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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: N8N on Sun, 10 July 2011, 06:56:12

Title: cherry POS keyboard options
Post by: N8N on Sun, 10 July 2011, 06:56:12

saw this on the 'bay while looking for something in black

item no. 200627143306

it's a G81-8000LPCUS - idea is this.  do the MX and MY switches have the same pinout?  Could I use that board and the clears from the cheap one that's been on the bay to turn the cheap clear board into ANSI?  (or just use the whole M81 board w/ clear switches?)

I don't think I want to pay $50 plus shipping to try it though... any reason an old POS board is so expensive?

Title: cherry POS keyboard options
Post by: Ascaii on Sun, 10 July 2011, 06:57:13

simple answer...no. you cannot mount mx switches on my boards.

Title: cherry POS keyboard options
Post by: N8N on Sun, 10 July 2011, 07:29:07

figures.  I thought that maybe since the keycaps were compatible so would be the circuit boards.

I do have a perfectly good set of ANSI black doubleshots w/ nothing to use them on :/  (unless I want to type on mush)

Title: cherry POS keyboard options
Post by: mich on Mon, 11 July 2011, 02:04:06

MY switches work by pressing contacts on membranes laying below. These boards are completely different.