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Title: CHERRY G80-3000 (3464HKMGB) double shots ?
Post by: Moogle Stiltzkin on Tue, 25 January 2011, 21:16:55: I want to harvest the control, alt, windows and menu key for my Ducky.

I just need to know whether all of these keys are double shots ?

In the anti otaku thread, someone mentioned a different cherry board that kinda have the same look, the windows keys was not double shot. This is why i want to double check on GH first.

http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=156685&postcount=67

I'll of course try and get the seller to give pictures behind the key caps as well to be safe.
Title: CHERRY G80-3000 (3464HKMGB) double shots ?
Post by: calavera on Tue, 25 January 2011, 21:24:08: what happened to the groupbuy you wanted to get going? are you giving up on that if this goes through?
Title: CHERRY G80-3000 (3464HKMGB) double shots ?
Post by: Moogle Stiltzkin on Tue, 25 January 2011, 23:41:18: I'm using these as temporary until we get the group buy one.

I could also trade these for a beige double shot later if the opportunity arises.

Anyway i found a seller willing to sell me only just the alt, control, windows, menu keys from this keyboard.
Title: CHERRY G80-3000 (3464HKMGB) double shots ?
Post by: sixty on Tue, 25 January 2011, 23:43:10: Windows and Menu key are not double shot. Double shot variants of those do not exist. Cherry was not fond of using double shot on pictographs and always reversed to their alternative pad printing + heat shield method as with the LED window keys.
Title: CHERRY G80-3000 (3464HKMGB) double shots ?
Post by: Moogle Stiltzkin on Wed, 26 January 2011, 00:10:00: Quote from: sixty;284905
Windows and Menu key are not double shot. Double shot variants of those do not exist. Cherry was not fond of using double shot on pictographs and always reversed to their alternative pad printing + heat shield method as with the LED window keys.

Crap... i was afraid of that because someone mentioned it in the anti otaku thread. but the model they were referring to was a POS. So i guess it applies to the other keyboards as well damn :[

I guess i will pass on these black keys then. They weren't really what i wanted anyway, just desperate :p

By the way sixty, does that apply as well to the white/beige cherry keyboard for these keys ? Specifically the G80-3000H*MGB model keyboards.

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2657/3681956421_84ddebcb67_o.jpg)

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3558/3682768468_837b14b13d_o.jpg)
Title: CHERRY G80-3000 (3464HKMGB) double shots ?
Post by: sixty on Wed, 26 January 2011, 00:44:44: Quote
By the way sixty, does that apply as well to the white/beige cherry keyboard for these keys ? Specifically the G80-3000H*MGB model keyboards.

Yes same deal. As I said, Cherry never made any "non lettered" key in double shot. Everything with an icon or pictograph on it was pad printed + heat shield. That method is enough though. I have a 15 year old G80-3000HAMDE that has seen heavy use. The windows and menu keys still look brand new. Also the way Cherry made them, they match perfectly with the other double shot keys in terms of color and contrast. So it really does not matter.
Title: CHERRY G80-3000 (3464HKMGB) double shots ?
Post by: Moogle Stiltzkin on Wed, 26 January 2011, 04:57:12: Problem is rip,

i am only using the bottom row from white rice's kit with Sixty's full set.

Also it's not matching color, and besides i want to wean off White Rice's kit so i can use it for another keyboard.
Title: CHERRY G80-3000 (3464HKMGB) double shots ?
Post by: Moogle Stiltzkin on Wed, 26 January 2011, 07:23:44: Just got pictures from the seller.

Sixty you were right bro.

http://img508.imageshack.us/g/sdc12199.jpg/

http://img263.imageshack.us/i/sdc12200b.jpg/
Title: CHERRY G80-3000 (3464HKMGB) double shots ?
Post by: keyboardlover on Mon, 31 January 2011, 23:07:45: I wouldn't mind if only the windows and menu keys are not doubleshot. Does anyone know if these keys are available in white/gray?
Title: CHERRY G80-3000 (3464HKMGB) double shots ?
Post by: jaynoon on Mon, 31 January 2011, 23:56:30: I'm ok if a couple aren't DS too. It ocurred to me that the problem with a Signature Plastics "patch kit" is the key profile (especially that space bar). It seems like these would be a closer match (albeit an expensive one).
Title: CHERRY G80-3000 (3464HKMGB) double shots ?
Post by: Moogle Stiltzkin on Tue, 01 February 2011, 00:07:28: 7bit said they made the spacebar better than white rice's which had a steep recline. So should be fine regarding the spacebar.
Title: CHERRY G80-3000 (3464HKMGB) double shots ?
Post by: manfaux on Tue, 01 February 2011, 00:29:33: are these MX compatible double shots too?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cherry-MY-7000-Credit-Card-POS-Black-Keyboard-PS2-/230570873521?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35af1852b1#ht_1442wt_900
Title: CHERRY G80-3000 (3464HKMGB) double shots ?
Post by: Moogle Stiltzkin on Tue, 01 February 2011, 00:31:05: If it's cherry mx keyboard then yeah.
Title: CHERRY G80-3000 (3464HKMGB) double shots ?
Post by: laden3 on Tue, 01 February 2011, 01:32:26: Quote from: manfaux;288118
are these MX compatible double shots too?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cherry-MY-7000-Credit-Card-POS-Black-Keyboard-PS2-/230570873521?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35af1852b1#ht_1442wt_900

Should be. Those are pretty cheap too o.o. I would avoid used double shots though, abs gets shiny. You can always use the "sort by" drop down menu to find the cheapest keyboard you can get...

You can search for g80-8200s too, I got one this morning for $80 shipped, missed one last week... NIB too. The stems of the keys on the bottom row and the caps lock are centered.
Title: CHERRY G80-3000 (3464HKMGB) double shots ?
Post by: jaynoon on Tue, 01 February 2011, 02:59:34: Quote from: Moogle Stiltzkin;288110
7bit said they made the spacebar better than white rice's which had a steep recline. So should be fine regarding the spacebar.

Oh that's good news, that was definitely my biggest complaint about the whiterice set.