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Title: [SOLD] NIB Cherry G80-8200LPBUS (MX Black)
Post by: ander on Thu, 15 February 2018, 00:19:46
CHERRY MX 8000 Keyboard with Magnetic Card Reader G80-8200LPBUS “NEW” (https://www.ebay.com/itm/CHERRY-MX-8000-Keyboard-with-Magnetic-Card-Reader-G80-8200LPBUS-NEW/173138249467)


(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/BKMAAOSwLjxachEC/s-l1600.jpg)


(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/QXAAAOSwSwVachDz/s-l1600.jpg)


(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/9JIAAOSwzbxachDb/s-l1600.jpg)


"Opened boxes to make sure keyboards are unused. Was the property of Greyhound but they never used them."

$39.99 OBO + 16.99 U.S. shipping; 2 available.
Title: Re: NIB Cherry G80-8200LPBUS (MX Black) $55.39 shipped OBO
Post by: TalkingTree on Thu, 15 February 2018, 04:44:39
LPBUS with ISO Enter? I'm confused.
Title: Re: NIB Cherry G80-8200LPBUS (MX Black) $55.39 shipped OBO
Post by: ander on Fri, 16 February 2018, 03:46:32
Quote from: TalkingTree on Thu, 15 February 2018, 04:44:39
LPBUS with ISO Enter? I'm confused.

I think it's because it's a POS board (card-reader, etc.). You'll notice the rest of the board is ANSI.

ISO-type Enters seem to be a standard thing on POS boards. I'm guessing it's because Enter is pressed for each item that's rung up—and that, historically, merchants have felt the bigger Enter is easier for their cashiers to find at high speed.
Title: Re: NIB Cherry G80-8200LPBUS (MX Black) $55.39 shipped OBO
Post by: ander on Sat, 24 February 2018, 03:01:30
Goddam—they've dropped the price (https://www.ebay.com/itm/CHERRY-MX-8000-Keyboard-with-Magnetic-Card-Reader-G80-8200LPBUS-NEW/173138249467) to $38.89 shipped. For NIB. It's what you'd expect to pay for used ones in reasonable shape. 2 of 'em are left as I post this.
Title: Re: NIB Cherry G80-8200LPBUS (MX Black) $55.39 shipped OBO
Post by: TerryMathews on Sun, 25 February 2018, 19:40:05
Quote from: TalkingTree on Thu, 15 February 2018, 04:44:39
LPBUS with ISO Enter? I'm confused.

I've never seen an ANSI 8200 that wasn't ISO enter and centered caps.
Title: Re: (Price dropped) NIB Cherry G80-8200LPBUS (MX Black) $38.39 shipped
Post by: ander on Tue, 27 February 2018, 05:52:43
So no one's buying these? I would, but I'm trying to fight the addiction to keeb bargoons.
Title: Re: (Price dropped) NIB Cherry G80-8200LPBUS (MX Black) $38.39 shipped
Post by: kmba on Tue, 27 February 2018, 08:16:10
What kinda caps are these. I'm assuming bottom row is also offset?
Title: Re: (Price dropped) NIB Cherry G80-8200LPBUS (MX Black) $38.39 shipped
Post by: blighty on Tue, 27 February 2018, 15:48:00
Quote from: kmba on Tue, 27 February 2018, 08:16:10
What kinda caps are these. I'm assuming bottom row is also offset?

The caps are lasered PBT (most likely thin), standard 1.25 mods, off-centered 6.25 cherry spacebar. 
Title: Re: (Price dropped) NIB Cherry G80-8200LPBUS (MX Black) $38.39 shipped
Post by: ander on Wed, 28 February 2018, 16:08:25
Quote from: blighty on Tue, 27 February 2018, 15:48:00
Quote from: kmba on Tue, 27 February 2018, 08:16:10
What kinda caps are these. I'm assuming bottom row is also offset?

The caps are lasered PBT (most likely thin), standard 1.25 mods, off-centered 6.25 cherry spacebar.

Sure, but they ended up going for $31.39 each—NIB! Now I'm wishing I had bought one.

And what's the big deal about "thin" keys? (They're not "caps", BTW; that's a term IBM invented to describe the tops of their two-piece keys... When will peeps get that straight?) Unless you've taken a key off and are staring at its backside, what difference would it make? And even then, really? I realize these are a lot of questions. I also realize most of us have probably done a fair amount of gazing at various backsides.