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The first practical modern typewriter.
A man by the name of Christopher Latham Sholes invented a type writer that will give rise to our modern keyboards since it used the QWERTY design which is what most keyboards use. -
Keypunch design
Keypunch technology was incorporated into the designs of the earliest computers, including the Eniac computer, which used a punched card reader as its input and output device. -
IBM changes the game
IBM introduced its IBM Selectric typewriter and unlike other typewriters, it used a typeball which was small ball containing characters that would strike an ink ribbon. -
VDT arrives
Several years later after the introduction of MULTICS video display terminals (VDT) that allowed users to see what they are typing on a screen as they typed. -
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They start to be modern
Keyboards from this time span were switching to heavily mechanical or they were just converted type writers from IBM and other companies. Although personal computers like Altair used switched in the front. -
The keyboard explosion
Apple, Radio Shack, and Commodore all released versions of their computers with keyboards that came included with the computer and IBM released the IBM PC and a keyboard known as the Model F. -
Now its modern
IBM released the Model M keyboard that resembles what most keyboards look like today with the function keys across the top of the keyboard and is still a highly regarded keyboard even today. -
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A membrane system
After 1986 computer keyboards made the switch to a membrane which is cheaper and easier to produce it also allowed to be quieter and lighter than any of the previous keyboards -
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Gaming Keyboards
Usefully for a comfortable PC gaming experience with PC gaming on the rise.
