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
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.
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?
Yeah, I’m aware that Discord isn’t great either but there really aren’t any other marketplaces for direct trades between users and allowing them here would open the door too easily to scammers. Whilst it’s not like we’d accept liability for bad trades, we’d also not want to foster a community where that’s a common occurrence. So really you want something like a reputation bot, etc. For this like mechmarket has. There just isn’t an open and distributed place where this community exists enough for buyers and sellers to find each other.
It could not be a vendor recommendation question, since no vendors carry the gergoplex and it’s not open source. It’s definitely trying to solicit an aftermarket sale. Which is understandable, but just not something we want to encourage and moderate here.
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 @hazel@keeb.lol). 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.
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.
Any reason for the gergoplex in particular? Do you just like the design or the firmware or what?
