Amstrad CP/M Plus character set

The Amstrad CP/M Plus character set (alternatively known as PCW character set or ZX Spectrum +3 character set) is any of a group of 8-bit character sets introduced by Amstrad/Locomotive Software for use in conjunction with their adaptation of Digital Research's CP/M Plus^[1] on various Amstrad CPC / Schneider CPC and Amstrad PCW / Schneider Joyce machines.^[2][3] The character set was also used on the Amstrad ZX Spectrum +3 version of CP/M.^[1]

Amstrad CP/M Plus character set

Alias(es)	PCW character set, ZX Spectrum +3 character set
Language(s)	US English, French, German, UK English, Danish Swedish, Italian and Spanish
Created by	Amstrad, Locomotive Software
Based on	ISO/IEC 646
Other related encoding(s)	LocoScript

At least on the ZX Spectrum +3 it existed in eight language-specific variants (based on ISO/IEC 646) depending on the selected locale of the system: USA (default), France, Germany, UK, Denmark, Sweden, Italy and Spain.^[4]

Another slight variant of the character set was used by LocoScript.^[5][6]

Character set

Amstrad CP/M Plus character set (Language 0)^[1][3]

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

0x

∞

⊙

Γ

Δ

⊗

×

÷

∴

Π

↓

Σ

←

→

±

↔

Ω

1x

α

β

γ

δ

ε

θ

λ

μ

π

ρ

σ

τ

φ

χ

ψ

ω

2x

SP

!

"

#

$

%

&

'

(

)

*

+

,

-

.

/

3x

0︀[a]

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

:

;

<

=

>

?

4x

@

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

5x

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

[

\

]

↑

_

6x

`

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

7x

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

{

|

}

~

0[a]

8x

◾︎

╧

╟

╚

╤

║

╔

╠

╢

╝

═

╩

╗

╣

╦

╬

9x

·

╵

╶

└

╷

│

┌

├

╴

┘

─

┴

┐

┤

┬

┼

Ax

ª

º

°

£

©

¶

§

†

¼

½

¾

«

»

₧

¿

¡

Bx

ƒ

¢

¨

´

ˆ

‰

⅛

⅜

⅝

⅞

ß

○

•

¥

®

™

Cx

Á

É

Í

Ó

Ú

Â

Ê

Î

Ô

Û

À

È

Ì

Ò

Ù

Ÿ

Dx

Ä

Ë

Ï

Ö

Ü

Ç

Æ

Å

Ø

Ñ

Ã

Õ

≥

≤

≠

≃

Ex

á

é

í

ó

ú

â

ê

î

ô

û

à

è

ì

ò

ù

ÿ

Fx

ä

ë

ï

ö

ü

ç

æ

å

ø

ñ

ã

õ

⇒

⇐

⇔

≡

  Language variants

1. Code point 0x30 is intended for zero with a slash (Unicode standardized variant U+0030 U+FE00), 0x7F for zero without a slash. Both can be expressed as Unicode character U+0030, but of course if both are converted to the same code point the conversion is non-reversible.

Language variants

In languages 1 to 7, certain characters in the range 0..127 are swapped with characters in the range 128..255 of the character set, as shown in the following table:^[4]

Language	0x23	0x40	0x5B	0x5C	0x5D	0x5E	0x60	0x7B	0x7C	0x7D	0x7E
0: USA	#	@	[	\	]	^	`	{	|	}	~
1: France	#	à	º	ç	§	^	`	é	ù	è	¨
2: Germany	#	§	Ä	Ö	Ü	^	`	ä	ö	ü	ß
3: UK	£	@	[	\	]	^	`	{	|	}	~
4: Denmark	#	@	Æ	Ø	Å	^	`	æ	ø	å	~
5: Sweden	#	É	Ä	Ö	Å	Ü	é	ä	ö	å	ü
6: Italy	#	@	º	\	é	^	ù	à	ò	è	ì
7: Spain	Pt	@	¡	Ñ	¿	^	`	¨	ñ	}	~

See also

• Amstrad CPC character set
• ZX Spectrum character set
• ISO/IEC 646 (similar, but not identical set of 7-bit character sets)
• Box-drawing character