MIK (character set)

MIK (МИК) is an 8-bit <a href="/facts/Cyrillic_script/0btN3oWC">Cyrillic</a> <a href="/facts/Code_page/tgcBrILG">code page</a> used with <a href="/facts/DOS/sWwDXNmX">DOS</a>. It is based on the character set used in the Bulgarian <a href="/facts/Pravetz_16/hQ3cq9kM">Pravetz 16</a> IBM PC compatible system. <a href="/facts/Kermit_(protocol)/NFqqhPMf">Kermit</a> calls this character set "BULGARIA-PC" / "bulgaria-pc". In Bulgaria, it was sometimes incorrectly referred to as code page 856 (which clashes with IBM's definition for a Hebrew code page). This code page is known by Star printers and <a href="/facts/FreeDOS/61fuGd0j">FreeDOS</a> as Code page 3021 (Earlier it was known by FreeDOS as code page 30033 (now used for a code page 857 variant which contains the Crimean Tatar hryvnia sign), but it was renumbered to match the Star Printer code page).
This is the most widespread <a href="/facts/DOS/sWwDXNmX">DOS</a>/<a href="/facts/Original_equipment_manufacturer/hmUhIWaS">OEM</a> code page used in <a href="/facts/Bulgaria/Er5pY3YS">Bulgaria</a>, rather than <a href="/facts/Code_page_808/EVzFRhhH">CP 808</a>, CP 855, <a href="/facts/Code_page_866/EVzFRhhH">CP 866</a> 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.

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