Editing ATASCII (section)

{{Short description|Character encoding used by the Atari 8-bit home computers}}
[[File:Atascii-character-set-00toFF-2x.gif|frame|The entire visible ATASCII character set, both normal and inverse glyphs, upscaled to 2x to better show details]]

The '''ATASCII''' character set, from '''''ATA'''RI '''S'''tandard '''C'''ode for '''I'''nformation '''I'''nterchange'', alternatively '''''AT'''ARI '''ASCII''''', is a [[character encoding]] used in the [[Atari 8-bit computers]]. ATASCII is based on [[ASCII]], but is not fully compatible with it. It was first used in the Atari 400 and 800 in 1979 and was kept in all subsequent models until the line was discontinued in 1992. The [[Atari ST]] family of computers use the different [[Atari ST character set]].

Like most other variants of ASCII, ATASCII has its own distinct characters (arrows, blocks, [[box-drawing character]]s, [[playing card]] suits, etc.) in place of the C0 control codes in ASCII (characters 0–31), as well as replacing a few other ASCII code points.