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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: tukkez on Sat, 26 November 2011, 14:08:36

Title: Identify my keyboard!
Post by: tukkez on Sat, 26 November 2011, 14:08:36

Hey, I found this keyboard from the trash and I was wondering, which is it, and is it worth anything?

Pictures:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45151639/Photo%2026.11.2011%205.22.21%20ip..jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45151639/Photo%2026.11.2011%205.22.30%20ip..jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45151639/Photo%2026.11.2011%205.22.37%20ip..jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45151639/Photo%2026.11.2011%205.22.45%20ip..jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45151639/Photo%2026.11.2011%205.22.51%20ip..jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45151639/Photo%2026.11.2011%205.23.06%20ip..jpg

Also, I couldn't find a way to plug it in, how do I do it? DIdn't fit into PS/2 ports, and don't have an adapter. What kind of an adapter should I buy for this ?

Title: Identify my keyboard!
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Sat, 26 November 2011, 14:12:21

Looks like MY switches and an AT connection.

Title: Identify my keyboard!
Post by: DaemonRaccoon on Sat, 26 November 2011, 14:18:11

G81 MY switches, pretty much trash. Somebody harvested the keys, HBU = doubleshot gold.

Title: Identify my keyboard!
Post by: zirb on Sat, 26 November 2011, 14:23:28

looks like a good ol' keyboard from west germany
you have a piece of history there my friend! :)

edit: don't know if it is trash, but i wouldn't throw it away ^^

Title: Identify my keyboard!
Post by: mbc on Sat, 26 November 2011, 15:15:30

Let me guess, you from berlin?

Title: Identify my keyboard!
Post by: tukkez on Sat, 26 November 2011, 18:34:32

nope, Finland.

Title: Identify my keyboard!
Post by: Findecanor on Sat, 26 November 2011, 21:20:37

Quote from: tukkez;459256

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45151639/Photo%2026.11.2011%205.23.06%20ip..jpg

G81-1138, eh. It's a Star Wars keyboard !

Can I guess that the key caps are in Finnish/Swedish layout? I would not mind having them.
Only the key caps have some value. The rest is .. well ... Not many people like the feel of the MY switches.

Title: Identify my keyboard!
Post by: DaemonRaccoon on Sat, 26 November 2011, 21:23:16

Seeing as he hasn't posted a picture of the keycaps...

Title: Identify my keyboard!
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Sat, 26 November 2011, 23:57:02

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that it came prepilfered.

Title: Identify my keyboard!
Post by: tukkez on Sun, 27 November 2011, 06:08:08

I have most of the keycaps. Few are missing, but almost all letters are there.

The keycaps do have Ä/Ö, but they're in the side of the keycap. The top of the keycap has normal US layout. You do see the Ä/Ö still.

Title: Identify my keyboard!
Post by: mbc on Sun, 27 November 2011, 07:19:39

Ah.. saw an auction for one like it on ebay a few month ago, it was part of an pos system

Title: Identify my keyboard!
Post by: heliar on Sun, 27 November 2011, 08:21:05

Quote from: ripster;459364

I took those G81 MY German National Treasures, raped them for the keys,  and promptly threw them in the trash.

I should have kept one switch for pictures.[/I]



I have. Those stobborn MY keypads will never give up so easily, at least not those RETURN, SHIFT and BACKSPACE keys. Those four legs rendered them pretty useless for me. MY stabilizer sucks. But luckily this sort of stabilizer only occurs in G81-1800 line.

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Title: Identify my keyboard!
Post by: tukkez on Sun, 27 November 2011, 10:07:05

So this keyboard is basically worth nothing? Should I just throw it away with the keycaps ?

Title: Identify my keyboard!
Post by: tukkez on Sun, 27 November 2011, 10:09:37

Ok, guess I'll start looking for some model M's or something from trash etc. :)