deskthority

Nice board. The switches sound great. I also wish I bought more of them and I have ~500 or so. They’re the best vintage blacks I’ve come across other than from a 1980s Commodore G80 and a mid-80s Kaypro 2000 keyboard I got recently.

This set really needs a 2.75u right shift. Many of the best ANSI WoB sets come from G81-7000 boards, which have the same layout as 1800. I think providing both short right shift (1.75u) and normal right shift (2.75u) would make the set much more useful for adapting OG sets.

Also, I would like to ...

Would a Mid-90s Model M (made in UK) with Cyrillic sublegends be worth anything? I mostly collect Cherry stuff so I'm not too familiar with what IBM things are worth.

Matt3o refuses to rerun it for reasons best explained by Matt3o. I think it has to do with Not Enough Demand and the fact that never rerunning it makes existing sets Special (because they are so rare), a notion he likes.

"We" can't rerun it because SP won't rerun it without Matt3o's consent ...

ramnes wrote:

nafsasp wrote: Can I get a price check on a NIB G81-1900HSF? The box has some wear, but it has the original manual and the board has never been used.

https://imgur.com/a/tNSxb

Depends on who you sell it to.

Oh, does ramnes need some 1800 double shots?

Can I get a price check on a NIB G81-1900HSF? The box has some wear, but it has the original manual and the board has never been used.

https://imgur.com/a/tNSxb

Foreign layout Cherry doubleshots:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHERRY-IBM-MF-COMPATIBLE-KEYBOARD-WITH-INTEGRATED-CARD-READER-MY-1900-/162323730876
The question is: how and why did a danish keyboard end up in California?

I think the real question is: why did I buy one? ;)

Sounds like this guy had ...

The only thing that makes GMK sets from the US more expensive should be shipping. The Americans don't pay German VAT on keycaps from GMK, so we Germans have to when they get send from the US. If bought directly from Germany from GMK, VAT is already included, so the price for the keycaps alone is ...

Caps are about to hit the fan :)

Anyone who receives caps is OBLIGATED to post awesome pics of his caps to help fund phase2. We're all in this together!

Haha, I guess that means I can't sell the only board I have left that will fit the caps I ordered. Since placing my order I moved from Poker ...

Super interesting! It's interesting to see some substantial info to back up the vintage blacks, they are smoother after all. That drop in smoothness is crazy :shock:
Have you done gateron blacks yet? I remember people hailing them as the best linears when they first came out and I'd be interested ...

Hmm. In terms of all the Cherry MX Black switches I've tried over the years. They tend to vary a bit, some smoother than others.
To me what's sad, is that there's this wide deviation. I'm also not surprised by your comment that some later MX Blacks were quite smooth (could've been new tooling for ...

Here's something I've been thinking about but don't know the answer to. Does anyone know what material is used for the top housing on Nixies (and other milky switches). Testing milk gateron blacks against clear top gateron blacks here seems to be a slight different in sound quality to them.

HaaTa ...

Hi HaaTa,

Excellent work as always. I have a couple quick questions. First, what has your experience with vintage MX blacks been? I ask because they are my favorite Cherry switch, but I've found a bit of a range in smoothness to them (though my approach is much less scientific than yours ...

Phenix wrote: How did you get that g80 3700 Numpad working??
Do you have to plug an DIN plug into it while start?

Hey Phenix, I think we talked on reddit, yes I needed another DIN board plugged in for it to work unfortunately ):

Hey, nice to see you there! You did great on those boards. :)

What are those cases? Is the black one the FMJ that was sold by Originative some weeks ago?

Thanks (: as you can see I made use of the caps we traded. The black one is the Originative FMJ, the grey one is a knockoff case I bought from ...

where did you get the windowed cherry key on the 3700 numpad? p.s. I'll be pming you on reddit shortly :D

Awaiting your PM, but figured I'll answer here too. The windowed cherry logo is a gift from the Xiaodian GMK novelty group buy (MX/Cherry logos, Breaking Bad https://deskthority.net/group ...

I took some photos yesterday of my keyboard family. Even though I'm an ANSI user I love using legends from different languages. I'm super thankful for Wodan's HADapter kit for making some of these sets possible for me (:

All the boards pictured are built with lubed Vintage MX Blacks and clipped ...

GMK Carbon - Not just for the great colorway, but for the effort to support various layouts. It is unfortunate though that the international kit is just now being run. Maybe drawing attention to this could encourage earlier inclusion in future sets.

<3 HADapter. Helped me make these sets a reality.

It's times like this I wish I used ISO

Did you pick this up on eBay recently? I got one exactly like it, from the same year too! I've got the switches and keycaps on this board: http://i.imgur.com/eTru5O2.jpg

Yes! May be worth getting that up once again:
https://deskthority.net/group-buys-f50/hadapter-kit-round-ii-t14441.html

I would like to run that GB around Christmas time. Hopefully there is enough interest for more HADapter kits by then.
After all we need to sell 150 kits once more ;)


Count me ...

Update,

1.
The good news is Breaking Bad is arrival in Chicago US.

2.
The bad news is that GMK forget to ship the special gift keycaps (Cherry Logo, LED-window, pad printing) to me at the same time. :(
The worse news is that GMK ship out the 20 keycaps via German Post but not the express delivery ...

Edit Sorry if this isn't the right place, saw another post in here asking for some help with a build so I thought it was appropriate. Let me know if this should be moved to another forum.

Hey, I hope someone on here has some ideas for how to get my G80-3700 keypad to work with a modern computer. I ...

Hey Wodan, I did a form for leftovers, but I want to add another HADditionals kit. I think I only put 1 in the form and want to get 2 instead, should I change the form, or can you just note the quantity change when you invoice me (:

I would like to see a 2.75u right shift to help adapt keys from an 1800 or 11900. My only other request would be an alternative color ' # or \ | key (the darker beige). A lot of people like matching that key to their other mods on 60% boards (:

That right shift was also painfully missed by the ...

I would like to see a 2.75u right shift to help adapt keys from an 1800 or 11900. My only other request would be an alternative color ' # or \ | key (the darker beige). A lot of people like matching that key to their other mods on 60% boards (:

Oh! And this isn't really for me (because even though ...

Hey Wodan!

I just got my HADapter kits in the mail (I'm US-based btw) and I'm really happy with them. I would love to see a Round 2 happen soon, but pleaseeeeee add a 2.75u shift next time, as many Cherry boards have a short right shift, and maybe switch to a different legend for the Win key? I ...

Hey Wodan!

I just got my HADapter kits in the mail (I'm US-based btw) and I'm really happy with them. I would love to see a Round 2 happen soon, but pleaseeeeee add a 2.75u shift next time, as many Cherry boards have a short right shift, and maybe switch to a different legend for the Win key? I ...

zslane wrote: Thanks, nafsasp!

Yup, BTW, I see this has already been discussed a bit at the start of the IC. But I would vote for uniform R3 this set as opposed to sculpted. In some ways uniform feels more retro to me, and can make a few things easier (alternate layout compatibility, for instance).