Symbols for Legacy Computing
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Short description: Unicode character block
| Symbols for Legacy Computing | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+1FB00..U+1FBFF (256 code points) |
| Plane | SMP |
| Scripts | Common |
| Assigned | 212 code points |
| Unused | 44 reserved code points |
| Unicode version history | |
| 13.0 | 212 (+212) |
| Note: [1][2] | |
Symbols for Legacy Computing is a Unicode block containing graphic characters that were used for various home computers from the 1970s and 1980s and in Teletext broadcasting standards. It includes characters from the Amstrad CPC, MSX, Mattel Aquarius, RISC OS, MouseText, Atari ST, TRS-80 Color Computer, Oric, Texas Instruments TI-99/4A, TRS-80, Minitel, Teletext, ATASCII, PETSCII, ZX80, and ZX81 character sets, as well as semigraphics characters.[3][4]
Block
The image below is provided as quick reference for these symbols on systems that are unable to display them directly:
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Symbols for Legacy Computing block:
| Version | Final code points[lower-alpha 1] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L2/18-039 | Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals, 2018-01-19 | ||||
| L2/18-241 | Recommendations to UTC # 156 July 2018 on Script Proposals, 2018-07-25 | ||||
| L2/18-300 | Recommendations to UTC #157 on Script Proposals, 2018-09-14 | ||||
| L2/19-047 | Recommendations to UTC #158 January 2019 on Script Proposals, 2019-01-13 | ||||
| L2/19-008 | UTC #158 Minutes, 2019-02-08 | ||||
| L2/20-015 | Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162, 2020-01-23 | ||||
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See also
- Supplemental Arrows-C Unicode block characters U+1F8B0 🢰 ARROW POINTING UPWARDS THEN NORTH WEST and U+1F8B1 🢱 ARROW POINTING RIGHTWARDS THEN CURVING SOUTH WEST
- Block Elements
References
- ↑ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. https://www.unicode.org/ucd/.
- ↑ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. https://www.unicode.org/versions/enumeratedversions.html.
- ↑ "Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS". https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18235-terminals-prop.pdf.
- ↑ "Legacy Computing Sources". https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18235-aux-LegacyComputingSources.pdf.
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