL6400_DL6600"/><ref name="NEC_1993_EPROMs"/><ref name="FreeBSD_2016_1"/><ref name="FreeBSD_2016_2"/> Printers for the Eastern European or Middle Eastern markets sometimes support other locale-specific hardware code pages to chosechoose from. They can be selected via [[DIP switch]]es or configuration menus on the printer, or via specific [[escape sequence]]s.<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/><ref group="nb" name="Escape_sequence_Epson_NEC"/>

==Support in operating systems==

When operating systems initialize their codepagecode page switching logic, they need to know but have no means to determine the previously active hardware code page by themselves. Therefore, for codepagecode page switching to work correctly, the hardware code page needs to be specified.<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/><ref name="Caldera_1998_USER-9"/><ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Paul_2001_NWDOSTIP"/>

Under [[DOS]] and [[Windows 9x]] this is accomplished by specifying the hardware codepagecode page as a parameter (hwcp) to the [[device driver]]s [[DISPLAY.SYS]] and [[PRINTER.SYS]] in [[CONFIG.SYS]]:

: <tt> [[DEVICE (CONFIG.SYS directive)|DEVICE]]=…\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(type,hwcp,n|(n,m))<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/tt><ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFDXyWrite_2009"/><ref name="Caldera_1998_USER-9"/><ref name="Caldera_1998_USER-17Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIPPaul_2001_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Paul_2001_NWDOSTIPCaldera_1998_USER-17"/><ref name="Prosise_1990"/>

: <tt> DEVICE=…\PRINTER.SYS PRN=(type,hwcp,n)</tt><ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/><ref name="Caldera_1998_USER-9"/><ref name="Caldera_1998_USER-17Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIPPaul_2001_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Paul_2001_NWDOSTIPCaldera_1998_USER-17"/><ref name="Prosise_1990"/>

: <tt>DEVICE=…\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(type,(hwcp1,hwcp2,…),n|(n,m))</tt><ref name="Paul_2002-12-04"/>

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.:

: <tt>DEVICE=…\PRINTER.SYS PRN=(type,hwcp,n)</tt><ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/><ref name="Caldera_1998_USER-9"/><ref name="Caldera_1998_USER-17"/><ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Paul_2001_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Prosise_1990"/>

: <tt>DEVICE=…\PRINTER.SYS PRN=(type,(hwcp1,hwcp2,…),n)</tt><ref name="Paul_2002-12-04"/>

: <tt> DEVICE=…\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(type,(hwcp1,hwcp2,…),n|(n,m))</tt><ref name="Paul_2002-12-04"/>

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.

: <tt> DEVICE=…\PRINTER.SYS PRN=(type,(hwcp1,hwcp2,…),n)</tt><ref name="Paul_2002-12-04"/>

If no hardware code page(s) are specified, these drivers default either to a dummy code page number 999<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/><ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Paul_2001_NWDOSTIP"/> or assume the hardware code page to be equal to the [[primary code page]] (the first codepagecode page listed in [[COUNTRY.SYS]] files for a particular country<ref name="Paul_2001_COUNTRY"/> with the country code either specified in the CONFIG.SYS [[COUNTRY (CONFIG.SYS directive)|COUNTRY]] directive or assumed to be the operating system's internal default, usually 1 (US) in Western issues of DOS).<ref name="Paul_2001_CPSwitchFD"/>

In many English-speaking countries, the primary code page is either 437 (f.e. in the US) or 850 (f.e. in the UK, IrlandIreland and Canada),<ref name="Paul_1997_NWDOSTIP"/><ref name="Paul_2001_NWDOSTIP"/> so that, without specifying a different codepagecode 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"/> 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.

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.

[[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 [[SK_HGC.COM]].<ref name="Paul_2002-12-04"/>

[[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"/>

==OEM code pages==

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 page]]spages,<ref name="XyWrite_2009"/><ref name="Caldera_1998_USER-17"/> (aka [[downloadable character sets<!-- aka "down-line loadable character set]]", orterm 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==

* [[PC-9800 series]]

* [[Alt codes]]

==Notes==

{{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==

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<ref name="NEC_1992_FlyerEpson_1991_GQ">{{citationcite book |title=NECProgrammierung Pinwriter.des EinGQ-Modus Maßstabfür in der Profiklasse.Epson-Seitendrucker |language=Germande |edition=P-EAM-D-5/922 |publisher=[[NECEpson Deutschland GmbH]] |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |type=Printed 11-page color flyer about NEC Pinwriters P20/P30, P60/P70 and P90manual |date=19921991}}</ref>

<ref name="NEC_1993_EPROMsEpson_1992_EPL-4300">{{cite book |title=Pinwriter FamilieEpson EPL-4300 Pinwriter Bedienungs- Epromsockel - Zusätzliche Zeichensätze / SchriftartenHandbuch |language=Germande |edition=1 |publisher=[[NECEpson 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|date=1992}}</ref>

<ref name="NEC_1992_Flyer">{{citation |title=NEC Pinwriter. Ein Maßstab in der Profiklasse. |language=de |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=May 1992}}</ref>

<ref name="Caldera_1998_USER-9">{{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/09ugch9.htm#807 |dead-url=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607164317/http://www.drdos.net/documentation/usergeng/09ugch9.htm#807 |archive-date=2016-06-07}}</ref>

<ref name="NEC_1993_EPROMs">{{cite book |title=Pinwriter Familie - Pinwriter - Epromsockel - Zusätzliche Zeichensätze / Schriftarten |language=de |publisher=[[NEC Deutschland GmbH]] |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=March 1993 |edition=00 3/93 |type=Printed reference manual for optional font and code page [[EPROM]]s for [[NEC Pinwriter]]s, including custom variants}}</ref>

<ref name="Caldera_1998_USER-17">{{cite book |title=DR-DOS 7.02 User Guide |chapter=Chapter 17: Setting Up Code Page Switching |publisher=[[Caldera, Inc.]] |date=1998 |url=http://www.drdos.net/documentation/usergeng/09ugch9.htm#807 |dead-url=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609203350/http://www.drdos.net/documentation/usergeng/17ugch17.htm

<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/09ugch9.htm#807 |dead-url-status=nodead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607164317/http://www.drdos.net/documentation/usergeng/09ugch9.htm#807 |archive-date=2016-06-07}}</ref>

|archive-date=2016-06-09}}</ref>

<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 &mdash; Tips &amp; Tricks rund um Novell DOS 7, mit Blick auf undokumentierte Details, Bugs und Workarounds |workid=MPDOSTIP |author-first=Matthias R. |author-last=Paul |date=1997-07-30 |edition=edition 3, release|version=Release 157 |language=German |type=e-bookde |url=http://www.antonis.de/dos/dos-tuts/mpdostip/html/nwdostip.htm |access-date=2012-01-11 |deadurl-urlstatus=nolive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522014302/http://www.antonis.de/dos/dos-tuts/mpdostip/html/nwdostip.htm |archive-date=2016-05-22}} (NB. 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>

<ref name="Paul_2001_NWDOSTIP">{{cite book |title=NWDOS-TIPs &mdash; Tips &amp; Tricks rund um Novell DOS 7, mit Blick auf undokumentierte Details, Bugs und Workarounds |workid=MPDOSTIP |author-first=Matthias R. |author-last=Paul |date=2001-04-09 |edition=edition 3, release|version=Release 183 |language=German |type=e-bookde}}</ref>

<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 based on fd|url-dev post [http://marc.info/?lstatus=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 (DOS command)|MODE]]). Further, in dealing with [[National Language Support|NLS]] issues, it is important to distinguish between the currently 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 [[Code page 437|437]] for the console, but some European clones have [[Code page 850|850]] stored in the video font ROMs, and I have been told that some Czech [[Color Graphics Adapter|CGA]] and [[Monochrome Display Adapter|MDA]] cards had [[Kamenický encoding|Kamenicky]] codepage 867 (aka [[Wordperfect]] codepage 895) stored in their ROMs. Most printers default to [[Code page 367|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 (CONFIG.SYS directive)|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 (DOS command)|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 [[Hercules Graphics Card|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 MS-DOS|Arabic]] and [[Hebrew MS-DOS|Hebrew]] issues there can be up to 8 codepages for one country […]) […] When you specify a line like: [[DEVICE (CONFIG.SYS directive)|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. […]}} (NB. Based on fd-dev post [http://marc.info/?l=freedos-dev&m=99788711909602&w=2<!-- https://archive.today/20141001010931/http://marc.info/?l=freedos-dev&m=99788711909602&w=2 -->].)</ref>

<ref name="Paul_2002-09-05">{{citationcite web |title=Technical info on undocumented DOS country info for LCASE, ARAMODE and CCTORC records |author-first=Matthias R. |author-last=Paul |date=2002-09-05 |publisherwork=FreeDOS development list fd-dev at Topica |url=http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.os.freedos.devel/364 |access-date=2016-05-26 |dead-url-status=nodead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527142512/http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.os.freedos.devel/364 |archive-date=2016-05-2627}}</ref>

<ref name="Paul_2002-12-04">{{cite web |title=DISPLAY CON: |author-first=Matthias R. |author-last=Paul |date=2002-12-04 |publisherwork=FreeDOS development list freedos-dev |url=https://marc.info/?l=freedos-dev&m=103902610816421&w=2 |dead-url-status=nolive |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=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=GNYH0lLwKgAC&pg=PT334&lpg=PT334 |access-date=2016-06-09}}</ref>

<ref name="RBIL_61_INT15h_AX67C3hBrown_2000_RBIL">{{cite web |titleauthor-first=INTRalf 15h/AXD. |author-last=67C3hBrown |author-link=Ralf Arabic/HebrewD. MS-DOSBrown 5|title=Public Files on FTP.CS.CMU.0+EDU - HGCThe &x86 HGC/RAMFontInterrupt supportList aka "Ralf Brown's Interrupt List" (RBIL) |workdate=RBIL612012-01-21 |orig-date=2000-07-16 |url=httphttps://www.deloriecs.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/idcmu.edu/85~ralf/14files.html |access-date=2016-06-0916 |dead-url-status=nolive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016060922053920160616113421/httphttps://www.deloriecs.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/idcmu.edu/85~ralf/14files.html |archive-date=2016-06-0916}}</ref>

<ref name="FreeBSD_2016_1RBIL_61_INT15h_AX67C3h">{{cite web |titleeditor-first=FreeBSDRalf HandbookD. |ateditor-last=22.4.1. LocalizationBrown |editor-link=Ralf i18n/L10nD. UsageBrown and|author-first=Matthias Setup:R. Locale|author-last=Paul Configuration|title=INT for15h/AX=67C3h Specific- Languages:Arabic/Hebrew RussianMS-DOS Language5.0+ (KOI8-R Encoding)HGC |work=The& FreeBSDHGC/RAMFont Documentation Projectsupport |author=bhd |otherswork=Chernov,[[RBIL]] Andrey61 |date=2016-06-04 |orig-year=1995 |version=488952000 |url=httpshttp://www.freebsddelorie.orgcom/djgpp/doc/handbookrbinter/lang-setupid/85/14.html |publisher=[[DJ Delorie]] |access-date=2016-06-1209 |dead-url-status=nolive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016061210483120160609220539/httpshttp://www.freebsddelorie.orgcom/djgpp/doc/handbookrbinter/lang-setupid/85/14.html |archive-date=2016-06-1209}}</ref>

<ref name="FreeBSD_2016_2FreeBSD_2016_1">{{cite web |title=FreeBSD Handbook |at=22.54.1.3 Localization - i18n/L10n Usage and Setup: LocalizingLocale FreeBSDConfiguration tofor Specific Languages: Russian Language (KOI8-R Encoding): Printer Setup |work=The FreeBSD Documentation Project |author=bhd |others=Chernov, Andrey |date=2016-06-04 |orig-yeardate=1995 |version=48895 |url=httphttps://www.freebsd.therek.netorg/doc/handbook/lang-setup.html |access-date=2016-06-12 |dead-url-status=nolive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016061211004020160612104831/httphttps://www.freebsd.therek.netorg/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>

<ref name="Phoenix_1991_BIOS">{{cite book |title=System BIOS for IBM PCs, Compatibles, and EISA Computers&nbsp;— The Complete Guide to ROM-Based System Software |author=Phoenix Technologies, Ltd. |author-link=Phoenix Technologies |series=Phoenix Technical Reference Series |publisher=[[Addison Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.]] |edition=2 |date=June 1991 |___location=Amsterdam |isbn=0-201-57760-7 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780201577600/page/140 140–141] |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780201577600/page/140}}</ref>

<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&nbsp;95LX]] character set is equivalent to [[code page 850]], the [[IBM&nbsp;PC]] multilingual character set. (Note that your HP 95LX contains [[MS-DOS 3.22]], which does not support [[code-page switching]].) All the HP&nbsp;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&nbsp;95LX cannot display […] or if your printer cannot print a LICS character, the HP&nbsp;95LX uses a fallback presentation for that character […] if you use the {{mono|©}} symbol and your printer cannot print it, the HP&nbsp;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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