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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Chloe on Mon, 24 November 2008, 10:00:05

Title: How to identify Cherry keyboards
Post by: Chloe on Mon, 24 November 2008, 10:00:05

This article seems to cover everything:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=cn&u=http://blog.dengzhe.com/article.asp?id=254

Title: How to identify Cherry keyboards
Post by: wellington1869 on Mon, 24 November 2008, 10:23:10

Quote from: Chloe;12244

This article seems to cover everything:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=cn&u=http://blog.dengzhe.com/article.asp?id=254

Chloe, you are a fount of obscure but useful information.

Title: How to identify Cherry keyboards
Post by: Chloe on Mon, 24 November 2008, 11:35:02

Thanks wellington. :)

Some of the article doesn't translate too well. I've tried to verify as much as I can. This is what I have so far:

G80-xxxx xxxxx

Keycap technology:
H two-colour molding
L laser printed

Stem:
A black (http://www.posglobal.com/picture/cherry/g803000.pdf) (G80-3000) or brown (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?p=11025#post11025) (G80-5000 HAMPO /02)
C black (G80-3000LCMPO)
E
F blue (G80-1800HFU (http://sandy55.fc2web.com/keyboard/mx1800hfu.html))
K brown (TBC)
P black (G80-11900 LPMEU-0)
Q white (http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=9115&postcount=8) (G80-3000 LQMDE)
R black (G80-8113 (http://www.cherry.de/english/products/keyboards_MultiBoard_G80-8113.htm))  
S blue (http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=5552&postcount=23) (G80-3000 LSCGB)
T black (G80-11900 LTMEU-0)
U black (G80-3000 (http://www.posglobal.com/picture/cherry/g803000.pdf))
V white (TBC)
W blue (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=893) (G80-1865 LWNEU-2)
X brown (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=893) (G80-1865 LXNEU-2)
Y red (G80-3494LYCUS (http://skyian.mine.nu/discuz/viewthread.php?tid=895))

Win key:
A
B no barcode decoder (http://www.cherry.de/english/products/keyboards_MultiBoard_G80-8200.htm) (G80-8200)
C Combo (G80-3000LQCDE-0. USB, no n-key rollover, has Windows keys)
D USB bus-powered hub, four downstream ports (http://www.posglobal.com/picture/cherry/g803000.pdf)
E  
M 104/105 keys (http://www.posglobal.com/picture/cherry/g803000.pdf)
N n-key rollover without key lock technology (G80-1865 LXNEU-2), USB connector (http://www.posglobal.com/picture/cherry/g803000.pdf)

Layout:
US, EU, JP, GB, UK, DE, FR

Quote from:

Win key: M representative of whether there is a key WIN, WIN is the key M, is not A (this applies to the old version of the keyboard), the new version of the C key on behalf of the Combo; N on behalf of the N-Key-Roll-Over without key lock technology.

I'm not sure what means. Both G80-1865 have Windows keys but there is only N in the model number for n-key rollover.

Title: How to identify Cherry keyboards
Post by: lowpoly on Mon, 24 November 2008, 15:24:21

Combo means that the board is both USB and PS/2 (via adapter).

http://www.cherry.de/deutsch/produkte/zubehoer_adapter_usb_ps2.htm (link in german)

Title: How to identify Cherry keyboards
Post by: Chloe on Mon, 24 November 2008, 21:22:58

Thanks lowpoly.

I just found this (http://www.intelligentsystems.com.au/Catalogue/g80-11900_spec.pdf) pdf which explains why the stem letters are different for the G80-11900 when they both have black MX:

G80-11900 LPM
PS/2-compatible
PS/2 keyboard

G80-11900 LTM
RS 232 and PS/2
AT and PS/2-compatible keyboard