Sharp MZ character set

Last updated March 11, 2024

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Sharp MZ character sets are character sets made by Sharp Corporation for Sharp MZ computers. The European and Japanese versions of the software use different character sets.

Implementation

On Sharp MZ computers, there are two types of character sets: An interchange character set (called an "ASCII code" in the documentation^[1]^[2]) and a display character set. The interchange set is primarily used for keyboard input, while the display sets are primarily used for rendering text on the screen. Additionally, the European and Japanese versions of the software have different characters in each of their tables.

On MZ-700 and MZ-800 series computers, there are two distinct display character sets: the primary and alternate character tables. The alternate display table is accessible by setting a bit associated with the character in V-RAM, located in the same part of memory that controls the color and background color of the character.^[3]^[4] Characters from the alternate display character set are not supported by the BASIC interpreter and cannot be typed directly from the keyboard; instead, they can be displayed by using the BASIC command POKE.^[5]^[6]^[1] In the Japanese version, the primary set contains katakana and uppercase Latin letters, while the alternate set contains hiragana and lowercase Latin letters. In the European version, many of the characters in the primary Japanese set are replaced (including all Japanese language characters), and the lowercase Latin letters are now included in the primary set; the entire alternate Japanese set is replaced.^[4]

European

MZ-700/MZ-800

The following tables show the character sets used by European Sharp MZ-700/MZ-800 character sets. Each character is shown with a potential Unicode equivalent. Space and control characters are represented by the abbreviations for their names.

Interchange

In both the European and Japanese versions, the code points in the range 0x20 to 0x5F of the interchange character set exactly match the printable characters in the 1963 version of ASCII.

Sharp MZ-700 (European interchange)^[5]^[2]^[7]
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
0x														CR
1x	DEL	DOWN	UP	RIGHT	LEFT	HOME	CLS		INS
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	🛸︎	𜰁 1CC01	𜰀 1CC00		1CC02	1CC03	1CC04	1CC6F	😐︎	🐍︎	𜰏 1CC0F	𜰎 1CC0E	🮙	𜰐 1CC10	1CC13	1CC14
7x	▒	🮍	🮌	🮎	🮏	🮜	🮝	🮟	🮞	1FBD4	1FBD5	°	␨ 2428	1FBD6	1FBD7	🢳 1F8B3
8x	}	┼	𜰱 1CC31	𜰵 1CC35	𜰹 1CC39	𜰽 1CC3D	𜰸 1CC38	𜰲 1CC32	𜰶 1CC36	𜰺 1CC3A	𜰾 1CC3E	^	𜰳 1CC33	𜰷 1CC37	𜰻 1CC3B	𜰿 1CC3F
9x	_	1CC42	e	`	~	𜱃 1CC43	t	g	h	𜰰 1CC30	b	x	d	r	p	c
Ax	q	a	z	w	s	u	i	𜱀 1CC40	ö	k	f	v	𜱁 1CC41	ü	ß	j
Bx	n	𜰴 1CC34	Ü	m	1FBD0	1FBD1	1FBD2	o	l	Ä	ö	ä	1FBD3	y	{	𜰼 1CC3C
Cx	\|	▐	▄	▔	▁	▏	→	▕	█	◤	🮇	├	◘	└	┐	▂
Dx	┌	┴	┬	┤	▎	▌	🮈	🮂	▀	▃	🭿	╭	╮	┘	▞	▚
Ex	🭹	♠	🭲	🭸	🭷	🭶	🭺	🭱	🭴	◣	╰	╯	🭼	╲	╱	🭽
Fx	🭾	•	🭻	♥	🭰	◢	╳	◦	♣	🭵	♦	£	↓	🭳	◥	π
Control character Not included in Unicode as of Unicode 15. Approved for Unicode 16.0 at the specified Unicode codepoint.

Display

Sharp MZ-700 (European display, primary)^[5]^[8]^[9]
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
0x	SP	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O
1x	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z	£	└	┘	├	┴
2x	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	-	=	;	/	.	,
3x	🭶	🭰	🭼	🭿	🭸	🭲	🮂	▎	🭺	🭴	▄	▐	▁	▕	▂	🮇
4x	}	♠	◥	█	♦	←	♣	•	◦	?	◘	╭	╮	◣	◢	:
5x	↑	<	[	♥	]	@	◤	>	↓	\	→	▚	┌	┐	┤	┬
6x	π	!	"	#	$	%	&	'	(	)	+	*	▞	╳	╯	╰
7x	▔	▏	🭽	🭾	🭷	🭱	╱	╲	🭹	🭳	▀	▌	🭻	🭵	▃	🮈
8x	\|	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k	l	m	n	o
9x	p	q	r	s	t	u	v	w	x	y	z	ä	𜰰 1CC30	𜰱 1CC31	𜰲 1CC32	𜰳 1CC33
Ax	1FBD3	𜱀 1CC40	𜱁 1CC41	1CC42	`	~	𜱃 1CC43	1FBD0	1FBD1	1FBD2	ß	ü	ö	Ü	Ä	Ö
Bx	𜰴 1CC34	𜰵 1CC35	𜰶 1CC36	𜰷 1CC37	𜰸 1CC38	𜰹 1CC39	𜰺 1CC3A	𜰻 1CC3B	𜰼 1CC3C	𜰽 1CC3D	𜰾 1CC3E	𜰿 1CC3F	{	┼	^	_
Cx	🢳 1F8B3	🢷^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B7	🢵^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B5	🢶^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B6	🢴^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B4	🅷^{[lower-alpha 1]}	🅲^{[lower-alpha 1]}	🛸︎	𜰁 1CC01	𜰀 1CC00		1CC02	1CC03	1CC04	1CC6F	😐︎
Dx	▒	🮍	🮌	🮎	🮏	🮜	🮝	🮟	🮞	1FBD4	1FBD5	°	␨ 2428	1FBD6	1FBD7	🐍︎
Ex	𜰅 1CC05	𜰆 1CC06	𜰇 1CC07	𜰉 1CC09	𜰋 1CC0B	🮙	𜰍 1CC0D	𜰏 1CC0F	𜰎 1CC0E	𜰐 1CC10	𜰑 1CC11	𜰒 1CC12	1CC13	1CC14	𜰊 1CC0A	🮐
Fx	NBSP	1CC21	1CC22	1CC23	1CC24	1CC25	1CC26	1CC27	1CC28	1CC29	1CC2A	1CC2B	1CC2C	1CC2D	1CC2E	1CC2F
Not included in Unicode as of Unicode 15. Approved for Unicode 16.0 at the specified Unicode codepoint.

Sharp MZ-700 (European display, alternate)^[5]^[8]^[10]
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
0x	SP	𜳖 1CCD6	𜳗 1CCD7	𜳘 1CCD8	𜳙 1CCD9	𜳚 1CCDA	𜳛 1CCDB	𜳜 1CCDC	𜳝 1CCDD	𜳞 1CCDE	𜳟 1CCDF	𜳠 1CCE0	𜳡 1CCE1	𜳢 1CCE2	𜳣 1CCE3	𜳤 1CCE4
1x	𜳥 1CCE5	𜳦 1CCE6	𜳧 1CCE7	𜳨 1CCE8	𜳩 1CCE9	𜳪 1CCEA	𜳫 1CCEB	𜳬 1CCEC	𜳭 1CCED	𜳮 1CCEE	𜳯 1CCEF	𜱈 1CC48	𜱉 1CC49	𜱊 1CC4A	☀	𜱋 1CC4B
2x	𜳰 1CCF0	𜳱 1CCF1	𜳲 1CCF2	𜳳 1CCF3	𜳴 1CCF4	𜳵 1CCF5	𜳶 1CCF6	𜳷 1CCF7	𜳸 1CCF8	𜳹 1CCF9	⧉	⮺	𜱌 1CC4C	𜱍 1CC4D	𜱎 1CC4E	𜱏 1CC4F
3x	𜱐 1CC50	𜱑 1CC51	𜱒 1CC52	𜱓 1CC53	𜱔 1CC54	𜱕 1CC55	�^{[lower-alpha 2]}	�^{[lower-alpha 2]}	�^{[lower-alpha 2]}	�^{[lower-alpha 2]}	𜱬 1CC6C	𜱫 1CC6B	𜱮 1CC6E	𜱭 1CC6D	⬤	𜱗 1CC57
4x	𜱖 1CC56	𜱙 1CC59	𜱘 1CC58	𜱚 1CC5A	𜱛 1CC5B	𜱜 1CC5C	𜱝 1CC5D	𜱞 1CC5E	𜱟 1CC5F	𜱱 1CC71	𜱰 1CC70	𜱳 1CC73	𜱲 1CC72	𜱵 1CC75	𜱷 1CC77	𜱶 1CC76
5x	𜱴 1CC74	𜱡 1CC61	𜱠 1CC60	𜱣 1CC63	𜱢 1CC62	𜱦 1CC66	𜱥 1CC65	𜱨 1CC68	𜱧 1CC67	🛧	𜷹 1CDF9	𜷸 1CDF8	✈	↖	↙	↘
6x	↗	𜱹 1CC79	𜱸 1CC78	𜱻 1CC7B	𜱺 1CC7A	𜱼 1CC7C	𜱿 1CC7F	𜱾 1CC7E	𜱽 1CC7D	𜲁 1CC81	𜲀 1CC80	𜲃 1CC83	𜲂 1CC82	⏫︎	⏪︎	⏬︎
7x	⏩︎	𜲈 1CC88	↕	↔	🍷︎	𜱄 1CC44	𜱅 1CC45	𜲉 1CC89	𜲊 1CC8A	𜲲 1CCB2	𜲳 1CCB3	𜲶 1CCB6	𜲷 1CCB7	𜲴 1CCB4	𜲵 1CCB5	𜲸 1CCB8
8x	𜲹 1CCB9	☂	⚬	⚪︎	○	◾	◼	■	©	🞓	🞑	🞏	⛵︎	⊖	⦶	⊕
9x	🍓︎	𜲦 1CCA6	𜲧 1CCA7	𜲨 1CCA8	𜲩 1CCA9	𜲪 1CCAA	𜲫 1CCAB	𜲬 1CCAC	𜲭 1CCAD	𜲮 1CCAE	𜲯 1CCAF	𜲰 1CCB0	𜲱 1CCB1	🍎︎	💣︎	𜱩 1CC69
Ax	𜱪 1CC6A	𜲡 1CCA1	𜲢 1CCA2	𜲣 1CCA3	𜲥 1CCA5	𜲠 1CCA0	γ	Σ	𜲤 1CCA4	λ	Ω	ω	∞	∝	√	÷
Bx	™	𜲌 1CC8C	⊠	☼	⊞	𜰈 1CC08	𜲐 1CC90	𜲑 1CC91	±	𜲄 1CC84	𜲅 1CC85	𜲆 1CC86	𜲇 1CC87	🯪 1FBEA	🯨 1FBE8	🯫 1FBEB
Cx	🯩 1FBE9	𜳊 1CCCA	𜳋 1CCCB	𜳌 1CCCC	𜳍 1CCCD	𜲾 1CCBE	𜲿 1CCBF	𜳀 1CCC0	𜳁 1CCC1	𜳆 1CCC6	𜳇 1CCC7	𜳈 1CCC8	𜳉 1CCC9	𜲺 1CCBA	𜲻 1CCBB	𜲼 1CCBC
Dx	𜲽 1CCBD	𜳎 1CCCE	𜳏 1CCCF	𜳐 1CCD0	𜳑 1CCD1	𜳂 1CCC2	𜳃 1CCC3	𜳄 1CCC4	𜳅 1CCC5	𜰕 1CC15	𜰗 1CC17	𜰖 1CC16	𜰘 1CC18	𜰜 1CC1C	𜰛 1CC1B	𜰝 1CC1D
Ex	𜰞 1CC1E	𜰙 1CC19	𜰚 1CC1A	Æ	½	¼	⅓	⅔	≥	≤	𜳒 1CCD2	𜳓 1CCD3	𜳔 1CCD4	𜳕 1CCD5	𜱆 1CC46	𜱇 1CC47
Fx	𜲒 1CC92	𜲓 1CC93	𜲔 1CC94	𜲕 1CC95	𜲖 1CC96	𜲘 1CC98	𜲚 1CC9A	𜲗 1CC97	𜲙 1CC99	𜲞 1CC9E	𜲟 1CC9F	🏢︎	⛶	≠	⌠	⌡
Not included in Unicode as of Unicode 15. Approved for Unicode 16.0 at the specified Unicode codepoint. Excluded from Unicode due to intellectual property concerns

1 2 3 4 5 6 Character representing one of the cursor control characters (the cursor keys, home, and clear).^[11]
1 2 3 4 Sprites for the ghost from Pac-Man. Excluded from Unicode due to intellectual property concerns. The proposal to include additional Sharp MZ characters in Unicode recommends that these characters be mapped to the Private Use Area.^[12]

MZ-80K

Interchange

The MZ-80K's European interchange character set is extremely similar to the MZ-700/MZ-800 European interchange character set, differing only at 0x80, 0x8B, 0x90, 0x93, 0x94, 0xBE, and 0xC0.^[13]

Sharp MZ-80K (European interchange)^[13]
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
0x														CR
1x	DEL	DOWN	UP	RIGHT	LEFT	HOME	CLS		INS
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	🛸︎	𜰁 1CC01	𜰀 1CC00		1CC02	1CC03	1CC04	1CC6F	😐︎	🐍︎	𜰏 1CC0F	𜰎 1CC0E	🮙	𜰐 1CC10	1CC13	1CC14
7x	▒	🮍	🮌	🮎	🮏	🮜	🮝	🮟	🮞	1FBD4	1FBD5	°	␨ 2428	1FBD6	1FBD7	🢳 1F8B3
8x	}	┼	𜰱 1CC31	𜰵 1CC35	𜰹 1CC39	𜰽 1CC3D	𜰸 1CC38	𜰲 1CC32	𜰶 1CC36	𜰺 1CC3A	𜰾 1CC3E	^	𜰳 1CC33	𜰷 1CC37	𜰻 1CC3B	𜰿 1CC3F
9x	_	1CC42	e	`	~	𜱃 1CC43	t	g	h	𜰰 1CC30	b	x	d	r	p	c
Ax	q	a	z	w	s	u	i	𜱀 1CC40	ö	k	f	v	𜱁 1CC41	ü	ß	j
Bx	n	𜰴 1CC34	Ü	m	1FBD0	1FBD1	1FBD2	o	l	Ä	ö	ä	1FBD3	y	{	𜰼 1CC3C
Cx	\|	▐	▄	▔	▁	▏	→	▕	█	◤	🮇	├	◘	└	┐	▂
Dx	┌	┴	┬	┤	▎	▌	🮈	🮂	▀	▃	🭿	╭	╮	┘	▞	▚
Ex	🭹	♠	🭲	🭸	🭷	🭶	🭺	🭱	🭴	◣	╰	╯	🭼	╲	╱	🭽
Fx	🭾	•	🭻	♥	🭰	◢	╳	◦	♣	🭵	♦	£	↓	🭳	◥	π
Control character Not included in Unicode as of Unicode 15. Approved for Unicode 16.0 at the specified Unicode codepoint.

Display

The MZ-80K's European display character set is extremely similar to the MZ-700/MZ-800 European primary display character set, differing only at 0x40, 0x80, 0xA4, 0xA5, 0xBC, 0xBE, 0xBF, and 0xE5.^[13] (0xDC differs in appearance, but semantically remains the symbol for delete.)^[9]^[14]

Sharp MZ-80K (European display)^[13]^[14]
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
0x	SP	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O
1x	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z	£	└	┘	├	┴
2x	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	-	=	;	/	.	,
3x	🭶	🭰	🭼	🭿	🭸	🭲	🮂	▎	🭺	🭴	▄	▐	▁	▕	▂	🮇
4x	NBSP	♠	◥	█	♦	←	♣	•	◦	?	◘	╭	╮	◣	◢	:
5x	↑	<	[	♥	]	@	◤	>	↓	\	→	▚	┌	┐	┤	┬
6x	π	!	"	#	$	%	&	'	(	)	+	*	▞	╳	╯	╰
7x	▔	▏	🭽	🭾	🭷	🭱	╱	╲	🭹	🭳	▀	▌	🭻	🭵	▃	🮈
8x	NBSP	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k	l	m	n	o
9x	p	q	r	s	t	u	v	w	x	y	z	ä	𜰰 1CC30	𜰱 1CC31	𜰲 1CC32	𜰳 1CC33
Ax	🯓 1FBD3	𜱀 1CC40	𜱁 1CC41	1CC42	🮙	🮘	𜱃 1CC43	🯐 1FBD0	🯑 1FBD1	🯒 1FBD2	ß	ü	ö	Ü	Ä	Ö
Bx	𜰴 1CC34	𜰵 1CC35	𜰶 1CC36	𜰷 1CC37	𜰸 1CC38	𜰹 1CC39	𜰺 1CC3A	𜰻 1CC3B	𜰼 1CC3C	𜰽 1CC3D	𜰾 1CC3E	𜰿 1CC3F	¥	┼	👃︎	👁︎
Cx	🢳 1F8B3	🢷^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B7	🢵^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B5	🢶^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B6	🢴^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B4	🅷^{[lower-alpha 1]}	🅲^{[lower-alpha 1]}	🛸︎	𜰁 1CC01	𜰀 1CC00		1CC02	1CC03	1CC04	1CC6F	😐︎
Dx	▒	🮍	🮌	🮎	🮏	🮜	🮝	🮟	🮞	1FBD4	1FBD5	°	␧ 2427	1FBD6	1FBD7	🐍︎
Ex	𜰅 1CC05	𜰆 1CC06	𜰇 1CC07	𜰉 1CC09	𜰋 1CC0B	𜰌 1CC0C	𜰍 1CC0D	𜰏 1CC0F	𜰎 1CC0E	𜰐 1CC10	𜰑 1CC11	𜰒 1CC12	1CC13	1CC14	𜰊 1CC0A	🮐
Fx	NBSP	1CC21	1CC22	1CC23	1CC24	1CC25	1CC26	1CC27	1CC28	1CC29	1CC2A	1CC2B	1CC2C	1CC2D	1CC2E	1CC2F
Not included in Unicode as of Unicode 15. Approved for Unicode 16.0 at the specified Unicode codepoint.

1 2 3 4 5 6 Character representing one of the cursor control characters (the cursor keys, home, and clear).^[11]

MZ-80A

Interchange

The MZ-80A's European interchange character set is extremely similar to the MZ-700/MZ-800 European interchange character set, differing only at 0x6C, 0x6D, 0x7F and 0x90.^[13]^[15]

Sharp MZ-80A (European interchange)^[13]^[15]
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
0x														CR
1x	DEL	DOWN	UP	RIGHT	LEFT	HOME	CLS		INS
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	🛸︎	𜰁 1CC01	𜰀 1CC00		1CC02	1CC03	1CC04	1CC6F	😐︎	🐍︎	𜰏 1CC0F	𜰎 1CC0E	𜰐 1CC10	𜰑 1CC11	1CC13	1CC14
7x	▒	🮍	🮌	🮎	🮏	🮜	🮝	🮟	🮞	1FBD4	1FBD5	°	␨ 2428	1FBD6	1FBD7	🢳 1F8B3
8x	}	┼	𜰱 1CC31	𜰵 1CC35	𜰹 1CC39	𜰽 1CC3D	𜰸 1CC38	𜰲 1CC32	𜰶 1CC36	𜰺 1CC3A	𜰾 1CC3E	^	𜰳 1CC33	𜰷 1CC37	𜰻 1CC3B	𜰿 1CC3F
9x	‾	1CC42	e	`	~	𜱃 1CC43	t	g	h	𜰰 1CC30	b	x	d	r	p	c
Ax	q	a	z	w	s	u	i	𜱀 1CC40	ö	k	f	v	𜱁 1CC41	ü	ß	j
Bx	n	𜰴 1CC34	Ü	m	1FBD0	1FBD1	1FBD2	o	l	Ä	ö	ä	1FBD3	y	{	𜰼 1CC3C
Cx	\|	▐	▄	▔	▁	▏	→	▕	█	◤	🮇	├	◘	└	┐	▂
Dx	┌	┴	┬	┤	▎	▌	🮈	🮂	▀	▃	🭿	╭	╮	┘	▞	▚
Ex	🭹	♠	🭲	🭸	🭷	🭶	🭺	🭱	🭴	◣	╰	╯	🭼	╲	╱	🭽
Fx	🭾	•	🭻	♥	🭰	◢	╳	◦	♣	🭵	♦	£	↓	🭳	◥	π
Control character Not included in Unicode as of Unicode 15. Approved for Unicode 16.0 at the specified Unicode codepoint.

Display

The MZ-80A's European display character set is extremely similar to the MZ-700/MZ-800 European primary display character set, differing only at 0xBF, 0xE5 and 0xF0.^[13]^[15]

Sharp MZ-80A (European display)^[13]^[15]
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
0x	SP	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O
1x	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z	£	└	┘	├	┴
2x	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	-	=	;	/	.	,
3x	🭶	🭰	🭼	🭿	🭸	🭲	🮂	▎	🭺	🭴	▄	▐	▁	▕	▂	🮇
4x	}	♠	◥	█	♦	←	♣	•	◦	?	◘	╭	╮	◣	◢	:
5x	↑	<	[	♥	]	@	◤	>	↓	\	→	▚	┌	┐	┤	┬
6x	π	!	"	#	$	%	&	'	(	)	+	*	▞	╳	╯	╰
7x	▔	▏	🭽	🭾	🭷	🭱	╱	╲	🭹	🭳	▀	▌	🭻	🭵	▃	🮈
8x	\|	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k	l	m	n	o
9x	p	q	r	s	t	u	v	w	x	y	z	ä	𜰰 1CC30	𜰱 1CC31	𜰲 1CC32	𜰳 1CC33
Ax	1FBD3	𜱀 1CC40	𜱁 1CC41	1CC42	`	~	𜱃 1CC43	1FBD0	1FBD1	1FBD2	ß	ü	ö	Ü	Ä	Ö
Bx	𜰴 1CC34	𜰵 1CC35	𜰶 1CC36	𜰷 1CC37	𜰸 1CC38	𜰹 1CC39	𜰺 1CC3A	𜰻 1CC3B	𜰼 1CC3C	𜰽 1CC3D	𜰾 1CC3E	𜰿 1CC3F	{	┼	^	‾
Cx	🢳 1F8B3	🢷^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B7	🢵^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B5	🢶^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B6	🢴^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B4	🅷^{[lower-alpha 1]}	🅲^{[lower-alpha 1]}	🛸︎	𜰁 1CC01	𜰀 1CC00		1CC02	1CC03	1CC04	1CC6F	😐︎
Dx	▒	🮍	🮌	🮎	🮏	🮜	🮝	🮟	🮞	1FBD4	1FBD5	°	␨ 2428	1FBD6	1FBD7	🐍︎
Ex	𜰅 1CC05	𜰆 1CC06	𜰇 1CC07	𜰉 1CC09	𜰋 1CC0B	🮘	𜰍 1CC0D	𜰏 1CC0F	𜰎 1CC0E	𜰐 1CC10	𜰑 1CC11	𜰒 1CC12	1CC13	1CC14	𜰊 1CC0A	🮐
Fx	🮙	1CC21	1CC22	1CC23	1CC24	1CC25	1CC26	1CC27	1CC28	1CC29	1CC2A	1CC2B	1CC2C	1CC2D	1CC2E	1CC2F
Not included in Unicode as of Unicode 15. Approved for Unicode 16.0 at the specified Unicode codepoint.

1 2 3 4 5 6 Character representing one of the cursor control characters (the cursor keys, home, and clear).^[11]

MZ-80B

The code points in the range 0x20 to 0x7E mostly match the printable characters in ASCII; however, 0x5F is an overline instead of an underscore. Likewise, 0xA0 to 0x7E are the inverse video counterparts of these characters.

Sharp MZ-80B (European)^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
0x	NULL	DOWN	UP	RIGHT	LEFT	HOME	CLR	DEL	INST	GRPH	SFT LOCK	BREAK	RVS	CR	L SCRIPT	RVS CANCEL
1x	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6	F7	F8	F9	F10	00	TAB				▒
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	{	\|	}	~	↴
8x	║	↓	↑	→	←	♠	♥	♦	♣	╞	╡	╥	╨	╬	╪	╫
9x	═	¥	£	•	◦	┐	┘	┌	└	┼	│	─	┴	┬	┤	├
Ax	█	!	"	#	$	%	&	'	(	)	*	+	,	-	.	/
Bx	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	:	;	<	=	>	?
Cx	@	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O
Dx	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z	[	\	]	^	‾
Ex	`	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k	l	m	n	o
Fx	p	q	r	s	t	u	v	w	x	y	z	{	\|	}	~	π
Control character Inverse video

Japanese

MZ-700/MZ-800

The following tables show the character sets used by Japanese Sharp MZ-700/MZ-800 character sets. Each character is shown with a potential Unicode equivalent. Space and control characters are represented by the abbreviations for their names.

Interchange

In both the European and Japanese versions, the code points in the range 0x20 to 0x5F of the interchange character set exactly match the printable characters in the 1963 version of ASCII.

Sharp MZ-700 (Japanese interchange)^[6]^[20]
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
0x														CR
1x	DEL	DOWN	UP	RIGHT	LEFT	HOME	CLS		INS
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	🛸︎	𜰁 1CC01	𜰀 1CC00		1CC02	1CC03	1CC04	1CC6F	😐︎	🐍︎	𜰏 1CC0F	𜰎 1CC0E	𜰐 1CC10	𜰑 1CC11	1CC13	1CC14
7x	日	月	火	水	木	金	土	生	年	時	分	秒	円	¥	£	🢳 1F8B3
8x	↓	。	「	」	、	・	ヲ	ァ	ィ	ゥ	ェ	ォ	ャ	ュ	ョ	ッ
9x	ー	ア	イ	ウ	エ	オ	カ	キ	ク	ケ	コ	サ	シ	ス	セ	ソ
Ax	タ	チ	ツ	テ	ト	ナ	ニ	ヌ	ネ	ノ	ハ	ヒ	フ	ヘ	ホ	マ
Bx	ミ	ム	メ	モ	ヤ	ユ	ヨ	ラ	リ	ル	レ	ロ	ワ	ン	゛	゜
Cx	→	▐	▄	▔	▁	▏	🮐	▕	█	◤	🮇	├	◘	└	┐	▂
Dx	┌	┴	┬	┤	▎	▌	🮈	🮂	▀	▃	🭿	╭	╮	┘	▞	▚
Ex	🭹	♠	🭲	🭸	🭷	🭶	🭺	🭱	🭴	◣	╰	╯	🭼	╲	╱	🭽
Fx	🭾	•	🭻	♥	🭰	◢	╳	◦	♣	🭵	♦	┼	🮌	🭳	◥	π
Control character Not included in Unicode as of Unicode 15. Approved for Unicode 16.0 at the specified Unicode codepoint.

Display

Sharp MZ-700 (Japanese display, primary)^[6]^[21]
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
0x	SP	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O
1x	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z	┼	└	┘	├	┴
2x	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	-	=	;	/	.	,
3x	🭶	🭰	🭼	🭿	🭸	🭲	🮂	▎	🭺	🭴	▄	▐	▁	▕	▂	🮇
4x	→	♠	◥	█	♦	←	♣	•	◦	?	◘	╭	╮	◣	◢	:
5x	↑	<	[	♥	]	@	◤	>	🮌	\	▒	▚	┌	┐	┤	┬
6x	π	!	"	#	$	%	&	'	(	)	+	*	▞	╳	╯	╰
7x	▔	▏	🭽	🭾	🭷	🭱	╱	╲	🭹	🭳	▀	▌	🭻	🭵	▃	🮈
8x	↓	チ	コ	ソ	シ	イ	ハ	キ	ク	ニ	マ	ノ	リ	モ	ミ	ラ
9x	セ	タ	ス	ト	カ	ナ	ヒ	テ	サ	ン	ツ	ロ	ケ	「	ァ	ャ
Ax	ワ	ヌ	フ	ア	ウ	エ	オ	ヤ	ユ	ヨ	ホ	ヘ	レ	メ	ル	ネ
Bx	ム	」	ィ	ュ	ヲ	、	ゥ	ョ	゜	・	ェ	ッ	゛	。	ォ	ー
Cx	🢳 1F8B3	🢷^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B7	🢵^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B5	🢶^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B6	🢴^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B4	🅷^{[lower-alpha 1]}	🅲^{[lower-alpha 1]}	🛸︎	𜰁 1CC01	𜰀 1CC00		1CC02	1CC03	1CC04	1CC6F	😐︎
Dx	日	月	火	水	木	金	土	生	年	時	分	秒	円	¥	£	🐍︎
Ex	𜰅 1CC05	𜰆 1CC06	𜰇 1CC07	𜰉 1CC09	𜰋 1CC0B	𜰌 1CC0C	𜰍 1CC0D	𜰏 1CC0F	𜰎 1CC0E	𜰐 1CC10	𜰑 1CC11	𜰒 1CC12	1CC13	1CC14	𜰊 1CC0A	🮐
Fx	NBSP	1CC21	1CC22	1CC23	1CC24	1CC25	1CC26	1CC27	1CC28	1CC29	1CC2A	1CC2B	1CC2C	1CC2D	1CC2E	1CC2F
Not included in Unicode as of Unicode 15. Approved for Unicode 16.0 at the specified Unicode codepoint.

Sharp MZ-700 (Japanese display, alternate)^[6]^[22]
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
0x	SP	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k	l	m	n	o
1x	p	q	r	s	t	u	v	w	x	y	z	┼	└	┘	├	┴
2x	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	-	=	;	/	.	,
3x	🭶	🭰	🭼	🭿	🭸	🭲	🮂	▎	🭺	🭴	▄	▐	▁	▕	▂	🮇
4x	→	♠	◥	█	♦	←	♣	•	◦	?	◘	╭	╮	◣	◢	:
5x	↑	<	[	♥	]	@	◤	>	🮌	\	▒	▚	┌	┐	┤	┬
6x	π	!	"	#	$	%	&	'	(	)	+	*	▞	╳	╯	╰
7x	▔	▏	🭽	🭾	🭷	🭱	𜰟 1CC1F	𜰠 1CC20	🭹	🭳	▀	▌	🭻	🭵	▃	🮈
8x	↓	ち	こ	そ	し	い	は	き	く	に	ま	の	り	も	み	ら
9x	せ	た	す	と	か	な	ひ	て	さ	ん	つ	ろ	け	「	ぁ	ゃ
Ax	わ	ぬ	ふ	あ	う	え	お	や	ゆ	よ	ほ	へ	れ	め	る	ね
Bx	む	」	ぃ	ゅ	を	、	ぅ	ょ	゜	・	ぇ	っ	゛	。	ぉ	ー
Cx	🢳 1F8B3	🢷^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B7	🢵^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B5	🢶^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B6	🢴^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B4	🅷^{[lower-alpha 1]}	🅲^{[lower-alpha 1]}	🛸︎	𜰁 1CC01	𜰀 1CC00		1CC02	1CC03	1CC04	1CC6F	😐︎
Dx	日	月	火	水	木	金	土	生	年	時	分	秒	円	¥	£	🐍︎
Ex	𜰅 1CC05	𜰆 1CC06	𜰇 1CC07	𜰉 1CC09	𜰋 1CC0B	𜰌 1CC0C	𜰍 1CC0D	𜰏 1CC0F	𜰎 1CC0E	𜰐 1CC10	𜰑 1CC11	𜰒 1CC12	1CC13	1CC14	𜰊 1CC0A	🮐
Fx	NBSP	1CC21	1CC22	1CC23	1CC24	1CC25	1CC26	1CC27	1CC28	1CC29	1CC2A	1CC2B	1CC2C	1CC2D	1CC2E	1CC2F
Not included in Unicode as of Unicode 15. Approved for Unicode 16.0 at the specified Unicode codepoint.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Character representing one of the cursor control characters (the cursor keys, home, and clear).^[11]

MZ-80 series

Interchange

The MZ-80 series' Japanese interchange character set is extremely similar to the MZ-700/MZ-800 Japanese interchange character set, differing only at 0x80 and 0xC0.^[20]^[23]^[24]

Sharp MZ-80 series (Japanese interchange)^[23]^[24]
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
0x														CR
1x	DEL	DOWN	UP	RIGHT	LEFT	HOME	CLS		INS
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	🛸︎	𜰁 1CC01	𜰀 1CC00		1CC02	1CC03	1CC04	1CC6F	😐︎	🐍︎	𜰏 1CC0F	𜰎 1CC0E	𜰐 1CC10	𜰑 1CC11	1CC13	1CC14
7x	日	月	火	水	木	金	土	生	年	時	分	秒	円	¥	£	🢳 1F8B3
8x	NBSP	。	「	」	、	・	ヲ	ァ	ィ	ゥ	ェ	ォ	ャ	ュ	ョ	ッ
9x	ー	ア	イ	ウ	エ	オ	カ	キ	ク	ケ	コ	サ	シ	ス	セ	ソ
Ax	タ	チ	ツ	テ	ト	ナ	ニ	ヌ	ネ	ノ	ハ	ヒ	フ	ヘ	ホ	マ
Bx	ミ	ム	メ	モ	ヤ	ユ	ヨ	ラ	リ	ル	レ	ロ	ワ	ン	゛	゜
Cx	NBSP	▐	▄	▔	▁	▏	🮐	▕	█	◤	🮇	├	◘	└	┐	▂
Dx	┌	┴	┬	┤	▎	▌	🮈	🮂	▀	▃	🭿	╭	╮	┘	▞	▚
Ex	🭹	♠	🭲	🭸	🭷	🭶	🭺	🭱	🭴	◣	╰	╯	🭼	╲	╱	🭽
Fx	🭾	•	🭻	♥	🭰	◢	╳	◦	♣	🭵	♦	┼	🮌	🭳	◥	π
Control character Not included in Unicode as of Unicode 15. Approved for Unicode 16.0 at the specified Unicode codepoint.

Display

The MZ-80 series' Japanese display character set is extremely similar to the MZ-700/MZ-800 Japanese primary display character set, differing only at 0x40 and 0x80.^[21]^[25]

Sharp MZ-80 series (Japanese display)^[23]^[24]^[25]
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
0x	SP	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O
1x	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z	┼	└	┘	├	┴
2x	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	-	=	;	/	.	,
3x	🭶	🭰	🭼	🭿	🭸	🭲	🮂	▎	🭺	🭴	▄	▐	▁	▕	▂	🮇
4x	NBSP	♠	◥	█	♦	←	♣	•	◦	?	◘	╭	╮	◣	◢	:
5x	↑	<	[	♥	]	@	◤	>	🮌	\	▒	▚	┌	┐	┤	┬
6x	π	!	"	#	$	%	&	'	(	)	+	*	▞	╳	╯	╰
7x	▔	▏	🭽	🭾	🭷	🭱	╱	╲	🭹	🭳	▀	▌	🭻	🭵	▃	🮈
8x	NBSP	チ	コ	ソ	シ	イ	ハ	キ	ク	ニ	マ	ノ	リ	モ	ミ	ラ
9x	セ	タ	ス	ト	カ	ナ	ヒ	テ	サ	ン	ツ	ロ	ケ	「	ァ	ャ
Ax	ワ	ヌ	フ	ア	ウ	エ	オ	ヤ	ユ	ヨ	ホ	ヘ	レ	メ	ル	ネ
Bx	ム	」	ィ	ュ	ヲ	、	ゥ	ョ	゜	・	ェ	ッ	゛	。	ォ	ー
Cx	🢳 1F8B3	🢷^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B7	🢵^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B5	🢶^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B6	🢴^{[lower-alpha 1]} 1F8B4	🅷^{[lower-alpha 1]}	🅲^{[lower-alpha 1]}	🛸︎	𜰁 1CC01	𜰀 1CC00		1CC02	1CC03	1CC04	1CC6F	😐︎
Dx	日	月	火	水	木	金	土	生	年	時	分	秒	円	¥	£	🐍︎
Ex	𜰅 1CC05	𜰆 1CC06	𜰇 1CC07	𜰉 1CC09	𜰋 1CC0B	𜰌 1CC0C	𜰍 1CC0D	𜰏 1CC0F	𜰎 1CC0E	𜰐 1CC10	𜰑 1CC11	𜰒 1CC12	1CC13	1CC14	𜰊 1CC0A	🮐
Fx	NBSP	1CC21	1CC22	1CC23	1CC24	1CC25	1CC26	1CC27	1CC28	1CC29	1CC2A	1CC2B	1CC2C	1CC2D	1CC2E	1CC2F
Not included in Unicode as of Unicode 15. Approved for Unicode 16.0 at the specified Unicode codepoint.

1 2 3 4 5 6 Character representing one of the cursor control characters (the cursor keys, home, and clear).^[11]

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The Amstrad CPC character set is the character set used in the Amstrad CPC series of 8-bit personal computers when running BASIC. This character set existed in the built-in "lower" ROM chip. It is based on ASCII-1967, with the exception of character 0x5E which is the up arrow instead of the circumflex, as it is in ASCII-1963, a feature shared with other character sets of the time. Apart from the standard printable ASCII range (0x20-0x7e), it is completely different from the Amstrad CP/M Plus character set. The BASIC character set had symbols of particular use in games and home computing, while the CP/M Plus character reflected the International and Business flavor of the CP/M Plus environment. This character set is represented in Unicode as of the March 2020 release of Unicode 13.0, which added symbols for legacy computing.

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1 2 "A.1 Code Tables". Personal Computer MZ-700 Owner's Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. pp. 154–156.
1 2 "Appendix J: Code Tables". Personal Computer MZ-800 Owner's Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. 1984. p. A-24.
↑ Mau, Karl-Heinz (2002-08-04). "The color V-RAM of the MZ-700". Sharp MZ.org. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
1 2 Bettencourt, Rebecca; Ewell, Doug; Bánffy, Ricardo; Everson, Michael; Hietaniemi, Jarkko; Marín Silva, Eduardo; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2021-12-20), "ReadMe.txt", L2/21-235: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS (PDF), The Unicode Consortium, The Sharp MZ-700 actually had 512 characters, with the alternate set made accessible on a character-by-character basis by setting a bit in the attribute RAM where the background and foreground color were also stored. In the Japanese version, the primary set contained katakana where the alternate set contained hiragana. In the European version, Japanese characters in the primary set were replaced with additional block elements and box drawing characters, whereas the entire alternate set was replaced with a rather large assortment of video game sprites. The alternate character set was not accessible from BASIC.
1 2 3 4 Mau, Karl-Heinz (2002-08-04). "MZ-700 european code tables". Sharp MZ.org. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
1 2 3 4 Mau, Karl-Heinz (2002-08-04). "MZ-700 japanese code tables". Sharp MZ.org. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
↑ Bettencourt, Rebecca (2021-11-21), "Map from Sharp MZ-700 (interchange) European character set to Unicode", L2/21-235: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS, The Unicode Consortium
1 2 "Software: Character generator (C.G.)". Personal Computer MZ-800 Technical Reference Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. 1985. pp. 46–47.
1 2 Bettencourt, Rebecca (2021-11-21), "Map from Sharp MZ-700 (video) European primary character set to Unicode", L2/21-235: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS, The Unicode Consortium
↑ Bettencourt, Rebecca (2021-11-21), "Map from Sharp MZ-700 (video) European alternate character set to Unicode", L2/21-235: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS, The Unicode Consortium
Mau, Karl-Heinz (2002-08-05). "MZ-700 keyboard operating instructions". Sharp MZ.org. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
Bettencourt, Rebecca; Ewell, Doug; Bánffy, Ricardo; Everson, Michael; Hietaniemi, Jarkko; Marín Silva, Eduardo; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2022-01-24), L2/21-235R: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS (PDF), The Unicode Consortium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ridley, G.P. (1984). Starting Machine Code on the Sharp. D.C. Brennan Eng. pp. 149–150.
1 2 Bettencourt, Rebecca (2021-11-21), "Map from Sharp MZ-80 (video) European character set to Unicode", L2/21-235: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS, The Unicode Consortium
1 2 3 4 "Appendix". Personal Computer MZ-80A Owner's Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. 1985. pp. 210–211.
↑ "ASCII Code Table". Personal Computer MZ-80B System Program Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. March 1982. p. 146.
↑ "ASCII Code Table". Personal Computer MZ-80B BASIC Language Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. January 1981. pp. 84–85.
↑ "Character display control system". Personal Computer MZ-80B Owner's Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. January 1981. pp. 26–28.
↑ Mau, Karl-Heinz (2003-01-09). "MZ-80B European code table". Sharp MZ.org. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
1 2 Bettencourt, Rebecca (2021-11-21), "Map from Sharp MZ-700 (interchange) Japanese character set to Unicode", L2/21-235: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS, The Unicode Consortium
1 2 Bettencourt, Rebecca (2021-11-21), "Map from Sharp MZ-700 (video) Japanese primary character set to Unicode", L2/21-235: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS, The Unicode Consortium
↑ Bettencourt, Rebecca (2021-11-21), "Map from Sharp MZ-700 (video) Japanese alternate character set to Unicode", L2/21-235: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS, The Unicode Consortium
1 2 3 MZ-80K System Program (PDF) (in Japanese). Sharp Corporation. pp. 129, 133. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2013.
1 2 3 MZ-80 Series BASIC (PDF) (in Japanese). Sharp Corporation. pp. 120–122. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2013.
1 2 Bettencourt, Rebecca (2021-11-21), "Map from Sharp MZ-80 (video) Japanese character set to Unicode", L2/21-235: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS, The Unicode Consortium
Bettencourt, Rebecca; Ewell, Doug; Bánffy, Ricardo; Everson, Michael; Hietaniemi, Jarkko; Marín Silva, Eduardo; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2021-12-20), L2/21-235 (aux): Legacy Computing Sources (Supplement) (PDF), The Unicode Consortium

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[control_picture-10] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Character representing one of the cursor control characters (the cursor keys, home, and clear).^[11]

[ghost-12] 1 2 3 4 Sprites for the ghost from Pac-Man. Excluded from Unicode due to intellectual property concerns. The proposal to include additional Sharp MZ characters in Unicode recommends that these characters be mapped to the Private Use Area.^[12]

[control_picture-17] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Character representing one of the cursor control characters (the cursor keys, home, and clear).^[11]

[control_picture-19] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Character representing one of the cursor control characters (the cursor keys, home, and clear).^[11]

[control_picture-26] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Character representing one of the cursor control characters (the cursor keys, home, and clear).^[11]

[control_picture-31] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Character representing one of the cursor control characters (the cursor keys, home, and clear).^[11]

[MZ-700_owner_manual-1] 1 2 "A.1 Code Tables". Personal Computer MZ-700 Owner's Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. pp. 154–156.

[MZ-800_owner_manual-2] 1 2 "Appendix J: Code Tables". Personal Computer MZ-800 Owner's Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. 1984. p. A-24.

[sharpmz.org_MZ-700_V-RAM-3] Mau, Karl-Heinz (2002-08-04). "The color V-RAM of the MZ-700". Sharp MZ.org. Retrieved 2023-11-12.

[terminals-supplement_ReadMe-4] 1 2 Bettencourt, Rebecca; Ewell, Doug; Bánffy, Ricardo; Everson, Michael; Hietaniemi, Jarkko; Marín Silva, Eduardo; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2021-12-20), "ReadMe.txt", L2/21-235: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS (PDF), The Unicode Consortium, The Sharp MZ-700 actually had 512 characters, with the alternate set made accessible on a character-by-character basis by setting a bit in the attribute RAM where the background and foreground color were also stored. In the Japanese version, the primary set contained katakana where the alternate set contained hiragana. In the European version, Japanese characters in the primary set were replaced with additional block elements and box drawing characters, whereas the entire alternate set was replaced with a rather large assortment of video game sprites. The alternate character set was not accessible from BASIC.

[sharpmz.org_MZ-700_European_code_table-5] 1 2 3 4 Mau, Karl-Heinz (2002-08-04). "MZ-700 european code tables". Sharp MZ.org. Retrieved 2023-11-12.

[sharpmz.org_MZ-700_Japanese_code_table-6] 1 2 3 4 Mau, Karl-Heinz (2002-08-04). "MZ-700 japanese code tables". Sharp MZ.org. Retrieved 2023-11-12.

[MZ700IEU-7] Bettencourt, Rebecca (2021-11-21), "Map from Sharp MZ-700 (interchange) European character set to Unicode", L2/21-235: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS, The Unicode Consortium

[MZ-800_technical_manual-8] 1 2 "Software: Character generator (C.G.)". Personal Computer MZ-800 Technical Reference Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. 1985. pp. 46–47.

[MZ700VEP-9] 1 2 Bettencourt, Rebecca (2021-11-21), "Map from Sharp MZ-700 (video) European primary character set to Unicode", L2/21-235: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS, The Unicode Consortium

[MZ700VEA-11] Bettencourt, Rebecca (2021-11-21), "Map from Sharp MZ-700 (video) European alternate character set to Unicode", L2/21-235: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS, The Unicode Consortium

[sharpmz.org_MZ-700_keyboard-13] Mau, Karl-Heinz (2002-08-05). "MZ-700 keyboard operating instructions". Sharp MZ.org. Retrieved 2023-11-12.

[terminals-supplement-14] Bettencourt, Rebecca; Ewell, Doug; Bánffy, Ricardo; Everson, Michael; Hietaniemi, Jarkko; Marín Silva, Eduardo; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2022-01-24), L2/21-235R: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS (PDF), The Unicode Consortium

[Ridley-15] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ridley, G.P. (1984). Starting Machine Code on the Sharp. D.C. Brennan Eng. pp. 149–150.

[MZ80VEUR-16] 1 2 Bettencourt, Rebecca (2021-11-21), "Map from Sharp MZ-80 (video) European character set to Unicode", L2/21-235: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS, The Unicode Consortium

[MZ-80A_owner_manual-18] 1 2 3 4 "Appendix". Personal Computer MZ-80A Owner's Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. 1985. pp. 210–211.

[MZ-80B_System_Program_manual-20] "ASCII Code Table". Personal Computer MZ-80B System Program Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. March 1982. p. 146.

[MZ-80B_BASIC_Language_manual-21] "ASCII Code Table". Personal Computer MZ-80B BASIC Language Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. January 1981. pp. 84–85.

[MZ-80B_owner_manual-22] "Character display control system". Personal Computer MZ-80B Owner's Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. January 1981. pp. 26–28.

[sharpmz.org_MZ-80B_European_code_table-23] Mau, Karl-Heinz (2003-01-09). "MZ-80B European code table". Sharp MZ.org. Retrieved 2023-11-12.

[MZ700IJP-24] 1 2 Bettencourt, Rebecca (2021-11-21), "Map from Sharp MZ-700 (interchange) Japanese character set to Unicode", L2/21-235: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS, The Unicode Consortium

[MZ700VJP-25] 1 2 Bettencourt, Rebecca (2021-11-21), "Map from Sharp MZ-700 (video) Japanese primary character set to Unicode", L2/21-235: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS, The Unicode Consortium

[MZ700VJA-27] Bettencourt, Rebecca (2021-11-21), "Map from Sharp MZ-700 (video) Japanese alternate character set to Unicode", L2/21-235: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS, The Unicode Consortium

[MZ-80K_System_Program_JP-28] 1 2 3 MZ-80K System Program (PDF) (in Japanese). Sharp Corporation. pp. 129, 133. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2013.

[MZ-80_Series_BASIC_JP-29] 1 2 3 MZ-80 Series BASIC (PDF) (in Japanese). Sharp Corporation. pp. 120–122. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2013.

[MZ80VJPN-30] 1 2 Bettencourt, Rebecca (2021-11-21), "Map from Sharp MZ-80 (video) Japanese character set to Unicode", L2/21-235: Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS, The Unicode Consortium

[terminals-supplement_sources-32] Bettencourt, Rebecca; Ewell, Doug; Bánffy, Ricardo; Everson, Michael; Hietaniemi, Jarkko; Marín Silva, Eduardo; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2021-12-20), L2/21-235 (aux): Legacy Computing Sources (Supplement) (PDF), The Unicode Consortium

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v t e Character encodings
Early telecommunications	Telegraph code Needle Morse Non-Latin Wabun/Kana Chinese Cyrillic Korean Baudot and Murray Fieldata ASCII ISO/IEC 646 BCDIC Teletex and Videotex/Teletext T.51/ISO/IEC 6937 ITU T.61 ITU T.101 World System Teletext background sets Transcode
ISO/IEC 8859	Approved parts -1 (Western Europe) -2 (Central Europe) -3 (Maltese/Esperanto) -4 (North Europe) -5 (Cyrillic) -6 (Arabic) -7 (Greek) -8 (Hebrew) -9 (Turkish) -10 (Nordic) -11 (Thai) -13 (Baltic) -14 (Celtic) -15 (New Western Europe) -16 (Romanian) Abandoned parts -12 (Devanagari) Proposed but not approved KOI-8 Cyrillic Sámi Adaptations Welsh Barents Cyrillic Estonian Ukrainian Cyrillic
Bibliographic use	MARC-8 ANSEL CCCII/EACC ISO 5426 5426-2 5427 5428 6438 6862
National standards	ArmSCII Big5 BraSCII CNS 11643 DIN 66003 ELOT 927 GOST 10859 GB 2312 GB 12345 GB 12052 GB 18030 HKSCS ISCII JIS X 0201 JIS X 0208 JIS X 0212 JIS X 0213 KOI-7 KPS 9566 KS X 1001 KS X 1002 LST 1564 LST 1590-4 PASCII Shift JIS SI 960 TIS-620 TSCII VISCII VSCII YUSCII
ISO/IEC 2022	ISO/IEC 8859 ISO/IEC 10367 Extended Unix Code / EUC
Mac OS Code pages ("scripts")	Armenian Arabic Barents Cyrillic Celtic Central European Croatian Cyrillic Devanagari Farsi (Persian) Font X (Kermit) Gaelic Georgian Greek Gujarati Gurmukhi Hebrew Iceland Inuit Keyboard Latin (Kermit) Maltese/Esperanto Ogham Roman Romanian Sámi Turkish Turkic Cyrillic Ukrainian VT100
DOS code pages	437 668 708 720 737 770 773 775 776 777 778 850 851 852 853 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 869 897 899 903 904 932 936 942 949 950 951 1034 1040 1042 1043 1044 1098 1115 1116 1117 1118 1127 3846 ABICOMP CS Indic CSX Indic CSX+ Indic CWI-2 Iran System Kamenický Mazovia MIK
IBM AIX code pages	895 896 912 915 921 922 1006 1008 1009 1010 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1046 1124 1133
Windows code pages	CER-GS 932 936 (GBK) 950 1169 Extended Latin-8 1250 1251 1252 1253 1254 1255 1256 1257 1258 1270 Cyrillic + Finnish Cyrillic + French Cyrillic + German Polytonic Greek
EBCDIC code pages	Japanese language in EBCDIC DKOI
DEC terminals (VTx)	Multinational (MCS) National Replacement (NRCS) French Canadian Swiss Spanish United Kingdom Dutch Finnish French Norwegian and Danish Swedish Norwegian and Danish (alternative) 8-bit Greek 8-bit Turkish SI 960 Hebrew Special Graphics Technical (TCS)
Platform specific	1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 Acorn RISC OS Amstrad CPC Apple II ATASCII Atari ST BICS Casio calculators CDC Compucolor 8001 Compucolor II CP/M+ DEC RADIX 50 DEC MCS/NRCS DG International Galaksija GEM GSM 03.38 HP Roman HP FOCAL HP RPL SQUOZE LICS LMBCS MSX NEC APC NeXT PETSCII PostScript Standard PostScript Latin 1 SAM Coupé Sega SC-3000 Sharp calculators Sharp MZ Sinclair QL Teletext TI calculators TRS-80 Ventura International WISCII XCCS ZX80 ZX81 ZX Spectrum
Unicode / ISO/IEC 10646	UTF-1 UTF-7 UTF-8 UTF-16 UTF-32 UTF-EBCDIC GB 18030 DIN 91379 BOCU-1 CESU-8 SCSU TACE16 Comparison of Unicode encodings
TeX typesetting system	Cork LY1 OML OMS OT1
Miscellaneous code pages	ABICOMP ASMO 449 Digital encoding of APL symbols ISO-IR-68 ARIB STD-B24 Fieldata HZ IEC-P27-1 INIS 7-bit 8-bit ISO-IR-169 ISO 2033 KOI KOI8-R KOI8-RU KOI8-U Mojikyō SEASCII Stanford/ITS Symbol TRON Unified Hangul Code
Control character	Morse prosigns C0 and C1 control codes ISO/IEC 6429 JIS X 0211 Unicode control, format and separator characters Whitespace characters
Related topics	CCSID Character encodings in HTML Charset detection Han unification Hardware code page MICR code Mojibake Variable-length encoding
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