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The Universal Character Set (Unicode, ISO 10646): standardisation history, early adopters and conversion between it and retro character sets.

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How was the order of Unicode block-quadrant characters chosen?

It was intended to be part of Unicode 3.0 By March 31st, 2000 the proposal was revised to include changes made by Unicode 3.0 (two characters already included), as well as to add dome more characters to … In any case, the intention here is to help Unicode become somewhat more "technology-neutral". …
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Why did Windows 3.0 fail in Japan?

I'm not sure if I would attribute much to that article. Bullfrag is a well-known clickbait site which is all about cross-linking and advertisement, not really about the content. Likewise the number of …
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What's the correct Unicode code point for the Apple IIe's "delete" symbol?

Did it get left out of Unicode? Yes. … *1 - Unicode naming of "REVERSE FIVE-BY-FIVE CENTERED CHECKER BOARD" a in INVERSE since Unicode description is made assuming a black on white rendering and a checker board starts out with white in the …
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How widely used were C1 control codes?

Unicode just ignores other C1 control codes. Sorry to disappoint you, but Unicode does define all of them as part of the C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement page. … What to do with them concerns Unicode as much as with (almost) any other character ... not at all. Moreover, EBCDIC control codes were not compatible, so a large market doesn't adopt it either. …
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