The Amstrad CP/M Plus character set (alternatively known as PCW character set or ZX Spectrum +3 character set) is any of a group of 8-bit character sets introduced by Amstrad/Locomotive Software for use in conjunction with their adaptation of Digital Research's CP/M Plus[1] on various Amstrad CPC / Schneider CPC and Amstrad PCW / Schneider Joyce machines.[2][3] The character set was also used on the Amstrad ZX Spectrum +3 version of CP/M.[1]
| Alias(es) | PCW character set, ZX Spectrum +3 character set |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | US English, French, German, UK English, Danish Swedish, Italian and Spanish |
| Created by | Amstrad, Locomotive Software |
| Based on | ISO/IEC 646 |
| Other related encoding(s) | LocoScript |
At least on the ZX Spectrum +3 it existed in eight language-specific variants (based on ISO/IEC 646) depending on the selected locale of the system: USA (default), France, Germany, UK, Denmark, Sweden, Italy and Spain.[4]
Another slight variant of the character set was used by LocoScript.[5][6]
Character set
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| 0x | ∞ | ⊙ | Γ | Δ | ⊗ | × | ÷ | ∴ | Π | ↓ | Σ | ← | → | ± | ↔ | Ω |
| 1x | α | β | γ | δ | ε | θ | λ | μ | π | ρ | σ | τ | φ | χ | ψ | ω |
| 2x | SP | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | ( | ) | * | + | , | - | . | / |
| 3x | 0︀[a] | 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 | { | | | } | ~ | 0[a] |
| 8x | ◾︎ | ╧ | ╟ | ╚ | ╤ | ║ | ╔ | ╠ | ╢ | ╝ | ═ | ╩ | ╗ | ╣ | ╦ | ╬ |
| 9x | · | ╵ | ╶ | └ | ╷ | │ | ┌ | ├ | ╴ | ┘ | ─ | ┴ | ┐ | ┤ | ┬ | ┼ |
| Ax | ª | º | ° | £ | © | ¶ | § | † | ¼ | ½ | ¾ | « | » | ₧ | ¿ | ¡ |
| Bx | ƒ | ¢ | ¨ | ´ | ˆ | ‰ | ⅛ | ⅜ | ⅝ | ⅞ | ß | ○ | • | ¥ | ® | ™ |
| Cx | Á | É | Í | Ó | Ú | Â | Ê | Î | Ô | Û | À | È | Ì | Ò | Ù | Ÿ |
| Dx | Ä | Ë | Ï | Ö | Ü | Ç | Æ | Å | Ø | Ñ | Ã | Õ | ≥ | ≤ | ≠ | ≃ |
| Ex | á | é | í | ó | ú | â | ê | î | ô | û | à | è | ì | ò | ù | ÿ |
| Fx | ä | ë | ï | ö | ü | ç | æ | å | ø | ñ | ã | õ | ⇒ | ⇐ | ⇔ | ≡ |
Language variants
In languages 1 to 7, certain characters in the range 0..127 are swapped with characters in the range 128..255 of the character set, as shown in the following table:[4]
| Language | 0x23 | 0x40 | 0x5B | 0x5C | 0x5D | 0x5E | 0x60 | 0x7B | 0x7C | 0x7D | 0x7E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0: USA | # | @ | [ | \ | ] | ^ | ` | { | | | } | ~ |
| 1: France | # | à | º | ç | § | ^ | ` | é | ù | è | ¨ |
| 2: Germany | # | § | Ä | Ö | Ü | ^ | ` | ä | ö | ü | ß |
| 3: UK | £ | @ | [ | \ | ] | ^ | ` | { | | | } | ~ |
| 4: Denmark | # | @ | Æ | Ø | Å | ^ | ` | æ | ø | å | ~ |
| 5: Sweden | # | É | Ä | Ö | Å | Ü | é | ä | ö | å | ü |
| 6: Italy | # | @ | º | \ | é | ^ | ù | à | ò | è | ì |
| 7: Spain | Pt | @ | ¡ | Ñ | ¿ | ^ | ` | ¨ | ñ | } | ~ |
See also
- Amstrad CPC character set
- ZX Spectrum character set
- ISO/IEC 646 (similar, but not identical set of 7-bit character sets)
- Box-drawing character