A technology that stood out to be the most during the EOTO presentations was the typewriter. The first typewriter was invented in 1867 by Christopher Latham Sholes. They were first produced in steel with paper being moved automatically. These different machines were all invented in the 19th century. The first typewriter machine wrote capital letters only which is very interesting. Most of these early machines were also on the larger side and a lot slower to use compared to actually handwriting something. The printing for these typewriters was processed through ink ribbon.
As time went on the practical typewriter started to become more electrical. There were many advantages of this because it consisted of it being faster, easier to touch, and a lot less of operating problems. The first electrical one started to contain a printing wheel along with it. It was used mainly at first by professional writers. Typewriters do remain common still to this day in certain parts of the world.
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