Editing Tulip SMK series (section)

==Description==
The keyboard is [[XT/AT switchable]], by way of four [[DIP switch]]es on the base. These select from the following six configurations:

*Auto-E
*E-AT
*E-XT
*Auto
*AT
*XT

"Auto" works correctly with a [[Blue Cube]] [[PS/2 interface|PS/2]] to [[USB]] converter.

Date markings on the case suggest that production started in 1987, and continued at least as far as 1990; however, as the mouldings were shared with other SMK customers, the date range for this specific keyboard is not known. Photos of the Tulip PC Compact 2, introduced in 1987, show this keyboard.<ref name="C2" /><ref name="C22" />

Unusually for a plate-mounted keyboard, the steel plate is not painted. This is common to this family of SMK keyboards.