Talk:ZX Spectrum character set

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Moved from the former Talk:SPECSCII page:

[edit] Nomenclature

While this article seems okay the name SPECSCII is entirely fictional. Would be better to rename it Spectrum character set. DamienG 13:50, Sep 28, 2004 (UTC)

So are PETSCII (for CBM Character Set) and ATASCII (for Atari Character Set), I believe. I have no objection to such changes, though. I just think, if there should be a change, then the article should be copied to Spectrum Character Set, and the contents of SPECSCII deleted and replaced with a redirect to it. But do as you see right; I have experience with a previous wiki but I've only just registered on Wikipedia, so I'm not afraid of corrections from more experienced members. The article is linked to from PETSCII and ATASCII. --Shlomital 17:55, 2004 Sep 28 (UTC)

I actually think both ATASCII and PETSCII are official or quasi-official designations from Atari and CBM, respectively (100% sure for ATASCII, need to check a little further re CBM's ). Also, the names were used quite consistently in third-party books and in the trade press (computer mags), and so were well established by the systems' user community as the most common names. As you probably know, the names PET ASCII and CBM ASCII were also used for PETSCII. I've never heard of SPECSCII, but I'm not overly familiar with the Speccy scene. --Wernher 20:47, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I have copied the contents of the SPECSCII page and pasted onto a new page Spectrum Character Set. The SPECSCII page can now be deleted or redirected, at your discretion. I decided to do this because, although the term SPECSCII may have been a shorthand for the Spectrum Character Set, it never gained as much momentum as either PETSCII or ATASCII. All links to the article fixed as well. --Shlomital 20:58, 2004 Sep 28 (UTC)

Re the movement of the SPECSCII article: I took the liberty of changing its name (moving it again) to ZX Spectrum character set to enforce 1) preciseness, and 2) Wikipedia article naming standard -- capital letters for proper names only. --Wernher 21:05, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Much better. Might be worth noting that two of the user-defined-graphics positions in the character set are replaced with the keywords PLAY and SPECTRUM on 128K models too. DamienG 12:07, Sep 29, 2004 (UTC)

Which ones? I'll need the numbers in order to include that information in the article. I've tried checking with my own emulator in 128K mode, but I couldn't get past the main menu (where it says "Tape Loader" and "128K Basic"). --Shlomital 13:33, 2004 Sep 29 (UTC)

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