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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's "Extended ASCII", basic ASCII only has upper and lowercase latin characters and things like <, =, >, and ?

And probably half of the control codes are still used, mostly in their original form too, teletype systems. They're just virtual these days.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No, I'm pretty sure the weird o with the leg is in basic ASCII. It's also missing Latin characters like Æ. It's a very weird standard.