Harry Potter Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 I am working on an Atari port of my Fields library, which is an UI library for cc65 that provides support for dialogs/records and menus to normal text-mode programs. I want to provide menu borders with special characters to make them look better. Therefore, I need to use the special border characters of the Atari. Where can I find the info I need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+David_P Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Is the Wikipedia article sufficient? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATASCII Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted September 3, 2017 Author Share Posted September 3, 2017 It helps, but I need to actually print graphics characters. In particular, I need the border characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+David_P Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Something like this? http://www.orphanedgames.com/misc_pics/atari_age/Keyboard_Stickers.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted September 3, 2017 Author Share Posted September 3, 2017 Uhh...I need to print the graphics codes from a cc65 program. I need the ATASCII codes for the border characters. The keyboard layout could be useful later, though. BTW, how do I type in the graphics characters from the keyboard? I am using an mulator. I don't know which one, but it's not Altirra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylev Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Harry, The control key is used in conjunction with the alphabet keys to create the built-in Atari graphics you are after. Use the image from David_P's link to determine the correct alphabet key. Most emulators will pass your PC CTRL key to the emulated Atari machine, so it would be the same as using real hardware. The codes in the chart from Wiki are the hexidecimal codes that cc65 should need to generate the required characters for printing. The important thing to remember is that most of these codes mean something to an Epson compatible printer, so printing them in hard-copy might be an issue. Your original post leads me to believe you are interested in printing to the screen. These codes should work fine for that purpose. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Jon has an ATASCII chart in the docs for The Last Word. Link: http://atari8.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/LW321B.zip Please note that there is a newer version of TLW, but this one has the chart in it. Look at the end of the font.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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