NEC APC is an 8-bit character set developed by NEC for the NEC APC, a CP/M-86 and MS-DOS-compatible personal computer in 1983.[1][2] These were a contemporary competitor for the IBM PC, although eclipsed by fully PC-compatible computers.

Character set

NEC APC character set[2]
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0x NUL ▶ ⏩︎ 📖 EOT ⍰ 🆗 🔔 ⬆ ➡ ◇ ⬇ FF ⬅ 🯅 SI
1x DLE DC1 ¯ − ÷ × 🕜︎ ▯ ▮ ▬ SUB ESC FS GS RS ▭
2x  SP  ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , – . /
3x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
4x @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
5x P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _
6x ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
7x p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ DEL
8x ▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ █ ▏ ▎ ▍ ▌ ▋ ▊ ▉ ┼
9x ┴ ┬ ├ ┤ 🭷 ─ │ 🭵 ┌ ┐ └ ┘ ╭ ╮ ╰ ╯
Ax NBSP ≥ ⋅ ∗ ≤ ∕ ˙ ↑ ½ ↓ ← → + ( ) ¼
Bx ∞ ³ τ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ε ρ σ ψ Ω Γ ⁰ ο κ Σ
Cx α ν Δ β ξ η θ ¹ ± υ π ∧ ² ⊕ ¯ -
Dx ¢ ω ≈ γ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ι φ ≠ χ ° � ζ λ μ
Ex ═ ╞ ╪ ╡ ◢ ◣ ◥ ◤ ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ ● ○ ╱ ╲
Fx ╳ ┈ ┊ � � � � � ⌠ ⌡ ⎡ ⎣ ⎤ ⎦ ⎲ ⎳

� Not in Unicode, these are combinations of solid and dotted box lines and a mirror-image phi

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Necis [sic] Joins 16-Bit Auction By Releasing APC System". Computerworld: 45–46. 1982-05-31. (NB. The article contains an obvious transmission error, the company's name is NEC Information Systems, Inc., not Necis.)
  2. 1 2 NEC Information Systems, Inc. (November 1983). Advanced Personal Computer - MS-DOS System Programmer's Guide (PDF) (REV 00 ed.). NEC Corporation. pp. B.1–B.4. part number 819-000104-3001. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-11-25.

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