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Christopher Latham Sholes patented the typewriter.
The invention of the modern computer keyboard began with the invention of the typewriter. -
The teletype machine was introduced
The teletype machine combined the technology of the typewriter (used as an input and a printing device) with the telegraph. -
keypunches were created
Elsewhere, punched card systems were combined with typewriters to create what was called keypunches. Keypunches were the basis of early adding machines and IBM was selling over one million dollars worth of adding machines in 1931. -
The Eniac computer used a punch card.
In 1946, the Eniac computer used a punched card reader as its input and output device. -
The Binac computer was upgraded.
In 1948, the Binac computer used an electromechanically controlled typewriter to both input data directly onto magnetic tape (for feeding the computer data) and to print results. -
Multic was being calaborated to be created.
By 1964, MIT, Bell Laboratories and General Electric had collaborated to create a computer system called Multics ; a time sharing, multi-user system. -
all cumputers used electronic keyboards and VDTs.
Nevertheless, the layout of the computer keyboard still owes its origin to the inventor of the first typewriter, Christopher Latham Sholes who also invented the QWERTY layout. However, the computer keyboard does have a few extra function keys.
