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Title: G80-8200 white switches
Post by: kw71 on Fri, 12 March 2010, 02:10:24

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=320472121850 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=320472121850)

I have a hunch you can get them for less than $15, plus shipping.

Title: G80-8200 white switches
Post by: mrbill on Fri, 12 March 2010, 13:29:26

Verified.  Just accepted my offer of $10 + shipping for one.

Title: G80-8200 white switches
Post by: kw71 on Fri, 12 March 2010, 14:11:08

Quote from: ripster;163455

Let us know what they are like.   Clear cherries??  If nothing else I need to load up on those transparent keycaps - they get lost all the time.

He sent me one from 1997 and one from 2003.  The 97 board has a color decal logo and its clear tops are kind of loose.  The 03 board has the lasered logo and its clear tops fit a bit better.  I wonder what kind of glue etc. might help.  Would have to be tacky but removable later.  Both of them have all keycaps & clear tops.

Had to clean them... on a scale from Public Washroom to Techa River, I have to say the older one was Dahmer Fridge.  The newer one is not so bad, more like Tijuana Bathhouse.  Both of them cleaned up really nicely.

The white cherries feel like browns but are a little heavier.  I was surprised to find whites, I was expecting black.  They are not as heavy as my black board and the tactile bump is more pronounced than in my brown board.

Both of them had to take a firmware upgrade before Designer would set them up.  The MSR are 2 track.

Title: G80-8200 white switches
Post by: fastbuck on Fri, 12 March 2010, 15:17:38

Quote from: mrbill;163453

Verified.  Just accepted my offer of $10 + shipping for one.

My $10 offer got countered with $23+s&h. Think I'll pass

Title: G80-8200 white switches
Post by: didjamatic on Fri, 12 March 2010, 16:00:19

I have some like this but mine are black with brown switches, interesting.  I've wanted to try clears (white) for quite a while.

Do you mind sharing the full article number on them?

Title: G80-8200 white switches
Post by: kw71 on Fri, 12 March 2010, 16:40:27

Model MX8000  Art. G80-8200LPBUS

I think they are similar to yours, except for all the colours.

Title: G80-8200 white switches
Post by: Mental Hobbit on Sat, 13 March 2010, 13:25:03

Quote from: kw71;163484

Model MX8000  Art. G80-8200LPBUS

If this board has clears, then it's mislabeled. P stands for blacks, clears would be Q. Doesn't mean you can't get another mislabeled one, but don't rely on it.

Title: G80-8200 white switches
Post by: ch_123 on Sat, 13 March 2010, 13:34:28

No one really knows what's going on with those codes. As someone found out a few months ago, not even Cherry understands what they mean... Maybe Chloe did, but she was driven insane by it.

Title: G80-8200 white switches
Post by: kw71 on Sat, 13 March 2010, 13:48:02

I agree, the model codes seem to be nonsense for the POS boards.

I got 2 with the same label and they are white.

I looked at didjamatic's ebay auction - brown 8200 - his have the P too.

Title: G80-8200 white switches
Post by: didjamatic on Tue, 16 March 2010, 12:09:28

Someone bought them all (http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidsLogin&item=320472121850)

Title: G80-8200 white switches
Post by: mrbill on Tue, 16 March 2010, 12:52:49

Got the message that mine shipped yesterday.  Will be interesting to see what I actually get.