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Symbols for Legacy Computing
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<p>Symbols for Legacy Computing is a <a href="/facts/Unicode_block/0RrzJWhE">Unicode block</a> containing graphic characters that were used for various <a href="/facts/Home_computer/CDEPVd1T">home computers</a> from the 1970s and 1980s and in <a href="/facts/Teletext/Jog0HW8t">Teletext</a> broadcasting standards. It includes characters from the <a href="/facts/Amstrad_CPC_character_set/9cM9qnP1">Amstrad CPC</a>, <a href="/facts/MSX_character_set/3pRUe65c">MSX</a>, <a href="/facts/Mattel_Aquarius/4Ql7s4YF">Mattel Aquarius</a>, <a href="/facts/RISC_OS_character_set/3PRGe6rg">RISC OS</a>, <a href="/facts/MouseText/5d0UTXUY">MouseText</a>, <a href="/facts/Atari_ST_character_set/fR94Cc8B">Atari ST</a>, <a href="/facts/TRS-80_Color_Computer/KISXB65L">TRS-80 Color Computer</a>, <a href="/facts/Oric_computers/FDBJwRcj">Oric</a>, <a href="/facts/TI-99%2f4A/9YWyzBhp">Texas Instruments TI-99/4A</a>, <a href="/facts/TRS-80_character_set/m29UYoEw">TRS-80</a>, <a href="/facts/Minitel/bTmoGeyh">Minitel</a>, <a href="/facts/Teletext_character_set/mXjepvku">Teletext</a>, <a href="/facts/ATASCII/d3xS85B4">ATASCII</a>, <a href="/facts/PETSCII/61tTmJ3l">PETSCII</a>, <a href="/facts/ZX80_character_set/px8q8JSH">ZX80</a>, and <a href="/facts/ZX81_character_set/sQ6UuoVe">ZX81</a> character sets. <a href="/facts/Semigraphics/jdlprgPW">Semigraphics</a> characters are also included in the form of new block-shaped characters, line-drawing characters, and 60 "sextant" characters (semigraphic character made up of six smaller blocks). Additional characters were added to this block in Unicode 16.0 as well. </p><p>A supplemental block (<a href="/facts/Symbols_for_Legacy_Computing_Supplement/Fo2lDgw8">Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement</a>) was added with Unicode 16.0. </p>