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Commodore 64 PETSCII Codes

Here is the second most frequent table that I find myself using, after screen codes. The PETSCII table.

Block 1			Block 3			Block 5			Block 7
DEC	HEX	PETSCII	DEC	HEX	PETSCII	DEC	HEX	PETSCII	DEC	HEX	PETSCII
0	$00		64	$40	@	128	$80		192	$C0
1	$01		65	$41	a	129	$81	orange	193	$C1	A
2	$02		66	$42	b	130	$82		194	$C2	B
3	$03	stop	67	$43	c	131	$83	load & run	195	$C3	C
4	$04		68	$44	d	132	$84		196	$C4	D
5	$05	white	69	$45	e	133	$85	F1	197	$C5	E
6	$06		70	$46	f	134	$86	F3	198	$C6	F
7	$07		71	$47	g	135	$87	F5	199	$C7	G
8	$08	lock	72	$48	h	136	$88	F7	200	$C8	H
9	$09	unlock	73	$49	i	137	$89	F2	201	$C9	I
10	$0A		74	$4A	j	138	$8A	F4	202	$CA	J
11	$0B		75	$4B	k	139	$8B	F6	203	$CB	K
12	$0C		76	$4C	l	140	$8C	F8	204	$CC	L
13	$0D	car ret	77	$4D	m	141	$8D	car ret	205	$CD	M
14	$0E	text	78	$4E	n	142	$8E	graphics	206	$CE	N
15	$0F		79	$4F	o	143	$8F		207	$CF	O
16	$10		80	$50	p	144	$90	black	208	$D0	P
17	$11	cur down	81	$51	q	145	$91	cur up	209	$D1	Q
18	$12	reverse	82	$52	r	146	$92	rvs off	210	$D2	R
19	$13	cur home	83	$53	s	147	$93	clear	211	$D3	S
20	$14	delete	84	$54	t	148	$94	insert	212	$D4	T
21	$15		85	$55	u	149	$95	brown	213	$D5	U
22	$16		86	$56	v	150	$96	lt. red	214	$D6	V
23	$17		87	$57	w	151	$97	dk. grey	215	$D7	W
24	$18		88	$58	x	152	$98	md. grey	216	$D8	X
25	$19		89	$59	y	153	$99	lt. green	217	$D9	Y
26	$1A		90	$5A	z	154	$9A	lt. blue	218	$DA	Z
27	$1B		91	$5B	[	155	$9B	lt. grey	219	$DB
28	$1C	red	92	$5C	£	156	$9C	purple	220	$DC
29	$1D	cur right	93	$5D	]	157	$9D	cur left	221	$DD
30	$1E	green	94	$5E	↑	158	$9E	yellow	222	$DE
31	$1F	blue	95	$5F	←	159	$9F	cyan	223	$DF
Block 2			Block 4			Block 6			Block 8
DEC	HEX	PETSCII	DEC	HEX	PETSCII	DEC	HEX	PETSCII	DEC	HEX	PETSCII
32	$20	space	96	$60		160	$A0		224	$E0
33	$21	!	97	$61		161	$A1		225	$E1
34	$22	"	98	$62		162	$A2		226	$E2
35	$23	#	99	$63		163	$A3		227	$E3
36	$24	$	100	$64		164	$A4		228	$E4
37	$25	%	101	$65		165	$A5		229	$E5
38	$26	&	102	$66		166	$A6		230	$E6
39	$27	'	103	$67		167	$A7		231	$E7
40	$28	(	104	$68		168	$A8		232	$E8
41	$29	)	105	$69		169	$A9		233	$E9
42	$2A	*	106	$6A		170	$AA		234	$EA
43	$2B	+	107	$6B		171	$AB		235	$EB
44	$2C	,	108	$6C		172	$AC		236	$EC
45	$2D	-	109	$6D		173	$AD		237	$ED
46	$2E	.	110	$6E		174	$AE		238	$EE
47	$2F	/	111	$6F		175	$AF		239	$EF
48	$30	0	112	$70		176	$B0		240	$F0
49	$31	1	113	$71		177	$B1		241	$F1
50	$32	2	114	$72		178	$B2		242	$F2
51	$33	3	115	$73		179	$B3		243	$F3
52	$34	4	116	$74		180	$B4		244	$F4
53	$35	5	117	$75		181	$B5		245	$F5
54	$36	6	118	$76		182	$B6		246	$F6
55	$37	7	119	$77		183	$B7		247	$F7
56	$38	8	120	$78		184	$B8		248	$F8
57	$39	9	121	$79		185	$B9		249	$F9
58	$3A	:	122	$7A		186	$BA		250	$FA
59	$3B	;	123	$7B		187	$BB		251	$FB
60	$3C	<	124	$7C		188	$BC		252	$FC
61	$3D	=	125	$7D		189	$BD		253	$FD
62	$3E	>	126	$7E		190	$BE		254	$FE
63	$3F	?	127	$7F		191	$BF		255	$FF

UPDATE: January 22, 2018

Discussion

I have updated this PETSCII table to agree with the Vic-20/C64 SuperChart. So, please read the end discussion of that post for a more complete understanding of why the chart above appears as it does, and why it differs from the original source: http://sta.c64.org/cbm64pet.html.

The table above has been sub–divided into 8 blocks. This makes it easy to reference, because PETSCII is fundamentally divided into functional blocks of 32 characters each.

Blocks 1 and 5 ($00–$1F, $80-9F) are control codes. Printing them will cause a change in the screen layout or behavior, but no actually character will be displayed.

Blocks 4 and 8 ($60-$7F, $E0-$FF) are not used. If they are printed, the KERNAL will interpret them as mirrors of blocks 7 and 6 ($C0-$DF, $A0-BF) respectively.

UPDATE: April 16, 2018