Managed to get the control characters to display (the Unicode control character glyphs start at 0x2400)
On 15 November 2015 at 10:51, Mark Wickens <[email protected]> wrote: > Many thanks for all the input. > Ron: I've corrected the copy-paste error. > Comet: I have incorporated many of your suggestions and I agree with your > philosophy. > > The revised and permanent home for the table is now: > http://wickensonline.co.uk/static/files/tandy/Unicode/TandyModelTCodetoUnicodeConversionTable.html > I got light-hearted ribbing from a Unix-oriented work colleague for having > spaces in the URI so I've removed them. As I use Windows Server 2012 R2 at > home together with a good smattering of Ubuntu, Debian and OpenVMS I > changed to Camel Case to placate him :D > > I have embedded the GNU Unifont truetype font in the HTML file - this is a > really nice for font this application as it is based on bitmap glyphs and > has good coverage. I'm still learning how best to provide the appropriate > fonts so that the table will render with as many possible glyphs on as many > possible devices. > > The only issue I have with rendered glyphs is that the control characters > are not yet being displayed, I'll work on that later. > > The remaining question marks regarding suitable unicode glyphs for me are > (Model T character positions quoted): > > 0x90 and 0x91 - these are currently mapped to the Bell and Peace symbol. I > believe that characters 0x90 & 0x91 are meant to represent two positions of > a Space Invader. I'd be happier if these mapped to something with the > equivalent semantic meaning. > 0x81 and 0x82 - to me these look like a payphone and an off-hook payphone. > I think the current Unicode glyph assigned to 0x82 ✆ is a better fit for > 0x81 and an 'off-hook' symbol should be assigned to 0x82, but I haven't > found one of those. > > 0x83 - I understand the argument that this may be representing a > 'wireless' phone connection - either satellite link or mobile phone. I'm on > the fence with this one. Mobile phone might be a more useful glyph to use, > but satellite dish is cooler :) > > Regards, Mark. > > On 15 November 2015 at 08:48, _ Comet <[email protected]> wrote: > >> http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=Unicode_Mappings suggests >> alternate translations for some of the Unicode code points. >> (Chris Osburn) >> M100,81,U+26FD,FUEL PUMP >> ⛽ ☏ ☏ WHITE TELEPHONE >> M100,83,U+1F4E1,SATELLITE ANTENNA 📡 ☈ >> ☈ THUNDERSTORM >> M100,84,U+1F697,AUTOMOBILE 🚗 >> ♿ ♿ WHEELCHAIR SYMBOL >> M100,87,U+1F6BD,TOILET >> 🚽 ⚚ ⚚ STAFF OF HERMES >> M100,93,U+1F6B9,MENS SYMBOL 🚹 >> ☺ ☺ WHITE SMILING FACE >> M100,94,U+1F6C2,PASSPORT CONTROL 🛂 ☹ >> ☹ WHITE FROWING FACE >> >> I believe it is more important to match the semantic meaning, rather than >> the particular glyph appearance, as Unicode explicitly defines MEANINGS, >> and does leave it to font designers much freedom in designing the >> particular glyph appearances, so downloading the proper graphics should be >> secondary to assigning the proper meaningful Unicode point. >> : >> 81 looks like it's intended to indicate a phone booth, so ✆ >> telephone location sign -- dingbat >> 82 I would map to ℡telephone sign >> 83 It doesn't look like it means "Thunderstorm" to me, although I can >> kinda see a satellite antenna. I think the meaning is 📱'MOBILE PHONE' >> (U+1F4F1) >> 84 means formula one style racing car to me, so 🏎 U+1F3CE >> 87 looks like it means 🖀 'TELEPHONE ON TOP OF MODEM' (U+1F580). >> >> 93 and 94 are not looking like they mean any kind of white face at all; >> to me, they convey the following meanings: >> 93 is gender-neutral pedestrian 🚶 U+1F6B6 >> 94 is gender-neutral dancer 💃 U+1F483 >> >> 224 E0 does not duplicate "space" to me. Its presence by the graphic >> drawing characters means 'EM QUAD' (U+2001) space to me. >> >> 190 BE looks, even for the Model 100, like it means ¨ DIAERESIS >> >> -------- >> Comet >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Ron Wiesen <[email protected]> >> *To:* 'Model 100 Discussion' <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Friday, November 13, 2015 5:02 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [M100] Fwd: Re: Conversion of Tandy Model T characters >> after PC filetransfer... >> >> >> > Here is the fruits of my labour >> The table you’ve made is a handy reference that some folks will >> appreciate. The table has an error that I believe is the result of an >> intended “Copy_Paste_then_Edit” operation where the Edit didn’t happen: see >> the CHR$(254) description which should read “BLACK LOWER RIGHT TRIANGLE” >> rather than “BLACK UPPER RIGHT TRIANGLE”. >> >> >> >> >> http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/static/files/tandy/Tandy%20Model%20T%20Code%20to%20Unicode%20Generated%20V1.7.html >> >> >> >> >
