Now most programs use code page 1256 or Unicode.
The following table shows the standard code page 437.
Its character set is known as code page 437.
Programs need to know what code page to use in order to display the contents of files correctly.
If a program uses the wrong code page it may show text as mojibake.
The use of code pages limits the set of characters that may be used.
Byte 9F is replaced with € in that code page.
The characters are inherited from the early 1980s code page 437, where they have codes 13 and 14 respectively.
The previous code pages are still supported for compatibility purposes.
The original character set is known as code page 437.
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