deskthority

Hi,

today I got a Cherry G80-0530 in German layout, which was used with the Commodore PC-5 and PC-10. It is in almost pristine condition, apart from F10, which has dents on one edge.
There were no screws at all used to hold the keyboard together. There are just some tabs with hooks on the case, which can easily be bent back with your fingers to open the case. The PCB is held in place by two poles on the top case, which slot into the two holes in the top right and left corner of the PCB.

Here are some pictures, the lighting sometimes is a bit bad, it's a rainy day today:
Greetings,

Nuum

Beautiful board!

Very nice Nuum, I am very jealous as I have to this day not been able to score a Commodore or Amiga keyboard with cherry switches, I do like my PC-1 very much but the Mitsumi switches are meh.

http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/com ... =commodore

I see yours has the same snap-in back as my PC-1. The shape also looks slightly similair from the side.

Thanks, I've been looking for a Commodore keyboard with Cherry MX switches for a while as well and I'm quite glad that I got this one for a reasonable price and in such a surprisingly good condition. (To be honest, if the seller would have advertised the condition of this keyboard better and with better photos attached, the price would have been much higher.)
Now I'm still searching for a Amiga 2000 Cherry keyboard for those beautiful 1.25u Amiga keys and the single legend numpad keys.

Edit: Somehow the wording of the phrase "if the seller would have advertised" sounds wrong, could a native speaker please point out the correct wording for that? Is it "had advertised"?

Now I'm still searching for a Amiga 2000 Cherry keyboard for those beautiful 1.25u Amiga keys and the single legend numpad keys.

I´m REALLY after a Amiga 1000 keyboard.

to be honest, if the seller would have advertised the condition of this keyboard better and with better photos attached

honestly, if the seller had advertised this keyboard more effectively the price would probably have been higher...

BUT I´m only to 50% a native english speaker.

Nuum look what I finally got today. Mine needs cleaning and retrobrighting. I wasn't after this exact same keyboard, just coincidence! [emoji3]

ok I took those lousy android pics from yesterday down. I just noticed how mine has a slightly different layout in the top row number block to yours Nuum, I have two ESC buttons. Interesting how Commondore apparently had different revisions of the same keyboard. I also noticed how I still have dirt on my Pentax K-10 sensor despite cleaning it! Those dark spots are not on the keyboard!

Nice, congrats! Where'd you get it?

On eBay for just under 20 Euros. It took me a long time to find a Commodore board with cherry's.

Good catch - and good you didn't fall for this one.

NMB Hi-TEK Part.No 112581 REV A

Since Nuum already started this thread on his Commodore keyboard last year I just posted this in here too;

this is my first NMB Hi-TEK keyboard. I was thrilled to be lucky enough to find an Commodore PC keyboard that I already own with Cherry MX Blacks. This is the NMB Hi-TEK version in nordic layout. This keyboard has white one eyed linear "space invader" switches. Notice the stabilized keys have two eyed ones. There are two magenta linear switches with LED holes. I cannot find any production dates anywhere on or inside the case. It is well know that Commmodore sold these computers in the mid 1980's. The case is very similair to my Cherry version. The Commodore logo looks a little different. I'm really never any good at describing the switch feel, but I like this one. Smooth, direct, not "mushy" in any way. Very "crisp" feel. Snappy. Overall a very uniform switch feel across the keyboard. All this speaks for the switch. As long as those springs are in good shape. A spring mod might be interesting. I bet someone has tried that somewhere. The case has less yellowing than my Cherry version. Notice the metal DIN plug. A bit odd. I wonder if that is original.

Cheers.

http://deskthority.net/wiki/NMB_Hi-Tek

^ Beautiful boards in a great condition ... very neat!

hey thanks zts! They're both in ok condition for their age. The NMB Hi-TEK is missing a cap. I like this keyboard a lot because I actually owned this originally for a while in the 1980's. It reminds me of that time. Both lack a metal plate but feel solid due to the rigid plastic case. The layout takes some getting used to! Actually Nuum's looks to be in better condition than mine.

seebart: did you have the beige version of this model?

As you can see in my pictures, yes! Is there another version?

You have been know that on this pos
http://deskthority.net/f-o-r-s-a-l-e-f5 ... t5523.html

Nice boards!