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Title: G80-1950 matrix keyboard
Post by: precarious on Fri, 23 May 2014, 14:30:59

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-G80-Programmable-Point-of-Sale-Keyboard-and-Card-Reader-/221446680462?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item338f402f8e

i used to have one of these, i'm sure someone will be interested ;0

Title: Re: G80-1950 matrix keyboard
Post by: Pacifist on Sat, 24 May 2014, 00:16:44

browns and numpad is doubleshot. Everything else are those thin relegendables

Title: Re: G80-1950 matrix keyboard
Post by: jonathanyu on Sat, 24 May 2014, 00:32:58

Always want to see what's under that 2x2 big ass cap

Title: Re: G80-1950 matrix keyboard
Post by: Pacifist on Sat, 24 May 2014, 00:36:31

Quote from: jonathanyu on Sat, 24 May 2014, 00:32:58

Always want to see what's under that 2x2 big ass cap

4 browns

Title: Re: G80-1950 matrix keyboard
Post by: dorkvader on Sat, 24 May 2014, 17:50:17

these are crippled by terrible firmware from cherry.

Fortunately, it's quite easy to wire them up to an internal teensy: it took me about 30 minutes total.The rows / columns directly map to the pins, so it's dead simple to figure out where the keys go.

I took a bunch of pictures and will be posting about it later.