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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: net2522 on Thu, 05 April 2012, 15:05:46
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Cherry keyboard, which series no. is good to harvest keycaps double-shot in us. layout.
Thanks in advance~
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Depends on what you want. Everything with the suffix "H*U" or on the more modern keyboards "H**US" is double shot US layout. G80-3000s have winkeys, G80-1000s not. G81 keycaps might not fit correctly due to the stabilizers (so you can only be sure about the alphanumeric keys), and the G80-1800 exists in a winkeyless and in an modern variant, but it's (nonalphanumeric) keycaps won't fit an ordinary fullsized keyboard. But this should give you some information about what to look for.
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I thought it wasn't the stabilizers that caused the problem with g81's (my switches). I thought it was the bottom row being off center.
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MY stabilizer only comes into play on PBT keycaps as they have them molded into the key different than MX. Another mysteriously stupid Cherry decision. Offset mount only applies to bottom row 1.25 keys, old 1.5 are still centered...
Quickest for black sets is ANSI 8113, not as common as ISO enter version but they exist. If you can't find the ANSI version, it's still one of the best to get, then get a g81-8000 for the enter, \ and function, nav etc in doubleshots.
Best for white sets is the G80-3000 or 1000 series. Desko branded G81 boards can be a good source. Boards with 1.25 mods are really hard to locate in white, and cost a lot when you do. I still haven't been lucky enough to get that and I've been looking for quite awhile.
All of them are good sources really, take what you come across if the price is good and worry about missing keys later.
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I thought it wasn't the stabilizers that caused the problem with g81's (my switches). I thought it was the bottom row being off center.
Both,
But only for the ones with win keys.