NEC APC character set
Appearance
NEC APC is an 8-bit character set developed by NEC for the NEC APC, a CP/M-86 and MS-DOS-compatible personal computer in 1983.[1][2] These were a contemporary competitor for the IBM PC, although eclipsed by fully PC-compatible computers.
Character set
[edit]0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
0x | NUL | ▶ | ⏩︎ | 📖 | EOT | ⍰ | 🆗 | 🔔 | ⬆ | ➡ | ◇ | ⬇ | FF | ⬅ | 🯅 | SI |
1x | DLE | DC1 | ¯ | − | ÷ | × | 🕜︎ | ▯ | ▮ | ▬ | SUB | ESC | FS | GS | RS | ▭ |
2x | SP | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | ( | ) | * | + | , | – | . | / |
3x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | : | ; | < | = | > | ? |
4x | @ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
5x | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | [ | \ | ] | ^ | _ |
6x | ` | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o |
7x | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z | { | | | } | ~ | DEL |
8x | ▁ | ▂ | ▃ | ▄ | ▅ | ▆ | ▇ | █ | ▏ | ▎ | ▍ | ▌ | ▋ | ▊ | ▉ | ┼ |
9x | ┴ | ┬ | ├ | ┤ | 🭷 | ─ | │ | 🭵 | ┌ | ┐ | └ | ┘ | ╭ | ╮ | ╰ | ╯ |
Ax | NBSP | ≥ | ⋅ | ∗ | ≤ | ∕ | ˙ | ↑ | ½ | ↓ | ← | → | + | ( | ) | ¼ |
Bx | ∞ | ³ | ⁴ | ⁵ | ⁶ | ⁰ | ||||||||||
Cx | ¹ | ± | ∧ | ² | ⊕ | ¯ | - | |||||||||
Dx | ¢ | ≈ | ⁷ | ⁸ | ⁹ | ≠ | ° | � | ||||||||
Ex | ═ | ╞ | ╪ | ╡ | ◢ | ◣ | ◥ | ◤ | ♠ | ♥ | ♦ | ♣ | ● | ○ | ╱ | ╲ |
Fx | ╳ | ┈ | ┊ | � | � | � | � | � | ⌠ | ⌡ | ⎡ | ⎣ | ⎤ | ⎦ | ⎲ | ⎳ |
� Not in Unicode, these are combinations of solid and dotted box lines and a mirror-image phi
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Necis [sic] Joins 16-Bit Auction By Releasing APC System". Computerworld: 45–46. 1982-05-31. (NB. The article contains an obvious transmission error, the company's name is NEC Information Systems, Inc., not Necis.)
- ^ a b NEC Information Systems, Inc. (November 1983). Advanced Personal Computer - MS-DOS System Programmer's Guide (PDF) (REV 00 ed.). NEC Corporation. pp. B.1–B.4. part number 819-000104-3001. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
Further reading
[edit]- Longley, Dennis; Shain, Michael (1983). Microcomputer User's Handbook: The Complete and Up to Date Guide to Buying a Business Computer. Springer. ISBN 1349067377.