Amstrad CPC character set

The Amstrad CPC character set (alternately known as the BASIC graphics character set)^[1] the character set used in the Amstrad CPC series of 8-bit personal computers when running BASIC (the default mode, until it boots into CP/M). This character set existed in the built-in "lower" ROM chip. It is based on ASCII-1967, with the exception of character 0x5E which is the up arrow instead of the circumflex, as it is in ASCII-1963, a feature shared with other character sets of the time.^[2][3] Apart from the standard printable ASCII range (0x20-0x7e), it is completely different from the Amstrad CP/M Plus character set. The BASIC character set had symbols of particular use in games and home computing, while the CP/M Plus character reflected the International and Business flavor of the CP/M Plus environment.^[4] This character set is represented in Unicode (excluding 0xEF, 0xFC, and 0xFD)^[5] as of the March 2020 release of Unicode 13.0, which added symbols for legacy computing.

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