Editing Alps SKCL/SKCM series (section)

==Korean switches==
Some Alps keyboards were made by the Gold Star–Alps joint venture company Gold Star Alps in Korea. Uncertainty surrounds production from this company. There are three switch types that appear to be specific to Korea: [[Alps SKCL Brown]] (replacing green), [[Alps SKCL Amber]] (replacing cream), and a brown version of [[Alps SKCL Lock]] (which if it were to follow Japanese colour convention would be amber to match the heavier momentary switch). Keyboards made by Gold Star Alps have been found with [[Alps keyboard codes]] ending with an extra letter "K", while one of the keyboards with SKCL Brown switches (a Visual Technology terminal keyboard) of unknown manufacture also has a PCB code ending "K". Details of Leading Edge keyboards is scarce, but a [[Leading Edge DC-3014]] has been found with SKCL Brown (tying in with Leading Edge being owned by Korean manufacturer Daewoo), while photos of a blue Alps [[Leading Edge DC-2014|DC-2014]] show a PCB code without the final 'K'.

There may not be a direct correspondence between the "K" suffix and Korea, but there is evidence to suggest that Korean production of linear switches used different pigment. Click switches assumed to have been made in Korea were however the normal blue colour. More keyboard examples are required to strengthen or disprove this theory.