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The Development of The First Type Writer
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The First TypeWriter
In March of 1873, Densmore succeeded in perfecting the machine and had the manufacturing rights with E. Remington and Sons. -
QWERTY Layout Was Patented
The layout we all know and love as QWERTY was patented by Christopher Latham Sholes and James Densmore when they first started manufacturing typewriters with E. Remington and Sons. Image Source CC0: https://pixabay.com/en/keyboard-qwerty-ubuntu-computer-147827/ -
1200 Typewriter Units Sold
This was a benchmark in history as the commercial viability of typewriters began to catch flames and would continue to skyrocket throughout the 1880s and beyond. Image Source CC2.0:
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IBM developed Touchdown Keytop Overlays
These are what we know today as keyboard stickers, this was the beginning of keyboard customisation. -
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QWERTY Keyboard Replaced 'Ideal' Keyboards
Manufactures began to offer QWERTY which was then called 'The Universal' as an option to the 'Ideal' keyboards. Due to the rate of production and employers hiring QWERTY typists, QWERTY inevitably dominated all other forms and variations of keyboard layouts. -
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Teletype Machine Created
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Teletype Machine Launched
Charles Krum made the teletype system became practical for everyday users. -
Dvorak Layout Patented
There were several rival layouts that vied to compete with QWERTY, Dvorak was one of the most successful with some people continuing to use it today, hypothetically it's far more efficient but was still shunned by the majority of typists in favour of QWERTY. Image Source CC0 1.0:
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Typewriters Dominated Data Entry
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Eniac Computer Incorporated Key Punchtechnology
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Binac Computer Used Electromechanically Controlled Typewriter
Data from the typewriter was input into magnetic tape that fed into the computer and printed results. -
MIT's Whirlwind Computer Was The First With Direct Keyboard Imput
Whirlwind Computer could be controlled by its keyboard and was the first computer to have keyboard input demands. Until then, typewriters were not directly interacting with the computer. Image Source labelled free for reuse: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Museum_of_Science,_Boston,_MA_-_IMG_3168.JPG -
Model M Keyboard
IBM created and sold the first recognisable keyboard to what we know today. Image Source CC2.0: https://www.flickr.com/photos/35448539@N00/8406528334 -
First Handheld PDA With QWERTY Keyboard (HP95LX)
The HP 95LX Palmtop PC, also known as project Jaguar, was Hewlett Packard's first MS-DOS-based pocket computer or personal digital assistant, introduced in April 1991. The keyboard was inefficient but featured. Image Credit: Kajac123 CC3 licence
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IBM Invented First Virtual Keyboard
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Apple Revolutionised Soft Keyboards with iPhone
Apple changed the world of soft keyboards with innovative technology that allowed the hit regions of letters to shrink and expand with the mathematical probability of your next press, before that, soft keyboards were not commercially viable due to their inefficiency. Image Source: Miquel C. CC2.0
https://www.flickr.com/photos/shht/351979633
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