First keyboard used to input data
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4th July 1956 On July 4, 1956, MIT researchers first used a keyboard as a direct input device for a computer. Before this, computer users typically used punched cards or paper tape to feed their programs into computers. In February 1956, Doug Ross wrote a memo arguing that a Flexowriter, an electrically-controlled typewriter, could be used as a computer input device. Five months later, on July 4 1956, a keyboard was connected to the MIT Whirlwind computer, one of the earliest large-scale high-speed computers, as an experiment. It proved a success, confirming that keyboard input was much more useful and convenient. Related information: Image:
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