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Code page 737

Code page 737 is a code page used under DOS to write the Greek language. It was much more popular than code page 869 although it lacks the letters ΐ and ΰ.

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Code page 737
Code page 737 character grid
Alias(es)MS-DOS Greek
LanguagesGreek, English
ExtendsUS-ASCII

Code page 737 (CCSID 737)1 (also known as CP 737, IBM 00737, and OEM 737,2 MS-DOS Greek3 or 437 G4) is a code page used under DOS to write the Greek language.5 It was much more popular than code page 869 although it lacks the letters ΐ and ΰ.

Character set

The following table shows code page 737. Each character is shown with its equivalent Unicode code point. Only the second half of the table (code points 128–255) is shown, the first half (code points 0–127) being the same as code page 437.

Code page 73726789
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
8x Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π
9x Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω α β γ δ ε ζ η θ
Ax ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ
Bx ░ ▒ ▓ │ ┤ ╡ ╢ ╖ ╕ ╣ ║ ╗ ╝ ╜ ╛ ┐
Cx └ ┴ ┬ ├ ─ ┼ ╞ ╟ ╚ ╔ ╩ ╦ ╠ ═ ╬ ╧
Dx ╨ ╤ ╥ ╙ ╘ ╒ ╓ ╫ ╪ ┘ ┌ █ ▄ ▌ ▐ ▀
Ex ω ά έ ή ϊ ί ό ύ ϋ ώ Ά Έ Ή Ί Ό Ύ
Fx Ώ ± ≥ ≤ Ϊ Ϋ ÷ ≈ ° ∙ · √ ⁿ ² ■ NBSP
  Some earlier OEM implementations and some software does not support these characters.

Code page 210

Code page 210 is similar, but it does not have the capital letters Ϊ and Ϋ and instead has the symbols ⌠ and ⌡ at these spots, like Code page 437 does.10

References

References

  1. "CCSID 737 information document". Archived from the original on 2016-03-27.
  2. "OEM 737". Go Global Developer Center. Microsoft. Retrieved 22 Sep 2011.
  3. "Code Page 737 MS-DOS Greek". Developing International Software. Microsoft. Retrieved 11 Nov 2011.
  4. "DOS codepages (and their history)". www.aivosto.com. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
  5. "Code page 737 information document". Archived from the original on 2017-01-16.
  6. "cp737_DOSGreek to Unicode table" (TXT). The Unicode Consortium. Retrieved 11 Nov 2011.
  7. Code Page CPGID 00737 (pdf) (PDF), IBM
  8. Code Page CPGID 00737 (txt), IBM
  9. International Components for Unicode (ICU), ibm-737_P100-1997.ucm, 2002-12-03
  10. MS-DOS: Software Installation Guide (PDF). Olivetti. 1989. p. A-23.