DEC Technical Character Set

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

Character set

DEC Technical[1]

	_0	_1	_2	_3	_4	_5	_6	_7	_8	_9	_A	_B	_C	_D	_E	_F
0_ 0	NUL 0000	SOH 0001	STX 0002	ETX 0003	EOT 0004	ENQ 0005	ACK 0006	BEL 0007	BS 0008	HT 0009	LF 000A	VT 000B	FF 000C	CR 000D	SO 000E	SI 000F
1_ 16	DLE 0010	DC1 0011	DC2 0012	DC3 0013	DC4 0014	NAK 0015	SYN 0016	ETB 0017	CAN 0018	EM 0019	SUB 001A	ESC 001B	FS 001C	GS 001D	RS 001E	US 001F
2_ 32	SP 0020	⎷ 23B7	┌ 250C	─ 2500	⌠ 2320	⌡ 2321	│ 2502	⎡ 23A1	⎣ 23A3	⎤ 23A4	⎦ 23A6	⎛ 239B	⎝ 239D	⎞ 239E	⎠ 23A0	⎨ 23A8
3_ 48	⎬ 23AC	�	�	�	�	�	�	�					≤ 2264	≠ 2260	≥ 2265	∫ 222B
4_ 64	∴ 2234	∝ 221D	∞ 221E	÷ 00F7	Δ 0394	∇ 2207	Φ 03A6	Γ 0393	∼ 223C	≃ 2243	Θ 0398	× 00D7	Λ 039B	⇔ 21D4	⇒ 21D2	≡ 2261
5_ 80	Π 03A0	Ψ 03A8		Σ 03A3			√ 221A	Ω 03A9	Ξ 039E	Υ 03A5	⊂ 2282	⊃ 2283	∩ 2229	∪ 222A	∧ 2227	∨ 2228
6_ 96	¬ 00AC	α 03B1	β 03B2	χ 03C7	δ 03B4	ε 03B5	φ 03C6	γ 03B3	η 03B7	ι 03B9	θ 03B8	κ 03BA	λ 03BB		ν 03BD	∂ 2202
7_ 112	π 03C0	ψ 03C8	ρ 03C1	σ 03C3	τ 03C4		ƒ 0192	ω 03C9	ξ 03BE	υ 03C5	ζ 03B6	← 2190	↑ 2191	→ 2192	↓ 2193	DEL 007F

  Letter   Number   Punctuation   Symbol   Other   Undefined

� Characters from 31 to 37 are intended to assemble a 3x5 uppercase sigma and do not have Unicode equivalents.

See also

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

References

1. Williams, Paul Flo (2002) [2000]. "DEC Technical Character Set (TCS)". Retrieved 2017-07-16.

Further reading

• Installing and Using the VT420 Video Terminal. Digital Equipment Corporation. EK-VT420-UU-002. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
• VT330/VT340 Programmer Pocket Guide. Digital Equipment Corporation. March 1987. EK-VT3XX-HR-001. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
• LN03 Programmer Reference Manual. Digital Equipment Corporation. November 1985. EK-OLN03-RM-002. Retrieved 2017-07-16.