Alrighty. lets get started with the G80-0528!
The real PN for this board is not G80-0528, but 0689H. However, due to the more common branded boards being numbered as such I chose to call it that. Cherry's numbering scheme was all kinds of stupid back in the day. This particular board was an ebay score awhile back, and when I got it it wasn't in the best of shape. very dirty and the cable was super stretched. I think it cleaned up nicely, but it has its flaws.
Let this be a reminder to you. NEVER WRAP CABLES AROUND KEYBOARDS! The cable caused irreversible bleaching to the top case of the keyboard. this board has been retrobrited, and this is the result.
Super smooth vintage blacks with integrated diodes for NKRO. This board has the "NCR" colorway OG cherry doubleshot keycaps, with the soft grey legends on light grey caps. beautiful.
The back, illustrating the 2 tone grey and white case. I had to replace the cable on this board due to all of the coils being stretched and it being in terrible condition. I also might as well mention that it is AT/XT switchable. I believe this replacement cable came from another G80, but I cannot be sure.
Next up is the G80-0577!
This board not only shares the Honeywell branding with the 0528 above, but many other factors as well. These guys are practically twins! This board also shares the strange numbering system as the 0528/0689h. This board is more commonly seen numbered G80-0577 in its other flavors, but this honeywell branded one has the number G80-0729. I got this one off of someone on reddit. It was also pretty filthy and yellowed. I think this one ended up pretty nice as well. So... lets get on with the pics!
After alot of cleaning and retrobrite.
More beautiful NCR style keycaps and super smooth vintage blacks with diodes. On another note, this board has red lock LEDs, which in my opinion looks fucking awesome!
Unfortunately the label on this board got destroyed during the retrobrite process. too bad. This keyboard uses XT protocol. Another cool note about the back is that it is the same as the one that comes on the G80-0528/0689H. Someone stole the feet off the back of this one! Good thing I never use them!
In conclusion, these are some pretty cool G80s in my opinion. The honeywell branding is quite cool for me as neither of these boards in this branding are documented particularly. I will be adding both of these boards to the wiki very soon.
