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Title: Cheap butthole keyboards(G81-3000LANUS)
Post by: erricrice on Tue, 28 September 2010, 13:37:40
Lol, how ironic, G81s, which feel like butt to most, having the cherry suffix lANUS

Anyway, here they are, don't buy them all at once!

G81-3000LANUS (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190401932917&rvr_id=146765798508&crlp=1_263602_263622&UA=M*S%3F&GUID=59646db112b0a0abd226bd76fffb1411&itemid=190401932917&ff4=263602_263622#ht_500wt_1154)

$8 is cheap even for these things...and with a standard layout!
Title: Cheap butthole keyboards(G81-3000LANUS)
Post by: Phaedrus2129 on Tue, 28 September 2010, 14:11:32
To bad they aren't double shot.
Title: Cheap butthole keyboards(G81-3000LANUS)
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 28 September 2010, 14:20:16
Can I drop the internals of a G80-3000 into one of these?
Title: Cheap butthole keyboards(G81-3000LANUS)
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 28 September 2010, 14:47:12
It would take my Cherry brown 3000 to a whole 'nother level.
Title: Cheap butthole keyboards(G81-3000LANUS)
Post by: erricrice on Tue, 28 September 2010, 14:48:48
Quote from: Phaedrus2129;227683
To bad they aren't double shot.


Yeah, unfortunately.

But they may have N-key according to the naming scheme, I'll have to see(I may be ordering one)
Title: Cheap butthole keyboards(G81-3000LANUS)
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 28 September 2010, 14:51:16
If you order one and end up not wanting it, I might buy it from you (if the seller sells out).  I am moving right now and don't want to order anything for awhile.
Title: Cheap butthole keyboards(G81-3000LANUS)
Post by: erricrice on Tue, 28 September 2010, 14:53:26
Quote from: itlnstln;227712
If you order one and end up not wanting it, I might buy it from you (if the seller sells out).  I am moving right now and don't want to order anything for awhile.

Yeah, I'll let you know, but I will probably keep it, so don't rely on me for it.  Even if I don't like a keyboard, I like to keep it anyway, I like collecting haha (wonder why I'm on this forum....)
Title: Cheap butthole keyboards(G81-3000LANUS)
Post by: microsoft windows on Tue, 28 September 2010, 17:52:01
Quote from: itlnstln;227712
If you order one and end up not wanting it, I might buy it from you (if the seller sells out).  I am moving right now and don't want to order anything for awhile.


How far are you moving?
Title: Cheap butthole keyboards(G81-3000LANUS)
Post by: Hak Foo on Tue, 28 September 2010, 21:23:52
Well, the recent G80 I'm on right now had several big shafts through it, which helped keep the PCB in place and also add stiffness; I can't see it fitting.

The lasered caps look much nicer than the G81-7000 I bought and promptly hid at work for when we need to do stuff with a card-swipe reader.
Title: Cheap butthole keyboards(G81-3000LANUS)
Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 29 September 2010, 07:21:43
Quote from: ripster;227857
Here's a pic of the inside.  Since I don't have a G80-3000 I don't know if you can do the swap.  I thought the cases were a bit bigger on the G81?

I think I had asked this before and found out that it wasn't possible.  These things are cheap enough, though, that I might buy one anyway and still give it a shot.  If they are still around next week, I'll probably pick one up.  I really want the white case and all-white keys.  The black cable will look dumb coming out it, though.  I could always get some of that mesh cable wrap to make it look a little more 1337.
Title: Cheap butthole keyboards(G81-3000LANUS)
Post by: erricrice on Wed, 29 September 2010, 07:36:40
Quote from: itlnstln;227974
I think I had asked this before and found out that it wasn't possible.  These things are cheap enough, though, that I might buy one anyway and still give it a shot.  If they are still around next week, I'll probably pick one up.  I really want the white case and all-white keys.  The black cable will look dumb coming out it, though.  I could always get some of that mesh cable wrap to make it look a little more 1337.


That would be pretty sweet, and yeah, I really like the white on white of these ones too.  I will definitely be getting at least one of these.
Title: Cheap butthole keyboards(G81-3000LANUS)
Post by: erricrice on Wed, 29 September 2010, 08:33:35
Alright, two have been ordered, I will take some pics and probably take one apart for you guys once I get it.

Hahaha, I can't wait, I'll be using an AT to PS/2 Adapter AND a PS/2 to USB adapter on this thing at work, it'll be adaptastic!