Cherry G81-3077 SAU (NCR)

VexSolar

29 Jul 2022, 03:12

I won an ebay bid for this board a few days ago for a very good price ;) Got it in today, decided to document my 'restoration' and show everyone this cool find. This is my first Cherry board with dyesub caps. They are very nice and I now understand the hype around them (Don't think I would pay $1000+ for them though) Unfortunately the board came missing the 5 key from the numrow, so if you have a spare/know somene that does, please let me know :D
Keycaps and case were a bit dity, nothing really crazy
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Oh yeah and the pcb... pretty disgusting.
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After cleaning the pcb +case & caps It was all finished.
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Here it is with its brother, Cherry G81-3007 HAU with a G80 pcb.
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The MY on this board feels miles better than my g81-1800, quite nice actually. Still probably going to thow a g80 pcb in here though
Full Imgur album for those of you interested: https://imgur.com/a/TqNEVIZ

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Muirium
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29 Jul 2022, 12:50

Cherry dyesubs are lovely, aren’t they? Love mine to bits. Great score! :D

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kbdfr
The Tiproman

29 Jul 2022, 18:43

VexSolar wrote:
29 Jul 2022, 03:12
[…] Unfortunately the board came missing the 5 key from the numrow, so if you have a spare/know somene that does, please let me know :D […]
I happen to have a numrow 5 (+%) from an incomplete dyesub set, but as far as I remember the keycap colour of the NCR keyboards differs slightly from that of "normal" dyesub caps. I would have to check against my own G81-3077 SAF :lol:
Unfortunately, ATM my stuff is stored in another place, so that could last a bit…

VexSolar

30 Jul 2022, 00:00

kbdfr wrote:
29 Jul 2022, 18:43
VexSolar wrote:
29 Jul 2022, 03:12
[…] Unfortunately the board came missing the 5 key from the numrow, so if you have a spare/know somene that does, please let me know :D […]
I happen to have a numrow 5 (+%) from an incomplete dyesub set, but as far as I remember the keycap colour of the NCR keyboards differs slightly from that of "normal" dyesub caps. I would have to check against my own G81-3077 SAF :lol:
Unfortunately, ATM my stuff is stored in another place, so that could last a bit…
That would be wonderful! I'm in no rush so take your time.

VexSolar

30 Jul 2022, 08:56

Muirium wrote:
29 Jul 2022, 12:50
Cherry dyesubs are lovely, aren’t they? Love mine to bits. Great score! :D
Yeah, they are super nice. I'll definitely be looking out for more.

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photekq
Cherry Picker

30 Jul 2022, 16:08

Congrats! It's still my favourite 3000 series casing all these years later. You've been looking for one of these for a while, right?

it99

30 Jul 2022, 18:13

If anyone has a half NCR dyesub set and is willing to part out caps for those missing certain caps like OP and I, please let me know! I am looking for an F12 cap :)

VexSolar

30 Jul 2022, 22:26

photekq wrote:
30 Jul 2022, 16:08
Congrats! It's still my favourite 3000 series casing all these years later. You've been looking for one of these for a while, right?
Correct! I've been searching for a g81 with dyesubs for around a year now, NCR being one on my list. Couldn't really afford it that long ago but now I finally have my hands on one. Like I previously stated, I'm not finished yet :D

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kbdfr
The Tiproman

01 Aug 2022, 12:20

kbdfr wrote:
29 Jul 2022, 18:43
VexSolar wrote:
29 Jul 2022, 03:12
[…] Unfortunately the board came missing the 5 key from the numrow, so if you have a spare/know somene that does, please let me know :D […]
I happen to have a numrow 5 (+%) from an incomplete dyesub set, but as far as I remember the keycap colour of the NCR keyboards differs slightly from that of "normal" dyesub caps. […]
Now checked it against my G81-3077 SAF and the cap is indeed a slightly lighter hue as the NCR ones.
On the other hand, i) the odds of finding that one cap with a perfect colour match certainly tend to 0, and ii) a board looks probably better with one slightly differing cap than with a missing cap.
But… shipping (Germany>US) would be ~15€/$ :!:

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