I have always been fascinated by the history of something, or the lore in a fantasy story. I thought a bit about the history of the keyboard, and how they became popularized to be used as much as they are today. Typing instruments have been around since the early 19th century, which were known as the early typewriters. However, they were not used by many people, and instead only used to produce legible and uniform business documents. At this time, typewriters were slower compared to handwriting. Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden were the two people who created the first commercially successful typewriter, also known as the Remington No. 1, in 1874. They slowly changed from here until 1910, which, by that time, they have all been standardized. The next step in keyboards was to use small type-balls instead of type-bars. These type-balls allowed someone to change fonts easily. The first teletype and ENIAC computers were very big, and used paper cards the computer would punch holes into. These cards would then be read by a card reader, and analyzed as data. The first keyboard to instantly display text on a screen was developed by Bell Labs and M.I.T in 1964, and it was a lot more efficient to use than previous designs. The first keyboards used were mechanical units in the 1970s, and only much later in the 1990s did membrane switches start to be implemented. Since then, the design and build have changed frequently to target a wide range of markets. Today, we have the GAMDIAS Hermes RGB, and much like other RGB LED keyboards, is aimed at gamers. Will it prove to be a worthy successor to years and years of history, while staying true to the goodness of the mechanical switch? Read on to find out!