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+# Mechmini V1
+
+A 40% ortholinear/staggered keyboard, that was originally bootmapper and can be ported to QMK following this readme.  This version is no longer in production [More info on MECHKEYS](https://mechkeys.ca).
+
+* Keyboard Maintainer: QMK Community
+* Hardware Supported: Mechmini 1 PCB
+* Hardware Availability: Version 1 (Bootmapper) no longer in production [MECHKEYS](https://mechkeys.ca)
+
+Make example for this keyboard (after setting up your build environment):
+
+    make mechmini/v1:default
+
+Flashing example for this keyboard ([after setting up the bootloadHID flashing environment](https://docs.qmk.fm/#/flashing_bootloadhid))
+
+    make mechmini/v1:default:flash
+
+**Reset Key**: Hold down the key commonly programmed as *L_Ctrl* while plugging in the keyboard.
+
+See the [build environment setup](https://docs.qmk.fm/#/getting_started_build_tools) and the [make instructions](https://docs.qmk.fm/#/getting_started_make_guide) for more information. Brand new to QMK? Start with our [Complete Newbs Guide](https://docs.qmk.fm/#/newbs).