PET 2001 Emulator — Input Mapping for PETSCII Graphics Characters

The following mapping for PETSCII graphics work for any text or keyboard input as well as for copy-and-paste:

Input Unicode	Emulator PETSCII
U+258C▌ U+25E7◧	161 ($A1)
U+2584▄ U+2B13⬓	162 ($A2)
U+2594▔	163 ($A3)
U+2581▁	164 ($A4)
U+258F▏	165 ($A5)
U+2591░ U+2592▒ U+2593▓ U+25A6▦ U+25A9▩ U+1FB90	166 ($A6)
U+2595▕	167 ($A7)
U+25D2◒ U+2B19⬙ U+1FB8F	168 ($A8)
U+25E4◤ U+25E9◩ U+25F8◸ U+1FB9C U+1FB99	169 ($A9) lower-case:
U+25C1◁ U+1FB87	170 ($AA)
U+251C├ U+2523┣	171 ($AB)
U+2597▗	172 ($AC)
U+2514└ U+2517┗ U+25F3◳	173 ($AD)
U+2510┐ U+2513┓ U+25F1◱	174 ($AE)
U+2582▂	175 ($AF)
U+250C┌ U+250F┏ U+25F2◲	176 ($B0)
U+2534┴ U+253B┻	177 ($B1)
U+252C┬ U+2533┳	178 ($B2)
U+2524┤ U+252B┫	179 ($B3)
U+258E▎	180 ($B4)
U+258D▍	181 ($B5)
U+25C0◀ U+1FB88	182 ($B6)
U+25BD▽ U+1FB82	183 ($B7)
U+25BC▼ U+1FB83	184 ($B8)
U+2583▃	185 ($B9)
U+14A7ᒧ U+23CC⏌ U+259F▟ U+1FB7F U+2611☑ U+2713✓ U+2714✔ U+1FBB1	186 ($BA) lower-case: ✓
U+2596▖	187 ($BB)
U+259D▝	188 ($BC)
U+2518┘ U+251B┛ U+25F0◰	189 ($BD)
U+2598▘	190 ($BE)
U+259A▚	191 ($BF)
U+2500─ U+2501━ U+1FB79	192 ($C0)
U+2660♠ U+2664♤	193 ($C1)
U+1FB72	194 ($C2)
U+1FB78	195 ($C3)
U+1FB77	196 ($C4)
U+1FB76	197 ($C5)
U+1FB7A	198 ($C6)
U+1FB71	199 ($C7)
U+1FB74	200 ($C8)
U+256E╮	201 ($C9)
U+2570╰	202 ($CA)
U+256F╯	203 ($CB)
U+14AAᒪ U+23BF⎿ U+2599▙ U+1FB7C	204 ($CC)
U+2572╲	205 ($CD)
U+2571╱	206 ($CE)
U+14A5ᒥ U+23BE⎾ U+259B▛ U+1FB7D	207 ($CF)
U+14A3ᒣ U+259C▜ U+23CB⏋ U+1FB7E	208 ($D0)
U+25CF●	209 ($D1)
U+1FB7B	210 ($D2)
U+2661♡ U+2665♥	211 ($D3)
U+1FB70	212 ($D4)
U+256D╭	213 ($D5)
U+2573╳ U+2613☓ U+2715✕	214 ($D6)
U+25CB○ U+25EF◯	215 ($D7)
U+2663♣ U+2667♧	216 ($D8)
U+1FB75	217 ($D9)
U+25C6◆ U+25C7◇ U+25CA◊ U+2662♢ U+2666♦ U+29EB⧫ U+2B25⬥	218 ($DA)
U+253C┼ U+254B╋ U+1FBAF	219 ($DB)
U+25D0◐ U+2B16⬖ U+1FB8C	220 ($DC)
U+007C| U+2502│ U+2503┃ U+1FB73	221 ($DD)
U+2059⁙ U+1FB95 U+1FB96	222 ($DE) upper-case: π
U+25E5◥ U+25F9◹ U+2B14⬔ U+1FB9D U+1FB98	223 ($DF) lower-case:

*) Range U+1FB70 … U+1FBB1: Symbols for Legacy Computing, availability may depend on host OS and browser.

To work around possible limitations regarding 5-byte Unicode and the Symbols for Legacy Computing range (especially for the purpose of keyboard mapping), vertical strokes may be also specified by upper-case Roman numerals (left to right) and horizontal strokes by lower-case Roman numerals (top-down order):

Alternative forms for potentially missing partial fills (2-eighths and 3-eighths blocks from top and from right) are:

Alternative forms for checkerboard half-fills:

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Katakana

The following characters are available with the Japanese character ROM. The first Unicode character gives the canonical representation, any following glyphs are accepted synonyms. While the Yen currency sign (¥) replaces the backslash in both character sets, any other kana are only displayed with the alternative (lower-case) set.

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Norbert Landsteiner
Jan. 2024
www.masswerk.at