G81-1800LAAUS $35

[nubbinator]

Not an amazing keyboard, but not a bad price for some lasered cherry caps and if you have a project that needs some MY sliders:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Cherry-MY-1800-AT-Style-Space-Saver-PC-AT-Keyboard-/151339592243?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item233c8aea33

And even cheaper lasered G81:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-SmartCard-Multi-Functional-Keyboard-G81-8010LQAUS-/310995167234?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4868c1a802

[bexleycorona]

That's a pretty cool looking actually.

What type of switches does it have?

[Doesntknowwhattosay]

That's a pretty cool looking actually.

What type of switches does it have?

Cherry MY Switches. I believe they are linear and feel a little bit mushy.

[Battou62]

Cherry MY switches feel like crap. I recently picked up a two tone set off of a G81-3000. The key caps feel surprisingly nice, and the legends look really good for laser. Be aware that you wont be able to use the majority of the mods though. They have some weird stabs that are built into the key caps. This is what is usable on a Filco.

http://i.imgur.com/saKJRAZ.jpg

[Pacifist]

Cherry MY switches feel like crap. I recently picked up a two tone set off of a G81-3000. The key caps feel surprisingly nice, and the legends look really good for laser. Be aware that you wont be able to use the majority of the mods though. They have some weird stabs that are built into the key caps. This is what is usable on a Filco.

http://i.imgur.com/saKJRAZ.jpg

WRONG

You can use everything on this board, because its 1.5x. But if you try to use it on a filco, yes it'll look somewhat like that, but if you do it on a MX board with 1.5x and off center caps, all will work

[Battou62]

This is what I was referring to.

http://img02.taobaocdn.com/imgextra/i2/783706884/T2BnNcXcROXXXXXXXX_!!783706884.jpg

You can see the floating mods there. If the boards OP mentioned aren't like this then my apologies. I assumed they would be, but my cheery-foo is relatively weak

[Pacifist]

This is what I was referring to.

http://img02.taobaocdn.com/imgextra/i2/783706884/T2BnNcXcROXXXXXXXX_!!783706884.jpg

You can see the floating mods there. If the boards OP mentioned aren't like this then my apologies. I assumed they would be, but my cheery-foo is relatively weak

its a winkeyless, 1.5x MY, which has centered stems like MX. Only 1.25 is uncompatible

[IvanIvanovich]

It's recent production so even though it has 1.5 modifier the keys that are stabilized still may be like that. This ONLY effects PBT (white/beige lasered set) so consider yourselves warned.


If you want Cherry PBT new sets, you can get Cherry KC104 sets that are for MX for even less off TaoBao. Those only come in ANSI 104 though.

[Pacifist]

It's recent production so even though it has 1.5 modifier the keys that are stabilized still may be like that. This ONLY effects PBT (white/beige lasered set) so consider yourselves warned.

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If you want Cherry PBT new sets, you can get Cherry KC104 sets that are for MX for even less off TaoBao. Those only come in ANSI 104 though.

could you shave off the excess?

[IvanIvanovich]

Yeah I suppose, but they still won't have stem for Cherry type stabs so they would be all wobbly. They sort of work with costar type if you adjust the wire part.

[Battou62]

It's recent production so even though it has 1.5 modifier the keys that are stabilized still may be like that. This ONLY effects PBT (white/beige lasered set) so consider yourselves warned.

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If you want Cherry PBT new sets, you can get Cherry KC104 sets that are for MX for even less off TaoBao. Those only come in ANSI 104 though.

could you shave off the excess?

I tried shaving the excess plastic off, and it wasn't too hard to do.  But yeah, you don't have any stems for stabs, and those mods feel real bad without stabs.

[Battou62]

It's recent production so even though it has 1.5 modifier the keys that are stabilized still may be like that. This ONLY effects PBT (white/beige lasered set) so consider yourselves warned.

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If you want Cherry PBT new sets, you can get Cherry KC104 sets that are for MX for even less off TaoBao. Those only come in ANSI 104 though.

But they don't have two tone. I believe B7ad has a set of these for sale.