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    PETSCII (PET Standard Code of Information Interchange), also known as CBM ASCII, is the character set used in Commodore Business Machines' 8-bit home...
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    ASCII art (redirect from PETSCII art)
    is called PETSCII, an extended form of ASCII-1963. As with the Atari's ATASCII art, C-64 fans developed a similar scene that used PETSCII for their creations...
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  • Oric, Texas Instruments TI-99/4A, TRS-80, Minitel, Teletext, ATASCII, PETSCII, ZX80, and ZX81 character sets. Semigraphics characters are also included...
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  • simpler than base64's expanding 3 source bytes to 4 encoded bytes. Out of PETSCII's first 192 codes, 164 have visible representations when quoted: 5 (white)...
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    PET also had a few characters to support 2×2 text semigraphics in its PETSCII character set. The PET was also one of the first systems to rely heavily...
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    Fujiyama and Aoji, and Jack's son Leonard Tramiel, who helped design the PETSCII graphic characters and acted as quality control. The result was Commodore's...
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    of text semigraphics with block elements and dithering patterns in the PETSCII character set. The Sinclair ZX80, ZX81, and ZX Spectrum included a set...
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    PET models; the built-in character encoding is not standard ASCII but PETSCII, an extended form of ASCII-1963. The KERNAL ROM sets the VIC-II to a dark-blue...
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    GSM 03.38 HP Roman HP FOCAL HP RPL SQUOZE LICS LMBCS MSX NEC APC NeXT PETSCII PostScript Standard PostScript Latin 1 SAM Coupé Sega SC-3000 Sharp calculators...
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    some extensions are instead based on the earlier ASCII-1963. For example, PETSCII, which was developed by Commodore International for their 8-bit systems...
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    8-bit computers used PETSCII encoding, particularly notable for inverting the upper and lower case compared to standard ASCII. PETSCII printers worked fine...
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    as well as direct mode commands. All Commodore 8-bit computers used the PETSCII character set, which included character glyphs suitable for making a TUI...
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    graphic symbols to their non-standard ASCII (Respectively, ATASCII and PETSCII, based on the original ASCII standard of 1963). The TRS-80 character set...
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    Link client software ran on a Commodore 64, using only the Commodore's PETSCII text-graphics, the screen was visually divided into sections and OLMs would...
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    character set was known as ATASCII, while most Commodore BBSes supported PETSCII. PETSCII was also supported by the nationwide online service Quantum Link. The...
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    VIC-20, Planet X2 for Commodore 64, Planet X3 for MS-DOS and Attack of the PETSCII Robots for the Commodore PET (which has since been then ported to many...
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    the Commodore 64 presents a BASIC program using this algorithm, using PETSCII diagonal line graphic characters instead for a smoother graphic appearance...
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    and "Then" are followed by strange symbols. These characters are in fact PETSCII characters (special graphics building blocks) from the Commodore 64 home...
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  • sometimes rendered in a TUI using special characters such as MouseText or PETSCII. The design of all computer icons is constricted by the limitations of...
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  • Commodore and non-Commodore terminal programs; it supports ASCII, ANSI, and PETSCII output in 40 or 80 columns. Punter and XMODEM protocols are used for file...
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  • English alphabet characters. 8-bit extensions such as IBM code page 37, PETSCII and ISO 8859 became commonplace, offering terminal support for Greek, Cyrillic...
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    design for the Commodore PET, a character set with the characteristic PETSCII, an Atari CX40 joystick-compatible interface, and a ROM cartridge port...
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  • 6 October 2023 05 Home Computer Heroes Collection 1 No 7 Attack of the PETSCII Robots (Amiga) Bridge Strike (Demo) (Amiga) Citadel Remonstered (Amiga)...
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  • GSM 03.38 HP Roman HP FOCAL HP RPL SQUOZE LICS LMBCS MSX NEC APC NeXT PETSCII PostScript Standard PostScript Latin 1 SAM Coupé Sega SC-3000 Sharp calculators...
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  • what? Never heard of the QL... ZX80 character set ZX81 character set ZX Spectrum character set PETSCII ATASCII Atari ST character set Extended ASCII...
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  • $ffd2  ; CHROUT is the address of the character output routine CR = $0d  ; PETSCII code for Carriage Return  ; hello: ldx #0  ; start with character 0 by...
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    pixels. Sprites No hardware sprites List of Commodore 16 games C16 games PETSCII character set "Commodore 16". c64-wiki.com. Archived from the original...
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    with help from the C64's standard character ROM, provided the original PETSCII character set from 1977 on a similarly dimensioned display as the 40-column...
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  • GSM 03.38 HP Roman HP FOCAL HP RPL SQUOZE LICS LMBCS MSX NEC APC NeXT PETSCII PostScript Standard PostScript Latin 1 SAM Coupé Sega SC-3000 Sharp calculators...
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    Atomino Atomix Attack Chopper! Attack of the Mutant Camels Attack of the PETSCII Robots ATV Simulator Auf Wiedersehen Monty Auf Wiedersehen Pet Aufstand...
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