Code page 865 (CP 865, IBM 865, OEM 865) is a code page to be used under MS-DOS with Nordic languages (except Icelandic, for which CP861 is used). Code page is the traditional IBM term used for a specific character encoding table: a mapping in which a sequence of bits, usually a single octet representing integer values 0 through 255, is associated with a specific character. ... Microsofts disk operating system, MS-DOS, was Microsofts implementation of DOS, which was the first popular operating system for the IBM PC, and until recently, was widely used on the PC compatible platform. ... Code page 861 (CP 861, IBM 861, OEM 861) is a code page to be used under MS-DOS to write Icelandic language (as well as other Nordic languages). ...

CP865 differs from CP437 only in two points: 0x9B (ø instead of ¢) and 0x9D (Ø instead of ¥). The letter Øø is required for Danish and Norwegian languages. IBM PC or MS-DOS Codepage 437, also known as DOS-US or OEM-US, is the original character set of the IBM PC, from 1981. ...

In the BBS software MBBS and its descendant BBBS, CP865 was referred to as IBN (by contrast with IBM, which was used for CP437). MBBS was a popular BBS system in the Nordic countries during the mid-1990s. ... Bukit Bintang Boys Secondary School (BBBSS), 1958 is the oldest secondary boys school Petaling Jaya. ... IBM PC or MS-DOS Codepage 437, also known as DOS-US or OEM-US, is the original character set of the IBM PC, from 1981. ...

Code page layout

Only the upper half (128–255) of the table is shown, the lower half (0–127) being plain ASCII. There are 95 printable ASCII characters, numbered 32 to 126. ...