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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

And it came with a very good programming manual, which at the back had a reference section...

And it came with a very good programming manual, which at the back had a reference section regarding programming in machine code, which I understood that programming in basic alone, you couldn't really create decent games

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And it came with a very good programming manual,
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which at the back had a reference section
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regarding programming in machine code, which I understood
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that programming in basic alone,
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you couldn't really create decent games.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:41
Uploaded
Apr 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Gracious Films

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Movie Summary

Sinclair ZX Spectrum. This film goes into all the finer details of how and why the ZX Spectrum was created, what impact the computer had as well as the various versions
It was too slow. So I had to learn machine code - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
It was too slow. So I had to learn machine code
It wasn't just aimed at showing people how - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
It wasn't just aimed at showing people how
We really wanted it to be an instruction manual - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
We really wanted it to be an instruction manual
So the Spectrum manual, I approached it more - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
So the Spectrum manual, I approached it more
And in fact, some of the material was - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And in fact, some of the material was
So I I more or less lifted it from the ZX 81 manual and, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
So I I more or less lifted it from the ZX 81 manual and,
It reads as though a human being is writing to you. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
It reads as though a human being is writing to you.
I, I wanted to try - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
I, I wanted to try
And clearly history has shown that a lot - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And clearly history has shown that a lot
Steve's particular brand of humor, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
Steve's particular brand of humor,
All sorts of completely flaky, extraneous ideas coming in - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
All sorts of completely flaky, extraneous ideas coming in
Sometimes from time to time I get emails saying I - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
Sometimes from time to time I get emails saying I
And, and I, I read this article in one issue where it said, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:17
And, and I, I read this article in one issue where it said,
And it was that kind of what people were doing - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
And it was that kind of what people were doing
I was never good enough or bright enough - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
I was never good enough or bright enough
But as a hobbyist, you could explore, you could play around, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:14
But as a hobbyist, you could explore, you could play around,
But if you were inquisitive enough, you started playing - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
But if you were inquisitive enough, you started playing
And eventually slowly, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And eventually slowly,
But, you know, that was, that was my genesis of, of gaming. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
But, you know, that was, that was my genesis of, of gaming.
You'd type it in, then you'd suddenly figure out, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
You'd type it in, then you'd suddenly figure out,