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Title: [SOLD] NOS Vintage Cherry console boards, delicious chocolaty keys
Post by: ander on Sun, 15 October 2017, 02:52:41: Vintage Cherry G80-0350/e computer keyboard circuit board module [2*Y-33] (http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-Cherry-G80-0350-e-computer-keyboard-circuit-board-module-2-Y-33-/202079110682?hash=item2f0cda861a:g:0qYAAOSwXhZZ3pM9)

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/WTsAAOSw~UdZ3pNB/s-l1600.jpg)

8 available, $80 each + free U.S. shipping. Seller thinks they're NOS, and they look like it to me. Quite delicious SA keys, aren't they? You probably noticed that.
Title: Re: NOS Vintage Cherry console boards, keys to die for
Post by: orihalcon on Sun, 15 October 2017, 15:03:56: Are the keycaps modern Cherry Compatible though?
Title: Re: NOS Vintage Cherry console boards, keys to die for
Post by: taylorswiftttttt on Mon, 16 October 2017, 22:32:29: removed
Title: Re: NOS Vintage Cherry console boards, keys to die for
Post by: ander on Mon, 16 October 2017, 22:38:33: Quote from: orihalcon on Sun, 15 October 2017, 15:03:56
Are the keycaps modern Cherry Compatible though?

Hmm, good question. Any court in the land would agree, though: They're certainly chocolaty.

Quote from: taylorswiftttttt on Mon, 16 October 2017, 22:32:29
I think you mean "spherical"

Ah, right. See, I knew you guys would know about this.
Title: Re: NOS Vintage Cherry console boards, keys to die for
Post by: kokokoy on Mon, 16 October 2017, 22:57:07: Quote from: orihalcon on Sun, 15 October 2017, 15:03:56
Are the keycaps modern Cherry Compatible though?

My guess it's not. Might be stackpole/hitek switches.
Title: Re: NOS Vintage Cherry console boards, keys to die for
Post by: TalkingTree on Tue, 17 October 2017, 07:51:17: Did anyone find a picture of the case? I'm really curious about it.
Title: Re: NOS Vintage Cherry console boards, keys to die for
Post by: derzemel on Wed, 18 October 2017, 08:59:04: Quote from: TalkingTree on Tue, 17 October 2017, 07:51:17
Did anyone find a picture of the case? I'm really curious about it.

I have seen those keycaps on Cherry G80-0662 (https://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_G80-0662) keyboards. It seems that the G80-0350/e is an earlier version of the G80-0662, or a version of the keyboard embedded in a larger industrial machine.

I used to own the G80-0662 version with the flipped keycap colors (brown on beige). Click here for some pictures (https://imgur.com/a/OVmb7)

A friend of mine had the Beige on Brown keycap version (like the one on eBay):

(https://i.imgur.com/KiKCYyH.jpg)

Sadly, without extensive modifications, you cannot get these boards to work with modern computers as they seemed to come only attached to industrial machinery.

Also, they have Cherry M8 switches (https://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_M8) which I personally dislike.

The keycaps are spherical, Cherry-MX compatible, but they are slightly shorter than SP DSA caps. Here are some images on keyboards together with DSA caps (https://imgur.com/gallery/n8Z9S)

I hope that this will answer your question and any other questions you may have had ;D
Title: Re: NOS Vintage Cherry console boards, keys to die for
Post by: TalkingTree on Wed, 18 October 2017, 10:13:53: Quote from: derzemel on Wed, 18 October 2017, 08:59:04
I hope that this will answer your question and any other questions you may have had ;D
Definetely. Thank you very much.
Title: Re: NOS Vintage Cherry console boards, delicious chocolaty keys
Post by: dorkvader on Wed, 18 October 2017, 21:23:21: Quote from: derzemel on Wed, 18 October 2017, 08:59:04
Sadly, without extensive modifications, you cannot get these boards to work with modern computers as they seemed to come only attached to industrial machinery.
It would be very easy to convert this to USB.

Also: based on the date codes, it appears to come from late 1984. "8445" on all the 74-series logic chips.
Title: Re: NOS Vintage Cherry console boards, delicious chocolaty keys
Post by: hansichen on Wed, 31 January 2018, 09:47:55: Quote from: dorkvader on Wed, 18 October 2017, 21:23:21
Quote from: derzemel on Wed, 18 October 2017, 08:59:04
Sadly, without extensive modifications, you cannot get these boards to work with modern computers as they seemed to come only attached to industrial machinery.
It would be very easy to convert this to USB.

Also: based on the date codes, it appears to come from late 1984. "8445" on all the 74-series logic chips.

How would you convert such a board? I own one of it and would be interested in trying these switches without big modifications.
Title: Re: [SOLD] NOS Vintage Cherry console boards, delicious chocolaty keys
Post by: juryduty on Thu, 01 February 2018, 20:58:02: It seems like another question is what the heck do you mount it in and what do you use for a bezel? Cut a custom one on lasergist?