ASCII

Depending on who you talk to, ASCII may be 128 characters, or 256.  just about everyone agrees with the first 128:
DecHexCharDecHexCharDecHexCharDecHexCharDecHexCharDecHexCharDecHexCharDecHexChar
000NUL1610DLE3220 483006440@8050P9660`11270p
101SOH1711DC13321!493116541A8151Q9761a11371q
202STX1812DC23422"503226642B8252R9862b11472r
303ETX1913DC33523#513336743C8353S9963c11573s
404EOT2014DC43624$523446844D8454T10064d11674t
505ENQ2115NAK3725%533556945E8555U10165e11775u
606ACK2216SYN3826&543667046F8656V10266f11876v
707BEL2317ETB3927'553777147G8757W10367g11977w
808BS2418CAN4028(563887248H8858X10468h12078x
909HT2519EM4129)573997349I8959Y10569i12179y
100ALF261ASUB422A*583A:744AJ905AZ1066Aj1227Az
110BVT271BESC432B+593B;754BK915B[1076Bk1237B{
120CFF281CFS442C,603C<764CL925C\1086Cl1247C|
130DCR291DGS452D-613D=774DM935D]1096Dm1257D}
140ESO301ERS462E.623E>784EN945E^1106En1267E~
150FSI311FUS472F/633F?794FO955F_1116Fo1277FDEL

Beyond that, however, the world goes crazy.  Different "code pages" have all kinds of different things in the upper 128 characteers.

Code Page 437, basically, MS-DOS: 437
Code Page 1252, bsically, Windows: 1252

A terrifyingly long list is found here

Wenton's email (wenton@ieee.org)

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