Using Extended ASCII Characters (Not Found on Keyboard) (83275)
The information in this article applies to:
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
This article was previously published under Q83275
SUMMARY
The ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
character set used by MS-DOS contains 256 characters. Many of these
characters are not located on the computer keyboard; however, you can
enter these characters by using a different code page.
REFERENCES
"Microsoft MS-DOS User's Guide and Reference," version 5.0, page
632-637.
"Microsoft MS-DOS User's Guide," version 6.0 and 6.2, pages 269-276.
Modification Type: |
Major |
Last Reviewed: |
5/10/2003 |
Keywords: |
KB83275 |
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