7-Bit Versus 8-Bit Environments. Genicom P600, 5000 Series, GEK 00031B, GEK 00031B

7-Bit Versus 8-Bit Environments

In some environments, only 7 bits are used to encode characters. In these environments, the standard 7-bit character set applies. This set includes only the C0 and GL character sets and the special characters represented by hexadecimal values 20 and 7F.

7-Bit Character Set (8-Bit Left Half)

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In an 8-bit environment, the low order 7 bits determine whether a character is printable or is a control character. The standard 8-bit code table consists of the entries above as well as the 8-bit right-half table that follows.

Standard 8-Bit Code Table (Right Half)

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