Cherry dyesub trilogy [G81-3116SDU & G81-3100SAU]

photekq · 30 Aug 2014, 09:39

I got these lovely NIB Cherry G81-3116SDUs the other day after searching for about 9 months, and I got around to taking some nice photos yesterday. Thank you madhias for the flash tip! I think these are the nicest photos I've ever taken, all thanks to you!

I hope you enjoy. I also threw in my used G81-3100SDU to recreate webwits famous photo, except with G81-31XXs

There are more photos in much higher resolution on my flickr page : here

002 · 30 Aug 2014, 10:08

Beautiful

I really ought to keep an eye out for a nice US ANSI dye-sub Cherry board because every time you post one I get a bit jelly.

HAL · 30 Aug 2014, 16:11

Beautiful pictures

Muirium · 30 Aug 2014, 17:30

I like the Triforce. And where the cap landed when you pulled it. How, uh, fortunate!

Knowing very little about Cherry's caps, this may well be a dumb question. Did they keep making nice caps like these after switching to Windows keyed layouts? I wouldn't mind putting them on a custom, but I'm always short a few mods on Winkeyless boards.

photekq · 30 Aug 2014, 17:35

Thanks fellas

002, if you ever spot one.. Get it!

Cherry did make doubleshot keys for winkey layout, but they never made dyesubs like these [if they did, they haven't been found]. You could do what one crazy Korean guy did, which is buy 7x ISO dyesub sets for the 1.25x shifts, and then pair those with a G81-3100SPBUS [which has a B-profile bottom row, unlike most dyesub sets] and a 6.25x spacebar to get something like this. I'm not sure it's worth the money/effort though

Madhias · 30 Aug 2014, 22:15

Hey photekq, i'm happy that i could help you little bit regarding the flash! Really great pictures. You have a light source, a lamp or whatever it was, which makes the atmosphere, and the rest does the flash. As it should be! The last pic is cool, also the wooden background, contrast to the beige colour.

Medowy · 01 Sep 2014, 16:12

The last photo proves that Illuminati exists!

Delete · 02 Sep 2014, 04:06

How beautiful

andrewjoy · 02 Sep 2014, 11:17

He did that just for the shift keys ? Crazy bugger ! I would have just gone for some blank caps possibly RBG that would have been cool!

They are lovely caps i am guessing PBT ?

photekq · 03 Sep 2014, 09:22

andrewjoy wrote: He did that just for the shift keys ? Crazy bugger ! I would have just gone for some blank caps possibly RBG that would have been cool!

They are lovely caps i am guessing PBT ?

Yeah, the keycaps are dyesub PBT

Daniel Beardsmore · 03 Sep 2014, 09:42

photekq wrote: … to get something like this.

That is one really well-made case!

zennasyndroxx · 07 Sep 2014, 19:44

really nice looking board and the keyset as well. too bad the long mods doesn't support mx :<

photekq · 07 Sep 2014, 21:28

zennasyndroxx wrote: really nice looking board and the keyset as well. too bad the long mods doesn't support mx :<

Yeah, they do. This set fits completely onto any winkeyless MX board (G80, custom, etc.) All the modifiers are just like MX keycaps.

zennasyndroxx · 08 Sep 2014, 06:06

photekq wrote:
zennasyndroxx wrote: really nice looking board and the keyset as well. too bad the long mods doesn't support mx :<
Yeah, they do. This set fits completely onto any winkeyless MX board (G80, custom, etc.) All the modifiers are just like MX keycaps.

isn't the stabilizers for MY switches different compared to MX?

Kurk · 08 Sep 2014, 08:20

Only newer MY boards have a different stabilizing system, old ones are compatible.

zennasyndroxx · 08 Sep 2014, 19:07

Kurk wrote: Only newer MY boards have a different stabilizing system, old ones are compatible.

if i were to get g81 boards for the dyesubs, is it better to get any boards that's before the year 02'?

Halvar · 08 Sep 2014, 19:13

G81s that have doubleshots or dyesubs all use the old stablizers AFAIK.

photekq · 08 Sep 2014, 20:43

Halvar wrote: G81s that have doubleshots or dyesubs all use the old stablizers AFAIK.

I think it's all the winkeyless G81s with doubleshots/dyesubs. Some newer winkey POS ones have funny stabilisers.. My G81-3054HAQ and these 31xx's do have identical stabilisers though.

@Zenna, the '02' on the bottom of my keyboard isn't the year of production, it's the revision of that model.

Kurk · 08 Sep 2014, 22:25

The wiki has pictures of both stabilizing systems:
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MY

Zenna, Cherry uses a kind of date codes. In this case it's E51, i.e. 1992, week 51.
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_date_codes

Photekq, did I already mention that these are indeed nice pictures of nice keyboards?

benzman79 · 31 Jan 2016, 06:46

We have exactly 32 pcs of these Beautiful CHERRY G81-3100SDU Key Boards Brand New http://www.masterdistributors.ca

Muirium · 31 Jan 2016, 06:56

Your site doesn't agree:

https://www.masterdistributors.ca/#!/CH ... y=15869235

Or is Photekq really that quick? What coffee is he on, I wonder…

Anyway, 39 Canadian bucks is a µ price for Cherry dyesubs, if I ever saw one. I'm up for some if you've got them!

gogusrl · 31 Jan 2016, 11:09

noooooooooooooo

Nuum · 31 Jan 2016, 11:27

Nice price! GB?

hypkx · 31 Jan 2016, 11:28

Nuum wrote: Nice price! GB?

looks like they are sold out

Chyros · 31 Jan 2016, 11:41

I think that's the first time I've seen an original Cherry box Oo . Very nice pictures!

photekq · 31 Jan 2016, 12:46

benzman79 wrote: We have exactly 32 pcs of these Beautiful CHERRY G81-3100SDU Key Boards Brand New http://www.masterdistributors.ca

Still got any? Or are you out?

bazh · 31 Jan 2016, 13:04

that was quick, 10-minute quick...

chzel · 31 Jan 2016, 13:17

IF this is true, GB!!!!!

bazh · 31 Jan 2016, 13:19

and dont let anyone outside DT knows about it!

Matt_ · 31 Jan 2016, 13:21

I'll get one if there ever is a GB for those, even though it seems unlikely.