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Offline Bilbin

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G81-8040 Question
« on: Tue, 24 May 2011, 14:13:52 »
So, I just found some of these that are in Australia. $26 bones is an amazing price if I get to pick up some sexy key caps.

What I wanted to ask is, what keycaps does this have and what keyswitches does it use? I've checked Google to see if anything would turn up but it hasn't :(

Here's a link to the Cherry website's link of it.
http://www.cherrycorp.com/english/keyboards/POS/8040/index.htm
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Offline mr626

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G81-8040 Question
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 22 July 2011, 18:25:29 »
Bit of a thread bump, apologies.

I'm in Australia, and I've found some of these boards too. Might have to grab a couple.

From my own reading, the key switches used are MY switches, as described in the wiki here: http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Cherry+switches+and+boards#MY

Offline mr626

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« Reply #2 on: Fri, 22 July 2011, 23:45:42 »
Well, I should be getting the boards very cheaply so I'm not too worried about it using MYs.

For linking to wiki subheadings, I just copied and pasted the links in the table of contents. For example:

http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Key+Reference+-+Pics+and+specifications+for+various+manufacturers+keys#IBM+Model+M+and+Unicomp+Two+Piece
http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Key+Reference+-+Pics+and+specifications+for+various+manufacturers+keys#Unicomp+Black+Blanks

Offline N8N

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G81-8040 Question
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 24 July 2011, 08:12:37 »
Do you have the full model numbers of the boards?  presence of a "H" in model no. should indicate doubleshots.
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Offline mr626

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« Reply #4 on: Sun, 24 July 2011, 16:48:14 »
The model number is just listed as '8040-USB' so I'm not 100% sure. I've already emailed the seller asking about postage but I haven't heard back yet. I'll have to ask for the full model numbers too.