Arabic

The following table shows the native CCSIDs for Arabic on supported platforms:

Platform Native CCSIDs
OS/400(R), z/OS(R) 420
AIX(R) 1046, 1089
HP-UX 1089 (see note)
Windows(R) 720, 864, 1256, 5352
NCR Not known
Compaq-OVMS, DEC-OVMS, NSK, SINIX, DC/OSx, Solaris, Linux, Tru64 1089
Note:
Only the ISO codeset is supported on HP-UX. The HP-UX proprietary arabic8 codeset has no registered CCSID and is not supported.

All platforms support conversion between their native CCSIDs and the native CCSIDs of other platforms, with the following exceptions.

OS/400

Code page:

420
Does not convert to code page 5352

OS/2(R)

Code page:

864
Does not convert to code page 720

HP-UX, Solaris, Linux, Compaq-OVMS, DEC-OVMS, SINIX, DC/OSx, NSK, Tru64

Code page:

1089
Does not convert to code page 720

Windows

Code page:

720
Does not convert to code pages 1089, 5352
5352
Does not convert to code page 720