SuperPET Keyboard Layout

for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows

Type every PETSCII, ZX80, ZX81, and ZX Spectrum character.

Type many block element and box drawing characters easily.

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The Layout

Kreative SuperPET keyboard layout is based on the PETSCII character set and keyboard
from the Commodore PET and its descendants, including David Murray's Commander X16.
SuperPET allows you to type the equivalent Unicode characters using a similar mapping.
Many of these characters have been made available for the first time in Unicode 13.0.
Type graphical characters using Option on Mac OS X, Right Alt on Linux and Windows.

Now works fully on Windows!
You will need to uninstall the old version first.
Then, download and install Keyman Desktop.
Finally, open and install SuperPET.kmx from the Keyman directory.

~

π

!

▛

@

▜

#

▙

$

▟

%

🮑

^

🮔

&

🮱

*

▀

(

🮐

)

🮖

_

🮌

+

▒

`

←

1

◘

2

◙

3

£

4



5

€

6

↑

7

✓

8

🮘

9

🮙

0

🮕

-

│

=

┼

delete backspace

Q

├

W

┤

E

┴

R

┬

T

▔

Y

🮂

U

🮃

I

▄

O

▃

P

▂

{

▁

}

◥

|

🮏

tab

q

•

w

○

e

🭶

r

🭻

t

🭰

y

🭵

u

╭

i

╮

o

🭽

p

🭾

[

🭿

]

─

\

◤

A

┌

S

┐

D

▗

F

▖

G

▏

H

▎

J

▍

K

▌

L

🮈

:

🮇

"

▕

caps lock

a

♠

s

♥

d

🭷

f

🭺

g

🭱

h

🭴

j

╰

k

╯

l

🭼

;

🭿

'

█

return enter

Z

└

X

┘

C

▝

V

▘

B

▚

N

🮇

M

▕

<

▐

>

▞

?

◣

shift

z

♦

x

♣

c

🭸

v

🭹

b

🭲

n

🭳

m

╲

,

╱

.

╳

/

◢

shift

nbsp

control

option

command

space

command

option

control

nbsp

ctrl

❖

alt

space

alt gr

❖

▤

ctrl

nbsp

ctrl

❖

alt

space

alt gr

❖

▤

ctrl

Two diagonal box drawing characters have been moved from the V and N keys to the period and comma
keys to make room for block element characters which are equivalent to box drawing characters in
PETSCII but have been disunified in Unicode. The pound symbol (£) has been placed on the 3 key.
Otherwise all other symbols are in the same locations as on the Commander X16 keyboard.

Alt-4 is mapped to U+F821, which is the Commodore logo in the Kreative Kore fonts.

Installation on Mac OS X

Copy SuperPET.keylayout and SuperPET.icns to either
~/Library/Keyboard Layouts/ or /Library/Keyboard Layouts/.

Open System Preferences, search for "keyboard layout,"
and add the SuperPET keyboard layout or input method.

Select SuperPET from the keyboard menu and start typing.

Installation on Windows

This layout requires Keyman Desktop to be used on Windows.

Download and install Keyman Desktop.

From the Keyman directory, open and install the SuperPET.kmx file.

Select SuperPET from the Keyman system tray menu and start typing.

Installation on Linux

Open a terminal in the Linux directory and run sudo python install.py.

Restart the window server by logging out and in again.

Open the settings application, search for "keyboard layout,"
and add the SuperPET keyboard layout or input method.

Select SuperPET from the keyboard menu and start typing.

Enjoy!

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