--- ebcdic.c.orig	Thu Jul  1 13:08:07 1999
+++ ebcdic.c	Thu Jul  1 18:59:44 1999
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@
 	} else { /* Want uncontrol */
         	if (ch == '\177' || ch == -1)
                 	return('?');
+        	else if (ch == '\157')
+                	return('\177');
+        	else if (ch == '\174')
+                	return('\000');
+        	else if (ch == '^')    /* '\137' in 1047, '\260' in 819 */
+                	return('\036');
+        	else if (ch == '\155')
+                	return('\037');
         	else if (0 < ch && ch < (sizeof(controllablechars) - 1))
                 	return(controllablechars[ch+1]);
         	else

diff -ruN perl5.005_57.orig/t/op/ctl_chrs.t perl5.005_57/t/op/ctl_chrs.t
--- perl5.005_57.orig/t/op/ctl_chrs.t	Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969
+++ perl5.005_57/t/op/ctl_chrs.t	Thu Jul  1 19:27:46 1999
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!./perl
+
+# $RCSfile: ctl_chrs.t,v $$Revision: 1.1 $$Date: 99/06/01 18:27:03 $
+
+print "1..33\n";
+
+# because of ebcdic.c these should be the same on asciiish 
+# and ebcdic machines.
+# Peter Prymmer <pvhp@best.com>.
+
+my $c = "\c@";
+print +((ord($c) == 0) ? "" : "not "),"ok 1\n";
+$c = "\cA";
+print +((ord($c) == 1) ? "" : "not "),"ok 2\n";
+$c = "\cB";
+print +((ord($c) == 2) ? "" : "not "),"ok 3\n";
+$c = "\cC";
+print +((ord($c) == 3) ? "" : "not "),"ok 4\n";
+$c = "\cD";
+print +((ord($c) == 4) ? "" : "not "),"ok 5\n";
+$c = "\cE";
+print +((ord($c) == 5) ? "" : "not "),"ok 6\n";
+$c = "\cF";
+print +((ord($c) == 6) ? "" : "not "),"ok 7\n";
+$c = "\cG";
+print +((ord($c) == 7) ? "" : "not "),"ok 8\n";
+$c = "\cH";
+print +((ord($c) == 8) ? "" : "not "),"ok 9\n";
+$c = "\cI";
+print +((ord($c) == 9) ? "" : "not "),"ok 10\n";
+$c = "\cJ";
+print +((ord($c) == 10) ? "" : "not "),"ok 11\n";
+$c = "\cK";
+print +((ord($c) == 11) ? "" : "not "),"ok 12\n";
+$c = "\cL";
+print +((ord($c) == 12) ? "" : "not "),"ok 13\n";
+$c = "\cM";
+print +((ord($c) == 13) ? "" : "not "),"ok 14\n";
+$c = "\cN";
+print +((ord($c) == 14) ? "" : "not "),"ok 15\n";
+$c = "\cO";
+print +((ord($c) == 15) ? "" : "not "),"ok 16\n";
+$c = "\cP";
+print +((ord($c) == 16) ? "" : "not "),"ok 17\n";
+$c = "\cQ";
+print +((ord($c) == 17) ? "" : "not "),"ok 18\n";
+$c = "\cR";
+print +((ord($c) == 18) ? "" : "not "),"ok 19\n";
+$c = "\cS";
+print +((ord($c) == 19) ? "" : "not "),"ok 20\n";
+$c = "\cT";
+print +((ord($c) == 20) ? "" : "not "),"ok 21\n";
+$c = "\cU";
+print +((ord($c) == 21) ? "" : "not "),"ok 22\n";
+$c = "\cV";
+print +((ord($c) == 22) ? "" : "not "),"ok 23\n";
+$c = "\cW";
+print +((ord($c) == 23) ? "" : "not "),"ok 24\n";
+$c = "\cX";
+print +((ord($c) == 24) ? "" : "not "),"ok 25\n";
+$c = "\cY";
+print +((ord($c) == 25) ? "" : "not "),"ok 26\n";
+$c = "\cZ";
+print +((ord($c) == 26) ? "" : "not "),"ok 27\n";
+$c = "\c[";
+print +((ord($c) == 27) ? "" : "not "),"ok 28\n";
+$c = "\c\\";
+print +((ord($c) == 28) ? "" : "not "),"ok 29\n";
+$c = "\c]";
+print +((ord($c) == 29) ? "" : "not "),"ok 30\n";
+$c = "\c^";
+print +((ord($c) == 30) ? "" : "not "),"ok 31\n";
+$c = "\c_";
+print +((ord($c) == 31) ? "" : "not "),"ok 32\n";
+$c = "\c?";
+print +((ord($c) == 127) ? "" : "not "),"ok 33\n";
+
diff -ruN perl5.005_57.orig/MANIFEST perl5.005_57/MANIFEST
--- perl5.005_57.orig/MANIFEST	Tue May 25 02:26:20 1999
+++ perl5.005_57/MANIFEST	Thu Jul  1 19:27:29 1999
@@ -1175,6 +1175,7 @@
 t/op/cmp.t		See if the various string and numeric compare work
 t/op/cond.t		See if conditional expressions work
 t/op/context.t		See if context propagation works
+t/op/ctl_chrs.t		See if "\c$letter" works
 t/op/defins.t		See if auto-insert of defined() works
 t/op/delete.t		See if delete works
 t/op/die.t		See if die works