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'''Symbols for Legacy Computing''' is a [[Unicode block]] containing graphic characters that were used for various [[home computer]]s from the 1970s and 1980s and in [[Teletext]] broadcasting standards. It includes characters from the [[Amstrad CPC character set|Amstrad CPC]], [[MSX character set|MSX]], [[Mattel Aquarius character set|Mattel Aquarius]], [[RISC OS character set|RISC OS]], [[MouseText]], [[Atari ST character set|Atari ST]], [[TRS-80 Color Computer]], [[Oric]], [[Texas Instruments TI-99/4A]], [[TRS-80 character set|TRS-80]], [[Minitel]], [[Teletext character set|Teletext]], [[ATASCII]], [[PETSCII]], [[ZX80 character set|ZX80]], and [[ZX81 character set|ZX81]] character sets, as well as [[semigraphics]] characters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18235-terminals-prop.pdf |title=Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS |access-date=2020-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18235-aux-LegacyComputingSources.pdf |title=Legacy Computing Sources |access-date=2020-03-11}}</ref>

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* [[Supplemental Arrows-C]] Unicode block characters {{unichar|1F8B0|ARROW POINTING UPWARDS THEN NORTH WEST}} and {{unichar|1F8B1|ARROW POINTING RIGHTWARDS THEN CURVING SOUTH WEST}}

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