Editing SGI Bigfoot series (section)

==Description==

SGI Bigfoot keyboards were made for SGI's [[UNIX]] workstations, and most of them have PS/2 support. SGI Granite keyboards in particular are typically found with [[Alps SKCM Cream Damped]] switches, but [[Alps SKCM White Damped]] switches were also used in some of the models. [[Alps SKCM Black]] switches have also been noted in the SGI Bigfoot series.

The models with later part numbers have the subtle function key reference strip ridge above the [[function keys]]; older models omit this.

Some models are labelled "U.S. AT-101 Keyboard" (or similar) on the rear; this may only apply to the PS/2 versions.

===SGI Granite===
"SGI Granite" refers to the model with part number 9500900, which is one of the PS/2 models. There is also an SGI-protocol model with a granite case.

The "Granite" keyboard was phased out from SGI's product line and replaced by a version of the [[NMB RT6856T]]. That keyboard also has a granite-pattern case, but it is a rubber dome keyboard. Collectors do not often use the name "SGI Granite" for this keyboard, but it can often be seen for sale as such. It can be told apart from the mechanical "Granite" by it having a smaller footprint, that the key legends are not in italics and that the [[cable channel]] is inside a shelf on the back (not the underside).