PETSCII Chart
PETSCII is the character encoding used by Commodore 8-bit home computers, a variant of ASCII Code also known as CBM ASCII. Our full PETSCII chart lets you find the decimal and hex code for every PETSCII character, alongside its Unicode equivalent where one exists — bear in mind that not every PETSCII character has a corresponding Unicode substitute.
The PETSCII codes listed in the charts below are used in the CBM PET, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Commodore Plus/4 and Commodore 16 (however control characters differ between these machines).
PETSCII Chart
| PETSCII CODE | UNICODE EQUIVALENT | PETSCII CHARACTER | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEC | HEX | CHAR | CODE | UPPER CASE / UNSHIFTED | LOWER CASE / SHIFTED |
| 0 | $00 | - | |||
| 1 | $01 | - | |||
| 2 | $02 | - | |||
| 3 | $03 | U+0003 | Stop | ||
| 4 | $04 | - | |||
| 5 | $05 | - | White | ||
| 6 | $06 | - | |||
| 7 | $07 | - | |||
| 8 | $08 | - | Disable C=-Shift | ||
| 9 | $09 | - | Enable C=-Shift | ||
| 10 | $0A | - | |||
| 11 | $0B | - | |||
| 12 | $0C | - | |||
| 13 | $0D | U+000D | Return | ||
| 14 | $0E | - | Lower Case | ||
| 15 | $0F | - | |||
| 16 | $10 | - | |||
| 17 | $11 | - | Cursor Down | ||
| 18 | $12 | - | Reverse On | ||
| 19 | $13 | - | Home | ||
| 20 | $14 | U+007F | Delete | ||
| 21 | $15 | - | |||
| 22 | $16 | - | |||
| 23 | $17 | - | |||
| 24 | $18 | - | |||
| 25 | $19 | - | |||
| 26 | $1A | - | |||
| 27 | $1B | - | |||
| 28 | $1C | - | Red | ||
| 29 | $1D | - | Cursor Right | ||
| 30 | $1E | - | Green | ||
| 31 | $1F | - | Blue | ||
| 32 | $20 | U+0020 |  | ||
| 33 | $21 | ! | U+0021 |  | |
| 34 | $22 | " | U+0022 |  | |
| 35 | $23 | # | U+0023 |  | |
| 36 | $24 | $ | U+0024 |  | |
| 37 | $25 | % | U+0025 |  | |
| 38 | $26 | & | U+0026 |  | |
| 39 | $27 | ' | U+0027 |  | |
| 40 | $28 | ( | U+0028 |  | |
| 41 | $29 | ) | U+0029 |  | |
| 42 | $2A | * | U+002A |  | |
| 43 | $2B | + | U+002B |  | |
| 44 | $2C | , | U+002C |  | |
| 45 | $2D | - | U+002D |  | |
| 46 | $2E | . | U+002E |  | |
| 47 | $2F | / | U+002F |  | |
| 48 | $30 | 0 | U+0030 |  | |
| 49 | $31 | 1 | U+0031 |  | |
| 50 | $32 | 2 | U+0032 |  | |
| 51 | $33 | 3 | U+0033 |  | |
| 52 | $34 | 4 | U+0034 |  | |
| 53 | $35 | 5 | U+0035 |  | |
| 54 | $36 | 6 | U+0036 |  | |
| 55 | $37 | 7 | U+0037 |  | |
| 56 | $38 | 8 | U+0038 |  | |
| 57 | $39 | 9 | U+0039 |  | |
| 58 | $3A | : | U+003A |  | |
| 59 | $3B | ; | U+003B |  | |
| 60 | $3C | < | U+003C |  | |
| 61 | $3D | = | U+003D |  | |
| 62 | $3E | > | U+003E |  | |
| 63 | $3F | ? | U+003F |  | |
| 64 | $40 | @ | U+0040 |  | |
| 65 | $41 | A a | U+0041 U+0061 |  |  |
| 66 | $42 | B b | U+0042 U+0062 |  |  |
| 67 | $43 | C c | U+0043 U+0063 |  |  |
| 68 | $44 | D d | U+0044 U+0064 |  |  |
| 69 | $45 | E e | U+0045 U+0065 |  |  |
| 70 | $46 | F f | U+0046 U+0066 |  |  |
| 71 | $47 | G g | U+0047 U+0067 |  |  |
| 72 | $48 | H h | U+0048 U+0068 |  |  |
| 73 | $49 | I i | U+0049 U+0069 |  |  |
| 74 | $4A | J j | U+004A U+006A |  |  |
| 75 | $4B | K k | U+004B U+006B |  |  |
| 76 | $4C | L l | U+004C U+006C |  |  |
| 77 | $4D | M m | U+004D U+006D |  |  |
| 78 | $4E | N n | U+004E U+006E |  |  |
| 79 | $4F | O o | U+004F U+006F |  |  |
| 80 | $50 | P p | U+0050 U+0070 |  |  |
| 81 | $51 | Q q | U+0051 U+0071 |  |  |
| 82 | $52 | R r | U+0052 U+0072 |  |  |
| 83 | $53 | S s | U+0053 U+0073 |  |  |
| 84 | $54 | T t | U+0054 U+0074 |  |  |
| 85 | $55 | U u | U+0055 U+0075 |  |  |
| 86 | $56 | V v | U+0056 U+0076 |  |  |
| 87 | $57 | W w | U+0057 U+0077 |  |  |
| 88 | $58 | X x | U+0058 U+0078 |  |  |
| 89 | $59 | Y y | U+0059 U+0079 |  |  |
| 90 | $5A | Z z | U+005A U+007A |  |  |
| 91 | $5B | [ | U+005B |  | |
| 92 | $5C | £ | U+00A3 |  | |
| 93 | $5D | ] | U+005D |  | |
| 94 | $5E | ↑ | U+2191 |  | |
| 95 | $5F | ← | U+2190 |  | |
| 96 | $60 | ─ | U+2500 |  | |
| 97 | $61 | ♠ A | U+2660 U+0041 |  | |
| 98 | $62 | │ B | U+2502 U+0042 |  | |
| 99 | $63 | ─ C | U+2500 U+0043 |  | |
| 100 | $64 | � D | - U+0044 |  | |
| 101 | $65 | � E | - U+0045 |  | |
| 102 | $66 | � F | - U+0046 |  | |
| 103 | $67 | � G | - U+0047 |  | |
| 104 | $68 | � H | - U+0048 |  | |
| 105 | $69 | ╮ I | U+256E U+0049 |  | |
| 106 | $6A | ╰ J | U+2570 U+004A |  | |
| 107 | $6B | ╯ K | U+256F U+004B |  | |
| 108 | $6C | � L | - U+004C |  | |
| 109 | $6D | ╲ M | U+2572 U+004D |  | |
| 110 | $6E | ╱ N | U+2571 U+004E |  | |
| 111 | $6F | � O | - U+004F |  | |
| 112 | $70 | � P | - U+0050 |  | |
| 113 | $71 | ● Q | U+25CF U+0051 |  | |
| 114 | $72 | � R | - U+0052 |  | |
| 115 | $73 | ♥ S | U+2665 U+0053 |  | |
| 116 | $74 | � T | - U+0054 |  | |
| 117 | $75 | ╭ U | U+256D U+0055 |  | |
| 118 | $76 | ╳ V | U+2573 U+0056 |  | |
| 119 | $77 | ○ W | U+25CB U+0057 |  | |
| 120 | $78 | ♣ X | U+2663 U+0058 |  | |
| 121 | $79 | � Y | - U+0059 |  | |
| 122 | $7A | ♦ Z | U+2666 U+005A |  | |
| 123 | $7B | ┼ | U+253C |  | |
| 124 | $7C | � | - |  | |
| 125 | $7D | │ | U+2502 |  | |
| 126 | $7E | π ▒ | U+03C0 U+2592 |  |  |
| 127 | $7F | ◥ � | U+25E5 - |  |  |
| 128 | $80 | - | |||
| 129 | $81 | - | Orange | ||
| 130 | $82 | - | |||
| 131 | $83 | - | Run | ||
| 132 | $84 | - | |||
| 133 | $85 | - | F1 | ||
| 134 | $86 | - | F3 | ||
| 135 | $87 | - | F5 | ||
| 136 | $88 | - | F7 | ||
| 137 | $89 | - | F2 | ||
| 138 | $8A | - | F4 | ||
| 139 | $8B | - | F6 | ||
| 140 | $8C | - | F8 | ||
| 141 | $8D | U+000A | Shift-Return | ||
| 142 | $8E | - | Upper Case | ||
| 143 | $8F | - | |||
| 144 | $90 | - | Black | ||
| 145 | $91 | - | Cursor Up | ||
| 146 | $92 | - | Reverse Off | ||
| 147 | $93 | - | Clear | ||
| 148 | $94 | - | Insert | ||
| 149 | $95 | - | Brown | ||
| 150 | $96 | - | Pink | ||
| 151 | $97 | - | Dark Grey | ||
| 152 | $98 | - | Grey | ||
| 153 | $99 | - | Light Green | ||
| 154 | $9A | - | Light blue | ||
| 155 | $9B | - | Light Grey | ||
| 156 | $9C | - | Purple | ||
| 157 | $9D | - | Cursor Left | ||
| 158 | $9E | - | Yellow | ||
| 159 | $9F | - | Cyan | ||
| 160 | $A0 | U+00A0 |  | ||
| 161 | $A1 | ▌ | U+258C |  | |
| 162 | $A2 | ▄ | U+2584 |  | |
| 163 | $A3 | ▔ | U+2594 |  | |
| 164 | $A4 | ▁ | U+2581 |  | |
| 165 | $A5 | ▏ | U+258F |  | |
| 166 | $A6 | ▒ | U+2592 |  | |
| 167 | $A7 | ▕ | U+2595 |  | |
| 168 | $A8 | � | - |  | |
| 169 | $A9 | ◤ � | U+25E4 - |  |  |
| 170 | $AA | � | - |  | |
| 171 | $AB | ├ | U+251C |  | |
| 172 | $AC | ▗ | U+2597 |  | |
| 173 | $AD | └ | U+2514 |  | |
| 174 | $AE | ┐ | U+2510 |  | |
| 175 | $AF | ▂ | U+2582 |  | |
| 176 | $B0 | ┌ | U+250C |  | |
| 177 | $B1 | ┴ | U+2534 |  | |
| 178 | $B2 | ┬ | U+252C |  | |
| 179 | $B3 | ┤ | U+2524 |  | |
| 180 | $B4 | ▎ | U+258E |  | |
| 181 | $B5 | ▍ | U+258D |  | |
| 182 | $B6 | � | - |  | |
| 183 | $B7 | � | - |  | |
| 184 | $B8 | � | - |  | |
| 185 | $B9 | ▃ | U+2583 |  | |
| 186 | $BA | � ✓ | - U+2713 |  |  |
| 187 | $BB | ▖ | U+2596 |  | |
| 188 | $BC | ▝ | U+259D |  | |
| 189 | $BD | ┘ | U+2518 |  | |
| 190 | $BE | ▘ | U+2598 |  | |
| 191 | $BF | ▚ | U+259A |  | |
| 192 | $C0 | ━ | U+2500 | | |
| 193 | $C1 | ♠ A | U+2660 U+0041 | | |
| 194 | $C2 | │ B | U+2502 U+0042 | | |
| 195 | $C3 | ━ C | U+2500 U+0043 | | |
| 196 | $C4 | � D | - U+0044 | | |
| 197 | $C5 | � E | - U+0045 | | |
| 198 | $C6 | � F | - U+0046 | | |
| 199 | $C7 | � G | - U+0047 | | |
| 200 | $C8 | � H | - U+0048 | | |
| 201 | $C9 | ╮ I | U+256E U+0049 | | |
| 202 | $CA | ╰ J | U+2570 U+004A | | |
| 203 | $CB | ╯ K | U+256F U+004B | | |
| 204 | $CC | � L | - U+004C | | |
| 205 | $CD | ╲ M | U+2572 U+004D | | |
| 206 | $CE | ╱ N | U+2571 U+004E | | |
| 207 | $CF | � O | - U+004F | | |
| 208 | $D0 | � P | - U+0050 | | |
| 209 | $D1 | ● Q | U+25CF U+0051 | | |
| 210 | $D2 | � R | - U+0052 | | |
| 211 | $D3 | ♥ S | U+2665 U+0053 | | |
| 212 | $D4 | � T | - U+0054 | | |
| 213 | $D5 | ╭ U | U+256D U+0055 | | |
| 214 | $D6 | ╳ V | U+2573 U+0056 | | |
| 215 | $D7 | ○ W | U+25CB U+0057 | | |
| 216 | $D8 | ♣ X | U+2663 U+0058 | | |
| 217 | $D9 | � Y | - U+0059 | | |
| 218 | $DA | ♦ Z | U+2666 U+005A | | |
| 219 | $DB | ┼ | U+253C | | |
| 220 | $DC | � | - | | |
| 221 | $DD | │ | U+2502 | | |
| 222 | $DE | π ▒ | U+03C0 U+2592 | | |
| 223 | $DF | ◥ � | U+25E5 - | | |
| 224 | $E0 | [44] | U+00A0 | | |
| 225 | $E1 | ▌ | U+258C | | |
| 226 | $E2 | ▄ | U+2584 | | |
| 227 | $E3 | ▔ | U+2594 | | |
| 228 | $E4 | ▁ | U+2581 | | |
| 229 | $E5 | ▏ | U+258F | | |
| 230 | $E6 | ▒ | U+2592 | | |
| 231 | $E7 | ▕ | U+2595 | | |
| 232 | $E8 | � | - | | |
| 233 | $E9 | ◤ � | U+25E4 - | | |
| 234 | $EA | � | - | | |
| 235 | $EB | ├ | U+251C | | |
| 236 | $EC | ▗ | U+2597 | | |
| 237 | $ED | └ | U+2514 | | |
| 238 | $EE | ┐ | U+2510 | | |
| 239 | $EF | ▂ | U+2582 | | |
| 240 | $F0 | ┌ | U+250C | | |
| 241 | $F1 | ┴ | U+2534 | | |
| 242 | $F2 | ┬ | U+252C | | |
| 243 | $F3 | ┤ | U+2524 | | |
| 244 | $F4 | ▎ | U+258E | | |
| 245 | $F5 | ▍ | U+258D | | |
| 246 | $F6 | � | - | | |
| 247 | $F7 | � | - | | |
| 248 | $F8 | � | - | | |
| 249 | $F9 | ▃ | U+2583 | | |
| 250 | $FA | � ✓ | - U+2713 | | |
| 251 | $FB | ▖ | U+2596 | | |
| 252 | $FC | ▝ | U+259D | | |
| 253 | $FD | ┘ | U+2518 | | |
| 254 | $FE | ▘ | U+2598 | | |
| 255 | $FF | π ▒ | U+03C0 U+2592 | | |
Compact PETSCII Chart
PETSCII Code Chart, source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PETSCIIDownloadable & Printable PETSCII CHART
Here you can download and print our Ultimate PETSCII-Code Chart.
Frequently asked questions
What is PETSCII?
PETSCII (PET Standard Code of Information Interchange) is the character encoding used by Commodore 8-bit computers, a variant of ASCII also called CBM ASCII.
Which computers use PETSCII?
PETSCII is used by the Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, 128, Plus/4 and 16, though some control codes differ between models.
What is the difference between PETSCII and ASCII?
PETSCII is based on ASCII but rearranges some characters, swaps upper and lower case in places, and adds the Commodore graphic characters.
Does every PETSCII character have a Unicode equivalent?
No. Most do, and the chart lists them, but some Commodore graphic characters have no exact Unicode match.
What are PETSCII graphic characters?
They are the block and line-drawing symbols built into Commodore computers, accessed with the Commodore and Shift keys, used for simple on-screen graphics.