Re: Looking for Apple II J-plus Japanese software

[Linards Ticmanis <ticmanis@gmx.de>]

Alex Freed wrote:

> Katakana on the other hand is one of
> several "alphabets" that is actually phonetic and used mostly to
> spell foreign words and proper names.
> 
> Sorry, I don't know how many symbols there are.

46* normal full-size and (I think) about 10 to 12 small and other
special katakana, plus the "circle" and "two little strokes" marks would
cover all possible uses. You need 48 full-size katakana if you want to
have the two* characters that were retired from use in 1946.

All this adds up to slightly less than 64, so it should fit in.

DISCLAIMER: I've never touched an actual J-Plus, so all of this is
speculation.


*Is Katakana "WO" actually still being used for anything other than
keeping up symmetry with the hiragana table? Obviously you'd need it on
the Apple though, since hiragana were not available.

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Linards Ticmanis