Inventor Christopher Latham schools did nail it, but his typewriter would end up being the forerunner of the most popular communication tools in the 21st century.

Because even though in 1874,typing device that had one letter to each key wasn't exactly the most brilliant idea in history.

Scholes typewriter was notable for introducing the now QWERTY layout which was effective because it kept letters that were commonly used together away fom each other to prevent the mechanical arms of the typewiter from hitting each other and causing jams.


Now of course 'E' & 'R' ae placed together in lots of words and infact,the original design had a period where 'R' key is today.But whatever the reason is, QWERTY typewriter became popular and this keyboard layout made the standards for the teleprinters that became widespread in the early 20th century.

So it wasn't surprising then that when actual computers like the 30 ton ENIAC started popping under the scene in 1940's. This same teleprinters ended up getting used for data inputs with that same QWERTY layout.setting the stage for the now familiar keyboard layout to be integrated into later machines that were less than an entire family of elephants


In the 1960's Video terminals started becoming popular and this typically included keyboards that allowed users to quickly and easily manipulate data on the screen, instead of using cards or paper tape. Like these earlier teleprinters that were adapted for use of computers


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