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Title: Mislisted Compaq MX11800
Post by: timw4mail on Thu, 01 October 2009, 22:07:01

http://cgi.ebay.com/COMPAQ-PS-2-TRACKBALL-KEYBOARD-BURGANDY-CHERRY-SLIDERS_W0QQitemZ290355369899QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item439a8757ab&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Title: Mislisted Compaq MX11800
Post by: timw4mail on Thu, 01 October 2009, 22:11:37

Is this the Cherry equivalent, or does it have different switches?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cherry-G80-11900-Touchboard-USB-Keyboard-BRAND-NEW_W0QQitemZ280373597929QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item41479196e9&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Title: Mislisted Compaq MX11800
Post by: bitflipper on Thu, 01 October 2009, 23:15:49

Quote from: timw4mail;122195

http://cgi.ebay.com/COMPAQ-PS-2-TRACKBALL-KEYBOARD-BURGANDY-CHERRY-SLIDERS_W0QQitemZ290355369899QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item439a8757ab&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

$39 shipped, not too bad. Maybe time to let go of mine.

Quote from: timw4mail;122198

Is this the Cherry equivalent, or does it have different switches?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cherry-G80-11900-Touchboard-USB-Keyboard-BRAND-NEW_W0QQitemZ280373597929QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item41479196e9&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

This appears to be the same one Fentek sells for $140 here (http://www.fentek-ind.com/kbtpcusbb.htm). Maybe a good deal.

Title: Mislisted Compaq MX11800
Post by: rdjack21 on Thu, 01 October 2009, 23:43:13

Quote from: timw4mail;122198

Is this the Cherry equivalent, or does it have different switches?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cherry-G80-11900-Touchboard-USB-Keyboard-BRAND-NEW_W0QQitemZ280373597929QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item41479196e9&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Any idea which switch is in this one?

Title: Mislisted Compaq MX11800
Post by: JBert on Fri, 02 October 2009, 01:52:19

Quote from: rdjack21;122214

Any idea which switch is in this one?

[ed. added link]http://cgi.ebay.com/Cherry-G80-11900-Touchboard-USB-Keyboard-BRAND-NEW_W0QQitemZ280373597929QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item41479196e9&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Hard to say.

I believe they've come with blacks and clears (rare).

Title: Mislisted Compaq MX11800
Post by: itlnstln on Fri, 02 October 2009, 07:18:44

The 11900 comes with blacks.

Title: Mislisted Compaq MX11800
Post by: timw4mail on Fri, 02 October 2009, 08:29:24

Quote from: itlnstln;122250

The 11900 comes with blacks.

Pity...it's such a nice complement to the Compaq 11800

Title: Mislisted Compaq MX11800
Post by: rdjack21 on Fri, 02 October 2009, 08:45:39

Quote from: timw4mail;122266

Pity...it's such a nice complement to the Compaq 11800

I was thinking the same.

Title: Mislisted Compaq MX11800
Post by: itlnstln on Fri, 02 October 2009, 08:59:24

Both 'boards are PCB-mounted, so if you're feeling industrious, you can change out the guts of the switches with another Cherry 'board.  Hell, you could probably take out the whole PCB out of one and put it in the other.

Title: Mislisted Compaq MX11800
Post by: TWX on Fri, 02 October 2009, 22:54:19

I've got one of these!  It dates to about '00.  The escape key stopped working and I haven't bothered to figure out why just yet.  I was considering just swapping the keyswitch with one of the function keys, but if it's as easy to fix as you guys make it sound then maybe I'll do that instead.