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Code page 863

Computer character set for French

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Code page 863 (CCSID 863) (also known as CP 863, IBM 00863, OEM 863, MS-DOS French Canada) is a code page used under DOS in Canada to write French (mainly in Quebec) although it lacks the letters Æ, æ, Œ, œ, Ÿ and ÿ.

01Character set

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 863
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
8x	Ç	ü	é	â	Â	à	¶	ç	ê	ë	è	ï	î	‗	À	§
9x	É	È	Ê	ô	Ë	Ï	û	ù	¤	Ô	Ü	¢	£	Ù	Û	ƒ
Ax	¦	´	ó	ú	¨	¸	³	¯	Î	⌐	¬	½	¼	¾	«	»
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

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