Issue 40 / Keyboard Builders' Digest
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** Keyboard Buildersâ Digest / Issue 40
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Here are 10 things I thought were worth sharing this week: 1. The low profile version of sadekbaroudi’s barobord (https://kbd.news/Low-profile-barobord-927.html) was added to the repo. 2. Micho converted a TA Royal Alpha 610 (https://kbd.news/TA-Royal-Alpha-610-930.html) electric typewriter into a mechanical keyboard in his first hand-wired project. 3. Open-source flex PCB (https://kbd.news/Dactyl-flex-PCBs-931.html) s by janaka1 for Dactyl Manuform with adjustable row curvature. 4. I waited 8 months with the teardown after posting the first photo of my Reuters trading keyboard (https://golem.hu/guide/reuters) from 1985. 5. The 2nd generation hot-swap socket (https://kbd.news/2nd-gen-Kailh-hot-swap-sockets-929.html) from Kailh comes in funky colors and is rated for 60 million swap cycles. 6. A Hammond 12 (https://kbd.news/Ergonomics-of-the-1880s-925.html) typewriter and its bewildering “ideal” layout challenges my comprehension of ergonomics. 7. I hate when a single photo gets posted without context, but this Centurion (https://kbd.news/Centurion-terminal-926.html) looks gorgeous. Iâd like to know more about it but I canât find any info. Can somebody help me? 8. Even though this is a six years old artistic project, looking at the IBM Selectric teardown (https://kbd.news/IBM-Selectric-teardown-poster-932.html) I’m glad we build mechanical keyboards and not typewriters. 9. Cherry’s genre-defining MX switches (https://kbd.news/Cherry-MX-turns-38-933.html) turned 38 yesterday. 10. Finally, I introduce my first typewriter (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dovenyi/behind-scenes-issue-40) , a Groma Kolibri, in my behind the scenes write-up on BMC.
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** Behind the Scenes
This weekâs topics of my behind the scenes series on BMC (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dovenyi) (available for members and one-time supporters):
âVarious pieces of original content, lots of progress in the background, Issue 39 follow-up, becoming familiar with my first mechanical typewriter, etc.â
Read it here (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dovenyi/behind-scenes-issue-40)
** Weekly keyboard art
âI took apart a classic IBM Selectric typewriter to create a poster for publication on IBMâs master brand social platforms. This was not only published digitally, but also available as a print â David V. Hughes (https://davidvhughes.com/) .â
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