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Title: [.de] HEADS-UP - NO, this is NOT a ....
Post by: Zen on Thu, 30 December 2010, 11:07:12

Just a heads-up for this auction, in case somebody here is bidding :
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140493545250&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT (http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140493545250&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT)

No, it is NOT a G80-3xxx with Cyrillic-caps.
I know because I asked ...

Quote

Hello!
It´s G81-3000 HAD / 16. The letter are stickers.
- elval

Still a nice donor if you get it at the right price :)

Title: [.de] HEADS-UP - NO, this is NOT a ....
Post by: sixty on Fri, 31 December 2010, 02:48:45

Quote from: mbodrov;270818

Cyrillic lettering by Cherry Corp has a very distinct shape, very evident on the "Q Й" keycap, for one example. As far as I know, there never was a DE/Cyrillic board, although there was a GB/Cyrillic G81 (beige, doubleshot black GB, pad printed gray Cyrillic).

Actually there was. Its really rare though. I would guess they made less than 2000 of these judging by the serial numbers.

Entirely sublimation printed for both the English and Cyrillic letters:

G81-3209SAR

(http://i.imgur.com/xnkX2.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/EMIXu.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/pQuBV.jpg)

Title: [.de] HEADS-UP - NO, this is NOT a ....
Post by: sixty on Fri, 31 December 2010, 02:57:54

PS: This girl selling the board must have gotten dozens of mails. When I first asked about the model and a buy-it-now price it was 40 EUR, by now she has raised the buy-it-now price to 100 EUR. I know several OTD guys also mailed in about this. So she prolly got a flood of mails and now thinks its a gold mine.

Sadly wrong board as Zen already pointed out.

Title: [.de] HEADS-UP - NO, this is NOT a ....
Post by: laden3 on Fri, 31 December 2010, 13:24:26

Quote from: sixty;271045

Actually there was. Its really rare though. I would guess they made less than 2000 of these judging by the serial numbers.

Entirely sublimation printed for both the English and Cyrillic letters:

G81-3209SAR

Show Image

(http://i.imgur.com/xnkX2.jpg)

Show Image

(http://i.imgur.com/EMIXu.jpg)

Show Image

(http://i.imgur.com/pQuBV.jpg)

Are these the only Cherry MX compatible dye-subbed keycaps?

Title: [.de] HEADS-UP - NO, this is NOT a ....
Post by: Zen on Fri, 31 December 2010, 13:41:37

No, ALL Cherry boards with an 'S' after the article-number have dye-sublimated caps .. They are relatively rare these day .
On Cherry boards with double-shot keycaps ('H') any additional characters may also be dye-sublimated (G80-2550 HAD f.ex) .
There is also 'H'-caps with laser-engraved lettering,
probably the most common ones.

Title: [.de] HEADS-UP - NO, this is NOT a ....
Post by: Zen on Mon, 03 January 2011, 17:23:49

Sold for EUR 51,50 !!
What can I say ?
Madness...