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ASCII SA PBT Dye-Subbed Custom Keycap Set
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If you’re into programming and computers, you might be familiar with ASCII, also known as the American Standard Code for Information Interchange. These keycaps pay tribute to the encoding system with small codes for the sublegends Read More
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keyboard_arrow_downIanK
8
Dec 5, 2018
I love this idea, but the inconsistent use of the subcode legends would drive me batty. No love for H, I, J, B , or M?
Right bracket gets one but left bracket doesn't?
/giphy eyestab
kamillamagna
4
Dec 6, 2018
IanK@msandiford The control legends are located on the keycap of the English character 64 bits higher. (See: the leftmost column "Dec" numbers 0-127).
So the control codes (the alt legends) are ASCII 0 to 31 and the characters they're printed with (the main legends) are ASCII (0+64) to (31+64) = ASCII 64 to 95
Re: the missing characters, they seem to have left out alt-legends for control characters that now have their own standard place on keyboards, as I've listed below with their char codes, corresponding main legends, and which key now replaces that functionality:
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STX (2) = B (66) as ← ("start of text")
...
BS (8) = H (72) as BACKSPACE ("backspace")
TAB (9) = I (73) as TAB ("tab")
LF (10) = J (74) as ↓ ("line feed")
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CR (13) = M (77) as ENTER ("carriage return")
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ESC (27) = [ (91) as ESC ("escape")
❤️Your friendly neighborhood CS major
p.s. I'm def getting a set of these to celebrate finishing another quarter!
jeffska
5
Oct 20, 2019
kamillamagnaI can agree with all of that except for the lack of STX. First STX isn't a movement control, it's a delimiter as part of an STX/ETX pair. And if STX is <-, why is ETX there instead of ->?
Jokeen
12
Feb 11, 2019
I bought some of these awhile ago through KBDFans and while the quality of the caps is ok, the profiling is terrible. The row setup makes absolutely no sense and is a terrible typing experience.
tw000
199
Feb 14, 2019
SA Godspeed was 1-1-2-3-4-3, IIRC, which is most common for SP SA sets. I've seen 1-1-2-3-4-4 and 2-2-3-3-3-3 on other SA sets, but never what's described here. In pics, this looks more like 2-2-2-3-4-3. I can't see the top row differing from the next.
All my descriptions start at the top and go down.
JimDetroit
124
Mar 15, 2019
tw000I have the set and can confirm that the numbers row is an odd profile. It causes a feeling of having to "reach" to get to the numbers row, because they feel hidden behind the QWERTY row.
ferretallica
919
Dec 5, 2018
'If you’re into programming and computers, you might be familiar with ASCII, also known as the American Standard Code for Information Interchange. These keycaps pay tribute to the encoding system with small codes for the sublegends'
Aaaaaand the crowd goes mild!
boolean-julien
257
Dec 7, 2018
Check out the Minuteman set, part of the MT3 Godspeed drop:
ealiagach
325
Dec 5, 2018
Is the sculped profile the same as Signature Plastics' one? Botton Row 3 looks strange to me. And I don't know how good it works under the fingers. Has anyone tried them?
Cyphre
2709
Dec 5, 2018
ealiagachRow 3 for the bottom row is pretty common in an SP SA set (usually 1-1-2-3-4-3).
First I've seen of KP Republic doing SA profile, but it already looks like they may only be using two angle profiles (Row 2/4) and a flat profile (Row 3) since there doesn't seem to be much variation between all three upper rows in terms of height.
Grom
Dec 5, 2018
CyphreI think you're right. It seems to be 2-2-2-3-4-3 (not sure about the second row)
BadMinotaur
8
Feb 10, 2019
I do enough wth ASCII codes that I would’ve loved for each keycap to actually have its respective ASCII code. Wouldn’t it be neat to just glance down and say “Oh, that letter is xx in ASCII!” Bonus points for putting it in hex, too.
StuR.rr
6
Dec 9, 2022
BadMinotaurNo code on the caps for B (STX), H (BS), I (TAB), J (LF). Looks unbalanced.
Drop/KBDfans, please don't randomly leave out parts of the ASCII table control code table!...
(...and yes, hex sub-legends could have been icing on the cake! Although for the ctrl or upper/lower alphas and/or numerics?)
(Edited)
Markuswitch
32
Dec 5, 2018
I would like cery much to join the american standard. But, being Portuguese how could I cope with the lack of 'c with comma' aka 'Ç' and the tilt '~'...? Impossible!
Markuswitch
32
Dec 5, 2018
ThankU for the feedback. Much appreciated. International english has been somethig I've disregarded. Probably will try it.
dolljoints
155
Dec 5, 2018
MarkuswitchI also use the "International US" layout in Windows so I can get my UK keys like £ while retaining the ANSI layout (like if I set it to just UK, the |\ key above enter is something else, forget which). Or maybe it's the `~ to the left of 1 that is wrong, since on UK keyboards that's to the right of leftshift instead? Well either way.
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