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Title: Cherry board
Post by: Oh Mike! on Wed, 09 March 2011, 15:06:04

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cherry-RS-6700-RS6700-USB-Keyboard-w-Smart-Card-Reader-/150554013382?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item230db7eec6 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Cherry-RS-6700-RS6700-USB-Keyboard-w-Smart-Card-Reader-/150554013382?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item230db7eec6)

What kind of switches does this board have?  Google was not my friend on this one and the Cherry site was not much help.  I'm looking to get a board w/ cherry MX for cheap.

Title: Cherry board
Post by: Orphagn on Wed, 09 March 2011, 15:15:39

I doubt these have MX switches, I think they're either MY or ML.

Edit: I was thinking G84 series which has ML switches.

Title: Cherry board
Post by: wanabe on Wed, 09 March 2011, 15:16:52

it's a G83 series, i think that's always a rubber dome

Title: Cherry board
Post by: Ekaros on Wed, 09 March 2011, 15:39:50

Also cherry's ruber domes suck... Personal opinion...

http://www.cherrycorp.com/english/keyboards/security/Smart_Card_Keyboards/index.htm
http://www.cherrycorp.com/english/keyboards/pdf/CHE_213642_G83_6744.pdf

Lovely how they don't even name the tech ;D

Title: Cherry board
Post by: Ekaros on Thu, 10 March 2011, 06:21:53

Also, these are as mushy as they can get...

Title: Cherry board
Post by: keyb_gr on Thu, 10 March 2011, 11:27:22

Keep in mind that G83s have been out for ages. They'd be long gone if they hadn't established themselves as a standard office keyboard, cheap and reliable. Look at the G86 (Cymotion) line for newer developments.

Title: Cherry board
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 10 March 2011, 12:23:28

Quote from: mbodrov;309010

Rubber dome. Look at the curved front edge if a seller didn't specify the model number; these are always rubber dome.

Not all the time. There are some POS 'boards with MX switches and curved front edges.  IIRC, the 8100 is one of them.

EDIT:  As a matter of fact, here are a couple of examples (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=16097).

Title: Cherry board
Post by: sixty on Thu, 10 March 2011, 12:31:14

Look for the edges around the arrow keys and for nubs on F and J.

Title: Cherry board
Post by: JBert on Fri, 11 March 2011, 18:57:06

Quote from: keyb_gr;309187

Keep in mind that G83s have been out for ages. They'd be long gone if they hadn't established themselves as a standard office keyboard, cheap and reliable. Look at the G86 (Cymotion) line for newer developments.

Indeed, the G86 series are tolerable.