I've got a story that's set in 1894 (it's steampunky) and involves a machine into which one character needs to feed data. I currently have him doing so with a keyboard, but several beta readers pointed out that typewriter/computer-style keyboards are a 20th Century creation.
Anybody have any idea on what kind of input device might be more period appropriate? I could always hand wave it away (it's steampunk, after all) but if there's something interesting out there that would work, that would be better.
Thanks,
Anybody have any idea on what kind of input device might be more period appropriate? I could always hand wave it away (it's steampunk, after all) but if there's something interesting out there that would work, that would be better.
Thanks,