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Offline lowpoly

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Cherry G80-0349
« on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 07:56:41 »
A friend here at the office threw away old computer parts from the eighties and this is what I could rescue:



It has been here all the time during the last ten years or so and I didn't know it.

The label inside says it is a Cherry G80-0349. It has the old open switches with shorter travel. They are linear and squeak a bit, probably because they're old.













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Offline lal

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« Reply #1 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 10:14:30 »
Wow. Simply amazing. Looks like it's from another century. Probably the rarest G80 on earth. :)
Is it PC-compatible?
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #2 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 10:19:44 »
Quote from: webwit;22601
It looks like it's from another millennium!


This finally clicked for me; it's been a crappy morning.  That's hilarious.
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Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #3 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 10:21:02 »
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Is it PC-compatible?
Not this one. There is a larger version with numpad that was available for the PC as well. Probably XT though.
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Offline bhtooefr

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« Reply #4 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 10:28:44 »
Is that a straight ASCII keyboard?

If so, probably easier to adapt to AT or PS/2 than XT is... alternately, you could probably hang it off a parallel port.
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Offline rio

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« Reply #5 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 10:29:22 »
Dang. I want a board (that I can use with a modern PC) with brown keys so bad. :) Nice find!
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Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 10:37:13 »
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Is that a straight ASCII keyboard?

I don't know myself. I could probably find an answer with some effort.

Quote from: rio;22605
Dang. I want a board (that I can use with a modern PC) with brown keys so bad. :) Nice find!

Keycaps with this shape are still available from Cherry. Maybe just ask them what colors they have.
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Offline lam47

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« Reply #7 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 11:11:02 »
Looks like a C64!
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Offline wellington1869

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« Reply #8 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 13:00:35 »
love those brown colored keys.
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #9 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 13:05:21 »
D*mn.  I'll have to wait until I get home to see the pics.  They are getting blocked here at work.  D*mn Websense.
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Offline zwmalone

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« Reply #10 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 15:35:02 »
Do the keycaps fit current model MXs?  The crosspoint stem piece of the keycap doesn't look very deep...
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Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #11 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 15:47:21 »
Can't try it right now but those keycaps are in the current MX .pdf. Keycaps with that shape at least.
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Offline cmr

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« Reply #12 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 16:08:13 »
neat keyboard. that's what i'd want to have if i were locked underground typing numbers into a terminal to save the world.
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Offline wheel83

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« Reply #13 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 16:09:40 »
man that is such an awesome keyboard. very classy color combo.  and my favorite part is the "bs" button haha
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Offline Chloe

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« Reply #14 on: Wed, 25 February 2009, 03:50:03 »
It's nice to see a Cherry keyboard with the M81/M84 switches. Does the larger version have linear or tactile?
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Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #15 on: Wed, 25 February 2009, 03:55:17 »
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It's nice to see a Cherry keyboard with the M81/M84 switches. Does the larger version have linear or tactile?

Can't say about the larger version. Someone outbid me. :(
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Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #16 on: Fri, 27 February 2009, 12:49:43 »
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Do the keycaps fit current model MXs?  The crosspoint stem piece of the keycap doesn't look very deep...


I tried it, they fit. The keycap connector is shorter than on modern MX keycaps but it allows for a secure connection.
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Offline quadibloc

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« Reply #17 on: Fri, 14 August 2009, 06:05:08 »
The characters on the keys correspond to those on a (German) bit-pairing ASCII keyboard, so I would think the keyboard is very likely to be a straight ASCII keyboard.
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Offline BucklingSpring

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« Reply #18 on: Fri, 14 August 2009, 06:23:13 »
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D*mn.  I'll have to wait until I get home to see the pics.  They are getting blocked here at work.  D*mn Websense.


Don't put it on your web filter. This thing just does what your boss is asking it to do. You are lucky it is only blocking the pictures. You can still read the articles.

Our corporate rules are banning almost all forums.

No no honey, it is not what you think. I'm not on geekhack (aka playboy for keyboard freaks) for the pictures... I'm only there for the text.

Yeah yeah... Tell the truth, you have a thing for naked keyboards.
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Offline Bollwerk

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« Reply #19 on: Fri, 14 August 2009, 15:46:39 »
At least there has to be something we are good for.^^
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