Issue 99 / Week 41 / 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

• Quick news, Issue 98 follow-up, new shops, new donor, meetup database update, etc.

• Peter Lyons announced Squeezebox v2209, the latest iteration of his distinctive ergo keyboard. (source)
• Joe Scotto keeps churning out his handwired designs. This time the ScottoFly. (source)
• The mekko5X is an ortholinear cyberdeck by sporewoh. (source)
• Artillect converted his Brother typewriter into a Linux terminal – with documentation and files. (source)
• An authoritative split cyberdeck that folds – files shared by legion.ultimedia. (source)

• I reviewed the K68, a budget 65% keyboard by Kemove.

• Värdera is a low-profile Choc-compatible keycap – STLs shared by braindefender. (source)
• A photolog by beekeeb: putting nice!view displays on a 4-pin PCB. (source)
• An interesting concept by @kgnwsknf_chef: switch plate turned into main PCB via pin headers.
• It seems there were some changes made to the Kailh hotswap sockets. (source)

• An Abekas A72 digital character generator spotted by u/drake9800. (source)

Your support is crucial to help this project to survive.