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found it some days before, i guess is g80-0xxx but not sure yet

Josh wrote:found it some days before, i guess is g80-0xxx but not sure yet

Nice find!

Looks definitely like a Dolch Pac variant. Strange layout...never seen that before.

The colors look like Dolch, nice find. It will be interesting if you can find out what g80-0xxx you have. The Dolch colorways are my personal favorite.

I have seen a similar layout from Dolch, but with pad-printed keycaps. Nice find! I'm jealous of you for your Control key and large right Shift, which aren't found on the other Dolch.

If it was made by Cherry, there should be a article number on the PCB.

Findecanor wrote:I have seen a similar layout from Dolch, but with pad-printed keycaps. Nice find! I'm jealous of you for your Control key and large right Shift, which aren't found on the other Dolch.

If it was made by Cherry, there should be a article number on the PCB.

it's still holding by my friend now, he tried to open it but he's afraid to do so..

I searched all over the internet today and no found.

Josh: ship it to me and I will open it.

p.s. Will return it to you of course.

findecanor: i think you mean this, 286.



this comes with vintage blues(darker blue) switches.

tinnie wrote:I searched all over the internet today and no found.

Josh: ship it to me and I will open it.

p.s. Will return it to you of course.

findecanor: i think you mean this, 286.



this comes with vintage blues(darker blue) switches.

i will try to open it myself

Very nice find. I hate you a little bit
I don't think it's from a PAC since the casebody is not a lid. Looking forward to seeing what G80-0*** model which I do suspect it is. The aesthetics and build of it definitely looks 1980's Cherry to me.

tinnie wrote:findecanor: i think you mean this, 286.



this comes with vintage blues(darker blue) switches.

Reference photos for this?

It's beautiful! Very nice find, Josh!

豪无止境~~~~

I wonder if that translates to big-ass enter.

I like how they use a switch with no spring in it to stabilize the enter key.

What a beautiful looking keyboard. You found yourself a real prize and of course thank you for the nice photo's it helps to remind people what Cherry was doing some time ago.

Pity they gave up on that type of manufacturing quality today.

yab8433408 wrote:豪无止境~~~~

龙哥说笑了。。

IvanIvanovich wrote:Very nice find. I hate you a little bit
I don't think it's from a PAC since the casebody is not a lid. Looking forward to seeing what G80-0*** model which I do suspect it is. The aesthetics and build of it definitely looks 1980's Cherry to me.

I think it's made in 1990's cause the stabilizers look just the same as the stabs now

Elrick wrote: Pity they gave up on that type of manufacturing quality today.

Dont think the companies are to be blamed alone. Its the majority of the people who scream for cheap shit.....and the companies deliver!

The stabilizer design, while I am not sure the exact year the current style was introduced, I do know it was during the later 80's sometime as I have some boards with them that the back label still says made in W. Germany which means they wouldn't have been made after 1990 (I guess it's possible they might have used up some surplus labels even after W. Germany ceased to exist...).
From the layout I would guess it was probably made sometime between 1987 and 1989. You can prove me wrong once you open it up and find the model number and production date on the inside.

IvanIvanovich wrote:The stabilizer design, while I am not sure the exact year the current style was introduced, I do know it was during the later 80's sometime as I have some boards with them that the back label still says made in W. Germany which means they wouldn't have been made after 1990 (I guess it's possible they might have used up some surplus labels even after W. Germany ceased to exist...).
From the layout I would guess it was probably made sometime between 1987 and 1989. You can prove me wrong once you open it up and find the model number and production date on the inside.

lol let's wait

IvanIvanovich wrote:The stabilizer design, while I am not sure the exact year the current style was introduced, I do know it was during the later 80's sometime as I have some boards with them that the back label still says made in W. Germany which means they wouldn't have been made after 1990 (I guess it's possible they might have used up some surplus labels even after W. Germany ceased to exist...).
From the layout I would guess it was probably made sometime between 1987 and 1989. You can prove me wrong once you open it up and find the model number and production date on the inside.

finally opened it, the model is G80-1229 OAU
I will put some pics later

Hmm... OAU.. notebook keyboard?

tinnie wrote:Hmm... OAU.. notebook keyboard?

not sure..maybe

here we go

Hmm.. 2D19.. should be '92 or '93.

Added to the Wiki. Please do add some of your images if you like.

That was unexpected. I was sure it would have been earlier. It being a 1200 model is also strange since those are typically 1000 type keyboards with special features. I wonder what system it belonged with.

IvanIvanovich wrote:That was unexpected. I was sure it would have been earlier. It being a 1200 model is also strange since those are typically 1000 type keyboards with special features. I wonder what system it belonged with.

if I just look at the back of pcb, maybe I will think it's made in 1980's, really a strange keyboard

update
not the same color as Dolch

Yes, the new GMK have slightly darker shade on alphas. I will bet it is the exact same as original 1813 though.

dayum, that thing is nice