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Hi everyone, I'm new to this world and don't know much but i found these 4 keyboards this morning and i'm sharing some pictures.

http://imgur.com/a/8cMHr

There is 4 Keyboards
- Cherry G80-0413 With ABS DoubleShot Keycaps, Vintage MX Black (I Think) and the spacebar has a grey switch I've never seen before.
- Cherry G81-3000LPNFR with thin abs and Cherry MY Switches
- Cherry G83-6102LPDFR with abs and rubber dome switches.
- Olivetti ANK 27-102 with RubberDome

Correct me if I'm wrong about the specs, I'm here to learn and I want to know more about this G80-0413 because i haven't found anything.

Nice found this Cherry G80-0413 With ABS DoubleShot Keycaps !

I think the g81 and g83 are lasered pbt rather than abs.

Regarding the g80, I think you can be rather certain that it's got vintage blacks given that it should be from the mid-80's. Not sure if you can convert it, but should be possible if you want to.

I think only really interesting one out of those is the G80-0413 (which is lovely by the way). The grey switch on the spacebar will be a linear grey which is pretty standard on Cherry boards that use MX blacks.

The other 2 Cherry boards aren't all that great (the G81 uses MY switches and has lastered caps, the G83 has some poxy rubber domes) and the Olivetti, whilst I think isn't a bad rubber dome board, is still a rubber dome board.

Nice finds though, looking forward to some more pictures.

the G83s domes aint bad at all we used to sell them in the computer shop i worked in back in the win 2k days they where the premium option vs generic low priced keyboards

The Olivetti is an excellent keyboard, not "just a rubber dome". It's definitely superior to any other rubber dome keyboard, and would be comparable to Topre keyboards in a certain way.

Obviously, the G80-0413 is very nice.

The G81 caps are lasered, but they still should be nice thick PBT, I used some of them for a long time and even if they're not really beautiful, they're very solid and nice to type on.

The G83 can go to the trash, in my opinion.

Bref, belle trouvaille.

The G80-0413 "should" talk XT, so it might be convertible with Soarer's converter. I still have to test that on my G80-0449. There were also two similar boards on German Ebay lately, did anyone from here get them?

ramnes wrote: […] The G83 can go to the trash, in my opinion.

Bref, belle trouvaille.

Tout à fait d’accord
Et si jamais du envisages de te défaire du G80-0413, ne sois pas trop modeste

@kbdfr : Je ne compte pas m'en séparer car le feeling des touches et des switchs est vraiment sympa. Pas trop modeste c'est à dire ? $$$$$$$$$

EDIT : Some pictures of the keycaps : http://imgur.com/a/AksMJ

Immotalis wrote: I will upload more photos later, most of the known image hosting site are blocked

Add the pics as attachments, and place them inline.

Could you, by chance, get a measurement of the diameter of the G83 stem? They look awful similar to G86 stems (except G86 has a second, totally unnecessary anti-rotation lock) and I'd love to have another option for keys. I'm willing to wager cash that it's ¹⁄₄ inch.

If i understood correctly here is a picture and it's looks like to be 1/4 Inch : http://imgur.com/qixLWOL

More pictures of the keyboards, for now i'm just cleaning the keycaps, i will clean the boards tomorrow.

Link : http://imgur.com/a/jS3ye

Immotalis wrote: If i understood correctly here is a picture and it's looks like to be 1/4 Inch : http://imgur.com/qixLWOL

Thank you, that's enough evidence for me to risk money on a G83 board to raid for keys to use on a G86.