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Code page 861

Code page 861 is a code page used under DOS in Iceland to write the Icelandic language.

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Code page 861
MIME / IANAIBM861
Alias(es)cp861, 861, cp-is1

Code page 861 (CCSID 861)2 (also known as CP 861, IBM 00861, OEM 861, DOS Icelandic3) is a code page used under DOS in Iceland to write the Icelandic language (as well as other Nordic languages).4

Character set

The following table shows code page 861. 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 8615678
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
8x Ç ü é â ä à å ç ê ë è Ð ð Þ Ä Å
9x É æ Æ ô ö þ û Ý ý Ö Ü ø £ Ø ₧ ƒ
Ax á í ó ú Á Í Ó Ú ¿ ⌐ ¬ ½ ¼ ¡ « »
Bx ░ ▒ ▓ │ ┤ ╡ ╢ ╖ ╕ ╣ ║ ╗ ╝ ╜ ╛ ┐
Cx └ ┴ ┬ ├ ─ ┼ ╞ ╟ ╚ ╔ ╩ ╦ ╠ ═ ╬ ╧
Dx ╨ ╤ ╥ ╙ ╘ ╒ ╓ ╫ ╪ ┘ ┌ █ ▄ ▌ ▐ ▀
Ex α ß Γ π Σ σ µ τ Φ Θ Ω δ ∞ φ ε ∩
Fx ≡ ± ≥ ≤ ⌠ ⌡ ÷ ≈ ° ∙ · √ ⁿ ² ■ NBSP
  Differences from code page 437
References

References

  1. Character Sets, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), 2018-12-12
  2. "CCSID 861 information document". Archived from the original on 2016-03-28.
  3. "Code Page 861 MS-DOS Icelandic". Developing International Software. Microsoft. Retrieved 8 Nov 2011.
  4. "Code page 861 information document". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
  5. "cp861_DOSIcelandic" (TXT). The Unicode Consortium. Retrieved 8 Nov 2011.
  6. Code Page CPGID 00861 (pdf) (PDF), IBM
  7. Code Page CPGID 00861 (txt), IBM
  8. International Components for Unicode (ICU), ibm-861_P100-1995.ucm, 2002-12-03