I have some time to try and work on this. I'm hoping to lay out a PCB with switches in the right locations to drive 7bit's keyboard (more or less). I have found the tools somewhat hard to use, but I'll give it a shot.
I'm a bit worried about keys with stabilizers, as I'm not sure where to get those.
Recreating the Lisp keyboard
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7bit
- Location: Berlin, DE
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- Main mouse: Logitech granite for SGI
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BACK SPACE is like Backspace and RUB OUT is like Delete.ts4z wrote:I picked up one of the Symbolics keyboards from DKS after the thread started, and did hans23's modification to make it work via USB. It's cool, although I haven't really finished the project. My wife's reaction to the noise the keyboard makes was quite funny, but I suspect if I keep using it, it will become less so.
I'm worried that it will be hard to switch between a Symbolics keyboard and a laptop keyboard. I also don't know what to do with both BACK SPACE and RUB OUT keys, or with both RETURN and LINE. But certainly, a lot of those problems can be solved with firmware. I've modified hans23's firmware a bit, partly to make it work with the newer Teensy boards. I have not yet fixed the layout to work to my liking.
RETURN is just like you Enter key, while LINE is RETURN+TAB.
My idea was to use 2 switches. Maybe those 2 switches should have a lighter spring inside.ts4z wrote:I have some time to try and work on this. I'm hoping to lay out a PCB with switches in the right locations to drive 7bit's keyboard (more or less). I have found the tools somewhat hard to use, but I'll give it a shot.
I'm a bit worried about keys with stabilizers, as I'm not sure where to get those.
For keys up to 1.75 units, no stabilisers are needed.
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ts4z
- Location: Newark, Calif, USA
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Ah! Thank you! I don't know why I didn't parse it that way before, but I think I get it now.7bit wrote: BAC SPAE is like Backspace and RUB OUT is like Delete.
RETURN is just like you Enter key, while LINE is RETURN+TAB.
I am pretty sure that's not my ideal layout, but that's why firmware is firmware and keycaps come off.
My idea was to use 2 switches. Maybe those 2 switches should have a lighter spring inside.ts4z wrote:I have some time to try and work on this. I'm hoping to lay out a PCB with switches in the right locations to drive 7bit's keyboard (more or less). I have found the tools somewhat hard to use, but I'll give it a shot.
I'm a bit worried about keys with stabilizers, as I'm not sure where to get those.
For keys up to 1.75 units, no stabilisers are needed.[/quote]
OK, that's a very workable plan.