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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Donut on Thu, 03 April 2008, 19:07:48

Title: Cherry key caps: are they interchangeable between keyboard types?
Post by: Donut on Thu, 03 April 2008, 19:07:48

Hi,

As the subject says. Do the different series of Cherry keyboard (G80, G81, G82 etc.) use identical key caps, or are the key caps specific to each series? (I'd specifically like to know whether I can replace key caps on a G80 series keyboard with ones from a G81 or G83 series board.)

Title: Cherry key caps: are they interchangeable between keyboard types?
Post by: xsphat on Thu, 03 April 2008, 21:04:10

MY switch's keycaps can be swapped with MX keycaps. That would be G81 series for the MY and G80 for the MX.

I don't know what switches G82 series keyboards use.

Title: Cherry key caps: are they interchangeable between keyboard types?
Post by: IBI on Fri, 04 April 2008, 16:51:46

MY Switches? I thought the G81 series were rubber dome types.

Title: Cherry key caps: are they interchangeable between keyboard types?
Post by: xsphat on Fri, 04 April 2008, 22:34:51

MY switches are membranes with a spring assembly on top, so yes, they are. They feel just like a membrane though.