Cherry M7 examples
Examples of Serie M7 switches. These are arranged in approximate order of manufacture based on date and serial number. See the master vintage Cherry keyboards list for non-M7 types. For M4/M5/M6 switches, see M4/M5/M6 examples.
For customer part number and system details, see the master vintage Cherry keyboards list.
Keyboard | From | Serial | Date | Styles | Reference | Notes |
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G80-0081 | Bayreuth, DE | 0478 | ca. 1979 | C T 0° | www.utensilia.tk | Not all switch types are confirmed to be visible, but another keyboard of this family (unidentified) has a straight stem switch under space, with a red dot mark. |
G80-0130 | Auerbach, DE | 0774 | ca. 1981 | C′ T 10° | KAref | |
G80-0139 | Auerbach, DE | 0140 | ca. 1981 | C T 0°, C′ – 0°, M75 T 0° 1-lamp | Imgur | Customer no. 008-0072153 A; possibly relegendable; the switches have one of the two lamp positions populated |
G80-0229 | Auerbach, DE | 1072 | ca. 1982 | C T 0° | Deskthority | Not all switch types are necessarily shown. |
B65-1712 | — | — | 1982? | C T 0° | Deskthority | Bare keypad internals with very few details; the PCB seems to be stamped “05 82” which may be the manufacture date. |
B70-4753 | TG3 | 20830 | 1990 | KBref | The space bar switch is not depicted and is probably M5 | |
G80-0075/02 | Auerbach, DE | 47 | ca. 1990 | ?, M75 0° T 0-lamp | — | The M75 switches have a lampless housing, but G80-0078 does use lamps and may share the PCB. |
B70-4753 | TG3 | 45805 | 1992 | B+C T 0° | KBref | Space bar uses an M5 switch |