Cherry G80-3422LAMIT *NIB* | MX Blacks and weird Keycaps

[Nuum]

It feels quite nice to me, too. Maybe I'm a fan of PCB mount keyboards, my FaceU is also PCB mount and I love it. The 3 blank 1.25u keycaps are on it now and it's almost full of PBT now, apart from the Esc, the CMYW caps and the spacebar.

[Muirium]

I'm also one of those guys who prefers the HHKB over the Realforce, for much the same reason I suppose. Or maybe not. Realforces don't strike me as scratchy, the way MX black does in plate mount (when it's no Nixdorf).


Just swapped over now to today's other arrival: the brand new Cherry MX 6.0 keyboard. Amusing contrast between the two! First up: literally. This guy lights up like an Antichristmas tree. It's also physically smaller, as you can see in my pics, but way heavier. The twist test is just worlds apart, what with this one being metal. Key feel is definitely different. Plate mount reds are a bit lighter than PCB mount blacks, but not as much as when they're both in a plate. Sure scratchier too! The caps on this are chintzy, and the profile is pretty weird. I prefer the beige ones! Quite tempted to pop them straight on this board actually. The stabs on this are better too.

Intriguing: the NKRO on this board shows up right over USB on my Mac like Soarer's converter. Cherry's done it well!

[beltet]

Got mine aswell. Looks good. But I got the caps from the G81-8008LPAIT aswell without realising that all the mods have a strange stabaliser... It was the mods I was going to use on regular MX board...

Anyway, that was my own fault for not checking it up.
Thanks for organising this acolombo!

[acolombo]

Got mine aswell. Looks good. But I got the caps from the G81-8008LPAIT aswell without realising that all the mods have a strange stabaliser... It was the mods I was going to use on regular MX board...

Anyway, that was my own fault for not checking it up.
Thanks for organising this acolombo!

Yeah I also didn't know it before receiving them ): It looks like you could cut the excess part of the cap, that didn't look like a big problem. Still I don't remember if there are also the mounts for standard Cherry stabilizers or not, I packed them pretty quickly

[Muirium]

Anyone know if any part of these keyboards yellows in UV light? I hate to give pale keyboards a tan! The caps are PBT, which is always a plus. But what about the spacebar? And what about the case?

[chzel]

Case most definitely yellows. Spacebar is PBT IIRC.

[Muirium]

Fair enough. Thanks for the warning. Another one to keep out of the sun.

[facetsesame]

Received safe and sound, thanks again acolombo! Seeing these caps in person I'm no clearer what they're actually for.

I forgot that the NCR case from lolpes is winkeyless, so I may remove the two switches in the way. Then it'd fit, I'd just have two 0.5u gaps where the control keys sit. Maybe this is where I'll need to research the availability of stepped keys. Or offer a trade for another PCB...

[acolombo]

Did you all get your keyboard? If everyone is sorted I might start to take orders for a second run, as there's some people very interested and I also need another keyboard to gift to a friend

[chzel]

I got mine!
Thanks!

[beltet]

Did you all get your keyboard? If everyone is sorted I might start to take orders for a second run, as there's some people very interested and I also need another keyboard to gift to a friend

Iwould be interested in a second run. But maybe only for the caps.

[kbdfr]

Got my caps today.

A curious mixture of different shades of beige/grey.
RightShift, Enter, NumPadEnter and Backspace are thick while all other caps are thin.
If anybody happens to be able to decipher the legends (e.g. "VP MV" or "AVV") on the two upper rows, please tell,
including why there is an EVE but no ADAM key

Thanks, acolombo!

[Sayso]

Got mine today.

Thank you acolombo for this

[SL89]

@acolombo How many do you still have on hand.

@kbdfr If you had to guess would you think the cap coloration are due to the unique nature of the legends? Possibly sourced from different manufacturing runs or something else?

[acolombo]

@acolombo How many do you still have on hand.

@kbdfr If you had to guess would you think the cap coloration are due to the unique nature of the legends? Possibly sourced from different manufacturing runs or something else?

None for the moment, but orders are open for the second run of the GB

[Muirium]

You might get a few more since I just posted some tasty pictures of this board wearing Round 5 caps! It suits them quite well I think.

@kbdfr If you had to guess would you think the cap coloration are due to the unique nature of the legends? Possibly sourced from different manufacturing runs or something else?

The colours are on purpose. Here's mine in its original set:



There's nothing accidental about those various greys. Like everything about those deeply oddball legends, they surely mean something. We just don't know quite what! The Illuminati board…

[SL89]

Mu is 100% the reason I was here. Also, get some HONEY on that Uniqey!

[acolombo]

You might get a few more since I just posted some tasty pictures of this board wearing Round 5 caps! It suits them quite well I think.

@kbdfr If you had to guess would you think the cap coloration are due to the unique nature of the legends? Possibly sourced from different manufacturing runs or something else?

The colours are on purpose. Here's mine in its original set:



There's nothing accidental about those various greys. Like everything about those deeply oddball legends, they surely mean something. We just don't know quite what! The Illuminati board…

Damn, with that keycaps on it's awesome! I really need to buy a nice set of keycaps now!

I hope you won't mind if I used your photo for the first post, I think it describes the keyboard better than the potato photos that were there before.

[Muirium]

The ones with Round 5 caps on? The only pics I shot of the keyboard with its own caps were with my iPhone. I could always open up the second box and shoot that…


@Sleighty: Remember to factor in the price of shipping from Italy to you in America. I know that equation all too well from the other direction! But at least you shouldn't have to worry about customs on top.

[t!ng]

I would like to know whether the bottom row has off-stems.

[guk]

I would like to know whether the bottom row has off-stems.

Would be an oddity on a G80. But since Mu's R5 caps fit, they're center-stemmed anyway.

[t!ng]

Oh nice. Havent seen Mu's pics.
Now I would be interested in one without keycaps : )

[Muirium]

Nothing Round 5 can't handle…



The only off centre stems on the whole board are Caps Lock and the spacebar. SP's universal spacebars handle it fine.

[acolombo]

Oh nice. Havent seen Mu's pics.
Now I would be interested in one without keycaps : )

You can arrange something with beltet which wants only the caps

[beltet]

Oh nice. Havent seen Mu's pics.
Now I would be interested in one without keycaps : )

You can arrange something with beltet which wants only the caps

Sure! Order a board and I will take the caps from you. Details we can sort out through PM.

[CRi]

Is the second round still in progress? When is the deadline?

[acolombo]

Is the second round still in progress? When is the deadline?

I didn't fix a deadline, we have to reach a minimum number of people before currently the orders are 2, 3 considering mine

[CRi]

Is the second round still in progress? When is the deadline?

I didn't fix a deadline, we have to reach a minimum number of people before currently the orders are 2, 3 considering mine

Ok great, I just paid for 2 keyboards

How many do you have for this order?

[acolombo]

Thanks for the payment. We are at 7 keyboards now. I'll order them from the seller after we reach 10 people. Estimated shipping is around the first or second week of July

[acolombo]

we reached the moq, order will close 6 July 2015