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Codepage 285 is an EBCDIC-codepage with full Latin-1-charset. It is used in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
( For other English speaking countries: see codepage 037. )

codepage 285 Ireland, United Kingdom
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
4_			�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	$	.	<	(	+	\|	4_ ( 4 _hex = 0100 _bin )
5_	&	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	!	�	*	)	;	�	5_ ( 5 _hex = 0101 _bin )
6_	-	/	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	,	%	_	>	?	6_ ( 6 _hex = 0110 _bin )
7_	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	`	:	#	@	'	=	"	7_ ( 7 _hex = 0111 _bin )
8_	�	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	�	�	�	�	�	�	8_ ( 8 _hex = 1000 _bin )
9_	�	j	k	l	m	n	o	p	q	r	�	�	�	�	�	�	9_ ( 9 _hex = 1001 _bin )
A_	�	�	s	t	u	v	w	x	y	z	�	�	�	�	�	�	A_ ( A _hex = 1010 _bin )
B_	�	[	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	^	]	~	�	�	�	B_ ( B _hex = 1011 _bin )
C_	{	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	�	�	�	�	�	�	C_ ( C _hex = 1100 _bin )
D_	}	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	�	�	�	�	�	�	D_ ( D _hex = 1101 _bin )
E_		�	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z	�	�	�	�	�	�	E_ ( E _hex = 1110 _bin )
F_	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	�	�	�	�	�		F_ ( F _hex = 1111 _bin )
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F

40 : space character
41 : nonbreaking space
CA : soft hyphen
FF : control character ( EBCDIC )

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