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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: niubio on Tue, 18 February 2014, 18:56:53
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Some info/pics/videos I wanted to share! Dome boards:
1) KME KB-8001r Turbo Plus [pics (http://utensilia.tk/urzadzenia/kme_kb-8001r-turbo-plus.html)] [video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxG2JOxNesE)] - generic chinese board, it has soooo many names - fe. "Turbo-Force", "Turbo-Xwing" (!). It sucks.
2) Silitek / Optimus SK9001R-2U [pics (http://utensilia.tk/urzadzenia/silitek-optimus_sk9001r-2u.html)] [video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFAnlmMLq_g)] - quite nice! Silitek tries to hide domes under a steel plate. Nonetheless, I must say I enjoy typing on it. And it has pretty nice double-shots in many color variations! I haven't seen any board like this here :) Was it only our polish Optimus that rebranded it back in the day?
3) HP SK-2502c [pics (http://utensilia.tk/urzadzenia/hp_sk-2502c.html)] [video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdD1ysI01Sw)] - I've bought 5 HP boards so far in hope of finding something mechanical. Still no luck. Did they make only domes?
4) A4 KB-6 [pics (http://utensilia.tk/urzadzenia/a4_kb-6.html)] [video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAJ-pF2nEB0)] - the one and only board from A4 I've found acceptable so far.
5) BTC / Packard Bell 5139 [pics (http://utensilia.tk/urzadzenia/btc-packard-bell_5139.html)] [video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7gbKMliPuE)] - generic BTC board, nothing special.
And then there's...
6) Compaq Vocalist XL [pics (http://utensilia.tk/urzadzenia/compaq_vocalist-xl.html)] [video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcsype3u1Hw)] - Funny board with kinky square plug for DeskPro series. It's sooo heavy, just like the other rubber Compaq boards from the '90 :) Got it in mint/boxed condition. PL caps. Full audio support, but this connector... It'll be time absorbing to create some sort of adapter for it.
(http://utensilia.tk/urzadzenia/compaq_vocalist-xl/1.jpg)
And now... Quadra-Cherry-plate:
7) Cherry G83-610SLANDE [pics (http://utensilia.tk/urzadzenia/cherry_g83-610slande.html)] [video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFkMuoHYzhE)] - for me it's the best rubber dome board so far... But there's a Dell QuietKey on it's way to me, so we'll see about that :) It's so quiet and precise! Love it!
8 ) Cherry MY 1800 USB [pics (http://utensilia.tk/urzadzenia/cherry_my-1800-usb.html)] [video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmODkuBABQ4)] - by the time I bought it online I hadn't had any clue what MY stands for! I love MY switches for gaming, I think they're better than MX blacks. And to be fair I don't like them with "red MX ghetto mod" (springs removed). I just don't understand why people hate them so much. And yeah, I know - it's a DE version with stickers. Quick and dirty. Well it worked just FINE!
9) Cherry G80-2500HAU [pics (http://utensilia.tk/urzadzenia/cherry_g80-2500hau.html)] [video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-KhUdNmf0Q)] - I know there already was a post about this model. I just thought about sharing a video of it in dry action.
(http://utensilia.tk/urzadzenia/cherry_g80-2500hau/1.jpg)
10) Nixdorf 3299-N421-V001 [pics (http://utensilia.tk/urzadzenia/nixdorf_3299-n421-v001.html)] [video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwOPSUeu7-Y)] - and that's the last one! My personal keyboard ladies & gentlemen, I'm typing on it right now. Double-shots, cherry MX blacks. It rocks. This Esc key... It's just brilliant for me.
(http://utensilia.tk/urzadzenia/nixdorf_3299-n421-v001/1.jpg)
Any questions? Any answers? Any comments? :) Be my guest.
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Loving that Nixdorf. Seems to be a rebranded Cherry G80-0528 which usually has NCR branding on it.
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Loving that Nixdorf. Seems to be a rebranded Cherry G80-0528 which usually has NCR branding on it.
Yeah... I have two more with NCR logo but unfortunately with DE layout. I'm going to make some pics and video of them in the future :) And one has red leds under the caps!
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Nice boards :thumb:
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Looking at your video it seems that "Packard Bell 5139" has MX compatibile caps, is that true or am I seeing things :P
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Nice find on the Nixdorf. I don't think I've seen that exact configuration before. If you happen to want to sell one of DE NCR version of that for a good price please let me know.
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Nice boards :thumb:
Thanks :)
Looking at your video it seems that "Packard Bell 5139" has MX compatibile caps, is that true or am I seeing things :P
Yeah, BTC uses MX-compatible in their 53 series, but I'm not sure if in all of them...
Nice find on the Nixdorf. I don't think I've seen that exact configuration before. If you happen to want to sell one of DE NCR version of that for a good price please let me know.
One of my NCR is already packed and ready for launch to Germany :)
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I've added two strikingly similar boards - Alcatel MFII [pics (http://utensilia.tk/urzadzenia/alcatel_mfii.html)] [video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7G5NFYTiBE)] and Acer Accufeel 6312-k [pics (http://utensilia.tk/urzadzenia/acer_accufeel-6312-k.html)] [video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rjoi-AULB0)]. I bought dozens of them on local Intenet sale - very nice boards, but this ES layout... Guess it's better than AZERTY.
I'm going to my workshop for MK45 and this other NCR, maybe I'll post about them today!
EDIT: Ok, I've uploaded a video here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkyKsVq2Q7M). Anyone knows what NCR model is this? Because someone removed the label from the back and now I'm stuck... PCB inside has only cherry markings.
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As Photekq mentioned before, the NCR one is typically G80-0528. Though 528 is US layout, and back then Cherry hadn't started with the letters like HAU and gave a different number to each model instead... so it's probably something else like 529 or 532 or something like this. Usually it can be found on the PCB often on a paper sticker.
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I'm into that Nixdorf board and the G80-2500HAU, thanks for sharing :D.
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As Photekq mentioned before, the NCR one is typically G80-0528.
Yeah, I know - I was asking about NCR model no, I always use "rebranded" numbers when adding description to my site or video to yt. Typically it's found on a paper sticker on the back, but it's missing from my unit... Found it in some necro thread tho :) Thanks anyway!