Issue 128 / Week 29 / 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 4+6 entries in this issue:
Editorial
Quick weekly BTS #2023/29
Quick news, how many boards do I have, new donations, VC-20 in the mailbox. Contemplating about layout design. Shops & discounts.
Projects
Tern
A 30-key Hummingbird variant: Tern by Ryan Schenk.
Kaly42
Dwctor shared some photos of Kaly42, a cute split keyboard inspired by a... caliper?!
Tools
Bonsai C3 is back!
Check out the Bonsai C3, a Proton C replacement by CustomMK. Back in stock after the chip shortage, kbd.news readers can get it for a special price now.
Quick news
Corsair is acquiring "certain assets" from Drop. Initially, it was not clear if the deal involved Geekhack (acquired by Drop in 2018): it does, but there will be no changes to Geekhack for the foreseeable future.
Let's call this 24-key split Nydas after Andy, an Australian data engineer who enjoys making sub-40% custom keyboards.
An Amtelco KB163 posted by Argan12345. A huge battleship with Cherry Blacks, used by call center folks. Video by Click and Thock.
What about 170 keys? A bespoke Genovation K170 posted by piccino. ("My colleagues make fun of me, but I'm 10 times more efficient.")
Skywatch is an interesting monoblock orthoish split with Pimoroni trackball and display, designed by celikozkan. Just a photo at the moment, may feature it later if I have more info about this project. Özkan told me he will share all the files.
SpUnLy58 is a splayed unibody by Giraffasax with custom MBK caps. To be pushed to Github after rerouting.
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