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An interesting keyboard that I thought might be Key Tronic until I pulled a keycap; turns out it was Cherry foam and foil (aka Solid State Capacitive) The keyboard is part of the Kroy 80K "Keyboard Lettering System" which is a mammoth 1980's label maker; kind of like a giant mechanized DYMO label maker.

A sticker on the switch plate has an 8428 date code, which would be July, 1984.

Wikified here: wiki/Cherry_B4VB-5601

Those sphericals are amazing! I love those red front legends too. Very, very cool.

Those are some of the nicest sphericals I've seen here in a long time, brilliant color combination. Really nice find congrats! Thanks for the wiki work.

zslane wrote: Those sphericals are amazing! I love those red front legends too. Very, very cool.

They are actually pink

OK pink legends, so the alphas are grey or blueish? They look a bit blue to me?

seebart wrote: OK pink legends, so the alphas are grey or blueish? They look a bit blue to me?

Yes, depending on lighting the color varies from blue to grey.

Very nice find indeed!

The front legends are pad-printed, I guess?

ramnes wrote: The front legends are pad-printed, I guess?

Yes, here is the back side of one of the caps with side legends:

That keyboard is a beauty! Always love to see new switch types from Cherry. Cool colour scheme too.

Aha, at long last, photos of the original version. Some already exist, but now we have our very own, and in far more detail.

Snuci posted a a black stemmed version of the same switch last year
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Engicoder wrote: Snuci posted a a black stemmed version of the same switch last year
photos-f62/vintage-cherry-solid-state-c ... 12584.html

Ha! I had forgotten about those switches but definitely not that keyboard That CDC keyboard is one of my favourites. Thanks for finding the association.

Funny, just saw this post and earlier today I noticed that an old foam and foil board I have was from Cherry, which I did not know they made. I'll try to snap some pictures in a bit and throw them up. Do yours fit MX switches? I think mine has a different connector type...

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Wow, god great found! What difference about the green one?
clickityClackity: Will pm you later about info the televideo keyboard. I have did lots of research and own these keyboard before. That's what I need to explain or proof something correct.