Oddly enough the Cherry catalog on the page you linked doesnt mention RC as a layout out code. But there are pics around of the Chinese ones. Basically it's just a US keyboard that also has the Chinese characters.Show Image(http://kb.o2dazone.com/cherry01.jpg)
Do you still have your old Model M?
Basically -
G80-3000 LSCRC
G80-3000 - Full sized keyboard using MX mechanical switches.
L - Laser Shot keycaps
S - Blue 'clicky' Switches
C - Has Windows Keys
RC - Chinese Layout
The Chinese layout is the one pictured above. It is basically the US layout with Chinese characters also on the caps.
If it is out of stock I get to say, "I told you so".
Geekhack just cost me another $70.
congratulations!! :D
...you're a goner
Do we have some sort of communal pledge that *this* keyboard is going to be my last keyboard until all the ones I have die from overuse? If one exists, where can one find it? ;)
from what other suppleirs have told me it sounds like you won't see any cherry g80-lscrc-2's until january....i'd be very surprised if they are in stock. I've been trying to get one for a while now.
i got a real ominous feeling now coming up my spine, reading those last posts
Anybody that uses the work "Shadenfreude" in a post should be wished good luck in his endeavors. I am a bit worried though that the Chinese Lettered "blowout special" always seemed like an odd item for Cherry Corp to sell here so I'm even skeptical about December. Whoops, I be shadenfreudin.If you want to go for that real German touch, try to write it as "Schadenfreude". :-)
Good luck though - ya never know!
I called the POS store just now. They pretty much hung up on me.
EYE OF THE TIGER
I called the POS store just now. They pretty much hung up on me.
EYE OF THE TIGER
Wow, they're POSs.
Were you able to find out if they had the keyboard in stock? Advice: Once you get this keyboard, just enjoy it and NEVER EVER come back here or you'll have a big big hole in your wallet.
Oh Well! This warning has never worked for anyone who has been here long enough.
No, they just had a machine for messages
Called their other number (local TX) and I got endless rings
You've got to keep trying, this was how I finally got someone on the phone. In any case, they cannot use your credit card if they are not going to send a keyboard.
I would be pretty surprised if we see any new stock before next year, but I guess we'll see. I'll have to live with my g80-3000 with browns for now (also a very good keyboard and my current go-to board)
Smooth, light, tactile, but not very pretty. It's a real "butter-face" of keyboards.
I'd say the G80-3000 has classic understated looks, but nonetheless attractive in its own simple way. It's not in your face good looking like a movie star, but more of a plain "girl next door".
You need help.
I'd say the G80-3000 has classic understated looks, but nonetheless attractive in its own simple way. It's not in your face good looking like a movie star, but more of a plain "girl next door".
Xero, the G80-3000 with browns is the best keyboard I have typed on so far. Smooth, light, tactile, but not very pretty. It's a real "butter-face" of keyboards.
This whole community needs help.
After hearing all this jibber jabber about cherry browns, I went and bought a Compaq MX11800 on ebay for 20 bucks shipped. I hope it's in good condition... the pic looked like it was a bit yellowed (which I really don't mind. I'll probably paint the ***** anyway), they said 100% tested and working, that's good enough.
Now at least I'll get a good feel of cherry switches, will help me decide if the blues are a better choice.
Is anyone else on a "waiting list" of sorts for the g803000lscrc2? I'd like to know the best one to get on, for the best price ya know.
After hearing all this jibber jabber about cherry browns, I went and bought a Compaq MX11800 on ebay for 20 bucks shipped. I hope it's in good condition... the pic looked like it was a bit yellowed (which I really don't mind. I'll probably paint the ***** anyway), they said 100% tested and working, that's good enough.There's one in Quebec right now and no one has bid on it yet. I'm very tempted, but I have enough keyboards for now. I have every switch I wanted to try and another keyboard will mean another one sitting around on the substitute bench.
Now at least I'll get a good feel of cherry switches, will help me decide if the blues are a better choice.Don't be too optimistic :-) Blue Cherries are way different from Brown Cherries. It's like two different dishes.
Compaqs are a great way to check out browns.
I must not buy another keyboard, I must not buy another keyboard...Besides, this one does not have the Windows key :-)
If all you want to do is try the Cherry Browns I recommend just getting a numpad with them. About as expensive and at least there's a use for them down the road. Most people that get the Compaqs seem to move on quickly to other keyboards.
If all you want to do is try the Cherry Browns I recommend just getting a numpad with them. About as expensive and at least there's a use for them down the road. Most people that get the Compaqs seem to move on quickly to other keyboards.
You already have a Cherry brown keyboard, though.
I guess that makes me weird and tolerant.
OK my 11800s have no Windows keys, I can live with that.
Me too then. I find the MX11800/11900 boards to be very useful. They are only 1" wider than a tenkeyless board, yet they have every standard key, including the numpad.
I finally got around to cancelling my order. I didn't have to go through the telephone circus that Prisoner went through. I just found my email confirmation, hit the reply button, and ask them to cancel my order if the item was out of stock. POSGlobal got back to me in three minutes to let me know that they were out and my order has been canceled.
Sometimes, email does get you there faster!
Yeah, it's pretty ironic that a Point-of-Sale company has problems with thier Point-of-Sale.
Or Metadot programmers not using Das keyboards. No wait, that's just an Internet Rumor I just started.
Somebody call Metadot and ask the receptionist to put the phone next to the keyboard and type something.
preorder list?
going to bed so im not going to read all this stuff
but i will go to bed hoping that this means i can, tomorrow, preorder a blue cherry keyboard of nice quality for $60
They may have some still in the distribution chain. I'm just saying it's very odd that the ONE Blue Cherry keyboard that Cherry Corp. ships to the US has Chinese lettering and is $40 cheaper. Sure seems like an inventory blowout, not a standard item.
i still havent got an email back, so do you know if...
i can email instead of call?
will the price still be $65?
can i 'call' ahead NOW and preorder?
sales never did respond to me, anyone know if there is a way to do this without a phone?
i am in iraq, phones exist but are very inconvenient to use, and skype sounds awful because of the slow speeds (and for anything but toll-free, i would need credit to use it anyway)
i am in iraq, phones exist but are very inconvenient to use, and skype sounds awful because of the slow speeds (and for anything but toll-free, i would need credit to use it anyway)
If microsoft had liberated Iraq instead of our lackluster military, things would be a lot better now.
damn that's rough. a buddy of mine, over on some random nation's turf, (afghanistan atm) tells me that it takes weeks just to download a movie from isohunt. I mean, what good is an ipod video that has the same ****ty 50000 songs you've already listened to? Granted, they were cheap. a full 120gb of music for a dozen bic pens- not a bad exchange rate. There's only so much that a man can take... hunkered in a fox hole, surrounded on all sides by the enemy, and the only movie you can watch is freddy got fingered because your satellite internet can't pick up a signal through hundreds of feet of stupid stupid cold rocks. Clemenceau said that war was too important to be left up to generals. True then, even truer now. If microsoft had liberated Iraq instead of our lackluster military, things would be a lot better now.what? afghanistan has internet service now? i thought i was WAY better off, but turns out im just "better off"
i am in iraq, phones exist but are very inconvenient to use, and skype sounds awful because of the slow speeds (and for anything but toll-free, i would need credit to use it anyway)
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For the next custom batch, some people should pull strings and get arabic characters instead of chinese. No english at all, just US layout with some sweet durka durka calligraphy. it would be really pretty. 50x awesomer than blank keys according to my team of crack trendspotting hipsters.
what? afghanistan has internet service now? i thought i was WAY better off, but turns out im just "better off"
heres how it is here
$100 a month for .125mbps internet
.125mbps
in other words
16kBps MAX down speed (15kBps max really)
8gb cap per month
~700ms ping MINIMUM, to ANYWHERE, because its satellite-based, i guess...
i spent over a week getting the windows 7 rc
for the RTM i just got someone to download it then mail it to me
but honestly
i never expected to complain about the internet speed in a war theater
but hey
2009
you mean like this?
I want "She-Goat" and "He-Ass" keys.
killing two birds with one sling there.
Strong.
this vs the NKRO filcos...
other than NKRO, does the filco have much on the cherry?
cause the filco preorder is tempting
but also like double the price
necessary soldering skills to swap in normal LEDs. :(PFFT! who said anything about that?
You guys think too much (stockings on LEDs?!?! .... KinKy!)
Just jam a sharpie down there.
Bottom Keyboard: Unmodified LED vs modified
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The pic is old. I updated the keyboard above with Red LEDs because I happened to have it open anyway. Takes 5 mins but you have to have a soldering iron and some 10cent LEDs.
Notice the one in the middle works at my favorite company.Show Image(http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/additional/large/office_space_kit_mug.jpg)
got a funny lookin package in the mail todayShow Image(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=5826&stc=1&d=1258699506)Show Image(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=5827&stc=1&d=1258699517)Show Image(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=5828&stc=1&d=1258699531)Show Image(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=5829&stc=1&d=1258699551)Show Image(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=5830&stc=1&d=1258699580)
It's a festivus miracle!
Does anyone else see these images? Only question marks show up here.
Please come back and let us know what you think of the G80-3000. It's still my favourite keyboard. I'm afraid you have contracted the keyboard virus, but it's fun. If one types a lot in a day, then investing money and time to find the right keyboard makes sense. However, the problem is that one may never find the one and only keyboard. This is just human nature.
You live in California. We understand.
at first, i didn't like it. at all. the springs are way stiffer than on my MX11800... "Too stiff" was my first impression.
Then again, the MX11800 was used. This is new, and has stiffer springs by nature to boot.
I realise that they'll loosen up over time, and I really like the PROMINENT tactile bump. I've typed about 8,000 words on it since thursday afternoon, and now I love it. I'm keeping in mind that the springs are new and may be built this way... To loosen up gradually over time.
It's also a very light and flexible keyboard. There isn't much "bulk" to it, and I'm not a fan of the snap together construction. It could be a bit more solid. Though, for $60, it's FAR better than any keyboard I've used in the past.
I like the simple and understated design, and the lasered keys which have this really cool embossed feel to them. I'm also loving these concave homerow keys.
It will take me a few months to really break in, but my initial impression is only "good" not "great"... Could just be that I hyped myself up for some uberkeyboard. The tactility is perfect, but it will take me some time to get used to the heavy springs and the loud, sharp noises that it makes.
Congrats on the new keyboard. Give it a little time. (nice pic too - especially of the keys).
I was surprised that the backup Blue Cherry Filco I just got feels noticeably stiffer than the old one. The switches need some time to "break in". And note: I'm NOT one of those AudioPhools that believe in amplifier break-in so it's not my imagination.
The noise is not going to change. You either like it or don't (or load some double shot keys on it - BIG difference in sound there).
Give it some time. The keys feel stiff because you were coming from brown Cherries. I did notice them to be stiffer after I spent some time on my brown Cherries Filco. Of course, it was the complete opposite when I move to the G80 from my Customizer.
the blue remind me a bit of a Model M, and I'm fairly certain that a customizer or spacesaver will be my next purchase/trade.
You know, I don't find myself typing even a bit more softly on this keyboard. I've really broken this thing in, to the point where the letter keys are softer and have a significantly different sound to them than the f-keys, and I still hit them harder than a pack mule on boxing day. What?
...
it could also be that my brain is linking the sound of the click and the tactile bump together, cause they happen at exactly the same time when you're typing fast. Either way, I like it.
I'm curious now as to how much of a difference steel plate mounting makes on the sound/feel of the same switches.
pgh: I can see myself being faster with these switches, but I was already pretty fast with rubber domes. I think the best move for me is going Colemak... After this semester is over maybe... It's a big move. I'm still in the market for a new BS board. If my marketplace ad doesn't snatch me up a good price, I'll probably order one from the clickykeyboards guy. Then, it's time to save up for a Topre. This is my mission.
I'd like to get a Unicomp very badly. I'd probably get a Customizer because the spacesaver lacks the curved layout- which i've always liked. They're releasing a tenkeyless soon, right? I'll take 10.
I've been using Model M's for a long time. They're great for typing on.
This may not be a problem since you are in a basement.
So what's the scoop. Prisoner got the last one of these at Gemini (http://www.geminicomputersinc.com/g80-3000lscrc-2.html) or something???
I'd like to get a Unicomp very badly. I'd probably get a Customizer because the spacesaver lacks the curved layout- which i've always liked.
They're releasing a tenkeyless soon, right? I'll take 10.
LOL! I'm not saying that they are not great to type on, but just that in my case. I found buckling spring to be wonderful when I moved from rubber domes to them, but then I discovered lighter switches which I like best. Moreover, noise level is a big factor in my case. This may not be a problem since you are in a basement. I could solve the noise problem if I move my office into the basement, but I prefer to be close to my baby girl than far from her.
If noise bothers people and they start getting militant, you can always use the Model M as a club or choke someone with the cable.
You are just not makig any sense. Why would I want to choke my daughter and my wife, when they are my reason to live? My daughter is worth more than every keyoard in the world.
PROTIP: You're not meant to actually take him seriously :P
All they do with a Unicomp Spacesaver is stick the same assembly in a different plastic shell. My son prefers it over the IBM for that reason (better mousing room).
Nope, my office is downstairs. They share a computer upstairs.
I was at my GF's sister's house for Thanksgiving with 4 kids under 5 years old. I wanted to punch something. She has a two storey house with high ceilings, and the noise was unbearable. They were ruining my football watching. That, and it was Texas vs. Texas A&M, damnit.
No, that's good. Actually, that kicks ass. I think I'll order one with my next paycheck. I understand they sound a bit different but hey that's cool.
o.0 I don't think I understand
stop what before what's too late?
stop doing keyboards? not likely.
All they do with a Unicomp Spacesaver is stick the same assembly in a different plastic shell. My son prefers it over the IBM for that reason (better mousing room).
What color would you use to compliment the dark or cocoa brown rit dye? A tannish color might work hmmm... I saw a link on here for a keyboard layout generator dealie, something I can use to try out different colors before I commit. Can't find it, though :(
Still says out of stock. (http://www.geminicomputersinc.com/g80-3000lscrc-2.html)
The machine is lying to you.
The machine is lying to you.
I had Gemini go and look + see if they can get the corean 'boards with the red switches and all, turns out they can't. That really painted my wagon, I wanted a red switched cherry so bad! They can, however, get the LSCRC and the LPCEU... They just have to special order the buggers.
Why can't anyone get those Korean 'boards? It's all the same damn company!
Still out of stock. (http://www.geminicomputersinc.com/g80-3000lscrc-2.html)
I think this was a classic example of the Chinese dumping excess inventory. Now that they are pissed at us seeing the Dalai Lama I think this deal is dead.
Still out of stock. (http://www.geminicomputersinc.com/g80-3000lscrc-2.html)
I think this was a classic example of the Chinese dumping excess inventory. Now that they are pissed at us seeing the Dalai Lama I think this deal is dead.
Just got off the phone with Geminicomputers.com. It seems that they will have this product in stock in about 10-15 days. Those who want one can order one now or wait until the units are in stock. The part number is still a good one according to person I had over the phone.
pft, you're always on the phone with gemini :p
Don't feel like spending twice the dough at datacal, though it is incredibly tempting.
Get at least one. It's worth it.
Get at least one. It's worth it.
So the keyboard advertised here uses black or blue switches?
http://www.geminicomputersinc.com/g80-3000lscrc-2.html
Cheers
SainT