Re: PETSCII mapping?

> If there's a credible need to convert files between Unicode-based systems
and
> those using PETSCII

There is! It’s called “sharing textual information” and it’s how our society
functions. Can we afford to blithely abandon data from the best selling
computer in history [1] because nobody cared to standardize its?

> A similar scenario might exist if C64 emulators run on Unicode-based
systesm
> were a widespread phenomenon

They do! Even last month, there was a PETSCII directory-art contest. [2]

A bit off-topic, but:

As time goes on, “not in widespread use” will become a flimsier and flimsier
argument against inclusion — why isn’t there a larger community of PETSCII
enthusaists? Partially because the only way to share PETSCII is through
images!
The consortium (passively or actively) prevents communication through
exclusion
and then uses the lack of communication as a justification against
inclusion —
it’s a poor, tautological argument, and it won’t serve the consortium
long-term.

Simply put, we need new criteria for inclusion — as the vast majority of the
world’s systems (from written communication in text messages to the
manuscripts
of all new books) are already Unicode-based, we can no longer rely on a
character’s existing presence outside of Unicode as a signal to warrent
inclusion; we must weigh a character’s merits and usability on its own.
(does
it fill a gap in communication? Will it be used?)

[1]: http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/05/09/commodore.64.reborn/
[2]: http://csdb.dk/event/?id=2558
Received on Wed Apr 05 2017 - 16:26:17 CDT