PETSCII

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  PETSCII /pet'skee/ n. obs. [abbreviation of PET ASCII] The variation
     (many would say perversion) of the {{ASCII}} character set used by the
     Commodore Business Machines PET series of personal computers and the
     later Commodore C64, C16, C128, and VIC20 machines. The PETSCII set used
     left-arrow and up-arrow (as in old-style ASCII) instead of underscore
     and caret, placed the unshifted alphabet at positions 65-90, put the


     shifted alphabet at positions 193-218, and added graphics characters.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  PETSCII
       
           /pet'skee/ {PET} {ASCII}.  The variation (many
          would say perversion) of the ASCII {character set} used by the
          {Commodore Business Machines}' {PET} series of {personal
          computer}s and the later {Commodore 64}, {Commodore 16}, and
          {Commodore 128} computers.  The PETSCII set used left-arrow
          and up-arrow (as in old-style ASCII) instead of underscore and
          caret, placed the unshifted alphabet at positions 65--90, put
          the shifted alphabet at positions 193--218, and added {graphic
          characters}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-10-29)