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What is character $FD? Co-author of Unicode proposal needs to know!

Started by Gryzor, 11:27, 03 November 21

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Gryzor


The title is a bit of a clickbait because that's an old discussion and the answer has been given, but I just found it and thought I'd share...


So, in case you're wondering what this is:


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head over to


https://www.reddit.com/r/Amstrad/comments/ahkcg0/what_is_character_fd_coauthor_of_unicode_proposal/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Cwiiis

Two things stand out to me, either a front 3/4 perspective of a mouse with its cable coming out of the front or a winding path towards the sunset. I think the latter is the more likely of the two.

Gryzor

If you don't accept the official explanation then I think 'sperm' is the closest you can get :D

Cwiiis

hmm, looking at it in context and with the right aspect ratio though, it really seems like either mushroom cloud or lightning cloud are what's intended. The other characters around it are clearly for character-based games and it'd make sense...


http://www.cpctech.cpc-live.com/docs/cpckybd.pdf

Gryzor


Prodatron

Crazy, I always thought that this is a trampoline, as I was thinking about platformers at this time back in the 80ies :D

GRAPHICAL Z80 MULTITASKING OPERATING SYSTEM


Cwiiis


Gryzor

Quote from: Prodatron on 23:20, 03 November 21
Crazy, I always thought that this is a trampoline, as I was thinking about platformers at this time back in the 80ies :D

Well that was a time where we could see a boob in a 4x4 grid, so...

Quote from: dthrone on 01:02, 04 November 21
Pretty sure it's actually a fish guys  :-X
https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=10839
That was in level 1, in level 2 I'm pretty sure it was a caterpillar :D

Quote from: Cwiiis on 10:36, 04 November 21

Whoops, probably should have read the thread!  :laugh:

That was the meaning of the post :D

ralferoo

Oh, haha. I actually just looked it up in my physical copy of the firmware manual before noticing Gryzor's post (and of course, I didn't read the thread either!)

Can confirm it's "Bomb" in my copy too!


Should probably check the others too. e.g. what they said was explosion (EE) is actually "Star"

Gryzor



Gryzor

No, I was asking because the thread was about #FD but you mentioned "bomb" which is #FC...

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