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Title: Rackmount Cherry G80
Post by: tipo33 on Thu, 29 November 2012, 20:15:02

If I was a server admin,  I would own this.  Sadly not the extremely rare one on Deskthorty's wiki.  This one appears to be modeled on a G80-11900.  Still cool though:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-RackMount-G80-11900HRMUS-02-1U-Console-15-LCD-with-Keyboard-/190748444703?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item2c697e481f

Title: Re: Rackmount Cherry G80
Post by: precarious on Thu, 29 November 2012, 21:16:08

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1U-19-Rack-Mount-104-key-Keyboard-with-Trackball-Full-Metal-Construction-/271079163535

while we're on the topic of rackmount cherry boards.... :)

i ended up purchasing that a while back since the model information provided wasn't conclusive, but it ended up having MY switches.  i knew it had the lasered caps, at least.  the whole thing is pretty nice and unused condition.

if anyone happens to have a hardon for a rackmount cherry board but doesnt need/want one like above, just sayin' i'll still sell the one i have for next to nothing since i don't want it at all ;000

Title: Re: Rackmount Cherry G80
Post by: tipo33 on Fri, 30 November 2012, 11:34:49

Have you ever looked inside?  could you put a G80-1800 in there?

Title: Re: Rackmount Cherry G80
Post by: precarious on Fri, 30 November 2012, 13:09:43

I did take it apart and take pictures, I may post them here later if I can find an appropriate USB cable.  The switches were mounted to some kind of metal plate with a thin layer of contact material between it and the switches, so I don't know if the guts of another board would fit or not.

edit: pics http://imgur.com/a/HyemL

Title: Re: Rackmount Cherry G80
Post by: mbodrov on Fri, 30 November 2012, 15:14:18

That sounds like your normal G81-1800 internals. G80 and G81 keyboards made by Cherry share the same case. So here it also should be swappable without any modifications.

Title: Re: Rackmount Cherry G80
Post by: ed_avis on Fri, 30 November 2012, 16:00:37

Install a Raspberry Pi in that and some kind of power supply and it would make a great laptop!

Title: Re: Rackmount Cherry G80
Post by: samwisekoi on Sat, 01 December 2012, 06:54:20

Quote from: precarious on Fri, 30 November 2012, 13:09:43

I did take it apart and take pictures, I may post them here later if I can find an appropriate USB cable.  The switches were mounted to some kind of metal plate with a thin layer of contact material between it and the switches, so I don't know if the guts of another board would fit or not.

edit: pics http://imgur.com/a/HyemL

I would totally love to put that in my server rack!  Please PM me and we'll work something out!

Thanks very much,

 - Ron | samwisekoi