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I started programming BASIC and assembly at 10 years old on a Vic-20, so I don't qualify as a wizened Unix graybeard, but I've still had plenty of cause to look

I started programming BASIC and assembly at 10 years old on a Vic-20, so I don't qualify as a wizened Unix graybeard, but I've still had plenty of cause to look up the ASCII codes, and I've never seen the chart laid out that way. Brilliant.

tankenmate 10y ago
Going on my deep (and probably fallible) memory; I remember seeing the ASCII set laid out like this on an Amoeba OS man page (circa 1990). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoeba_(operating_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoeba_(operating_system)
kps 10y ago
> on a Vic-20 Which, weirdly, used the long-obsolete ASCII characters of 1963–1967, with '↑' and '←' in place of '^' and '_'.
- SwellJoe 10y ago
  PETSCII was a thing throughout the 8-bit Commodore line of products. It was based on the 1963 standard, but added various drawing primitives. I spent a lot of time drawing things with PETSCII for the BBS I ran from my bedroom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PETSCII https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PETSCII
mixmastamyk 10y ago
Had one as well, how did asm work?