Issue 125 / Week 25 / 2023

This is a hand-picked selection of last week's content from a keyboard enthusiast's perspective. Posts that may teach you something, make you think and contribute to the common knowledge of the DIY builder community.

There are 12 entries in this issue:

Editorial

Behind the Scenes of Issue 125

New realities, running into r/mk refugees in unexpected places, Snow White's coffin, Zombie Kitchen, imgur fame, etc.

PSA: In lieu of a new issue

Reddit meltdown and its effects on kbd.news. Send me your projects. New shops, discounts, meetups, etc.

Projects

Osprette V3

The Osprette V3 is the third revision of Sam Mohr's 34-key unibody keyboard.

Chaz

After teasing it earlier, Jason Hazel redesigned and published the Chaz, a cute Choc-spaced QAZ-alike.

Peridot

An open-source and easy-to-build steno keyboard for use with Plover: Peridot by Ewen Cluney.

Le Chiffre

A retrospective post about Le Chiffre, a minimalist monoblock split designed and open sourced by tominabox1 – 3 years ago.

Flow-MX36

Flow is a product line of sculpted split keyboards by Jason Allan – with the flow-MX36 being released and the flow-choc40 in development.

Matmat35

Kiencovn shared the files of his matmat35, a cute handwired keyboard with a QAZ/HHKB layout.

Tips & Tricks

Stampy controller

An RP2040-based controller for handwiring keyboards: Stampy by Keebio.

CRP-X keycap profile

Created by Hammer & Buger.Work, CRP-X is a new uniform keycap profile with stepped modifiers and flippable caps.

History

Siemens T4000 (T4200)

The Siemens T4200 is a kick-ass electronic screen-typewriter system from the '80s with a not less kick-ass keyboard: the Siemens T4000.

Inspiration

Theseus75

Alex is working on his Theseus75, a 75% split mechanical keyboard kit with USB hub and LEMO interconnection.

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