NEC APC character set

NEC APC is an 8-bit character set developed by NEC for the NEC APC, a CP/M-86 and MS-DOS-compatible personal computer in 1983.[1][2] These were a contemporary competitor for the IBM PC, although eclipsed by fully PC-compatible computers.

Character set

  Letter   Number   Punctuation   Symbol   Other   undefined

NEC APC character set[2]
_0 _1 _2 _3 _4 _5 _6 _7 _8 _9 _A _B _C _D _E _F
0_ NUL
0000
0
SOH (▶)
0001 (25B6)
1
STX
0002
2
ETX
0003
3
EOT
0004
4
ENQ
0005
5
ACK
0006
6
BEL (🔔)
0007 (1F514)
7
BS (⬆)
0008 (2B06)
8
HT ()
0009 (27A1)
9
LF ()
000A (25C7)
10
VT ()
000B (2B07)
11
FF
000C
12
CR (⬅)
000D (2B05)
13
SO
000E
14
SI
000F
15
1_ DLE
0010
16
DC1
0011
17
DC2 (¯)
0012 (00AF)
18
DC3 ()
0013 (2212)
19
DC4 (÷)
0014 (00F7)
20
NAK (×)
0015 (00D7)
21
SYN
0016
22
ETB ()
0017 (25AF)
23
CAN ()
0018 (25AE)
24
EM ()
0019 (25AC)
25
SUB
001A
26
ESC
001B
27
FS
001C
28
GS
001D
29
RS
001E
30
US ()
001F (25AD)
31
2_ SP
0020
32
!
0021
33
"
0022
34
#
0023
35
$
0024
36
%
0025
37
&
0026
38
'
0027
39
(
0028
40
)
0029
41
*
002A
42
+
002B
43
,
002C
44
-
002D
45
.
002E
46
/
002F
47
3_ 0
0030
48
1
0031
49
2
0032
50
3
0033
51
4
0034
52
5
0035
53
6
0036
54
7
0037
55
8
0038
56
9
0039
57
:
003A
58
;
003B
59
<
003C
60
=
003D
61
>
003E
62
?
003F
63
4_ @
0040
64
A
0041
65
B
0042
66
C
0043
67
D
0044
68
E
0045
69
F
0046
70
G
0047
71
H
0048
72
I
0049
73
J
004A
74
K
004B
75
L
004C
76
M
004D
77
N
004E
78
O
004F
79
5_ P
0050
80
Q
0051
81
R
0052
82
S
0053
83
T
0054
84
U
0055
85
V
0056
86
W
0057
87
X
0058
88
Y
0059
89
Z
005A
90
[
005B
91
\
005C
92
]
005D
93
^
005E
94
_
005F
95
6_ `
0060
96
a
0061
97
b
0062
98
c
0063
99
d
0064
100
e
0065
101
f
0066
102
g
0067
103
h
0068
104
i
0069
105
j
006A
106
k
006B
107
l
006C
108
m
006D
109
n
006E
110
o
006F
111
7_ p
0070
112
q
0071
113
r
0072
114
s
0073
115
t
0074
116
u
0075
117
v
0076
118
w
0077
119
x
0078
120
y
0079
121
z
007A
122
{
007B
123
|
007C
124
}
007D
125
~
007E
126
DEL
007F
127
8_
2581
128

2582
129

2583
130

2584
131

2585
132

2586
133

2587
134

2588
135

258F
136

258E
137

258D
138

258C
139

258B
140

258A
141

2589
142

253C
143
9_
2534
144

252C
145

251C
146

2524
147


148

2500
149

2502
150


151

250C
152

2510
153

2514
154

2518
155

256D
156

256E
157

256F
158

2570
159
A_ NBSP
00A0
160

2265
161

2215
162

2217
163

2264
164

2215
165
 

166

2191
167
½
00BE
168

2193
169

2190
170

2192
171


172


173


174
¼
00BC
175
B_
00B0
176
³
00B3
177
τ
00B2
178

2074
179

2075
180

2076
181
ε
0395
182
ρ
03C1
183
σ
03C3
184
ψ
03C8
185
Ω
03A9
186
Γ
0393
187

2070
188
ο
03BF
189
κ
03BE
190
Σ
03A3
191
C_ α
03A1
192
ν
03BD
193
Δ
0394
194
β
03B2
195
ξ
03BE
196
η
03B7
197
θ
03B8
198
¹
00B9
199
±
00B1
200
υ
03C5
201
π
03C0
202

2227
203
²
00B2
204

2295
205
¯
00AF
206


207
D_ ¢
00A2
208
ω
00B9
209

00A9
210
γ
00AE
211

2077
212

2078
213

2079
214
ι
03B9
215
φ
03C6
216

2260
217
χ
03C7
218
°
00B0
219


220
ζ
03B6
221
λ
03BB
222
μ
03BC
223
E_
2550
224

255E
225

256A
226

2561
227

25E2
228

25E3
229

25E5
230

25E4
231

2660
232

2663
233

2665
234

2666
235

25CF
236

25CB
237

2571
238

2572
239
F_
2573
240

2508
241

250A
242


243


244


245


246


247

2320
248

2321
249

23A1
250

23A3
251

23A4
252

23A6
253

23B2
254

23B3
255
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See also

References

  1. "Necis [sic] Joins 16-Bit Auction By Releasing APC System". Computerworld: 45–46. 1982-05-31. (NB. The article contains an obvious transmission error, the company's name is NEC Information Systems, Inc., not Necis.)
  2. 1 2 NEC Information Systems, Inc. (November 1983). Advanced Personal Computer - MS-DOS System Programmer's Guide (PDF) (REV 00 ed.). NEC Corporation. part number 819-000104-3001. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-11-25.

Further reading

  • Longley, Dennis; Shain, Michael (1983). Microcomputer User's Handbook: The Complete and Up to Date Guide to Buying a Business Computer. Springer. ISBN 1349067377. ISBN 9781349067374.
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