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Hi,

new to Deskthority but i thought now was the time to join because I've just gotten back from the recycling center and I found a Vintage Cherry G81-3000 with linear black switches. Does anybody have anymore info on this board, as i have no clue.

Thanks for your help.

Welcome to Deskthority!

The Cherry G81-3000 is quite well known. There have been variations with and without Windows keys, for many languages, with keys in different types of plastic and printing. I have had one like yours (German, without Windows keys) but with the keycaps in a different plastic and with key switches with white stems.
There is even a primitive article about it in our Wiki with some pictures of more exotic variations.

There are three known variations of the Cherry MY key switches in the Cherry G81 series.
There are a few fans of them, but those people are in minority because of the steep rise in resistance when you press the keys. Some say that the all-black ones have a nicer key feel than the ones with white stems.

The G81-series keyboards are otherwise mostly acquired because (most of) the keycaps can be pulled off and put on keyboards with Cherry MX switches (depending on what layout they have, of course).

Thanks for your reply

and thats exactly what I have done xD

jsut a shame that the bottom row is non standard because i love the doubleshot keycaps this has :/


(Keyboard is a Cmstorm Rapid-I, but i changed the mx browns to gat blues)

And now you just need one of those HADapter kits that Wodan sells.

Thanks, I've just sent him a pm

Awesome, congrats on the nice keycaps. A real classic. HADapter kit is sold out but next round is in the planning:
group-buys-f50/hadapter-kit-round-ii-t14441.html

You're also lucky the keys missing are part of a HADapter kit and you can get a DT cap as ESC replacement