I’d love to have one of these but they’re not made anymore. Anyone still making / selling them?
broom (of ferris sweep) did a promicro “tribute”. Dunno if they ever actually released it, but it’s up on github: https://github.com/davidphilipbarr/testing-boards/tree/main/gogo-corne
I know this is old but stumbled upon this earlier which appears to be like a gergoplex with a trackpoint as an option:
https://holykeebs.com/products/span
here’s the github: https://github.com/idank/spankbd
Not sure if you’re up to go get the PCB printed yourself and interested in similar options:
This one has longer vertical thumb keys: https://github.com/erkannt/neuro36
Really far away thumbs: https://github.com/sboysel/giraffe36
One that seemed to have the thumbs farther was draculad, farther than microdox:
https://github.com/MangoIV/dracuLad/
Seen a few places selling kits.
https://www.littlekeyboards.com/products/draculad-pcb-kit
https://customkbd.com/products/draculad-pcb
https://keycapsss.com/keyboard-parts/pcbs/166/draculad-split-keyboard-pcb
https://keebd.com/en-us/products/draculad-keyboard-kit
There are a fair amount of handwired ones, prototypes, higher key count boards or 2 key thumbs as options for farther away thumb clusters as well. You could also try to get more than 3 thumb keys and not use the ones too close to your thumb.
Might be worth looking through if you haven’t already:
https://mechdb.net/keyboards?split=true
Honestly could swear I had seen more, but when I checked 3w6, waterfowl, or several others it was just really long thumb clusters. Not actually lower down on the board away from the alphas sadly.
Hi, please see the rules around BST. I’m aware though that the alternative listed is still /r/mechmarket on reddit which you may not wish to use. I would suggest asking in relevant community discords like the low-profile keyboards discord or regional ones for where you live as many of these have trading channels.
This was a poor post on my part. I was looking for a vendor that might still be selling these (not for a private trade like mechmarket). Was also curious about alternatives to the Gergoplex since it’s not longer in production AFAIK. The thumb cluster on it is really unique, so while I know there are similar sizes boards out there I was really looking specifically for this board.
Ah, then disregard. Poorly worded as you say, but okay.
Anyway other than the open source promicro-based homage that broom made (as linked by @[email protected]). Germ is no longer around in the community/Internet so it’s not being made or sold anymore, indeed. It was a closed design so the only hope would be for a clone or something similar.
is still /r/mechmarket on reddit which you may not wish to use
I would suggest asking in relevant community discords- using Discord (with its blatant disregard for privacy) is just as problematic (if not more so) as going back to Reddit
- OP’s request could just as easily be interpreted as asking for vendor recommendation
- if so, maybe an addendum to the B/S/T rule to indicate people asking need to clarify wording?
