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Compucolor II character set

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Compucolor II is a character set developed by Compucolor Corporation for their Compucolor computers.{{Cite book |url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/intelligentSystemsCorp/compucolor/Compucolor_II_Instruction_Manual.pdf |title=Compucolor II - Instruction Manual |publisher=Compucolor Corporation |pages=17}}{{Cite web |title=CompuColor II |url=https://www.old-computers.com/museum/doc.asp?c=560 |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum}} These used a SMC CRT5027 video controller,{{Cite book |url=https://www.compucolor.org/docs/Programming%20Manual.pdf#page=157 |title=Compucolor II programming and reference manual |publisher=Compucolor Corporation |year=1979 |pages=Appendix G.3}}{{Cite book |url=http://spatula-city.org/~im14u2c/intv/tech/crt5027.pdf |title=CRT 5027 - CRT video timer and controller VTAC |publisher=Standard Microsystems Corporation |pages=293}} a Japanese-produced version of the Texas Instruments TMS 9927, programmed to provide a screen format of 32 lines with 64 characters per line.{{Cite journal |last=DURRETT |first=H. |date=1979 |title=Color display systems: The state of the art |url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3758/BF03205632.pdf |journal=Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=129|doi=10.3758/BF03205632 |s2cid=61837356 }}

Character set

The following table shows the Compucolor II character set:{{Cite book |url=https://www.compucolor.org/docs/Programming%20Manual.pdf#page=127 |title=Compucolor II Programming and Reference Manual |publisher=Compucolor Corporation |year=1979 |pages=114}}

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|{{chset-cell1|U+1FB7F RIGHT AND LOWER ONE EIGHTH BLOCK|File:Compucolor II character 0x0D.png}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+1FB7D LEFT AND UPPER ONE EIGHTH BLOCK|File:Compucolor II character 0x0E.png}}

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|{{chset-cell1|U+23BD HORIZONTAL SCAN LINE-9|⎽}}

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|{{chset-ctrl1|U+0020 SPACE| SP }}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0021 EXCLAMATION MARK|!}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0022 QUOTATION MARK|"}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0023 NUMBER SIGN|#}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0024 DOLLAR SIGN|$}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0025 PERCENT SIGN|%}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0026 AMPERSAND|&}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0027 APOSTROPHE|'}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0028 LEFT PARENTHESIS|(}}

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|{{chset-cell1|U+002A ASTERISK|*}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+002B PLUS SIGN|+}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+002C COMMA|,}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS|Hyphen-minus

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|{{chset-cell1|U+002E FULL STOP|.}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+002F SOLIDUS|/}}

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|{{chset-cell1|U+0030 DIGIT ZERO|0}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0031 DIGIT ONE|1}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0032 DIGIT TWO|2}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0033 DIGIT THREE|3}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0034 DIGIT FOUR|4}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0035 DIGIT FIVE|5}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0036 DIGIT SIX|6}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0037 DIGIT SEVEN|7}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0038 DIGIT EIGHT|8}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0039 DIGIT NINE|9}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+003A COLON|:}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+003B SEMICOLON|;}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+003C LESS-THAN SIGN|<}}

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|{{chset-cell1|U+003F QUESTION MARK|?}}

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|{{chset-cell1|U+0040 COMMERCIAL AT|@}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0041 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A|A}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0042 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B|B}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0043 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C|C}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0044 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D|D}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0045 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E|E}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0046 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F|F}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0047 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G|G}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0048 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H|H}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0049 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I|I}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+004A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J|J}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+004B LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K|K}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+004C LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L|L}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+004D LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M|M}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+004E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N|N}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+004F LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O|O}}

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|{{chset-cell1|U+0050 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P|P}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0051 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q|Q}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0052 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R|R}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0053 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S|S}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0054 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T|T}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0055 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U|U}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0056 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V|V}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0057 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W|W}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0058 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X|X}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+0059 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y|Y}}

|{{chset-cell1|U+005A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z|Z}}

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|{{chset-cell1|U+005F LOW LINE|_}}

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See also

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