diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b7ffa55..6d519a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ The translation mode is selected in conio with the variable "giocharmap" and the
 	
 Will switch to the lowercase PETSCII font and translate the strings while printing.
 
+PETSCII string literals can also be generated using a "p" or "P" prefix such as:
+
+	printf(p"Hello World\n");
+
 Input from the console will also be translated accordingly.
 
 ## Embedding binary data
diff --git a/oscar64/InterCodeGenerator.cpp b/oscar64/InterCodeGenerator.cpp
index c241742..57c3b64 100644
--- a/oscar64/InterCodeGenerator.cpp
+++ b/oscar64/InterCodeGenerator.cpp
@@ -2820,6 +2820,11 @@ InterCodeGenerator::ExValue InterCodeGenerator::TranslateExpression(Declaration*
 				mErrors->Error(exp->mLocation, EERR_INCOMPATIBLE_OPERATOR, "Cannot cast void object to non void object");
 				return ExValue(exp->mLeft->mDecType, vr.mTemp, vr.mReference);
 			}
+			else if (exp->mLeft->mDecType->IsIntegerType() && vr.mType->IsIntegerType())
+			{
+				vr = Dereference(proc, block, vr);
+				return CoerceType(proc, block, vr, exp->mLeft->mDecType);
+			}
 			else
 			{
 				vr = Dereference(proc, block, vr);
diff --git a/oscar64/Scanner.cpp b/oscar64/Scanner.cpp
index 246d44a..b0a6783 100644
--- a/oscar64/Scanner.cpp
+++ b/oscar64/Scanner.cpp
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ void Scanner::NextToken(void)
 			else if (mToken == TK_LESS_THAN)
 			{
 				mOffset--;
-				StringToken('>');
+				StringToken('>', 'a');
 				if (!mPreprocessor->OpenSource("Including", mTokenString, false))
 					mErrors->Error(mLocation, EERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND, "Could not open source file", mTokenString);
 			}
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ void Scanner::NextToken(void)
 			else if (mToken == TK_LESS_THAN)
 			{
 				mOffset--;
-				StringToken('>');
+				StringToken('>', 'a');
 				if (!mPreprocessor->EmbedData("Embedding", mTokenString, false, skip, limit))
 					mErrors->Error(mLocation, EERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND, "Could not open source file", mTokenString);
 			}
@@ -1021,10 +1021,10 @@ void Scanner::NextRawToken(void)
 			break;
 
 		case '\'':
-			CharToken();
+			CharToken('a');
 			break;
 		case '"':
-			StringToken(mTokenChar);
+			StringToken(mTokenChar, 'a');
 			break;
 
 		case '#':
@@ -1136,6 +1136,19 @@ void Scanner::NextRawToken(void)
 					else
 						break;
 				}
+				if (n == 1)
+				{
+					if (mTokenChar == '"')
+					{
+						StringToken(mTokenChar, tkident[0]);
+						break;
+					}
+					else if (mTokenChar == '\'')
+					{
+						CharToken(tkident[0]);
+						break;
+					}
+				}
 				tkident[n] = 0;
 				if (n == 256)
 					Error("Identifier exceeds max character limit");
@@ -1238,7 +1251,7 @@ void Scanner::Error(const char* error)
 	mErrors->Error(mLocation, EERR_SYNTAX, error);
 }
 
-void Scanner::StringToken(char terminator)
+void Scanner::StringToken(char terminator, char mode)
 {
 	int	n = 0;
 
@@ -1295,6 +1308,28 @@ void Scanner::StringToken(char terminator)
 
 	if (mLine[mOffset] && mLine[mOffset] == terminator)
 	{
+		switch (mode)
+		{
+		case 'a':
+			break;
+		case 'p':
+			for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
+			{
+				if (mTokenString[i] >= 'A' && mTokenString[i] <= 'Z' || mTokenString[i] >= 'a' && mTokenString[i] <= 'z')
+					mTokenString[i] = mTokenString[i] ^ 0x20;
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'P':
+			for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
+			{
+				if (mTokenString[i] >= 'A' && mTokenString[i] <= 'Z' || mTokenString[i] >= 'a' && mTokenString[i] <= 'z')
+					mTokenString[i] = (mTokenString[i] ^ 0x20) & 0xdf;
+			}
+			break;
+		default:
+			Error("Invalid string literal mode");
+		}
+
 		mToken = TK_STRING;
 		mOffset++;
 		NextChar();
@@ -1308,7 +1343,7 @@ void Scanner::StringToken(char terminator)
 
 }
 
-void Scanner::CharToken(void)
+void Scanner::CharToken(char mode)
 {
 	int	n = 0;
 
@@ -1356,6 +1391,22 @@ void Scanner::CharToken(void)
 		}
 	}
 
+	switch (mode)
+	{
+	case 'a':
+		break;
+	case 'p':
+		if (mTokenChar >= 'A' && mTokenChar <= 'Z' || mTokenChar >= 'a' && mTokenChar <= 'z')
+			mTokenChar = mTokenChar ^ 0x20;
+		break;
+	case 'P':
+		if (mTokenChar >= 'A' && mTokenChar <= 'Z' || mTokenChar >= 'a' && mTokenChar <= 'z')
+			mTokenChar = (mTokenChar ^ 0x20) & 0xdf;
+		break;
+	default:
+		Error("Invalid string literal mode");
+	}
+
 	mTokenInteger = mTokenChar;
 
 	if (mLine[mOffset] && mLine[mOffset] == '\'')
diff --git a/oscar64/Scanner.h b/oscar64/Scanner.h
index ec0743a..e9cbda1 100644
--- a/oscar64/Scanner.h
+++ b/oscar64/Scanner.h
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ protected:
 
 	MacroDict* mDefines, * mDefineArguments;
 
-	void StringToken(char terminator);
-	void CharToken(void);
+	void StringToken(char terminator, char mode);
+	void CharToken(char mode);
 	bool NextChar(void);
 	void ParseNumberToken(void);