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Title: Cherry MX 8100 G80-8963LUBUS-2 MX Browns USB - $35 BIN
Post by: tuan2195 on Tue, 05 May 2015, 01:10:34

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-MX-8100-G80-8963LUBUS-2-Mechanical-Keyboard-2001-lw-N-I-Use-for-Gaming-/381249133902?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58c4381d4e

Good for someone looking to try out MX Browns or want to harvest some switches or otherwise just want to spend their money on vintage board. I almost bought it myself but then I realized it's MX Brown which I don't really like.

Title: Re: Cherry MX 8100 G80-8963LUBUS-2 MX Browns USB - $35 BIN
Post by: ander on Tue, 05 May 2015, 16:29:59

Wow, that is cheap, esp. if it's in decent shape. Dig all the relegendable keys.

Ah, it's a POS board—there's a card-swiper at the top. That explains the caps. Does that mean it wouldn't be usable with a PC? Or just that you'd need a driver to use the swiper?

Title: Re: Cherry MX 8100 G80-8963LUBUS-2 MX Browns USB - $35 BIN
Post by: njbair on Tue, 05 May 2015, 22:40:56

Quote from: ander on Tue, 05 May 2015, 16:29:59

Wow, that is cheap, esp. if it's in decent shape. Dig all the relegendable keys.

Ah, it's a POS board—there's a card-swiper at the top. That explains the caps. Does that mean it wouldn't be usable with a PC? Or just that you'd need a driver to use the swiper?

The swiper just "types" the credit card data for you. AFAIK all swipers follow a standard format: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_stripe_card#Financial_cards