Cherry B4VB-5601 Solid State Capacitive

[Engicoder]

An interesting keyboard that I thought might be Key Tronic until I pulled a keycap; turns out it was Cherry foam and foil (aka Solid State Capacitive) The keyboard is part of the Kroy 80K "Keyboard Lettering System" which is a mammoth 1980's label maker; kind of like a giant mechanized DYMO label maker.

A sticker on the switch plate has an 8428 date code, which would be July, 1984.

Wikified here: wiki/Cherry_B4VB-5601

[zslane]

Those sphericals are amazing! I love those red front legends too. Very, very cool.

[seebart]

Those are some of the nicest sphericals I've seen here in a long time, brilliant color combination. Really nice find congrats! Thanks for the wiki work.

[Engicoder]

Those sphericals are amazing! I love those red front legends too. Very, very cool.

They are actually pink

[seebart]

OK pink legends, so the alphas are grey or blueish? They look a bit blue to me?

[Engicoder]

OK pink legends, so the alphas are grey or blueish? They look a bit blue to me?

Yes, depending on lighting the color varies from blue to grey.

[ramnes]

Very nice find indeed!

The front legends are pad-printed, I guess?

[Engicoder]

The front legends are pad-printed, I guess?

Yes, here is the back side of one of the caps with side legends:

[snuci]

That keyboard is a beauty! Always love to see new switch types from Cherry. Cool colour scheme too.

[Daniel Beardsmore]

Aha, at long last, photos of the original version. Some already exist, but now we have our very own, and in far more detail.

[Engicoder]

Snuci posted a a black stemmed version of the same switch last year
photos-f62/vintage-cherry-solid-state-c ... 12584.html

[snuci]

Snuci posted a a black stemmed version of the same switch last year
photos-f62/vintage-cherry-solid-state-c ... 12584.html

Ha! I had forgotten about those switches but definitely not that keyboard That CDC keyboard is one of my favourites. Thanks for finding the association.

[clickityClackity]

Funny, just saw this post and earlier today I noticed that an old foam and foil board I have was from Cherry, which I did not know they made. I'll try to snap some pictures in a bit and throw them up. Do yours fit MX switches? I think mine has a different connector type...

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[terrycherry]

Wow, god great found! What difference about the green one?
clickityClackity: Will pm you later about info the televideo keyboard. I have did lots of research and own these keyboard before. That's what I need to explain or proof something correct.