Sharp MZ character set

Summary

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 edit

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 edit

MZ-700/MZ-800 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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
🢷[a]
1F8B7
🢵[a]
1F8B5
🢶[a]
1F8B6
🢴[a]
1F8B4
🅷[a] 🅲[a] 🛸︎ 𜰁
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
[b] [b] [b] [b] 𜱬
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 𜳒
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. ^ a b c d e f g Character representing one of the cursor control characters (the cursor keys, home, and clear).[11]
  2. ^ a b c d e 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 edit

Interchange edit

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 edit

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
🢷[a]
1F8B7
🢵[a]
1F8B5
🢶[a]
1F8B6
🢴[a]
1F8B4
🅷[a] 🅲[a] 🛸︎ 𜰁
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. ^ a b c d e f g Character representing one of the cursor control characters (the cursor keys, home, and clear).[11]

MZ-80A edit

Interchange edit

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 edit

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
🢷[a]
1F8B7
🢵[a]
1F8B5
🢶[a]
1F8B6
🢴[a]
1F8B4
🅷[a] 🅲[a] 🛸︎ 𜰁
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. ^ a b c d e f g Character representing one of the cursor control characters (the cursor keys, home, and clear).[11]

MZ-80B edit

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

Japanese edit

MZ-700/MZ-800 edit

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 edit

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 ¥ £ 🢳
1F8B3
8x
9x
Ax
Bx
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 edit

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
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx 🢳
1F8B3
🢷[a]
1F8B7
🢵[a]
1F8B5
🢶[a]
1F8B6
🢴[a]
1F8B4
🅷[a] 🅲[a] 🛸︎ 𜰁
1CC01
𜰀
1CC00
   
1CC02
 
1CC03
 
1CC04
 
1CC6F
😐︎
Dx ¥ £ 🐍︎
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
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx 🢳
1F8B3
🢷[a]
1F8B7
🢵[a]
1F8B5
🢶[a]
1F8B6
🢴[a]
1F8B4
🅷[a] 🅲[a] 🛸︎ 𜰁
1CC01
𜰀
1CC00
   
1CC02
 
1CC03
 
1CC04
 
1CC6F
😐︎
Dx ¥ £ 🐍︎
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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Character representing one of the cursor control characters (the cursor keys, home, and clear).[11]

MZ-80 series edit

Interchange edit

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 ¥ £ 🢳
1F8B3
8x NBSP
9x
Ax
Bx
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 edit

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
9x
Ax
Bx
Cx 🢳
1F8B3
🢷[a]
1F8B7
🢵[a]
1F8B5
🢶[a]
1F8B6
🢴[a]
1F8B4
🅷[a] 🅲[a] 🛸︎ 𜰁
1CC01
𜰀
1CC00
   
1CC02
 
1CC03
 
1CC04
 
1CC6F
😐︎
Dx ¥ £ 🐍︎
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. ^ a b c d e f g Character representing one of the cursor control characters (the cursor keys, home, and clear).[11]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "A.1 Code Tables". Personal Computer MZ-700 Owner's Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. pp. 154–156.
  2. ^ a b c "Appendix J: Code Tables". Personal Computer MZ-800 Owner's Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. 1984. p. A-24.
  3. ^ a b Mau, Karl-Heinz (2002-08-04). "The color V-RAM of the MZ-700". Sharp MZ.org. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  4. ^ a b c 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.
  5. ^ a b c d e Mau, Karl-Heinz (2002-08-04). "MZ-700 european code tables". Sharp MZ.org. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  6. ^ a b c d e Mau, Karl-Heinz (2002-08-04). "MZ-700 japanese code tables". Sharp MZ.org. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  7. ^ a b 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
  8. ^ a b c "Software: Character generator (C.G.)". Personal Computer MZ-800 Technical Reference Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. 1985. pp. 46–47.
  9. ^ a b c 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
  10. ^ a b 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
  11. ^ a b c d e f Mau, Karl-Heinz (2002-08-05). "MZ-700 keyboard operating instructions". Sharp MZ.org. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  12. ^ a b 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
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ridley, G.P. (1984). Starting Machine Code on the Sharp. D.C. Brennan Eng. pp. 149–150.
  14. ^ a b c 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
  15. ^ a b c d e "Appendix". Personal Computer MZ-80A Owner's Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. 1985. pp. 210–211.
  16. ^ a b "ASCII Code Table". Personal Computer MZ-80B System Program Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. March 1982. p. 146.
  17. ^ a b "ASCII Code Table". Personal Computer MZ-80B BASIC Language Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. January 1981. pp. 84–85.
  18. ^ a b "Character display control system". Personal Computer MZ-80B Owner's Manual (PDF). Sharp Corporation. January 1981. pp. 26–28.
  19. ^ a b Mau, Karl-Heinz (2003-01-09). "MZ-80B European code table". Sharp MZ.org. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  20. ^ a b c 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
  21. ^ a b c 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
  22. ^ a b 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
  23. ^ a b c d MZ-80K System Program (PDF) (in Japanese). Sharp Corporation. pp. 129, 133. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2013.
  24. ^ a b c d MZ-80 Series BASIC (PDF) (in Japanese). Sharp Corporation. pp. 120–122. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2013.
  25. ^ a b c 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
  26. ^ 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