Choctopus44 The Choctopus44 by Routa Keebs is practically a low-pro Reviung with thumb arcs.
KBD.news Published September 10, 2021
The CHOCTOPUS44 is 44-key column staggered keyboard with a rotary encoder – SlightHeadache.
Github repo: https://github.com/SlightHeadache/choctopus44
It was very much inspired by the rev41. My buddy who designed it found that he wanted a few more buttons. That's pretty much it. He bought the rev41 and used it daily. He mostly uses choc switches so wanted a choc board, he also wanted more switches. Thus choctopus44 – badgers_are_rad .
Published on Fri 10th Sep 2021. Featured in KBD #43 (source ).
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