Danish NCR G81-3077

Broadmonkey · 30 Aug 2012, 23:10

After much search, I tried my luck on a very cheap keyboard, hoping it had Cherry MX keycaps. The pic on the ad was pretty bad and only said NCR keyboard, but I got it for less than the shipping

Unfortunately it came with a broken stem... that had got stuck in the escape cap

Took me about an hour to dig it out.

Before I stripped it down, I just had a run on the Cherry MY switches and they are really awful, and somehow it felt like the keycaps was skating around on the switches.

Dressed up my Keycool and started to look after some modifiers and a spacebar, although I don't really mind them being black.

Oh and, Cherry double shots for breakfast. Om nom nom!

kbdfr · 31 Aug 2012, 08:52

Oh, so it was you who got it

Congratulations!

Half-Saint · 31 Aug 2012, 09:13

Mind selling me the case?

7bit · 31 Aug 2012, 09:15

Me too!

Does the source have more?

kbdfr · 31 Aug 2012, 09:22

7bit wrote:Does the source have more?

If there had been more, they would all be mine by now

Broadmonkey · 31 Aug 2012, 11:41

kbdfr wrote:Oh, so it was you who got it
Congratulations!

Thanks, have you had any luck finding one elsewhere?

Half-Saint wrote:Mind selling me the case?

Might do, but I am low on keycaps, so might trade it for a few

7bit wrote:Me too!

Does the source have more?

As kbdfr said, it was the only one. I have literally been looking for months for a Cherry keyboard with danish layout. Finding old Mechs in Denmark is really a pain since most have already been thrown in the dump, so finding this was like 1 in a million.

Half-Saint · 31 Aug 2012, 11:54

Broadmonkey wrote:As kbdfr said, it was the only one. I have literally been looking for months for a Cherry keyboard with danish layout. Finding old Mechs in Denmark is really a pain since most have already been thrown in the dump, so finding this was like 1 in a million.

Same here with Model M's. All the ministries used to have IBM PS/2's, gas stations, banks etc. All gone!

IvanIvanovich · 01 Sep 2012, 20:36

That's a nice board. I wish to locate one of those nice ncr one day for good price.
To remove the broken stem, I use very thin screw with the loop on the top, like for hanging things. Thread it into the stem and you have the loop to get a good grip on and pull it out. It has worked for me every time and only takes a few seconds to remove the problem.

rodtang · 01 Sep 2012, 21:31

Great looking caps, I hope to have a set of those one day (It won't happen).

kbdfr · 02 Sep 2012, 08:35

rodtang wrote:Great looking caps, I hope to have a set of those one day (It won't happen).

That's what Broadmonkey thought before getting those in the end. Good luck to you too!

Broadmonkey · 02 Sep 2012, 17:08

Thanks lysol, that sounds way easier than how I did it.
I used the end of a pointy scissor, which turned out to be a bad idea, at some point I even managed to push the stem even further down the cap, making it even harder to get out. So basically I had to dig small pieces out until it would sit properly on the keyboard.

IvanIvanovich · 02 Sep 2012, 17:38

The method works very well for remove corks from the wine bottle for a very long time. I saw it as the same problem and solved it the same way.

mintberryminuscrunch · 02 Sep 2012, 19:44

The easiest way to remove a broken stem is to heat a nail/wire/..
Melt it into the stem, let it cool down and pull..

Findecanor · 02 Sep 2012, 21:45

I'm jealous. I very much want an 'Å' key, the others are more easily acquired or not very important.

BiNiaRiS · 03 Sep 2012, 23:42

if you are interested in selling the case, I might be interested.

Broadmonkey · 04 Sep 2012, 21:05

I am considering putting it up for trade/sale.

Half-Saint · 04 Sep 2012, 22:40

@BiNiaRiS: I was here first!

Elrick · 05 Sep 2012, 02:04

The case is definitely ........sexy.... to say the least.

phetto · 06 Sep 2012, 19:19

Very nice dear neighbor

Hook me up if you want to get rid of them

Broadmonkey · 06 Sep 2012, 20:11

nahh.. I don't think I'll ever get rid of them. They are just too hard to get a hold of.
As much as i love the keys for their danish layout, I love them even more because of the cherry profile, I just can't believe how much better it feels compared to OEM profile.

If we where enough, we might get imsto to make a replica (cherry profile, dye sub, pbt) although I hear there's a MOQ of 400. A nordic group buy would be fun, since there's not many Nordic sets out there

(but I guess customs would sky rocket the price)

phetto · 07 Sep 2012, 19:14

Imsto thick PBT dyesub with nordic layout would be as good as danish pölse!

Josh · 26 Dec 2012, 22:19

good one, I like it

Half-Saint · 29 Dec 2012, 21:12

Have you sold the case?

Broadmonkey · 01 Jan 2013, 12:00

I have actually just bought a G80-3000 from Ascaii, so I can change the pcb and thus reuse the case.