anyone want it?
Cherry MX8000 aka G80-8200LPBUS/2
I bought it and a clears board from "rawko" on eBay. This one originally had browns. I used it as a tester for ergo clears switching it back to back with the clears board. It worked fine when I got it. It worked fine with the ergo clears. I took the clear stems back out of it to mod my Filco to straight clears and put the original brown sliders back in. So this board has been fairly thoroughly cleaned as well as the sliders have been cleaned and lubed (with DuPont Teflon Multi-Use Lubricant) and it feels pretty good.
Unfortunately now it doesn't work, and since I'm not a big fan of browns and already have this exact same board in clears I have no need for it, nor am I motivated to find out what I horked up. (I was really putting it back together to sell. If you want to give it a try, I'd be happy to just pass this on to someone else. Likely it's a not-properly-set switch top. Say $30 shipped to you or $40 with a Belkin USB adapter? This really is a nice board, the only main downside to it is the size and the goofy looking card reader. It is NKRO over PS/2 and programmable.
Edit: I just went around the board and pushed down on all the keycaps really hard and now it's functional again. How about $50 shipped to you (CONUS) or $60 with your choice of Belkin or ZioTek USB adapter (I recommend the Belkin, but the only thing I've found about the ZioTek is that it doesn't handle Scroll Lock correctly. Other than that it works great, both work well with Model Ms.)
Edit2: this has the original grey (very heavy spring) slider and spring in the space bar switch. I do have extra springs and sliders, so if you prefer a brown or clear switch for the space bar (personally I like grey with clears; clear with browns or ergo clears) let me know.
