| 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 (2020) | 212 (+212) |
| Unicode documentation | |
| Code chart ∣ Web page | |
| 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]
A supplement block was approved in 2022 for inclusion in Unicode 16.0.[5]
- ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ "Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-11.
- ^ "Legacy Computing Sources" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-11.
- ^ "Proposed New Characters: The Pipeline". www.unicode.org.