deskthority

A few days ago I finally managed to hunt down the keyboard of my desire, so I'm now the incredibly happy owner of an unused (well not anymore now...) G80-5000.

Now the only thing is, I'll be moving from Germany to the UK in a few months. Since I know the German keyboard layout by heart I'm on the lookout for some UK keycaps to help me with the new layout. My question is, what keyboards are possible as donors? Which caps fit? And yes, I know a british G80-5000 would be a possible doner but unfortunately it is a bit hard to find ...

edit: Regarding the caps, I don't really care that much whether they're etched, doubleshot, dye subliminated etc... For me the feeling when typing (=switch) is all that matters.

If you keep the original modifiers, you can take the other keycaps from any cherry mx (or my) keyboard.

what about black doubleshots? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-Compact- ... 0584782447
maybe they don't mix well with the white keys

Nah, black'd be silly on that and I think ordering a Keyboard from the US that is around 50$ plus shipping, plus import duties just for caps is more than just a bit overkill...

Regarding the MX/MY thing, what is the deal with the different stem sizes? Is there any way to know beforehand if the MY caps will fit?

xbb wrote:what about black doubleshots? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-Compact- ... 0584782447
maybe they don't mix well with the white keys

That is SO! ANNOYING! its a uk board with no shipping to the UK! I'd have loved that board!

As far as I've seen, MY and MX stems (and keycaps) are just the same. On older MY keyboards stabilized keys (enter, space bar, right shift, etc.) are not directly compatible with MX because part of the stabylizer is built in. But again, if you're sticking with the original modifiers, you'll have no problem at all.