ELOT 927

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ELOT 927 is 7-bit character set standardized by ELOT, the Hellenic Organization for Standardization (HOS). [1] It is also known as ISO-IR-88, [2] CSISO88GREEK7 or 7-bit DEC Greek. [3] The standard was withdrawn in November 1986. Support for it was implemented in various dot matrix printers (for example by Fujitsu [4] [5] [6] ) and line printers (for example by Printronix [7] [8] [9] and Siemens) as well as in computer terminals (for example by DEC). Support for it can still be found in various applications, languages and protocols today, for example in Perl [2] and Kermit. [10] [1]

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Character set

ELOT 927 [1] [2] [7] [11]
0123456789ABCDEF
0x NUL SOH STX ETX EOT ENQ ACK BEL   BS    HT    LF    VT    FF    CR    SO    SI   
1x DLE DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4 NAK SYN ETB CAN   EM   SUB ESC   FS    GS    RS    US  
2x  SP   ! " # ¤ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /
3x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
4x @ Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ
5x Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω [ \ ] ^ _
6x ` α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ
7x ο π ρ σ τ υ φ ς χ ψ ω { | } ‾ DEL

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