The ATASCII character set, from ATARI Standard Code for Information Interchange, alternatively ATARI ASCII, is the variation on ASCII used in the Atari 8-bit family of home computers. The first of this family were the Atari 400 and 800, released in 1979, and later models were released throughout the 1980s. The last Atari 8-bit computer, and therefore the last computer to use the ATASCII character set, was the XEGS (short for "XL Extended Gaming System,") which was released in 1989. For other uses, see ASCII (disambiguation). ... An Atari 800XL, one of the most popular machines in the series. ... TRS-80 Color Computer II The home computer is a consumer-friendly word for the second generation of microcomputers (the technical term that was previously used), entering the market in 1977 and becoming common during the 1980s. ...

Like most other non-standard ASCIIs, ATASCII has its own special block graphics symbols (arrows, blocks, circles, line segments, playing card suits, etc.) corresponding to the control character locations of the standard ASCII table (characters 0–31), plus a few other character locations. Set of 52 playing cards Some typical Anglo-American playing cards. ...

The inverse video^* display mode of ATASCII is implemented quite simply by letting the first half of the character set (the inverse one) being the bitwise negation of the second, normal, half. Image File history File links Atascii. ...

(* also called reverse video by other manufacturers)

See also: PETSCII, Spectrum Character Set PETSCII (PET Standard Code of Information Interchange), also known as CBM ASCII, is the variation of the ASCII character set used in Commodore (CBM)s 8-bit home computers, starting with the PET from 1977 and including the VIC-20, C64, Plus/4, C16 and C128. ... The ZX Spectrum character set is the variant of ASCII used in the British Sinclair Spectrum computers. ...

External links

• ATASCII concise graphical overview   (4.2KB GIF image)
• ATASCII <–> IBM ASCII tables (mostly plain ASCII text)