Issue 66 / Week 8 / 2022

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: Quick news, debate on the feasibility of GMK lead times, new vendors added, winning without even bidding.

• Penkesu is a retro-style cyberdeck by u/penkia with a wide screen and a built-in low-pro ortho keyboard with "dye-sub" MBK caps. (source)
• Christoph Rehmann's Buzzard is a well-documented 40-key split keyboard with splay and trackpoint. (source)
• Thumbs Up! turned into a monoblock by u/ak66666 – with one more level. (source)
• MooseChair – A modified ErgoDash and its armrest-mounted wireless iteration by Ataruno – with extensive documentation. (source)
• u/SouthPawEngineer made a set of Raspberry Pi powered keyboards – low-profile monoblocks for different tastes. (source)

• Mariusz Ryndzionek's CadQuery keyboard case generator is a set of Python scripts outputting CadQuery files. (source)

• Ataruno is working on various keycaps made of leather. (source)

• The Sony Hit-Bit HB-F1XD is probably the coolest looking home computer ever made.
• The Osborne Executive portable computer was widely blamed for the company's subsequent bankruptcy – because of bad timing. (source)
• The Korea Steno Smart CAS Plus is an authoritative Korean steno machine. (source)

• The Synx42 is a clean ultra-low profile ortho split design by @ak1_foo – with Kailh X-switches and only 7.3mm overall height. (source)

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