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- options for complete aligner, and split main/numpad aligners - adjusted aligner spacer mounting holes on PCB.
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28 lines
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# SOL keyboard
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This keyboard replicates the keyboard on the SOL-20.
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The keyboard is designed using KiCad in order to be the most useful for anybody
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wishing to modify the keyboard for more specific uses, or to add to the project.
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The keyset for the SOL-20 keyboard consists of the Unified Keyboard Project
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classic ASCII keyset, with a special SOL-20 add-on keyset.
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## Differences from the original include:
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1. The original keyboard is a capacitive keyboard. This keyboard uses standard
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switches (either Cherry or Futaba). The Futaba keys approach the original
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feel, but there is a difference.
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1. The original keycaps have an 11 degree angled stem. It may be possible to
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find such keycaps, or to create an 11-degree adapter, but I was unable to do
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so, so this keyboard was tested with straight keycaps. I have tried both, and
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do not find a difference in typing comfort or speed, althought there is an
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aesthetic difference. There is s tiny bit of space between keys using
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straight keycaps, so an 11 degree adapter may not require any change to the
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layout.
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## Notes
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1. Some services balk at the number of cutouts in the full SOL-20 aligners, so in addition to the full aligner plates, the aligners for cherry MX and futaba keys have also been broken out into separate aligners for the main keyboard and numeric keypad.
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