MIK (character set)

MIK (МИК) is a 8-bit Cyrillic code page used with DOS. It is based on the character set used in the Bulgarian Pravetz 16[1] IBM PC compatible system. Kermit calls this character set "BULGARIA-PC" / "bulgaria-pc".[2][3][4] In Bulgaria, it was sometimes incorrectly referred to as code page 856 (which clashes with IBM's definition for a Hebrew code page).

This is the most widespread DOS/OEM code page used in Bulgaria, rather than CP 808, CP 855, CP 866 or CP 872.

Almost every DOS program created in Bulgaria, which has Bulgarian strings in it, was using MIK as encoding, and many such programs are still in use.

Character set

Each character is shown with its equivalent Unicode code point and its decimal code point. Only the second half of the table (code points 128–255) is shown, the first half (code points 0–127) being the same as ASCII.

  Letter   Number   Punctuation   Symbol   Other   undefined

MIK[5][6][4]
_0 _1 _2 _3 _4 _5 _6 _7 _8 _9 _A _B _C _D _E _F
8_ А
0410
128		 Б
0411
129		 В
0412
130		 Г
0413
131		 Д
0414
132		 Е
0415
133		 Ж
0416
134		 З
0417
135		 И
0418
136		 Й
0419
137		 К
041A
138		 Л
041B
139		 М
041C
140		 Н
041D
141		 О
041E
142		 П
041F
143
9_ Р
0420
144		 С
0421
145		 Т
0422
146		 У
0423
147		 Ф
0424
148		 Х
0425
149		 Ц
0426
150		 Ч
0427
151		 Ш
0428
152		 Щ
0429
153		 Ъ
042A
154		 Ы
042B
155		 Ь
042C
156		 Э
042D
157		 Ю
042E
158		 Я
042F
159
A_ а
0430
160		 б
0431
161		 в
0432
162		 г
0433
163		 д
0434
164		 е
0435
165		 ж
0436
166		 з
0437
167		 и
0438
168		 й
0439
169		 к
043A
170		 л
043B
171		 м
043C
172		 н
043D
173		 о
043E
174		 п
043F
175
B_ р
0440
176		 с
0441
177		 т
0442
178		 у
0443
179		 ф
0444
180		 х
0445
181		 ц
0446
182		 ч
0447
183		 ш
0448
184		 щ
0449
185		 ъ
044A
186		 ы
044B
187		 ь
044C
188		 э
044D
189		 ю
044E
190		 я
044F
191
C_ └
2514
192		 ┴
2534
193		 ┬
252C
194		 ├
251C
195		 ─
2500
196		 ┼
253C
197		 ╣
2563
198		 ║
2551
199		 ╚
255A
200		 ╔
2554
201		 ╩
2569
202		 ╦
2566
203		 ╠
2560
204		 ═
2550
205		 ╬
256C
206		 ┐
2510
207
D_ ░
2591
208		 ▒
2592
209		 ▓
2593
210		 │
2502
211		 ┤
2524
212		 №
2116
213		 §
00A7
214		 ╗
2557
215		 ╝
255D
216		 ┘
2518
217		 ┌
250C
218		 █
2588
219		 ▄
2584
220		 ▌
258C
221		 ▐
2590
222		 ▀
2580
223
E_ α
03B1
224		 ß
00DF[nb 1]
225		 Γ
0393
226		 π
03C0
227		 Σ
03A3[nb 2]
228		 σ
03C3
229		 µ
00B5[nb 3]
230		 τ
03C4
231		 Φ
03A6
232		 Θ
0398
233		 Ω
03A9[nb 4]
234		 δ
03B4
235		 ∞
221E
236		 φ
03C6
237		 ε
03B5[nb 5]
238		 ∩
2229
239
F_ ≡
2261
240		 ±
00B1
241		 ≥
2265
242		 ≤
2264
243		 ⌠
2320
244		 ⌡
2321
245		 ÷
00F7
246		 ≈
2248
247		 °
00B0
248		 ∙
2219
249		 ·
00B7
250		 √
221A
251		 ⁿ
207F
252		 ²
00B2
253		 ■
25A0
254		 NBSP
00A0
255

Notes for implementors of mapping tables to Unicode

Implementors of mapping tables to Unicode should note that the MIK Code page unifies some characters:

  1. ↑ 0xE1 is both the German sharp S (U+00DF, ß) and the Greek lowercase beta (U+03B2, β);
  2. ↑ 0xE4 is both the n-ary summation sign (U+2211, ∑) and the Greek uppercase sigma (U+03A3, Σ);
  3. ↑ 0xE6 is both the micro sign (U+00B5, µ) and the Greek lowercase mu (U+03BC, μ);
  4. ↑ 0xEA is both the Ohm sign (U+2126, Ω) and the Greek uppercase omega (U+03A9, Ω);
  5. ↑ 0xEE is both the element-of sign (U+2208, ∈) and the Greek lowercase epsilon (U+03B5, ε)!

Binary character manipulations

The MIK code page maintains in alphabetical order all Cyrillic letters which enables very easy character manipulation in binary form:

10xx xxxx - is a Cyrillic Letter

100x xxxx - is an Upper-case Cyrillic Letter

101x xxxx - is a Lower-case Cyrillic Letter

In such case testing and character manipulating functions as:

IsAlpha(), IsUpper(), IsLower(), ToUpper() and ToLower(),

are bit operations and sorting is by simple comparison of character values.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pravetz 16". Archived from the original on 2016-12-06. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  2. ↑ da Cruz, Frank (2010-04-02). "Kermit and MIME Character-Set Names". The Kermit Project. Columbia University, New York, USA. Archived from the original on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  3. ↑ http://www.kermitproject.org/k95manual/cyrillic.html
  4. 1 2 ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/charsets/cp856.txt
  5. ↑ Czyborra, Roman (1998-11-30) [1998-05-25]. "The Cyrillic Charset Soup". Archived from the original on 2016-12-03. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  6. ↑ Hohlov, Yu. E. "Cyrillic Information Representation in Electronic Form - Character Set (Code Page) Tables". Archived from the original on 2016-12-05. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
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