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wasn't the QWERTY keyboard distribution done because of jamming debunked? I've read several contradictory accounts about initial typewriters.
by lazyant 6y ago
wasn't the QWERTY keyboard distribution done because of jamming debunked? I've read several contradictory accounts about initial typewriters.
- 51Cards 6y agoI don't think there is a definitive answer on that but this is one of my favourite articles on the topic: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/05/the-lies-youve-been-told-about-the-origin-of-the-qwerty-keyboard/275537/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/05/the-l... In the end we'll likely never know unless we find some new notes.
- qsort 6y agoYes, that's a myth. http://kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~yasuoka/publications/PreQWERTY.html http://kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~yasuoka/publications/PreQ...