Editing Cherry G80-3000 (section)

== History ==
The first version of the keyboard was first released in 1988, and it has had many revisions.

In many ways it was reminiscent of the [[IBM Enhanced Keyboard]], in layout, with keycaps in a cream and grey colour scheme and with a coiled cable with a DIN plug.
Earlier models had n-key rollover, and until the mid-1990s a PC/XT switch could be found.
The [[Cherry MX]] switches and the keyboard controller occupied a large circuit board that filled both the breadth and depth of the keyboard's case.
The key caps were in [[Double-shot molding|doubleshot]] thick [[ABS]]. The key caps on the bottom row were then of Cherry's "Row A" which was higher and more angled than the row above it.
At this point, the letter code in the [[Cherry article numbers|article number]] was three letters long.

In 1990 to 1992, Cherry produced keyboards with keycaps in thick [[PBT]], with [[Keycap printing#Dye sublimation|dye-sublimated]] legends.
These keycaps from the Cherry G80-3000 are considered by many to be the highest-quality keycaps that Cherry has produced and fetch a high price on the second-hand market.

After a while, dye-sublimation of PBT keys was abandoned for cheaper [[Keycap printing#Laser etching|laser etching]], but the PBT keys were still thick.
At this point, the letter code in the article number grew to five letters.

The biggest change in the keyboard's history came in 1996 with the introduction of Windows keys.
The keyboard remained largely the same on the outside but underwent a lot of internal changes.
The internal PCB was divided into two smaller boards: one for the key switches and one for the controller, where the same type of controller was also used for several other keyboards with the same layout: the [[Cherry G81-3000|G81-3000]], [[Cherry G83-3000|G83-3000]] and the [[Cherry G83-6000|G83-6000]].
The case's walls became thinner, and the LED window cover was removed in favour of three little LED windows. The PCB supports on the inside of the case were also changed, making the old PCB incompatible with the new case (and vice versa).
The four 1.5 [[unit]] modifier keys on the bottom row were changed to seven 1.25 units in the lower Row B profile. While the [[Space bar]] was shortened from 7 to 6.25 units, the position of the key switch remained the same.
Keycaps in PBT became thinner, but the quality of the laser-etching improved.
The PS/2 connector replaced the AT connector.

Since the 2000s, doubleshots on G80-3000 became quite rare and since the end of 2010, Cherry stopped production of any doubleshot key caps. Since the mid-1990 lasered key board legends appeared and became dominant by the 2000s. Black key caps Keyboards are no longer made in cream/grey colour scheme. A "hellgrau" (all light grey) colour was introduced and replaced the cream/grey colour scheme.
Nowadays, keyboards have a USB and PS/2 combo: the connector is USB but the keyboard can talk PS/2 with a passive adapter. The USB controller identifies itself as a "G83 (RS 6000) Keyboard"

The FCC ID of GDD5YOG80-3000 was also used for later production runs of the [[Cherry G80-1000|G80-1000]].