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I bought this big box with a label printer because there was also a Cherry G81-1138 HAU keyboard included, with which the printer can be programmed. So... who needs some labels? 7Bit for Round 5 GB packages?



The device was bought in '89, even the original bill was included: it was 39.120,- Austrian Schillings back then, which is now (without inflation) about € 2843. So a lot of money! You could get a good car for that money at this time.



So far the caps are in a good condition, only the ENTER and the F9 (PRINT) cap show a lot of shine - probably because of the use of this keyboard and the device it was attached to:



Unfortunately I did not draw the version with the international letters side printed to some caps:



The next Cherry board I bought with some other logo than Cherry on it (I also got a Phoneboard not long ago):



And a picture of the label, I don't know much about Cherry boards - so here it is:

It was a scam when the machine was bought



There must have been delivered a G80, and not a G81! So they paid 2.800,- Austrian Schillings, about € 204 today - again without inflation - for the wrong keyboard!

Very nice. Interesting that it has a US layout, considering that it was sold in Austria.

The G80 version of this keyboard has the additional printed legends on some caps.
Here are two images of the Meto 8000 G80 keyboard, from IvanIvanovich:

Mine was originally a G81, I put in a G80 PCB myself that I modded to reds before I sold the thing. It's seller was in England... so I elected to NOT take the label printer with it even though I technically won it due to the shipping costs.
I think the labelprinter has ML switches on it's keypad?
Nice find though. The logo on your case is much cooler looking I think.

The logo is much cooler, that's true. I don't know what switches the labelprinter has, I have to look at work tomorrow! Better you didn't get that printer, because the package was really heavy - therefor I didn't took it with me today.

Right, it is a very heavy commercial grade printer. I think the one I won was an even older version. Pretty sure it used some old style connection and I couldn't find any mention of x64 Windows drivers so it would have been dubious to take it when the shipping was something like 3x what I won it for.

And what about the rest of the content?


Also:
Please keep the box!!!

Nice find madhias! Great pics like always.

7bit wrote: And what about the rest of the content?


Also:
Please keep the box!!!

I have to try it out! I already found replacement Toner to buy for the printer, so you could need a programmable label printer for your sales, 7bit! Imagine a label like "Cherry MX Green 80pcs"