Need help identifying this old cherry board i got from school.

Lunar

20 Apr 2016, 14:10

Surprisingly clean.
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What switch is this?
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This is the only label on the board.
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This is the plug on it, pretty sure it aint ps2 is there a way to make this work on a windows pc?
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Awake Sheep

20 Apr 2016, 14:39

Canot tell, but I am wondering why there is a deeper hole in the capslock in the 2nd picture.

andrewjoy

20 Apr 2016, 14:43

They look a bit like M6 or M7 but with a different housing.

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Dra

20 Apr 2016, 14:47

Cherry UB88 as seen on pcwaishe http://bbs.wstx.com/forum.php?mod=viewt ... &tid=36933, I believe a different variant of the switches tho, which would explain yours being 0005 rather than 0008

Very rare, I've never seen a board like that, someone on geekhack suggested that it's dated back when cherry had their plants in the UK rather than germany

No idea about the connector sadly

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seebart
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20 Apr 2016, 14:50

Nice find, yes what's up with the hole in the capslock? Pull more caps and take more pics please. That link of yours is not working Dra!

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Chyros

20 Apr 2016, 14:53

The connector is an obsolete DIN variant. I suspect it's not going to be easy to get it to work. Ask Orihalcon if his converter might work on it.

Very nice find indeed, I've never seen anything like this :) .

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Dra

20 Apr 2016, 14:57

It's working for me seebart, otherwise just google UB88, pcwaishe should be the first link

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seebart
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20 Apr 2016, 15:07

Dra wrote: It's working for me seebart, otherwise just google UB88, pcwaishe should be the first link
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Lunar

20 Apr 2016, 15:25

Okay i took some more pictures and seems like the hole in the caps lock is for an led. Also the space bar has just 3 switches instead of stabilizers


Heres some pics in an imgur gallery
http://i.imgur.com/vDi3fVu.jpg

Lunar

20 Apr 2016, 17:32

http://freespace.virgin.net/tom.baldwin ... -6din.html Found this about the pinouts. Maybe it would be possible to make a ps2 adapter.

terrycherry

20 Apr 2016, 18:55

Lunar, it's the covered version of Cherry M8 but you have the very rare Tee slider. I never seen this before!
Your keyboard is same as the Cherry UB88-0016 keyboard on this thread.(it has the original Cherry M8 white covered version)
keyboards-f2/could-it-be-the-forgotten- ... 11886.html

You should take inside the keyboard and PCB if have time.

And thanks for the pin-out details. It's very nice.

Lunar

20 Apr 2016, 21:27

terrycherry wrote: Lunar, it's the covered version of Cherry M8 but you have the very rare Tee slider. I never seen this before!
Your keyboard is same as the Cherry UB88-0016 keyboard on this thread.(it has the original Cherry M8 white covered version)
keyboards-f2/could-it-be-the-forgotten- ... 11886.html

You should take inside the keyboard and PCB if have time.

And thanks for the pin-out details. It's very nice.
Thanks! Also i opened it and the cable is only connected with 3 wires inside. It's late here so i cant be bothered to upload pics right now but ill make sure i post tomorrow.

jacobolus

20 Apr 2016, 23:16

How do you like the keyswitches?

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