Editing Tulip SMK series

{{infobox dkeyboard
| image name   = Tulip ATK 03.01.44.jpg
| model        = ATK 03.01.44<br>ATK 02.01.01
| fcc          = None
| branding     = [[Tulip Computers|Tulip]]
| family       = [[SMK second generation platform]]
| manufacturer = [[SMK]]
| switch       = [[SMK inverse cross mount]]
| layouts      = [[ANSI]], [[ISO]]
| interface    = [[XT/AT switchable]]
| keycaps      = [[Double-shot_molding|Double-shot]]
| weight       = 
| years        =
| price        = 
}}

"'''Tulip SMK series'''" refers to a range of vintage [[Tulip Computers|Tulip]] keyboards with vintage [[SMK inverse cross mount]] mechanical switches and [[Double-shot_molding|double-shot]] keycaps. The series is based on the [[SMK second generation platform]].

==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.

==Variants==
The final two digits of the part number appear to be the layout in terms of international telephone dialling codes. ATK 03.01.44 and [[Tulip ATK 030244]] are both United Kingdom layout boards and have "44" (as in +44) where the ANSI ATK 02.01.01 has "01". The remaining numbers are not yet identified.

===ATK 03.01.44===
Tactile switches with white sliders; standard United Kingdom [[ISO]] layout.

===ATK 02.01.01===
Clicky switches with dull brown sliders; United States [[ANSI]] layout with [[enter key|big-ass enter]] and single-unit backspace.<ref name="DTname" />

==Gallery==
===ATK 03.01.44===
<gallery widths=250 heights=187>
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44.jpg                                     | Front
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- rear.jpg                             | Rear
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- label.jpg                            | Label
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- white SMK switches.jpg               | White SMK switches
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- DIN connector.jpg                    | DIN connector
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- DIP switches.jpg                     | DIP switches
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- cable routing.jpg                    | Start of cable routing channels
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- data cable socket, PCB end.jpg       | Data cable socket on the PCB
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- data cable, both ends.jpg            | Data cable, both ends
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- front case date marking.jpg          | Case date markings, upper shell
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- rear case date markings.jpg          | Case date markings, lower shell
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- DIP switch PCB assembly.jpg          | [[DIP switch]] PCB assembly
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- DIP switch PCB.jpg                   | DIP switch PCB
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- controller IC.jpg                    | [[Keyboard controller]] IC
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- ICs.jpg                              | Additional ICs, dated to 1990
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- stabiliser components.jpg            | SMK [[stabiliser]] components
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- stabiliser post.jpg                  | Stabiliser post
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- backspace assembly.jpg               | Backspace assembly
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- standard stabiliser.jpg              | SMK stabiliser wire in position
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- spacebar assembly.jpg                | Space bar assembly
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- spacebar additional spring.jpg       | Additional spring under the space bar
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- spacebar stabiliser.jpg              | Close-up of one of the SMK stabilisers for the space bar
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- electromagnetic radiation shield.jpg | Electromagnetic radiation shield
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- shield electrical tape.jpg           | EM shield is secured with the grounding/earthing screw, and with electrical tape
File:Tulip ATK 03.01.44 -- PCB legend.jpg                       | PCB legend; unlike the Sony keyboards, this keyboard bears the SMK logo on the PCB
</gallery>

===ATK 02.01.01===
<gallery widths=250 heights=187>
File:Tulip1.jpg                                                 | Brown SMK switches
File:Tulip2.jpg                                                 | Closer view on mounting plate
File:Tulip3.jpg                                                 | Rear
</gallery>

==External links==
* YouTube — [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhYVEDQhcAQ Tulip clicky keyboard] (appears identical to ATK 02.01.01) Dated 2010-06-24. Retrieved 2015-07-07.

==References==
<references>
<ref name="C2">Tulip Gebruikers Vereniging — [http://www.tulipgv.nl/tpcc2.htm Tulip PC Compact 2] (Dutch) Retrieved 2015-07-07.</ref>
<ref name="C22">Flickr — [http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitfreak/5103050552/ It's alive! De Tulip PC Compact 2 (22 jaar oud) is gereanimeerd :-D] Dated 2010-10-21. Retrieved 2015-07-07.</ref>
<ref name="DTname">Deskthority — [http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/new-name-for-smk-clicky-switches-t5808.html New name for SMK "clicky" switches]</ref>
</references>

[[Category:Tulip keyboards]]
[[Category:SMK OEM keyboards]]
[[Category:Keyboards with double-shot moulded keycaps]]
[[Category:Keyboards with SMK second generation switches]]
[[Category:Protocol switchable keyboards]]
[[Category:Office keyboards]]
[[Category:Vintage keyboards]]
[[Category:List of all keyboards]]