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|rangestart = 1FB00
|rangeend   = 1FBFF
|script1    = [[Script (Unicode)#Special script property values|Common]]
|alphabets  = 
|13_0 = 212
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'''Symbols for Legacy Computing''' is a [[Unicode block]] containing graphic characters that were used for various [[Engineering:Home computer|home computer]]s from the 1970s and 1980s and in Teletext broadcasting standards. It includes characters from the [[Amstrad CPC character set|Amstrad CPC]], [[MSX character set|MSX]], [[Engineering:Mattel Aquarius|Mattel Aquarius]], [[RISC OS character set|RISC OS]], [[MouseText]], [[Atari ST character set|Atari ST]], [[Engineering:TRS-80 Color Computer|TRS-80 Color Computer]], [[Engineering:Oric|Oric]], Texas Instruments TI-99/4A, [[TRS-80 character set|TRS-80]], [[Finance:Minitel|Minitel]], [[Teletext character set|Teletext]], [[ATASCII]], [[PETSCII]], [[ZX80 character set|ZX80]], and [[ZX81 character set|ZX81]] character sets, as well as [[Semigraphics|semigraphics]] characters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18235-terminals-prop.pdf |title=Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS |access-date=2020-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18235-aux-LegacyComputingSources.pdf |title=Legacy Computing Sources |access-date=2020-03-11}}</ref>

==Block==

The image below is provided as quick reference for these symbols on systems that are unable to display them directly:
[[File:Symbols for Legacy Computing Unicode block.png|480px|left]]

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==History==
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Symbols for Legacy Computing block:

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! [[Unicode#Versions|Version]] !! {{nobr|Final code points<ref group=lower-alpha name=final/>}} !! Count !! [[Organization:International Committee for Information Technology Standards|L2]]&nbsp;ID !! WG2&nbsp;ID !! Document
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| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18039-script-adhoc-rec.pdf L2/18-039]}} || || {{Citation |title=Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals |date=2018-01-19 |author-first1=Deborah |author-last1=Anderson |author-first2=Ken |author-last2=Whistler |author-first3=Roozbeh |author-last3=Pournader |author-first4=Lisa |author-last4=Moore |author-first5=Hai |author-last5=Liang |author-first6=Richard |author-last6=Cook |section=26}}
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| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18241-script-ad-hoc.pdf L2/18-241]}} || || {{Citation |title=Recommendations to UTC # 156 July 2018 on Script Proposals |date=2018-07-25 |author-first1=Deborah |author-last1=Anderson |display-authors=0 |section=19}}
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| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18300-script-ad-hoc-rec.pdf L2/18-300]}} || || {{Citation |title=Recommendations to UTC #157 on Script Proposals |date=2018-09-14 |author-first1=Deborah |author-last1=Anderson |display-authors=0 |section=11}}
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| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19047-script-adhoc-recs.pdf L2/19-047]}} || || {{Citation |title=Recommendations to UTC #158 January 2019 on Script Proposals |date=2019-01-13 |author-first1=Deborah |author-last1=Anderson |display-authors=0 |section=24}}
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| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19008.htm L2/19-008]}} || || {{Citation |title=UTC #158 Minutes |date=2019-02-08 |author-first=Lisa |author-last=Moore |section=E.2}}
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| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20015.htm L2/20-015]}} || || {{Citation |title=Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162 |date=2020-01-23 |author-first=Lisa |author-last=Moore |section=B.10.17.2}}
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| colspan="6" | {{reflist|group=lower-alpha|refs=<ref name="final">Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names</ref>}}
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==See also==
* [[Supplemental Arrows-C]] Unicode block characters {{unichar|1F8B0|ARROW POINTING UPWARDS THEN NORTH WEST}} and {{unichar|1F8B1|ARROW POINTING RIGHTWARDS THEN CURVING SOUTH WEST}}
* [[Block Elements]]

==References==
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[[Category:Unicode blocks]]

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