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Title: Cherry G80-11908HWMGB (Seller Refurbished)
Post by: squarebox on Sun, 31 July 2011, 13:23:27

Doubleshot harvest?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cherry-Compact-11900-Series-D-91275-USB-Keyboard-/290584782447?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item43a833e66f#ht_3589wt_1396 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Cherry-Compact-11900-Series-D-91275-USB-Keyboard-/290584782447?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item43a833e66f#ht_3589wt_1396)

Title: Cherry G80-11908HWMGB (Seller Refurbished)
Post by: BiNiaRiS on Sun, 31 July 2011, 15:32:15

British layout makes even less keys usable though

Sent from my EVO

Title: Cherry G80-11908HWMGB (Seller Refurbished)
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Sun, 31 July 2011, 16:11:26

this one (http://cgi.ebay.com/CHERRY-G81-1800HQMUS-PS2-BLACK-KEYBOARD-/350454964199?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item5198be5fe7) is a better deal for a doubleshot harvest, it's nib. or this one (http://cgi.ebay.com/Cherry-7000-POS-Programmable-Keyboard-MSR-/380271901359?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item5889f8baaf), if they take a lower offer.

Title: Cherry G80-11908HWMGB (Seller Refurbished)
Post by: N8N on Sun, 31 July 2011, 16:17:16

eh, not really - I have one like it, you're missing not only the whole bottom row, but also the right shift, numpad zero, and numpad plus (assuming that you are using a 104) even if you have a TKL you still need the right shift.

Honestly, I'm starting to see the wisdom of just buying the $80 sets that the guy on HK is selling.

Title: Cherry G80-11908HWMGB (Seller Refurbished)
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Sun, 31 July 2011, 16:31:00

Sometimes a good price on even a usable 37 set can be an attractive buy. Using blanks for the rest can look pretty good too. I had one of my boards set up like that for awhile. It all depends on what you want. If you are going for a full set there are better options than the 1800 style for sure.

Title: Cherry G80-11908HWMGB (Seller Refurbished)
Post by: xbb on Sun, 31 July 2011, 17:41:01

remember this is UK layout... not so common.

Title: Cherry G80-11908HWMGB (Seller Refurbished)
Post by: hashbaz on Tue, 02 August 2011, 00:41:31

How can you tell what on ebay is double shot and what isn't?

Title: Cherry G80-11908HWMGB (Seller Refurbished)
Post by: sordna on Tue, 02 August 2011, 00:49:28

My undersdanding is that an "H" in Cherry keyboard model numbers means High quality keycaps: doubleshots.

Title: Cherry G80-11908HWMGB (Seller Refurbished)
Post by: BiNiaRiS on Tue, 02 August 2011, 01:47:17

Quote from: sordna;391432

My undersdanding is that an "H" in Cherry keyboard model numbers means High quality keycaps: doubleshots.

That is the most important factor. And if a board has custom keys those will usually be lasered. Once you've dealt with them enough you can usually spot them easily with a decent photo.

Title: Cherry G80-11908HWMGB (Seller Refurbished)
Post by: Atenacius on Tue, 02 August 2011, 09:58:09

The g81-8000 is a pretty good donor for full-sized keyboards since everything works except for the front row and caps lock