Editing Datadesk Switchboard (section)

==Description==
The Switchboard supports both modular rearrangement and DIP switch configuration. A cover behind the function keys can be lifted to reveal two banks of [[DIP switch]]es, with sixteen switches in total.<ref name="LumberJocks" /> In addition, the three main keyboard areas (alphanumeric, navigation, and numeric keypad) are provided as interchangeable modules that slot into edge connectors; these can be rearranged to suit the user, for example to create a left-handed arrangement with the numeric keypad on the left.<ref name="SPARC" /> The function key row (including [[print screen key|print screen]], [[scroll lock]] and [[pause key|pause]]) is not part of any modules, and remains unchanged.

The DIP switch configuration legend indicates that the following changes can be made:

*Layout and protocol selection: Macintosh SE/II, Macintosh Plus, IBM AT and PS/2, and IBM PC XT
*Reversal of [[caps lock]] and [[control key|control]]
*"Shifted period" (likely indicating that pressing shift+. still gives .)

Because the Switchboard is a Macintosh keyboard, it features a dedicated [[power key]].

The keyboard has standard exterior ADB ports on the left and right sides, similar to standard Apple Macintosh ADB keyboards, which allowed you to daisy-chain the keyboard to a mouse, as was the custom when ADB was standard. The PC AT cable attaches to an internal port, beneath the DIP switch cover and it uses a non-standard 8-pin Mini-DIN connector. The pinouts for this connector are in a diagram below.

The keycaps are double-shot [[UKF DS03]].