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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: agbiotec on Thu, 17 December 2009, 18:27:53

Title: 9.99$, NEW keyboard, with choice of MX, ML or MY
Post by: agbiotec on Thu, 17 December 2009, 18:27:53

Anyone has bought any of those before ? (it's at a store and not ebay, price seems amazing !)  Seems like an awesome deal especially for those who would like to harvest some new switches :

http://www.primelec.com/PC-Accessories/Input-Devices/Keyboards-Mice/Cherry-Full-Size-104-p4830476.html

Title: 9.99$, NEW keyboard, with choice of MX, ML or MY
Post by: ch_123 on Thu, 17 December 2009, 18:31:20

That's a rubber dome keyboard. The blurb at the bottom is just a generic Cherry ad.

Moral of the story - if it sounds too good to be true, it is.

Title: Re: 9.99$, NEW keyboard, with choice of MX, ML or MY
Post by: bsvP585hUO2Y6 on Thu, 17 December 2009, 18:35:23

agbiotec wrote on 5952 September 1993:

> Anyone has bought any of those before ? (it's at a store and not ebay,
> price seems amazing !) Seems like an awesome deal especially for those
> who would like to harvest some new switches :

I'm afraid they'll only ship Cherry's G83 rubberdome board for that
price.

Title: 9.99$, NEW keyboard, with choice of MX, ML or MY
Post by: agbiotec on Thu, 17 December 2009, 18:50:45

wow that was a fast reply... thanks guys. I've been to the forum 3 months (and addicted already), and have two IBM M's (one spring, one rubber dome - painted black the keys to learn touch), a HHKB Lite and currently waiting for an ADB adapter to start using my recently purchased AEKII... Also chasing a Compaq G-80 with brown cherries on ebay.

Weird thing with me is that I never got to like M's spring (which people love), and enjoyed more the M with domes... I guess I've got weak fingers or something like that.... The AEKII feels just about right though and looking fwd to try it once the adapter arrives.

Seems to me I'm more on the lighter side of typing g's, and would like to try out brown cherries also to get a feel...

Title: 9.99$, NEW keyboard, with choice of MX, ML or MY
Post by: hyperlinked on Thu, 17 December 2009, 19:41:17

Geekhack... Where reading comprehension is taught...

Title: 9.99$, NEW keyboard, with choice of MX, ML or MY
Post by: PRISONER 24601 on Fri, 18 December 2009, 07:04:11

Quote from: ch_123;143382

That's a rubber dome keyboard. The blurb at the bottom is just a generic Cherry ad.

Moral of the story - if it sounds too good to be true, it is.

What about the $10 NIB cherry browns a few weeks ago?

Well, I guess that was just luck.

Title: 9.99$, NEW keyboard, with choice of MX, ML or MY
Post by: itlnstln on Fri, 18 December 2009, 08:29:50

Would these caps fit MX switches?  If so, it might be worth it just for that.

Title: 9.99$, NEW keyboard, with choice of MX, ML or MY
Post by: ch_123 on Fri, 18 December 2009, 09:24:17

Nope. Standard rubber dome keyboards with standard rubber dome keycaps. I had one many a moon again.