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Code page 899

Mathematical character set for DOS

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IBM code page 899 (CCSID 899) is a computing code page used under DOS to type mathematical symbols. It is also used by some printers. It contains the same characters as code page 259, but in a different arrangement.

01Code page layout

Characters are shown with their equivalent Unicode codes.

Code Page 899
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
0x
1x						₅
2x	SP	√	®	±	∙	♂	≤	´	(	)	≠	©	♀	-	†	≥
3x	⁰	¹	²	³	⁴	⁵	⁶	⁷	⁸	⁹	÷	¨	<	″	>	∫
4x	°	∇	∞	Ψ	Φ	←	Π	Λ	¶	↑	‗	§	Ω	∂	∿	↓
5x	ℓ	Γ	Θ	Σ	→	Ξ	∝	Δ	≡	Υ	≃	[	\	]	^	_
6x	`	α	β	ψ	φ	ε	π	λ	η	ι	ϑ	κ	ω	μ	ν	ο
7x	ρ	γ	θ	σ	τ	ξ	×	δ	χ	υ	ζ	{	′	}	~	SP
8x	∓	⍁	¯	⁼	⁻	⁺	^Δ	⃗	^<	^>	℞	↗	∴	↘	∧	⟩
9x	∪	┴	⎞	◆	ˇ		■	‾	⎳	►	⅜	₀	₁	₂	₃	₄
Ax	᪲	⋶	\|	⎲	^/	⌑	┬	┼	┤		⊥	₈	₇	┐	┌	├
Bx	^π	‡	∨	∥	∠	⟨	∩	⊂	⊃	⊕	∟		⊗	˘	̿	└
Cx	│	⎛	⎝	‰	™	⎠	≅	┘	―	⎰	⎱	₆	₉	⍚	●	£
Dx	¤	¥	SHY	␢	□	∼	¬	▲	⌠	⌡	0︀	⅛	⅝	⅞	RSP	NSP
Ex	₅
Fx

Code page 1092

Code page 1092 (CCSID 1092) is very similar to code page 899. The only difference is that code 0xC8 is mapped to ─ U+2500 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT HORIZONTAL instead of ― U+2015 HORIZONTAL BAR.

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