Cherry G80-3600 Mouseboard (yes, 3600!)

[citrojohn]

I must have missed this when it came up on Reddit last month. It's a original-style Cherry Mouseboard with the Mousepad, like the 3500. But the model number is G80-3600. I assumed a typo on the part of the uploader - but it is 3600, and there's even a FCC application under that number.

Above: front view; note Mode key between left Strg and Alt instead of 3500's Repeat. Below: back label with FCC ID.


Full gallery: http://imgur.com/a/TXZUq

So a) there appears to have been another original-style Mouseboard, and b) this seems to be a reused model number - very unusual for Cherry. (Fortunately the later MX-Board 3600s have five-letter codes, so it's fairly easy to tell the two 3600s apart.) I also wonder how this is different from the 3500 - the difference in model number suggests there's some relatively significant difference. Controller revision, perhaps, with a change in functions to explain the change from Repeat to Mode.

Anyone seen one of these before?

[subcat]

http://www.ebay.de/itm/263157548254

Yours for the low low price of... 500 euros.

[hansichen]

http://www.ebay.de/itm/263157548254

Yours for the low low price of... 500 euros.

We have to understand his price, he has to pay for his new fartisans

[citrojohn]

http://www.ebay.de/itm/263157548254

Yours for the low low price of... 500 euros.

Not bad for a trash find! https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyb ... oard_with/

[seebart]

I don't like it, it's UGLY. Considering how rare this is it should go for $$$ amongst the Cherry high-rollers. I wonder if photekq has one? This is what I expect a "mouseboard" to look like:

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[citrojohn]

This is what I expect a "mouseboard" to look like:

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Oh look, a proto-11800...

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and what was the behemothic one with all the keys in the normal places and a trackball?

Now this is an interesting parallel I didn't know about - Focus made a keyboard with a similar arrangement for the cursor keys, but they stuck with a trackball for the pointing device, so there was room for larger cursor buttons. Thinking about it, it's logical that a mouse-like device (as opposed to a trackball) would require more space. Perhaps Cherry's engineer liked mice...

Full set: photos-f62/focus-electronics-fk-7000p-t5468.html

[seebart]

Yes, both the Chicony KB-5581 and the Focus Electronics FK-7000P are way nicer than the Chicony KB-5591 I posted. I love those integrated trackballs. I got a Marquardt from kbdfr some time ago with a nice yellow trackball:

other-f61/giveaway-keyboard-w-broken-tr ... ml#p358464

(Non-original keycaps...)

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