[SOLD] NOS Vintage Cherry console boards, delicious chocolaty keys

[ander]

Vintage Cherry G80-0350/e computer keyboard circuit board module [2*Y-33]





8 available, $80 each + free U.S. shipping. Seller thinks they're NOS, and they look like it to me. Quite delicious SA keys, aren't they? You probably noticed that.

[orihalcon]

Are the keycaps modern Cherry Compatible though?

[taylorswiftttttt]

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[ander]

Are the keycaps modern Cherry Compatible though?

Hmm, good question. Any court in the land would agree, though: They're certainly chocolaty.

I think you mean "spherical"

Ah, right. See, I knew you guys would know about this.

[kokokoy]

Are the keycaps modern Cherry Compatible though?

My guess it's not. Might be stackpole/hitek switches.

[TalkingTree]

Did anyone find a picture of the case? I'm really curious about it.

[derzemel]

Did anyone find a picture of the case? I'm really curious about it.

I have seen those keycaps on Cherry G80-0662 keyboards. It seems that the G80-0350/e is an earlier version of the G80-0662, or a version of the keyboard embedded in a larger industrial machine.

I used to own the G80-0662 version with the flipped keycap colors (brown on beige). Click here for some pictures

A friend of mine had the Beige on Brown keycap version (like the one on eBay):



Sadly, without extensive modifications, you cannot get these boards to work with modern computers as they seemed to come only attached to industrial machinery.

Also, they have Cherry M8 switches which I personally dislike.

The keycaps are spherical, Cherry-MX compatible, but they are slightly shorter than SP DSA caps. Here are some images on keyboards together with DSA caps

I hope that this will answer your question and any other questions you may have had 

[TalkingTree]

I hope that this will answer your question and any other questions you may have had 

Definetely. Thank you very much.

[dorkvader]

Sadly, without extensive modifications, you cannot get these boards to work with modern computers as they seemed to come only attached to industrial machinery.

It would be very easy to convert this to USB.

Also: based on the date codes, it appears to come from late 1984. "8445" on all the 74-series logic chips.

[hansichen]

Sadly, without extensive modifications, you cannot get these boards to work with modern computers as they seemed to come only attached to industrial machinery.

It would be very easy to convert this to USB.

Also: based on the date codes, it appears to come from late 1984. "8445" on all the 74-series logic chips.

How would you convert such a board? I own one of it and would be interested in trying these switches without big modifications.

[juryduty]

It seems like another question is what the heck do you mount it in and what do you use for a bezel?  Cut a custom one on lasergist?