DIP keyboards tau siv ntau hauv ISA architecture ntawm PC expansion phaib los xaiv IRQs thiab chaw nyob cov chaw nyob. Ua ntej cov nyiaj pheej yig dua, roj teeb-txawb RAM, DIP keyboards tseem tau siv rau ntawm kev ua si tom qab xyoo 1980 thiab pib thaum xyoo 1990 los mus nkag rau qhov chaw xws li cov teeb meem los yog cov naj npawb ntawm cov nyiaj. DIP keyboards tau nquag siv los tsim kev ruaj ntseg lis dej num hauv chaw nres tsheb npav rov qab thiab zoo li qee cov xov tooj tsis muaj qaum tes. Txoj kev tsim, uas siv txog 12 keyboards nyob rau hauv ib pawg, raug siv kom zam kev cuam tshuam hauv RF los ntawm lwm lub qhov rooj qhib hluav taws xob lossis lwm yam khoom siv. Tam sim no qhov rooj qhib qhov rooj siv txoj hlua tshuab kom ruaj ntseg zoo.
Cov kev hloov ntawm cov keyboards no tau siv rau thaum ntxov hauv computer rau cov computers thaum ntxov los pab kom muaj kev sib haum xeeb nrog lwm cov qauv video. Piv txwv, CGA ntawv tso cai rau MDA compatibility.
Tsis ntev los no (txij li thaum xyoo 1990), DIP switches tau ua rau cov neeg siv hluav taws xob tsawg dua. Cov laj thawj muaj qhov sib xws rau cov khoom me me, qhov kev thov kom yooj yim configuration ntawm software menus, thiab poob nqi ntawm cov cim xeeb uas tsis nto nco. Txawm li cas los xij, DIP keyboards tseem siv dav siv rau cov khoom siv vim lawv pheej yig thiab yooj yim mus ua ke rau hauv cov qauv tsim, thiab vim tias lawv tso cai rau kev soj ntsuam ntawm plab tsis muaj zog rau lawv.
DIP keyboards tseem siv nyob rau hauv qee cov chaw taws teeb kom tiv thaiv cuam; Piv txwv, los tswj lub qab nthab (thiab nws txoj kev teeb pom kev zoo) uas yog retrofitted mus rau ib lub voj voog rau ib zaug. Cov DIP keyboards teem caij sib txawv hauv xov tooj cua rau txhua tus neeg transmitter / receiver, yog li ntawd ntau chav nyob tau nruab rau hauv chav sib txawv ntawm tib lub tsev, los yog ntau cov chav nyob ntawm tib chav tsev, tsis muaj kev sib cais tswj sib.