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ATASCII is a eight-bit encoding that was used on Atari computers. It uses most, but not all, of the ASCII printing characters; codes 7B through 7F are different. The characters with the high bit set (80 through FF) are, with some exceptions, inverse video versions of the same code ANDed with 7F.
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'''ATASCII''' is an eight-bit encoding that was used on Atari computers. It uses most, but not all, of the [[ASCII]] printing characters; codes 7B through 7F are different. The characters with the high bit set (80 through FF) are, with some exceptions, inverse video versions of the same code ANDed with 7F. There have been a number of programs to portray ATASCII on modern operating systems, as well as fonts designed from the originals.
  
* [[http://www.atariarchives.org/mapping/appendix10.php Code table]]
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== Documentation ==
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* [http://www.faqs.org/faqs/atari-8-bit/faq/section-62.html#b Atari 8-bit FAQ] - What is the ATASCII Character Set?
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATASCII Wikipedia entry on ATASCII]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATASCII Wikipedia entry on ATASCII]
* [http://www.atari-forum.com/wiki/index.php?title=The_Atari_character_set The Atari Character Set page at Atari-Forum.com]
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* [http://spriteshack.com/?p=353 SpriteShack: Using ATASCII in Games]
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* [http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue70/113_1_INSIGHT_Atari.php Atari Character Codes] from Computer Magazine Issue #70
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* [http://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-31 Issue of Analog Computing Magazine (#31)] covering ATASCII Animations
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* [http://www.atariarchives.org/basicxl/showpage.php?page=363 Process of typing in ATASCII on an Atari computer]
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* [http://archive.org/details/bitsavers_atari40080mputerTechnicalReferenceNotes1982_20170986 Atari technical manual] - Lots of tech details about Atari 400/800 (including character code info)
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== Code Tables ==
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* [http://www.atariarchives.org/mapping/appendix10.php Code table]
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* {{AtariForumWiki|The_Atari_character_set|The Atari Character Set page at Atari-Forum.com}}
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* [http://joyfulcoder.net/atascii/ Joyful Coder ATASCII Map]
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* [http://atariwiki.strotmann.de/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Atari%20ATASCII%20Table ATASCII map in PDF]
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== Programs ==
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* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/atascii/ Atari ATASCII Viewer (Java)] on Sourceforge. Last updated in 2001.
 
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/atascii/ Atari ATASCII Viewer (Java)] on Sourceforge. Last updated in 2001.
* [https://vimeo.com/343238 Display of ATASCII on a 40h light panel] (Video)
 
 
* [http://www.leehanken.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/atascii/ ATASCII View] Windows program for viewing ATASCII characters
 
* [http://www.leehanken.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/atascii/ ATASCII View] Windows program for viewing ATASCII characters
* [http://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-31 Issue of Analog Computing Magazine (#31)] covering ATASCII Animations
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* [http://www.vitoco.cl/atari/atasciiprinter.html Web-based ATASCII Printer]
* [http://members.bitstream.net/marksim/atarimac/fonts.html Atari Classic truetype fonts]
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* [http://xent.com/~bsittler/atascii.ti Terminfo for ATASCII]
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* [http://syncterm.bbsdev.net/ Syncterm Software] - Terminal program for Windows that supports ATASCII
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* [http://joyfulcoder.com/memopad/ Memo Pad], a windows memo pad for ATASCII characters
 
* [http://bf.amfband.com/bffiles.html File directory containing two ATASCII Telnet Clients for Windows]
 
* [http://bf.amfband.com/bffiles.html File directory containing two ATASCII Telnet Clients for Windows]
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* http://ape.dyndns.org:8083/ABBUC/379/IBM2A.C IBM2A.C - Program to make "best guess" conversion from ATASCII to IBM PC Characters (1993)
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== Video ==
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* [https://vimeo.com/343238 Display of ATASCII on a 40h light panel] (Video)
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16CSYOBqdqQ ATARI BBS SIM (850 Express)] Video of a simulation of dialing an Atari BBS
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKv6_f5ucMw ATARI TOONS "Aliens"]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHUl7WnJqwE ATARI TOONS "Trek"]
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* [http://t3xtm0.de/?p=10194 Video of an ATASCII award-winning animation from 1986]
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== Fonts ==
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* [http://members.bitstream.net/marksim/atarimac/fonts.html Atari Classic truetype fonts]
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* [http://user.xmission.com/~trevin/atari/atari.html TrueType Font of ATASCII Characters]
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ATASCII is an eight-bit encoding that was used on Atari computers. It uses most, but not all, of the ASCII printing characters; codes 7B through 7F are different. The characters with the high bit set (80 through FF) are, with some exceptions, inverse video versions of the same code ANDed with 7F. There have been a number of programs to portray ATASCII on modern operating systems, as well as fonts designed from the originals.

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