EBCDIC

File Format
Name	EBCDIC
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Character encoding EBCDIC
PRONOM	fmt/159

EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code) is a family of character encodings. EBCDIC was used in a number of old IBM systems in the pre-PC era. The IBM PC, however, used ASCII like most modern computers.

List of encodings

• CP037 - code table
• CP285 - code table
• CP424 - code table
• CP500 - code table
• CP875 - code table
• CP1026 - code table
• CP1047 - code table
• CP1140 - code table
• CP1148 - code table
• CP1155 - code table
• CP4971 - code table
• CP9067 - code table
• CP12712 - code table
• EBCDIC 6-Bit - code table

Links

• Wikipedia entry on EBCDIC
• http://www.simotime.com/asc2ebc1.htm - ASCII to EBCDIC translation tables
• http://www.terena.org/activities/multiling/euroml/section05.html - A history and chart of EBCDIC